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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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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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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. 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. 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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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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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, 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.
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. 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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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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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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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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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.
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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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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