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Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill [The Seventh in the Georgian Saga] Plaidy, Jean [Jacket Design by Philip Gough] (Book #ID 60565) Published by The Literary Guild, Robert Hale & Company First Thus Edition 1970. London 1970. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original French blue covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 381 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated headers. A little wear to the lower spine end. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition colour illustrated dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine ends, gutters and corners, 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 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind Pearce, Michael (Book #ID 534) Published by Collins Crime, London First Edition 1991. 1991. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. 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 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Heretic's Apprentice; The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael Peters, Ellis [1913-1995] (Book #ID 537) Published by Headline Publishing, London First Edition 1989. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, plans to end papers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 279 pp ISBN 074720103X. Cheap paper browning to page edges. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, spine not faded. 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 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Blackeyes Potter, Dennis [1935-1994] (Book #ID 541) Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square London First edition 1987. 1987. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 184 pp. Slight age tanning to page edges. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. 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 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Amber Spyglass Pullman, Philip [born 1946]. (Book #ID 57333) Published by Scholastic, New Oxford Street, London 2nd Impression 2000. London 2000. Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Number string to the copyright page 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3. Contains [x] 550 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped £14.99. 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. ISBN 0590542443 Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Winter Should Pass Patten, Nigel (Book #ID 1392) Published by Chatto & Windus, London First edition 1967. 1967. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Bribe Palumbo, Nino [Translated by Isabel Quigly] (Book #ID 1968) Published by Harvill Press, London First Edition 1960. 1960. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Near. Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Behold Thy Daughter Paterson, Neil (Book #ID 1976) Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London First Edition 1950. 1950. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Near. Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Alma Petrie, Glen [Gustav Mahler] (Book #ID 2577) Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., 91 Clapham High Street, London First edition 1989. 1989. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo 496 pp. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Makariri Gold Priestley, Brian (Book #ID 2810) Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 4 Little Essex Street, London First edition 1977. 1977. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Post Graduate Piper, Anne (Book #ID 3002) Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., London First edition 1979. 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Cotoneaster Factor Peak, David (Book #ID 3006) Published by Fourth Estate Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London First Edition 1990. 1990. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Hearts and Showers Pollard, Sue (Book #ID 3046) Published by Headline, London First edition 1988. 1988. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Lion Rampant Paul, William (Book #ID 4819) Published by Macdonald & Co., Limited, London First edition 1989. 1989. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8" x 6" 256 pp. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Faun Endures Prodan, Mario [Charles Mozley Illustrated Dust Wrapper] (Book #ID 6077) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland Street, London First Edition 1959. 1959. First edition hard back publishers green cloth with white and gilt titles to spine. 224 pp. Author's first novel. Illustrated end papers. Book in Fine condition. Charles Mozley illustrated dust wrapper with tiny surface rubs to spine ends and front corners, clip to inside front flap leaving 15/- price unclipped in Very Good+ condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Resisting Arrest Phillips, Steven (Book #ID 6142) Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 4 Little Essex Street, London First edition 1980. 1980. First edition hard back. 354 pp novel. Author's first novel. Book in Fine condition. Dust wrapper not price clipped and in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Butler's Revenge Powell, Margaret (Book #ID 6887) Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 26 Bloomsbury Street, London First edition 1984. 1984. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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A Time of War Peterson, Michael (Book #ID 6915) Published by Mandarin, London First edition 1990. 1990. First edition hard back black covers with silver titles. 624 pp Vietnam war novel. Book with light tanning to closed page edges and in near Fine condition. Dust wrapper not priced and in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Collection and The Lover Pinter, Harold [Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2005] (Book #ID 7082) Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London 2nd edition 1964. 1964. Hard back. Ex-library with all the usual markings. 92 pp, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Blackeyes Potter, Dennis [1935-1994] (Book #ID 7402) Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square London First edition 1987. 1987. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 184 pp. Cheap paper browning to edges. Near Fine book in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Giant Kill Platt, Kin (Book #ID 8010) Published by Robert Hale & Company, 63 Old Brompton Road, London First edition 1975. 1975. First edition hard back 166 page novel. Dust spotting to page tops. Near Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with 2 mm surface grazes to spine tip and top corner, couple of brown speckles to lower panel, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Len Deighton's Continental Dossier: A Collection of Cultural, Culinary, Historical, Spooky, Grim and Preposterous Fact Compiled by Victor and Margaret Pettitt Pettitt, Victor and Margaret [Len Deighton] (Book #ID 8106) Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 26 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition 1968. 1968. First edition hard back panoramic photographic laminated covers. Well illustrated, fold out canvas map to rear, twin silk ties. Slight tanning to closed page edges, 1 mm rubs to corners of spine tips, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Victims Pearl, Jack (Book #ID 8727) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell House, Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1976. 1976. First edition hard back black paper covered boards, silver titles. 157 pp. Light fox flecks to page tops. Nr. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with touch of faint foxing to lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Nautical Chart; A Novel of Adventure Pérez-Reverte, Arturo [Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden] (Book #ID 72318) Published by Picador, 20 New Wharf Road, London First UK Edition 2002. London 2002. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original indigo paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, maps to the cream end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 465 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not 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. ISBN 0330486160 Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Case for Court Prescot, Julian (Book #ID 9234) Published by Arthur Barker Limited, London First edition 1964. 1964. First edition hard back publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, black stamping. 222 pp. Dusty end papers. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with tiny surface marks to spine tips, 10 mm closed tear to foot of upper panel, tanning to tops of inner flaps and lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary 1999 [2] Pratchett, Terry [Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of about 40 volumes] and Stephen Briggs [Illustrated by Paul Kidby] (Book #ID 58790) Published by Victor Gollancz, Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London First Edition 1998. London 1998. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated matt glazed boards, blue silk ribbon marker. 8vo 8½'' x 6¼'' ISBN 0575066601. Monochrome illustrations. Without any ownership markings or entries to the diary and in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0575066601 Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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A Sheltering Tree; A novel about smuggling in Kent Parker, Richard (Book #ID 9767) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First Edition 1970. 1970. First edition hard back publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt stamping. 8vo 8" x 5½" 224 pp. A novel about smuggling in Kent. Dusty page edges, former message to the front free end paper. Very Good in Very Good John Holder designed dust wrapper with light tanning to spine, tiny rubs to sine tips, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Breaking Point Presser, Jacob [Translated by Barrows Mussey from 'De nacht der Girondijnen'] (Book #ID 9944) Published by Frederick Muller & Co. Ltd., London First edition 1958. 1958. First edition hard back publisher's original sage green paper covered boards, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5" 86 pp. First published in Amsterdam in 1957. Small pen scribble to front end paper, offsetting to end papers. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with tiny rubs to spine tips and corners, fox spotting to lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Turnstile One Pritchett, V. S. [1900-1997] (Book #ID 10901) Published by Turnstile Press 10 Great Turnstile, London First edition 1948. 1948. First edition hard back publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine and upper panel in orange title blocks. 8vo 8¾" x 5¾" 253 pp. Very Good in Good dust wrapper with small chip to top of upper panel and spine tip, spine slightly faded, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Country Anecdotes Phelps, Humphrey [Chosen by] (Book #ID 10984) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell House, Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1990. 1990. First edition hard back publisher's original navy cloth covers, silver stamping to spine. 8vo 8¾" x 5½" 222 pp. Illustrated. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Three Pebbles Parker, Richard [Illustrated by Prudence Seward] (Book #ID 11610) Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First edition 1954. 1954. First edition hard back publisher's original sky blue cloth covers, silver stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 254 pp. Illustrated by Prudence Seward. Small neat message to the front free end paper. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with small closed nicks to spine tips, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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A Kind of Misfortune Parker, Richard (Book #ID 11611) Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First edition 1954. 1954. First edition hard back publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7¾" x 5¼" 254 pp. Nr. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with tiny closed nicks to spine tips, spine not faded, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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Harm Intended Parker, Richard (Book #ID 11612) Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 7 John Street, London, First Edition 1957. 1957. First edition hard back publisher's original turquoise cloth covers, black stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 248 pp. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Fire Curse Parker, Richard [Illustrated by Trevor Stubley] (Book #ID 11614) Published by William Heinemann Ltd., 15 Queen Street, Mayfair, London First Edition 1975. London 1975. First edition hard back publisher's original illustrated laminated covers. 8vo 8¾" x 6" 38 pp. Illustrated by Trevor Stubley. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper with tiny pucker to top corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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