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  • LIFE IN THE TOMB. by MYRIVILIS, Stratis. Translated from the modern Greek by Peter Bien, and introduced by Peter Levi.
    MYRIVILIS, Stratis. Translated from the modern Greek by Peter Bien, and introduced by Peter Levi.
    LIFE IN THE TOMB.

    London/New York: Quartet Encounters, 1987. 8vo., pp.xxi,328, paperback; edges toned, light creasing to wrappers, internally clean, a very good copy.

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  • LAWRENCE, D.H. Edited by WORTHEN, John. [First Edition]
    LOVE AMONG THE HAYSTACKS AND OTHER STORIES: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D.H. Lawrence.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 8vo., pp. lv,303, red hardcover, gilt; a few spots of foxing to edges of text-block particularly to top edge, a very good copy, in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, which has some light surface scratches.

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  • WALMSLEY, Leo. [Signed by the author]
    LOVE IN THE SUN.

    London/Glasgow: Collins, 1939. First edition signed by author, 8vo., pp.(xi),380, blue cloth, gilt; small, pictorial bookplate dated 1939 with neat ownership inscription to front free end-paper, signed by author with a biographical notice to half title verso, sunning to lower edges of boards, light foxing to fore edge,, a very good copy with an unclipped dust-jacket which has small closed tears, light creasing and light chipping to edges, light surface soil, otherwise very good. Now in a protective cover.

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  • MEN IN DARKNESS. by HANLEY, James. Preface by John Cowper Powys.
    HANLEY, James. Preface by John Cowper Powys.
    MEN IN DARKNESS. Five Stories.

    London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1931. First edition, 8vo., pp.xiv,323, black cloth, gilt, top edges red; foxing to fore-edges, slight toning and foxing to free endpapers, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has 1.5cm closed tear to rear upper edge, small closed tear and creasing to foot of front flap-fold, and very slight chipping to extremities, now in a protective cover and o/w very good.

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  • MIDNIGHT TALES. by HARVEY, William Fryer.
    HARVEY, William Fryer.
    MIDNIGHT TALES. 20 Tales of the Uncanny including ‘Midnight House’, ‘August Heat’, ‘Miss Cornelius’, and ‘The Beast with Five Fingers’.

    London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946. First edition, 8vo., pp. xiv,200, black hardcover, pale green lettering; spots of foxing to endpapers and fore-edge of text block, lightly rubbed, a few marks, crease to rear board, a very good copy in a fair unclipped dust-jacket, large area of loss to tailband, smaller area to headband, has been repaired by a previous owner with tape, wear, particularly to extremities.

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  • BECKETT, Samuel.
    MOLLOY, MALONE DIES, THE UNNAMABLE.

    London: John Calder, 1959. First edition thus, 8vo., pp. 418, navy hardcover; toning and foxing to prelims, endpapers and fore-edge of text block, lightly rubbed, a few very light marks to boards, a very good copy.

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  • RENDELL, Ruth.
    MURDER BEING ONCE DONE.

    London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1972. 8vo., pp.191, black hardcover, gilt; very light spotting to top edges, partial toning to endpapers, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in a vg price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket.

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  • MY LADY LUDLOW, by GASKELL, Mrs. [Elizabeth].
    GASKELL, Mrs. [Elizabeth].
    MY LADY LUDLOW, And Other Tales; Included in ‘Round the Sofa’.

    London: Sampson Low, Son and Co, 1861. First English edition, 8vo., pp.(iv),318,(ii)publisher’s adverts, uncut,, decoratively blindstamped pink cloth, gilt, frontispiece (with tissue guard) by J. Gilbert/H. Adlard; light remains of small bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, small circular stain to frontispiece/tissue guard/front free endpaper, else internally clean, light wear to cloth at extremities, spine sunned (gilt remains bright), with partial sunning to boards, a very good copy.

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  • NEW GRUB STREET. by GISSING, George. With An Introduction by Stonier G.W.
    GISSING, George. With An Introduction by Stonier G.W.
    NEW GRUB STREET.

    London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 12mo., pp.xii,544, navy hardcover, gilt; light toning and foxing to endpapers, hinge slightly visible to title, slight foxing to top edge, very light shelf-wear to extremities, gilding lightly faded to spine, a very good copy, in a price-clipped dust-jacket which is lightly soiled and toned and has small areas of loss to head and foot of spine, which are lightly rubbed, else good+

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  • NO'S KNIFE. by BECKETT, Samuel.
    BECKETT, Samuel.
    NO'S KNIFE. Collected Shorter Prose, 1947-1966.

    London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.168, red hardcover, gilt; very good indeed, in a very good complete and unclipped dust-jacket, lightly foxed, with light superficial rubbing to front panel.

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  • BARING, Maurice.
    ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR.

    London: Mills and Boon Limited, 1909. First edition, 8vo., pp.306,(ii), green cloth, gilt; foxing to prelims and edges, and to margins throughout, ink mark to fore-edges, slight roll and light sunning to spine, a good++ copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • OUT OF THE STORM. by HODGSON, William Hope. Edited and with a Critical Biography by Sam Moskowitz.
    HODGSON, William Hope. Edited and with a Critical Biography by Sam Moskowitz.
    OUT OF THE STORM.

    Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. First edition thus, signed presentation copy from the editor, 8vo., pp.,304, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; very light spotting to head, pages very lightly toned, o/w a very good copy in very good unclipped dust-jacket in clear book protector.

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  • PAINT IT TODAY. by H.D. [DOOLITTLE, Hilda]. Edited and introduced by Cassandra Laity.
    H.D. [DOOLITTLE, Hilda]. Edited and introduced by Cassandra Laity.
    PAINT IT TODAY.

    New York University Press, 1992. First edition, 8vo., pp.xliii,96, paperback; light corner-crease to half title, a fresh and near-fine copy.

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  • POINT COUNTER POINT. by HUXLEY, Aldous.
    HUXLEY, Aldous.
    POINT COUNTER POINT.

    London: Chatto and Windus, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iii),601, terracotta cloth, gilt, top edges red; foxing to edges, spine lightly rolled, else clean and very good, in very good complete unclipped dust-jacket, which has 2.5cm closed tear to head of rear flap-fold, and light creasing to extremities - now in a protective cover.

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  • QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY. by MILLER, Henry.
    MILLER, Henry.
    QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY. A Novel.

    London: Calder and Boyars, 1966. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.124, black hardcover, gilt; just slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is chipped and rubbed (without loss) to head of spine, with some rubbing to extremities, else very good.

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  • SCENTED GARDENS FOR THE BLIND. by FRAME, Janet.
    FRAME, Janet.
    SCENTED GARDENS FOR THE BLIND.

    London: W.H. Allen, 1963. First UK Edition, 8vo.,pp. 192, red hardcover, gilt; light toning to margins and toned and foxed to edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities and soiling to rear.

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  • LEIBER, Fritz. Introduction by, GAIMAN, Neil. Edited by, STRAHAN, Jonathan; BROWN, Charles N.
    SELECTED STORIES.

    San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2010. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 359, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w frontispiece; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

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  • SANSOM, C.J.
    SOVEREIGN

    London: Macmillan, 2006. First edition, 8vo., pp.583, blue hardcover, gilt, two small marks to fore-edge slightly affecting a few margins, otherwise a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, covered with adhesive plastic which has some wrinkling.

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  • TALES FROM TIMBUKTU. by SMEDLEY, Constance.
    SMEDLEY, Constance.
    TALES FROM TIMBUKTU.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix,179, multicoloured publisher’s cloth, title inlay to spine, uncut, green top edge, colour frontispiece, 11 b/w plates; toning to endpapers, a few spots of foxing to prelims, frontispiece unaffected, otherwise internally clean, rubbing to boards and spine, overall a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • WOLFF, Tobias. [Author’s presentation copy]
    THE BARRACKS THIEF.

    New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.101, quarter black cloth lettered in red, red paper-covered boards; a very good, fresh copy, ex libris Wilfrid Mellers, with signed presentation inscription from the author.

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