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DIE BLECHTROMMEL.
Roman.
Hermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1960. First edition, 8vo., pp.736, pale grey cloth lettered in red; a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped with light loss to extremities, with 4cm closed tear to foot of fold over upper joint, and a couple of further small closed tears, now in a protective cover and else very good.
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THE DEPORTEES AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. First edition, signed copy, 8vo.,pp. xiii,242, hardcover, gilt; author’s signature to title page, lightly toned to edges of text block, otherwise near-fine, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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UNIFORM EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF: 17 Volumes; The Commom Reader, First Series; The Common Reader, Second Series; Three Guineas; A Room Of One’s Own; The Moment And Other Essays; The Captain’s Death Bed; The Voyage Out; Night And Day; Jacob’s Room; Mrs. Dalloway; To The Lighthouse; Orlando, A Biography; The Waves; The Years; Between The Acts; A Haunted House; Flush, A Biography.
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MRS. DALLOWAY.
Uniform Edition.
London: Printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1933. Reprinted (fourth impression), small 8vo., pp.293, green cloth, gilt; contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned and chipped to spine, neatly severed along fold for lower joint, with toning to margins, and a couple of further small nicks to edges.
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THE DEPORTEES.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.xiii,242, black hardcover, gilt; signed by author to title pages, a very good copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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PETER ABELARD.
A Novel.
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Facsimile reprint, 8vo., pp.277, glazed hardcover, b/w illustrations; fine. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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WRITTEN ON THE BODY.
London: Johnathan Cape, 1992. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.190, black cloth, gilt; very slight roll to spine, a very good copy indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear at rear upper corner, light creasing to head and foot of spine, and one tiny nick to foot of spine.
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The Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes: SHIRLEY.
Oxford: Clarendon Press. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.xii,835, navy cloth, gilt, five b/w plates, comprising the facsimile of one ms. page from Volume III, facsimiles of the original title pages to each volume, and a photograph of Rawfolds Mill; foxing to top edges, an otherwise fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, with light rubbing to corners.
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THE NOVELS OF I. COMPTON-BURNETT. [Set of Nineteen Volumes]
Slipcase I.: Pastors and Masters (1925); Brothers and Sisters (1929); Men and Wives (1931); More Women Than Men (1933); A House and Its Head (1935). Slipcase II.: Daughters and Sons (1937); A Family And A Fortune (1939); Parents and Children (1941); Elders and Betters (1944). Slipcase III.: Manservant and Maidservant (1947); Two Worlds and their Ways (1949); Darkness and Day (1951); The Present and the Past (1953). Slipcase IV.: Mother and Son (1955); A Father and His Fate (1957); A Heritage and its History (19590; The Mighty and Their Fall (1961); A God and His Gifts (1963); The Last and the First (1971).
London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972. Limited edition of 500 sets, of which this is no.58, each volume hand-numbered to title verso, complete in nineteen volumes, 8vo., red cloth, gilt, ribbon bookmarks, top edges magenta; a fine set, in unclipped dust-jackets, which are uniformly lightly sunned to spines, but complete and otherwise near-fine, with just slight chipping to Volumes 17 and 18 at head of spines. The set is housed in four slipcases, all of which show sunning to edges and upper panel, but are otherwise very good. ‘This limited and numbered edition of 500 copies has been produced posthumously in accordance with Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett’s wishes. It wgas her express desire that her first novel, Dolores, should be excluded from this edition.’
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THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH.
London: Macmillan, 1989. Limited signed edition, no.184 of 1000 copies, 8vo., pp.xi,806, black hardcover, gilt; slight bruise near head of upper joint, very slight colouring to top edges, a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has small nick to foot of spine, and two tiny nicks to front upper corner. In near-fine matching slipcase.
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THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE.
London: The Folio Society, 2015. Second impression, 8vo., pp.xvii,250, blue linen lettered in silver, pictorial paper-covered front board, colour frontispiece, 7 colour plates; a fine, fresh copy, in a navy slipcase with silver pictorial decoration.
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THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First illustrated edition, limited and signed, no. 430 of 1000 copies, colour pictorial hardcover, map design to endpapers, marble design to title and chapter titles, 14 monochromatic plates; very slight bruise to head of spine, very slight creasing to tail of spine, signed by author to limitation page, with previous owner’s autograph inkstamp to lower margin of same page, a fresh and near-fine copy, in matching near-fine slipcase, with very minimal shelfwear to upper margins, and lightly sunned to fore-edge.
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RIPLEY. Set of Three Volumes, comprising: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY; RIPLEY UNDER GROUND; RIPLEY’S GAME.
London: The Folio Society, 2011. First Folio Society edition, text follows that of the first editions, with minor emendations, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xi-269;279;269; pictorial silver hardcover in case, foil-lettered, colour frontispieces and plates; a fine set, in a near-fine silver-lettered dark grey slipcase.
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THE BRIGHT PAVILLIONS.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1940. First edition, with presentation inscription by the author, 8vo., pp.xi, 709, red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering, blind lettering/decoration, folding genealogy to rear of volume; very slight rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Also included is the order of service from the funeral of the author.
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THE FORGOTTEN IMAGE
New York: Doubleday, 1930. First American edition, 8vo., pp.viii,337, black cloth lettered in red, top edges red; light foxing to inner margins of front endpapers, light creasing to cloth at head of spine, a very good copy, in a good pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, which is worn to extremities, with chipping to headband and apx. 2.5 cm of loss to the tail of the spine, several closed tears with sellotape repairs to reverse, with small yellow dot sticker to spine.
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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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BETRAYALS.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.(ix),308, black hardcover lettered in silver; author’s signature to title page, a very good, clean copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine, else very good.
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THE GO-BETWEEN.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First edition, small 8vo., pp.296, red cloth, gilt, top edges red; foxing to prelims and edges, spine lightly rolled forward, gilt dulled, splash-marks to cloth, a good+ copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped with light loss to extremities, with a few closed tears to margins, reinforced with archival tape to reverse. Now in a protective cover.
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A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN VERSE.
London: Reeves and Turner. Second edition, adverts dated 1890, 8vo.,pp.199,29, burgundy cloth, with paper title label to spine; ownership autograph with small inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, lightly toned and foxed to margins with chipping to edges of text block, cracking to inner hinge with webbing visible, boards working loose to front and rear endpapers, boards rubbed to extremities with light wear to corners and to head and foot of spine, light toning and a couple of stains to spine, title label heavily rubbed and worn with a small piece missing to edge, lettering still visible, a good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE MIRROR OF THE SEA.
And A Personal Record.
London: The Folio Society, 2005. .8vo.,pp. 311, pictorial hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; a fine copy, in a near-fine blue slip case
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