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First Penguin edition. Front cover design by Abbie King. B/w picture of author to inside front cover. Tight binding. Pictorial off-white front cover with titles in orange flowers in orange & dark blue. Spine and back cover orange. Some creasing to spine and rubbing to spine edges. Page edges browned. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 188 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1943. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Brown cloth boards with blue lettering to spine. Binding tight with light wear to edges and bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Content clean and bright. Small tear 5 mm to top of pages 119/121. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 206 pages. All books are individually described.

Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight, boards clean and corners square. A few light spots to prelims otherwise content clean and bright. Slight age toning to page edges. Jacket not clipped (not priced) with light edgewear and light creasing. Light scratch to lower front panel. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 403 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Thirteenth impression. Orange cloth boards with bright gilt titles to spine. Binding tight, boards clean and corners square. Pages browned but content clean with no markings. Top edge of text block marked. A few minor fox spots to endpapers. Jacket clipped but with just very light edge creasing. Overall a very nice copy. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 367 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Burgundy cloth boards with white titles to spine. Binding tight with slight bumping to corners. Content clean and bright. Jacket not price clipped 18s net with light discolouration to front and spine. 3cm tear to bottom rear corner of spine and slight chipping to corners. Residue of small stickers to top of front and back panels. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 222 pages. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail international tracked.

Twenty-seventh edition. One hundred and sixty-eighth thousand. Beige paper wraps held on with sticky tape, lower part of front detached but present, edges worn with chipping and tears with some losses. Lacking spine strip. Tears to edge of preface and first page. content generally clean. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 85 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Unclipped. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London. 1982. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards clean and corners square. Content clean and bright. Jacket unclipped £6.95 net with just very light edge creasing and small splits to corners. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 155 pages. All books are individually described.

London: The Mystery Book Guild, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding firm. Slight pushing to spine ends. Pages browned but clean with no markings. Very light spotting to endpapers. Pink and black jacket not clipped with light edgewear with chipping to spine ends and back bottom corner. Jacket reinforced internally across top and bottom of spine. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 191 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London. 1972. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine ends. Boards clean and corners square. Content clean and bright. Surface of very small area of front endpaper rubbed. Jacket clipped with light edge creasing and small splits to head of spine. Name and telephone number written in ink to inside of jacket spine. Not ex-library. 254 pages. All books are individually described.

London: Vizetelly & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Good. Vizetelly & Co., 16 Henrietta Street, London ( Covent garden). 1889. Original Cloth. Book Condition: Good. Vizetelly's One-Volume Novels Series, XXXl. In publishers's original brown cloth with lettering in black to front and gilt to spine. Spine slightly faded. Blind stamped publishers logo to rear. Front and rear hinges cracked but binding firm. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. Some minor wear to spine strip and surfaces. Marbled endpapers. Pages in good clean condition. A few pencil notes to front endpaper. Small stain to bottom edge. Several pages rough-cut fore-edge. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches. 372 pages. A scarce edition.

Kington: Kington History Society, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine. Kington History Society. 1987. Softcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket. Light gray covers with blue lettering to front. Blue pvc spine protector. Binding firm. Covers and content nice and clean and bright. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 165 pages. Overall a very good copy that looks unread. All books are individually described.

First edition. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard and 31 plates as called for. Red cloth with gilt decoration and titles to front and spine. Spine sunned. Gilt top edge, gilt dulled. Roughcut fore and bottom edges, some pages uncut. Binding firm with light bumping to corners. Small crease in cloth to edge of front board. Some foxing to fore and bottom edges of text block creeping into margins in places. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 304 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First Edition. The story of the origins and development of New Zealand. Bookplate of Sir George Arthur Harford, Baronet to front pastedown. 3 maps and monochrome illustrations. Green cloth boards with gilt leaf to front and gilt leaf and titles to spine. Binding tight, boards clean, slight pushing to spine ends. Light fox spotting to endpapers, prelims and fore-edge. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 301 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

B/w illustrations. Illustrated boards to match jacket. A near fine, tight, clean book with just a little age toning to text block edges in a fine, clean, unclipped ( £10.95) jacket. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 256 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Serpent's Tail, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, first printing with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. Black boards with gilt titles on spine. Binding tight. Content clean and bright with no markings. Jacket not clipped with just very slight edge creasing. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Undated but British Library gives date of 1873. Sunday school prize plate dated 1891 to front pastedown. B/w illustrations. Green boards with leaf design and bright gilt titles to front and spine. Binding firm. Light surface marking, some scuffing to lower board, light rubbing to corners. Light browning to endpapers and last page of text. Content generally clean with occasional marks. Not ex-library. 112 pp. Overall a very good copy of a scarce book with only two listed on Worldcat and Copac. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1931. Hardcover. Fair. Cassell and Company Limited, London. 1931. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Cheap Edition Series. Black cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering to front. Gilt worn and boards scuffed and soiled. Spine worn and hard to read. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Front hinge slightly weak. Pages very browned. Place name embossed to front free endpaper and small number 480 in ink to front pastedown. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 316 pages. All books are individually described.

London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair Unclipped. Ward Lock & Co. Limited, London. Undated but c1952? Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine only. Covers clean except for small black mark on back. Binding tight with minor bumping to spine ends. Pages age toned. Tonal line mark to front endpaper. Previous owners neat ink signature to front endpaper. Minor occasional spotting to endpapers. Jacket unclipped 6/6 net has moderate creasing and edgewear with tears and 1 cm loss to spine ends and top of rear fold. Repaired in several places internally with sticky tape. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 192 pages. All books are individually described.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1910. Hardcover. Fair. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1910. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Slight movement on hinges but binding generally firm. Top outer front edge/corner worn, other corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded and ends worn with slight splits. Moderate rubbing and some small white marks on surfaces. Some foxing to endpapers. Previous owners name and date to front endpaper. Pages very browned. Not ex-library. 288 pages.

First edition. Fold-out plan in very good condition with just a little edge creasing. Original red cloth with black illustration and titles to front, black titles to spine. Binding firm. Boards slightly bowed. Cloth split to head of spine, rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to text block edges occasionally creeping into margins, occasional spots in text. Previous owner neat ink name to top of half title. Jacket unclipped (not priced), edge-worn with small tears and creasing, spine sunned with top 2 cm missing (but present - could be repaired). Not ex-library. 189 pp. Scarce with original jacket. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.