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	The Green Years Cronin, A. J. (Book #ID 1311) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First edition 1945. 1945. First edition hard back. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£5.00 Convert currency

	Retreat, Hell! Camp, William Martin (Book #ID 4312) Published by Constable, London First edition 1944. 1944. First edition hard back publisher's original olive green cloth covers, black stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 416 pp. Maps to end papers. Small crease line to upper panel. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Sido aux Quatre Vents de L'Esprit Vire ma Fantaisie [Four Winds - The Spirit Fired my Fancy Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle] 1873-1954. Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title (Book #ID 8007) Published by Ferenczi et Fils 1930. 1930. Paper wraps. 177 pp. Light tanning to closed page edges. M. Bouchaud illustrated wrapper with 5 mm rubs to spine tips, short closed tear to lower to foot of spine. Scarce in wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£16.50 Convert currency

	Cavalcade Coward, Noel [1899-1973] (Book #ID 11528) Published by William Heinemann Limited, London Second edition 1932. 1932. Hard back publisher's original yellow cloth covers, red, blue and black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 9" x 5¾" 139 pp. Twenty-four photographic plates on glossy paper. Spine slightly tanned, general soiling to light coloured cloth, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	The Imperfect Gentleman Crauford, W. H. Lane (Book #ID 13221) Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London First Edition 1935. 1935. First edition hard back publisher's original bright orange cloth covers, black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 255 pp. Light tanning to closed page edges, without any rubbing to the cloth and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Congo Song Cloete, Stuart (Book #ID 15539) Collins 48 Pall Mall, London First edition 1943. 1943. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aubergine cloth covers, light blue lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 320 pp. Old pen price to front end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£5.00 Convert currency

	S. S. 'San Pedro'; A Tale of the Sea Cozzens, James Gould (Book #ID 38152) Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 39 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1931. London 1931 First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 119 pp. In Fine condition, without any marks or rubs whatsoever, corners sharp and pointed, without any foxing, no dust wrapper, superb as new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	Night In No Time Crawshay-Williams, Eliot (Book #ID 59784) Published by John Long Ltd., London circa 1943. London circa 1943. Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 240 printed pages of text. Shallow rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, wartime authorised economy note to the copyright page. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 15 mm closed tear to the top of the upper panel, a little wear along the upper and lower edges and corners, not price clipped 9/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	What Price Gloria! [Signed] Clayton, Geoffrey (Book #ID 22504) Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1936. 1936. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 316 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to half-title page 'To Richard Rice Sincerely, Geoffrey Clayton, 1936.' Small scuff mark to top of upper panel just affecting the 'ce' of 'Price' on the spine edge, light foxing to closed page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£75.00 Convert currency

	Dawn in Lyonesse Chase, Mary Ellen (Book #ID 27794) Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition 1938. 1938. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 6'' 126 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition Albert Barlow illustrated dust wrapper with shallow rubbing to edges and corners, age darkening to lower cover, not price clipped 5s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Happy Parrot Chambers, Robert W. (Book #ID 27852) Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London First Edition 1929. 1929. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 352 pp. Slight age browning to end papers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£9.00 Convert currency

	All Sails Set [Published in the U.S.A. as 'Shipmates - A Tale of the Seafaring Women of New England'] Carter, Isabel Hopestill [Illustrated by Stanley Rogers] (Book #ID 93106) Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First UK Edition 1934. 1934. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. Thick 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 357 (+ 3 page publisher's catalogue) printed pages of text with lovely monochrome illustrations throughout. A tale of the Seafaring Women of New England, the story, set in the mid nineteenth century, deals with the wife of a New England sea captain who accompanies her husband on his voyages. Small ink name to the top of the front free end paper 'Wallace'. Very Good condition book in scarce Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight age tanning of the cream paper down the spine, priced 7/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£75.00 Convert currency

	The Bone of Contention Carfrae, Elizabeth (Book #ID 41568) Published by Mills and Boon Ltd., 49 Rupert Street, London First Edition 1930. London 1930. First edition hard back binding in maroon machine finish cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, but without the publisher's name to the foot of the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 251, iv [pp] catalogue. Slight spine slant and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£40.00 Convert currency

	Clochemerle Chevallier, Gabriel [Translated from the French by Jocelyn Godefroi] (Book #ID 45092) Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 7 John Street, London, Fourth Impression 1936 [First Edition 1936]. London 1936. Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 439 printed pages of text. Reference or rebinding condition with the spine covering missing, contents clean. We currently hold in stock 3 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£6.00 Convert currency

	Cross Gaits Cameron, Isabel [Isobel Cameron] (Book #ID 45814) Published by Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill First Edition 1945. 1945. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text. Small discrete ownership name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book, in torn and repaired dust wrapper with half the paper to the spine missing, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	Pearl; A Cornish Love Story Chase, Beatrice [Olive Katharine Parr] (Book #ID 50391) Published by Sands & Co. 15 King Street, Covent Garden, London 1927 New Edition. London 1927. Hard back binding in publisher's original vivid orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xii] 223 printed pages of text. Small ownership marking name to the front free end paper, a little rubbing to the spine ends and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Seeing Eyes and Hearing Ears Court, Herbert A. (Book #ID 52405) Published by Victory Press, Clapham Crescent, London circa 1945. London 1945. Hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 123 printed pages of text. Front free end paper missing, with 'Union Chapel, Bethersden' stamp to both of the paste downs and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£30.00 Convert currency

	Cross Gaits Cameron, Isabel [Isobel Cameron] (Book #ID 87503) Published by Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill First Edition 1945. 1945. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text. Near Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear to the top front cover, ribs to the top corners, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Storer Clouston's Omnibus Clouston, Storer (Book #ID 54054) Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., London 1942. London 1942. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 680 printed pages of text. Slight sun fading down the spine, corners turned in, without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Outrageous Fortune Crawshay-Williams, Eliot (September 4, 1879 - May 11, 1962), was a British author, officer, and Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. (Book #ID 78300) Published by John Long Ltd., 47 Princes Gate, London First Edition 1944. London 1944. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Light marks to the boards. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tears and rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 8/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Crawshay-Williams was the son of Arthur John Williams, a Welsh barrister and politician. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Field Artillery and at the 1906 general election he stood as a Liberal candidate in the Chorley constituency in Lancashire. He had been employed by Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office from 1906 to 1908. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as MP for Leicester, serving as parliamentary private secretary to David Lloyd George. He resigned from Parliament in 1913 following his being named as co-respondent in a divorce case brought by fellow Liberal Hubert Carr-Gomm the MP for Rotherhithe. It was as he wrote in his autobiography "the death blow of my career". In June 2010, a letter written by Crawshay-Williams to Churchill, pleading with the prime minister to come to terms with Adolf Hitler, was sold by New York publishing executive Steve Forbes. It was written in 1940, before the U.S. had joined the war. "I'm all for winning this war if it can be done," the letter said, adding that "an informed view of the situation shows that we've really not got a practical chance of actual ultimate victory" and that "no questions of prestige should stand in the way of our using our nuisance value while we have one to get the best peace terms possible." Churchill's reply was bitingly brief and to the point. "I am ashamed of you for writing such a letter. I return it to you -- to burn and forget." The two letters combined fetched $51,264. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£150.00 Convert currency

	The Passionate Brood [Originally 'Like Us, They Lived] Campbell Barnes, Margaret (Book #ID 71938) Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 16 Maddox Street, London Revised and Re-set Edition 1954. London 1954. Revised and Re-set edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 296 printed pages of text. Lower spine end a little creased, light ghosting to the free end papers, ink message dated 1954 to the front free end paper, interesting pencilled information to the recto of the rear free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition art work dust wrapper with taped repairs to the corners and spine ends, chips to the spine ends and corners, rubs to the fore edges, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£9.00 Convert currency

	The Sense of Things Candidus [Of the Daily Sketch] (Book #ID 72335) Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Published in Book Form 1938. London 1938. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 247 printed pages of text. Spine ends soft, pencilled name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Will O' The Weald; A Romance of Thirteenth Century Sussex Cook, W. Victor (Book #ID 82560) Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1932. London 1932. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original leaf green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 318 printed pages of text. Shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, foxing to the page edges, tan age spots to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£6.00 Convert currency

	The Flaming Wilderness Cullum, Ridgwell (Book #ID 74049) Published by Chapman and Hall Ltd., 11 Henrietta Street, London First Edition 1934. London 1934. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dove grey cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 352 printed pages of text. A little fading to the grey of the spine, tan age spots to the spine, foxing to the closed page edges and in Very Good condition corners nice and sharp, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERATURE 1926-1945 Category	£8.00 Convert currency

The Green Years

Cronin, A. J.

(Book #ID 1311)

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First edition 1945. 1945.

First edition hard back. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Retreat, Hell!

Camp, William Martin

(Book #ID 4312)

Published by Constable, London First edition 1944. 1944.

First edition hard back publisher's original olive green cloth covers, black stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 416 pp. Maps to end papers. Small crease line to upper panel. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Sido aux Quatre Vents de L'Esprit Vire ma Fantaisie [Four Winds - The Spirit Fired my Fancy

Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle] 1873-1954. Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title

(Book #ID 8007)

Published by Ferenczi et Fils 1930. 1930.

Paper wraps. 177 pp. Light tanning to closed page edges. M. Bouchaud illustrated wrapper with 5 mm rubs to spine tips, short closed tear to lower to foot of spine. Scarce in wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Cavalcade

Coward, Noel [1899-1973]

(Book #ID 11528)

Published by William Heinemann Limited, London Second edition 1932. 1932.

Hard back publisher's original yellow cloth covers, red, blue and black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 9" x 5¾" 139 pp. Twenty-four photographic plates on glossy paper. Spine slightly tanned, general soiling to light coloured cloth, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Imperfect Gentleman

Crauford, W. H. Lane

(Book #ID 13221)

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London First Edition 1935. 1935.

First edition hard back publisher's original bright orange cloth covers, black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 255 pp. Light tanning to closed page edges, without any rubbing to the cloth and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Congo Song

Cloete, Stuart

(Book #ID 15539)

Collins 48 Pall Mall, London First edition 1943. 1943.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aubergine cloth covers, light blue lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 320 pp. Old pen price to front end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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S. S. 'San Pedro'; A Tale of the Sea

Cozzens, James Gould

(Book #ID 38152)

Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 39 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1931. London 1931

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 119 pp. In Fine condition, without any marks or rubs whatsoever, corners sharp and pointed, without any foxing, no dust wrapper, superb as new book. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Night In No Time

Crawshay-Williams, Eliot

(Book #ID 59784)

Published by John Long Ltd., London circa 1943. London circa 1943.

Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 240 printed pages of text. Shallow rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, wartime authorised economy note to the copyright page. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 15 mm closed tear to the top of the upper panel, a little wear along the upper and lower edges and corners, not price clipped 9/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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What Price Gloria! [Signed]

Clayton, Geoffrey

(Book #ID 22504)

Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1936. 1936.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 316 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to half-title page 'To Richard Rice Sincerely, Geoffrey Clayton, 1936.' Small scuff mark to top of upper panel just affecting the 'ce' of 'Price' on the spine edge, light foxing to closed page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Dawn in Lyonesse

Chase, Mary Ellen

(Book #ID 27794)

Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition 1938. 1938.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 6'' 126 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition Albert Barlow illustrated dust wrapper with shallow rubbing to edges and corners, age darkening to lower cover, not price clipped 5s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Happy Parrot

Chambers, Robert W.

(Book #ID 27852)

Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London First Edition 1929. 1929.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 352 pp. Slight age browning to end papers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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All Sails Set [Published in the U.S.A. as 'Shipmates - A Tale of the Seafaring Women of New England']

Carter, Isabel Hopestill [Illustrated by Stanley Rogers]

(Book #ID 93106)

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First UK Edition 1934. 1934.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. Thick 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 357 (+ 3 page publisher's catalogue) printed pages of text with lovely monochrome illustrations throughout. A tale of the Seafaring Women of New England, the story, set in the mid nineteenth century, deals with the wife of a New England sea captain who accompanies her husband on his voyages. Small ink name to the top of the front free end paper 'Wallace'. Very Good condition book in scarce Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight age tanning of the cream paper down the spine, priced 7/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Bone of Contention

Carfrae, Elizabeth

(Book #ID 41568)

Published by Mills and Boon Ltd., 49 Rupert Street, London First Edition 1930. London 1930.

First edition hard back binding in maroon machine finish cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, but without the publisher's name to the foot of the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 251, iv [pp] catalogue. Slight spine slant and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Clochemerle

Chevallier, Gabriel [Translated from the French by Jocelyn Godefroi]

(Book #ID 45092)

Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 7 John Street, London, Fourth Impression 1936 [First Edition 1936]. London 1936.

Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 439 printed pages of text. Reference or rebinding condition with the spine covering missing, contents clean. We currently hold in stock 3 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Cross Gaits

Cameron, Isabel [Isobel Cameron]

(Book #ID 45814)

Published by Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill First Edition 1945. 1945.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text. Small discrete ownership name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book, in torn and repaired dust wrapper with half the paper to the spine missing, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Pearl; A Cornish Love Story

Chase, Beatrice [Olive Katharine Parr]

(Book #ID 50391)

Published by Sands & Co. 15 King Street, Covent Garden, London 1927 New Edition. London 1927.

Hard back binding in publisher's original vivid orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xii] 223 printed pages of text. Small ownership marking name to the front free end paper, a little rubbing to the spine ends and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Seeing Eyes and Hearing Ears

Court, Herbert A.

(Book #ID 52405)

Published by Victory Press, Clapham Crescent, London circa 1945. London 1945.

Hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 123 printed pages of text. Front free end paper missing, with 'Union Chapel, Bethersden' stamp to both of the paste downs and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Cross Gaits

Cameron, Isabel [Isobel Cameron]

(Book #ID 87503)

Published by Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill First Edition 1945. 1945.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text. Near Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear to the top front cover, ribs to the top corners, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Storer Clouston's Omnibus

Clouston, Storer

(Book #ID 54054)

Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., London 1942. London 1942.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 680 printed pages of text. Slight sun fading down the spine, corners turned in, without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Outrageous Fortune

Crawshay-Williams, Eliot (September 4, 1879 - May 11, 1962), was a British author, officer, and Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George and Winston Churchill.

(Book #ID 78300)

Published by John Long Ltd., 47 Princes Gate, London First Edition 1944. London 1944.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Light marks to the boards. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tears and rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 8/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Crawshay-Williams was the son of Arthur John Williams, a Welsh barrister and politician. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Field Artillery and at the 1906 general election he stood as a Liberal candidate in the Chorley constituency in Lancashire. He had been employed by Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office from 1906 to 1908. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as MP for Leicester, serving as parliamentary private secretary to David Lloyd George. He resigned from Parliament in 1913 following his being named as co-respondent in a divorce case brought by fellow Liberal Hubert Carr-Gomm the MP for Rotherhithe. It was as he wrote in his autobiography "the death blow of my career". In June 2010, a letter written by Crawshay-Williams to Churchill, pleading with the prime minister to come to terms with Adolf Hitler, was sold by New York publishing executive Steve Forbes. It was written in 1940, before the U.S. had joined the war. "I'm all for winning this war if it can be done," the letter said, adding that "an informed view of the situation shows that we've really not got a practical chance of actual ultimate victory" and that "no questions of prestige should stand in the way of our using our nuisance value while we have one to get the best peace terms possible." Churchill's reply was bitingly brief and to the point. "I am ashamed of you for writing such a letter. I return it to you -- to burn and forget." The two letters combined fetched $51,264. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Passionate Brood [Originally 'Like Us, They Lived]

Campbell Barnes, Margaret

(Book #ID 71938)

Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 16 Maddox Street, London Revised and Re-set Edition 1954. London 1954.

Revised and Re-set edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 296 printed pages of text. Lower spine end a little creased, light ghosting to the free end papers, ink message dated 1954 to the front free end paper, interesting pencilled information to the recto of the rear free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition art work dust wrapper with taped repairs to the corners and spine ends, chips to the spine ends and corners, rubs to the fore edges, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Sense of Things

Candidus [Of the Daily Sketch]

(Book #ID 72335)

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Published in Book Form 1938. London 1938.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 247 printed pages of text. Spine ends soft, pencilled name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Will O' The Weald; A Romance of Thirteenth Century Sussex

Cook, W. Victor

(Book #ID 82560)

Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1932. London 1932.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original leaf green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 318 printed pages of text. Shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, foxing to the page edges, tan age spots to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Flaming Wilderness

Cullum, Ridgwell

(Book #ID 74049)

Published by Chapman and Hall Ltd., 11 Henrietta Street, London First Edition 1934. London 1934.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dove grey cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 352 printed pages of text. A little fading to the grey of the spine, tan age spots to the spine, foxing to the closed page edges and in Very Good condition corners nice and sharp, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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