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The Mystic Masseur

by NAIPAUL V S

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's toffee-brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The merest hint of foxing to the top edge otherwise a lovely, bright fine copy in like D/W with no fading to the spine as so often encountered and with no foxing to the back panel. No rubbing, wear, tears or pieces missing. The D/W is NOT price-clipped. A particularly attractive example. First book. Shows particularly well. Certainly the best copy that we have encountered. The Mystic Masseur (1957) won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958 and was adapted as a film with a screenplay by Caryl Phillips in 2001. A satirical novel of Trinidadian Society. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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In a Free State

by NAIPAUL V S

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A near fine (or better) copy in like D/W. A lovely copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Mystic Masseur
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The Mystic Masseur

by NAIPAUL V S

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's toffee-brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Foxing to the edges of both the front and rear paste-downs and the top edge otherwise a lovely, bright near fine copy in like D/W with the spine partially faded to dark green and with some foxing to the back panel. No rubbing, wear, tears or pieces missing. An attractive example. First book. Shows well.
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DEAD MAN LEADING

by PRITCHETT V S

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. The usual slight flaking to the green embossment to the spine otherwise very good indeed in a stunning fine price-clipped D/W. The best example of this scarce D/W that we have encountered and a lovely example thereof with absolutely none of the usual darkening to the spine. Uncommon.
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The Food Inspector's Handbook

by Vacher, Francis

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London. Hard Cover. (London, Published at the office of "The Sanitary Record" and sold by William Rider & Son Limited of London nd circa 1894). Second Edition. Illustrated. 154 pages + 11 pages of adverts regarding sanitary publications. Publisher's brown boards titled in gilt to the front board. Yellow coated end-papers. A name and date (1899) to the front free end-paper otherwise a VG+ clean and tidy copy. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Secrets for Sale

by Vahey, John Haslette [Loder, Vernon]

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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark pink cloth lettered in black to the spine. A former owner's neat name and address details to the front and rear pastedowns otherwise a solid VG copy with bright and clean boards. The VG dustwrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for) and is slightly toned with some small nicks and chips. Golden age detective fiction title by John George Haslette Vahey a prolific writer who wrote under various pseudonyms, most famously perhaps ‘Vernon Loder’ and 'Henrietta Clandon'. Scarce title, particularly in the striking dustwrapper. "A lot of action, a little propaganda and everybody gets their dues, it’s an old fashioned thriller, good enough to read (Good Reads)". !Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Spies in Ambush

by Vahey, John Haslette [Loder, Vernon]

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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark pink cloth lettered in black to the spine. A VG++ bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. The VG dustwrapper has a long closed tear to the fold of the front flap (neatly repaired on the verso with a strip of filmoplast archival repair tape). The spine shows evidence of the removal of a price reduction sticker. Golden age detective fiction title by John George Haslette Vahey a prolific writer who wrote under various pseudonyms, most famously perhaps ‘Vernon Loder’ and 'Henrietta Clandon'. Scarce title, particularly in the striking blue, black and grey dustwrapper by WAKE. “The hero combines the unusual professions of a famous concert-hall pianist and counter-espionage in the storm centres of Europe, a job for which his unquestioned entry into all European capitals and circles makes him exceptionally well fitted. His companion at arms is a young woman… Read More
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The Law

by Vailland

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London: Cape, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's orange-red boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Green top edge. Decorated end-papers. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Translated from the French by Librairie Gallimard. No inscriptions. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Wire in the Blood

by McDERMID VAL

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London: Scorpion Press, 1997. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Blakeney, Gloucestershire: Scorpion Press 1997). # 16 of a Limited Edition of 85 numbered copies in a special binding and Signed by the Author. A fine copy quarter bound in dark grey leather (pale green top edge) with marbled boards, in a fine clear acetate D/W. With an appreciation of the author by Carol O'Connell. Signed by the Author on the limitation page. A lovely production.
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Fever of the Bone

by McDERMID VAL

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London: Little Brown, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED COPY. Publisher's black boards with silver spine lettering. Red end-papers. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. ISBN: 978-1-4087-0198-0. Inexplicably uncommon signed (and in nice condition). Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Curiosity of Mr. Treadgold

by WILLIAMS VALENTINE

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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1937). First Us Edition. Publisher's salmon-pink (almost orange) boards with black lettering to the front board and spine). A couple of old prices rubbed out from the front free end-paper otherwise VG indeed in like D/W with mild creasing to the extremities and with minor chipping, creasing and wear to the spine ends and to the bottom left hand corner of the front panel. Great period D/W artwork in black, green and yellow by Milton R Bellin. Uncommon (especially in D/W). Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Skeleton out of the Cupboard

by WILLIAMS VALENTINE

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's maroon cloth with white lettering to the front board and spine. A near fine copy in like D/W priced 8/6 net to the inside flap (as called for). A very nice copy indeed. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Dead Man Manor

by WILLIAMS VALENTINE

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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1936). First US Edition. Publisher's pink boards with black lettering to the front board and spine. Minor foxing to the end-papers otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W with a touch of fraying to the head and tail of the spine but with no repairs to the D/W whatsoever. A totally honest copy. Murder and Other Mysterious Happenings at Dead Man Manor in the Province of Quebec. Features Horace B Treadgold, criminologist and philatelist. Valentine Williams at His Best (New York Times). Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Fertility and Sterility in Marriage - Their Voluntary Promotion and Limitation

by Van De Velde, Theodoor H

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London: Heinemann, 1934. (London: William Heinemann 1934). Second Impression (First Published in 1931). Translated by F W Stella Browne. Publisher's dark blue cloth with blind-stamped borders and lettering to cover and gilt lettering to the spine. 448 pages + 20 black & white plates to the rear. Famous Dutch gynaecologist and physician's work on marital problems. Covers a number of illuminating subjects including "Abruptio copulae ante seminatione" and "coitus interruptus". Detailed notes laid in (written by a former reader not by this cataloguer I hasten to add) of the salient points in Chapter 1. A VG copy (no D/W). Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Medusa Touch

by Van Greenaway, Peter

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London: Gollancz, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A touch of age-toning to the top text block else fine in a slightly faded at the spine (by approx. one shade) else fine dustwrapper. N.B: The basis for the 1978 Anglo-French paranormal thriller movie of the same name directed by Jack Gold and starring Richard Burton and Lee Remick, A lovely copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Chinese Lake Murders

by Van Gulik, Robert

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London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A gift inscription on the verso of the front free end-paper and offsetting to both sets of end-papers otherwise a VG copy in a VG+ un-faded price-clipped dustwrapper with a touch of wear at the tip and tail of the spine. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Sexual Life in Ancient China - A preliminary survey of Chinese sex and society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D.

by Van Gulik, R. H.

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1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Leiden: E J Brill 1961). First Edition. Publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt motif to the front board. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. An uncommon book especially in such nice condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Chinese Maze Murders - A Chinese detective story suggested by three original ancient Chinese Plots

by Van Gulik, Robert

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1956. First Edition. (The Hague and Bandung: W. Van Hoeve Ltd 1956). First Edition. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to the spine and front board. Map-style end-papers. A fine copy (a tiny Amsterdam bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown) in like dustwrapper with NO TONING TO THE SPINE. With the very scarce promotional black wrap-around band with the quotation from AGATHA CHRISTIE: "I enjoyed the book immensely. The whole thing has great charm and freshness and I hope it will have great success". The band is in fine condition other than being a bit foxed to its rear portion (adjacent to the back panel). Thie "true" first edition of this second Judge Dee mystery. A sublime copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Given Day

by Van Gulik, Robert

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1964. First Edition. First Edition. Publisher's plain soft covers printed in red and blue. An exceptionally clean and bright un-marked copy prevented only from being fine on account of strips of glue residue from when the book was bound in the early 1960's. Appears to be unread. Scarce in this lovely condition. No inscriptions. No foxing. The "true" first edition in English. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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The Red Pavilion

by Van Gulik, Robert

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London: Heinemann, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Tape residue (from an old dustwrapper protector) to the corners of both the front and rear free end-papers otherwise a VG+ copy in a fine un-faded dustwrapper with NO FADING to the fugitive red spine. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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