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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series. Hans Christian...

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875), [GIRAUD, Stephen Louis, editor], [WICKHAM, Elizabeth Merwin, illustrator].

London: Strand Publications, no date [circa 1938]. [Pop-Up Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[62]. With four colour-illustrated pop-up scenes, a colour frontispiece and vignette title page, and several line-drawn illustrations, all by Wickham, and design and arrangement by Giraud. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards, with endpapers illustrated..... More

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The Big Four. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame

The Big Four.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

London: W. Collins and Sons. 1927. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.v, 281; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in red to spine and upper. Some spotting to contents and edges (thick, fluffy paper is susceptible), covers fresh and bright, spine gently toned, lightly worn at tips. A very..... More

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Artemis Fowl. Eoin COLFER, born 1965

Artemis Fowl.

COLFER, Eoin (born 1965).

London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99..... More

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Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". In Three Volumes. Charles DICKENS

Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". In Three Volumes.

[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)].

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the suppressed 'Fireside' plate and with with 'Boz' on the title pages. Three volumes, Small octavo, illustrated with 24 plates by Cruikshank. Complete copy with both half-titles (not required for vol.III), advertisement leaf following text of vol I, initial..... More

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The Corrections. Jonathan FRANZEN, born 1959

The Corrections.

FRANZEN, Jonathan (born 1959).

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Issue, with the loose errata slip. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 568. Publisher's quarter navy paper with silver titles to spine, and grey paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Lynn Buckley, priced at $26.00. Minor..... More

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Complete Strega Borgia Chronicles]. Pure Dead Magic; Pure Dead Wicked; Pure Dead Brilliant; Deep...

[Complete Strega Borgia Chronicles]. Pure Dead Magic; Pure Dead Wicked; Pure Dead Brilliant; Deep Trouble; Deep Water; Deep Fear.

GLIORI, Debi (born 1959).

London: Doubleday, 2001-2006. [Children's Fantasy Humour] COMPLETE SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 17cm), pp.220 [4]; pp.253 [3]; pp.316 [5]; pp.304; pp.335 [1]; pp.332 [4]. With chapter headings illustrated by the author. Each volume SIGNED by the author to title page in ink matching the colour..... More

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The House of Silk. Anthony HOROWITZ, Arthur Conan, born 1955, Sir DOYLE

The House of Silk.

HOROWITZ, Anthony (born 1955), [DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan].

London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. A fine/as-new copy in jacket, in a silver-titled black cloth slipcase, in the original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed..... More

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Coming Up For Air. George ORWELL, Eric Arthur BLAIR, pseudonym

Coming Up For Air.

ORWELL, George [BLAIR, Eric Arthur, pseudonym] (1903-1950).

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6] 278 [4]. In publisher's light blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at $3.00. Lightly toned to spine and edges. Jacket rubbed to edges and joints, with moderate general..... More

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Paris. Edward RUTHERFURD, born 1948, Francis Edward WINTLE

Paris.

RUTHERFURD, Edward [pseudonym of WINTLE, Francis Edward] (born 1948).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 734; [2]. Publisher's red cloth, metallic blue titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page with a Hatchards promotional band around the wrapper. A faint..... More

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The Works of William Shakespeare. William SHAKESPEARE

The Works of William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).

London: Archibald Constable, n.d [c.1910]. FINELY BOUND EDITION. 12 volumes. Crown octavo (19 x 14 x 40cm). Half scarlet calf by The Times Bindery, with green morocco title labels, gilt to spine, matching buckram sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents a little thumbed, bindings with the odd mark or..... More

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The Man Who. Catherine AIRD, Eric AMBER, Simon BRETT, Len DEIGHTON, Antonia FRASER, Michael...

The Man Who...

VARIOUS; AIRD, Catherine; AMBER, Eric; BRETT, Simon; DEIGHTON, Len; FRASER, Antonia; GILBERT, Michael; HILL, Reginald; JAMES, P.D.; LOVESEY, Peter; RENDELL, Ruth; SIMMS, George; UNDERWOOD, Michael, [KEATING, H.R.F., introduction].

Bristol: Scorpion Press, 1992. [Detective Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] x, 230. Number 121 of just 125 copies SIGNED by all the contributors in various inks to preliminary leaves. Also with an illustrated frontispiece tipped in. Book mark for 'Murder by the Book' bookstore in..... More

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The Brading Collection. Patricia WENTWORTH, Dora Amy ELLES

The Brading Collection.

WENTWORTH, Patricia [pseudonym of ELLES, Dora Amy] (1877-1961).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1952. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Light offsetting to endpapers. Price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed to edges with some minor closed tears, tape to reverse. Near fine. The seventeenth of 32..... More

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The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England. P. G. WODEHOUSE

The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England.

WODEHOUSE, P.G. (1881-1975).

London: Alston Rivers, 1909. [Satire/humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm). Pp. 122; [6], advertisements. With illustrations. In an elegant vintage binding of quarter native red morocco over patterned paper covered sides, leather-tipped corners, gilt titles and decoration to spine, original colour-printed wraps bound in, marbled endpapers. A lovely fine..... More

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The Man With Two Left Feet. P. G. WODEHOUSE, Pelham Grenville

The Man With Two Left Feet.

WODEHOUSE, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (1881-1975).

New York, NY: A.L. Burt Company, 1933. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.283; [1], blank. Publisher's orange cloth, with black titles and decoration, top edge tinted orange, pictorial jacket by Harry Beckhoff. Contents clean, cloth fresh. A lovely fine copy in a very slightly used jacket... More

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Mike at Wrykyn. P. G. WODEHOUSE, Pelham Grenville

Mike at Wrykyn.

WODEHOUSE, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (1881-1975).

New York, NY: Meredith Press, 1953. [School Cricket Novel] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x, 235 [3]. Publisher's light green cloth with black and yellow titles to spine. Yellow endpapers. With the grey dust-jacket illustrated by Charles Waterhouse, priced at $4.95, and recommended for 'Boys 10 to 70.'..... More

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Spring Fever. Sir P. G. WODEHOUSE, elham, renville

Spring Fever.

WODEHOUSE, Sir P.[elham]G.[renville] (1881-1975).

London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1948]. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Frank Ford. A superb fresh copy of the book with small jigger (production fault) to p.136-7, in lovely fine..... More

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