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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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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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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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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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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.
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.
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.
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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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, 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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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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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).
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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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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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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).
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:]
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.
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.
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.
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.
More details Price: £150.00
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