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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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  • THE HAUNTED GRANGE. by CHETWYND-HAYES, R.
    CHETWYND-HAYES, R.
    THE HAUNTED GRANGE.

    Wellingborough: William Kimber, 1988. First edition, 8vo., pp.184, blue hardcover, silver; toning to margins, a very good, clean copy, in very good+ complete and unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia.
    THE SALUTATION.

    London: Chato and Windus, 1932. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iv),303,(iv)adverts, blue-black cloth with marbled design, gilt; toning to prelim blank, sunning to spine (black outline of marbled design remains, with the blue under-colour sunned to brown), some sunning also to margins of boards, an otherwise very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • BERNERS, Lord. With three illustrations by the Author.
    THE CAMEL. A Tale.

    London: Constable and Co. Ltd, 1936. First edition, 8vo., pp.174, cerise cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 2 further b/w plates, top edges red; upper 2mm of spine sunned, with very light sunning to remainder of spine, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine, with light chipping to extremities (with only very slight loss) - now in a protective cover.

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  • BERNERS, Lord. With a frontispiece by the Author.
    COUNT OMEGA.

    London: Constable and Co. Ltd, 1941. First edition, small 8vo., pp.208, cerise cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece by the author; neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, spine rolled, else clean and very good, in good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light surface soiling to pale paper, small closed tears with creasing and slight chipping to extremities, as well as longer closed tear to head of front flap-fold, all of which have tape repairs to reverse. The dust-jacket design replicates the frontispiece image.

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  • EYELESS IN GAZA. by HUXLEY, Aldous.
    HUXLEY, Aldous.
    EYELESS IN GAZA.

    London: Chatto and Windus, 1936. First edition, 8vo., pp.620, beige cloth with front board and spine lettered in red, top edges red; foxing to fore-edges, otherwise fresh and very good indeed, in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • THE SHIP. by TAYLOR, Rev. Isaac.
    TAYLOR, Rev. Isaac.
    THE SHIP.

    London: John Harris, 1831. Second edition, square 12mo., pp.204, backed in red roan, gilt, green cloth boards, 16 engraved plates including frontispiece; ink ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims and plates, light marking to cloth, light rubbing to head and foot of spines, with small spots of wear at corners, a very good 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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  • LULL, Ramon. Translated from the Catalan with an Introduction by: PEERS, E.A. Edited with a Chronology and Bibliography by: IRWIN, Robert.
    BLANQUERNA. Dedalus European Classics.

    London/New York: Dedalus/Hippocrene Books, 1992. Facsimile reprint, 8vo., pp.536, paperback; partial sunning to wrappers, crease to spine, internally clean and very good, a good+ copy.

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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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  • FITZGERALD, Penelope.
    THE BOOKSHOP.

    London: Gerald Duckworth, 1978. First edition, 8vo., pp.118, green hardcover, gilt; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, slight mustiness, else clean and very good, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has slight sunning to spine, and adhesive plastic covering.

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  • MUSIL, Robert. Translated from the German by: WILKINS, Eithne; KAISER, Ernst.
    THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES. A Novel. [Set of Three Volumes]. Volume I. A Sort of Introduction; The Like of It Now Happens (I). Volume II. The Like of It Now Happens (II). Volume III. Into the Millennium (The Criminals).

    London: Secker and Warburg. First edition in English, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxv,365;vii,454;xii,445, green cloth with stamped brown title-bands, gilt; from the library of Gordon Leff, with small ownership inscription to front free endpaper of all volumes, foxing to top edges, light foxing to fore-edges, a very good, clean set, in unclipped dust-jackets (jacket to Volume I green, jackets to Volumes II-III cream), of which jacket to Volume I is darkened to spine, with chipping to extremities, jacket to Volume II foxed to pale paper, with toning to spine, 1.5cm closed tear to rear upper edge, and water-marking to foot of spine, and jacket to Volume III is toned to spine, with 3cm closed tear to foot of fold over…

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    London: Secker and Warburg. First edition in English, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxv,365;vii,454;xii,445, green cloth with stamped brown title-bands, gilt; from the library of Gordon Leff, with small ownership inscription to front free endpaper of all volumes, foxing to top edges, light foxing to fore-edges, a very good, clean set, in unclipped dust-jackets (jacket to Volume I green, jackets to Volumes II-III cream), of which jacket to Volume I is darkened to spine, with chipping to extremities, jacket to Volume II foxed to pale paper, with toning to spine, 1.5cm closed tear to rear upper edge, and water-marking to foot of spine, and jacket to Volume III is toned to spine, with 3cm closed tear to foot of fold over lower joint, 1cm closed tear to rear upper margin, and very slight chipping to headband - overall a very good set, in good+ dust-jackets.

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  • THE CROCK OF GOLD. by STEPHENS, James. Illustrated by: MACKENZIE, Thomas.
    STEPHENS, James. Illustrated by: MACKENZIE, Thomas.
    THE CROCK OF GOLD.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. First edition thus, large 8vo., pp.vii,228, bevelled red buckram, gilt, t.e.g., 12 colour plates and numerous b/w headpieces and tailpieces; ownership gift inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1928), foxing to edges and prelims/ultimate leaves, with some foxing throughout, spine lightly sunned, very slight marking to cloth, a very good copy.

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  • SUGIMOTO, Etsu Inagaki.
    A DAUGHTER OF THE NARIKIN.

    Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1932. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,325, uncut, black moire cloth, gilt, with blindstamped Japanese title to front board, top edges green, pictorial title page; bookseller’s label to front paste-down endpaper, light foxing to fore-edges, slight marking to lower edges, very slight wear at tailband, very slight bruising to corners, a very good copy.

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  • Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle (Lord Lyttton, First Baron Lytton)
    THE WORKS, Containing: Alice; Devereux; Ernest Maltravers; Eugene Aram; Harold; The Last of the Barons Parts 1&2; The Last Days of Pompeii; Leila; Paul Clifford; Pelham; Rienze

    G.J.Howell & Co: London, 1900. 12 volume set, 8vo., publisher’s half calf over pink boards, marbled endpapers, spines elaborately gilt with four raised bands, illustrations throughout by J.J.Waddington, top-edge-gilt, other uncut; occasional light foxing, slight rubbing to extremities but an attractive set.

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  • THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF THE MANDARIN FUM-HOAM (CHINESE TALES). by Edited by: SMITHERS, Leonard C.
    Edited by: SMITHERS, Leonard C.
    THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF THE MANDARIN FUM-HOAM (CHINESE TALES).

    London: H.S. Nichols, 1894. Limited edition of 680 copies, royal 8vo., pp.viii,252,(xviii)adverts, uncut, pictorial black cloth, gilt, t.e.g.; light rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to prelims, overall bright and very good indeed.

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  • THE EASTERN ANTHOLOGY. [Complete set of Twelve Volumes in Four Volumes:] by MATHERS, E. Powys.
    MATHERS, E. Powys.
    THE EASTERN ANTHOLOGY. [Complete set of Twelve Volumes in Four Volumes:] VOLUME I. 1. Kuttanimatatam of Damodaragupta; 2. Samayamatrika of Kshemendra; 3. Zenan-Nameb of Fazil-Bey and Ta’dib ul-Nisvan. VOLUME II. 4. The Young Wives’ Tale (Kissat Al-’Ara’is Al-Sabiya) and Tales of Fez; 5. The Loves of Raadha and Krishna and Amores; 6. Love Stories and Gallant Tales from the Chinese. VOLUME III. 7. Comrade Loves of the Samurai and Songs of the Geishas; 8. Ninety Short Tales of Love and Women from the Arabic; 9. The Loves of Dasin and Musa-ag-Amastan from the Tamashek and Camel-Boy Rhythms from the Arabic. VOLUME IV. 10. Love Tales of Cambodia and Song of the Love Nights of Lao; 11. Anthology of Eastern Love; 12. Anthology of Eastern Love.

    London: John Rodker, 1927. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies, publisher’s deluxe issue in full vellum, bevelled boards, twelve volumes in four volumes, 8vo., pp.(v),vi,92,(v),100,xiv,152;xiii,128,xii,183,(v),172;viii,136,x,140,ix,130;(vii),106,viii,170,viii,155, uncut, pictorial yellow vellum, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispieces with tissue guards and further plates within; internally fine, with some mottling to boards, a very good set.

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  • THE FIERY DIVE AND OTHER STORIES. by ARMSTRONG, Martin. [Signed by the author].
    ARMSTRONG, Martin. [Signed by the author].
    THE FIERY DIVE AND OTHER STORIES.

    London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. Limited edition, one of 150 copies signed by the author, 8vo., pp.283, quarter vellum, gilt, black cloth; small spots of wear to cloth at corners, slight marking to cloth, a very good copy.

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  • THE SECRET AGENT. by CONRAD, Joseph.
    CONRAD, Joseph.
    THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale.

    London: Methuen & Co. First edition, first impression (adverts dated 1907; misprint at p.117 reads ‘be be’ for ‘to be’), pp.(iii),442,40(publisher’s adverts), uncut, red cloth, gilt, decorative gilt motifs to spine; pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims and to fore-edges (occasionally affecting margins), some rubbing to extremities, a very good, rather bright copy. (No dust-jacket).

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  • ESPEDAIR STREET. by BANKS, Iain. [Signed presentation copy from the author].
    BANKS, Iain. [Signed presentation copy from the author].
    ESPEDAIR STREET.

    London: Macmillan, 1987. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iii),249, blue hardcover, gilt; author’s dedication inscription to title page, light rubbing to extremities, internally fresh and near-fine, a very good copy, in vg complete and unclipped dust-jacket.

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