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AMIS Martin
The Information

VG VG name to title page, unclipped DW

$15 C/C [FE 4]

Flamingo Harper Collins 1995 first edition hardcover, 494pp.

AUCHINLOSS Louis
The Golden Calves

VG VG- minimal edge rubbing to unclipped DW

$20 C/C [FE 3]

Houghton Mifflin 1988 first edition quarter cloth, 213pp.

BATES H E
The Cruise of the Breadwinner

G+ G- light soiling to clcoth, inscr to reverse of fep, DW lacks bottom 50mm of front panel and with some chipping and rubbing.

$10 B/A [Item# 29 FE]

Michael Joseph 1946 first edition cloth, 63pp.

BELLOW Saul
Henderson The Rain King

VG VG light rubbing to DW.

$15 C/B [FE 17]

Contemporary Fiction branch of Readers Union 1960 first edition thus hardcover, 341pp.

BERGER Thomas
Nowhere

VG VG unclipped DW light surface soiling, light rubbing corner tips

$10 C/B [FE 8]

Methuen 1986 first edition hardcover, 190pp. ISBN 0413598705

BERGER Thomas
Changing the Past

VG VG

$10 C/C [FE 9]

Weidenfeld 1990 first edition hardcover, 285pp.

BOGARDE Dirk
West of Sunset

VG VG- DW lightly soiled, small edge tear top corner, book light spine leanfianl page light crease bottom corner.

$15 C/B [FE 15]

Allen Lane 1984 first edition hardcover,248pp. ISBN 071391632X


BRAINE John  Life at the Top
VG VG DW lamination starting to peel, short tear at head of upper joint (DW) $10 C/C Eyre & Spottiswoode 1963 first edition hard cover, unclipped DW, 288pp. [# 987 mod first]

BUCHAN John  Huntingtower
G+ light soiling and fading to boards, inscription to half title, pencil name to title $15 C/C Hodder 1922 first edition cloth, 318pp, map end papers [# 743 first edn]
BURGESS Anthony
On Going to Bed

VG VG short closed tear rear joint of unclipped DW

$10 B/C [FE 6]

Andre Deutsch 1982 first edition hardcover, 96pp with colour illutrations.ISBN 0233974709


CALLISON Brian  The Judas Ship
VG VG- DW slight sun fade to spine with short split at head of lower joint, tear at top of fore edge fold, book closed top edge soiled, $10 C/C Collins 1978 first edition hard cover, 192pp. Merchant marine vessel damaged by German raider, tries to survive on the high seas. ISBN 0002220075 [# 849 modern first]
CLIVE William
Dando on Delhi Ridge,a novel of the Indian Mutiny

VG- G light lean to spine, DW price clipped and with short tears at ends of joints, light chipping spine ends and corners, light staining closed edges, sunned DW spine.

$15 C/B [FE 20]

MacMillan 1971 first edition hardcover, 254pp.

COZZENS James Gould
By Love Possessed

VG VG- unclipped DW soiled to spine, light edgewear, closed edges dusty.

$10 C/C [Item# 4 FE]

Longmans 1958 first UK hardcover, 570pp.


DEEPING Warwick  The Man on The White Horse
G+ light fade to spine, top half od fep removed $9 C/B Cassell 1934 first edition cloth, 376pp. [# 1336 modern first edition]

DEIGHTON Len  Yesterday's Spy VG VG- DW sunned spine and 45mm tear along rear fore edge fold, $15 C/C Cape 1974 first edition hard cover, espionage thriller fiction. ISBN 0224011251 [#507 modern first]

DEIGHTON Len  Close Up VG VG price clipped DW light rubbing at head and tail of spine $20 C/C Cape 1972 first edition hard cover, espionage thriller fiction. ISBN 0224006959 [#1397 modern first]

FORSYTH Frederick  The Odessa File VG VG price clipped DW spine chipped at ends, book has age toned closed edges. $20 C/C Hutchinson 1972 first edition hard cover, espionage thriller with nazi ODESSA group. ISBN 0091130204 [#509 modern first]
FRANCIS Dick
10-lb Penalty (Ten Pound Penalty)

FN FN

$15 C/C [Item# 225 FE]

Michael Joseph 1997 first edition hardcover, 272pp. ISBN 0718142454

GALLICO Paul
Mrs Harris goes to New York

VG VG small hole to upper joint of unclipped DW, bookseller stamp to fep, slightly foxed closed edges.

$10 C/B [FE 7]

Michael Joseph 1960 hardcover, 191pp.

GREENE Graham
The Human Factor

VG VG lacks fep, unclipped DW sunfaded spine.

$15 C/C [FE 22]

Bodley Head 1978 first edition cloth, 339pp.

GRISHAM John
The Street Lawyer

VG+ VG+ DW unclipped under plastic sleeve, minimal light soiling to fep.

$10 C/C [FE 10]

Century 1998 first edition hard cover,348pp. Australian issue.

GRISHAM John
The Partner

VG+ VG+ DW unclipped under plastic sleeve, minimal light soiling to fep.

$10 C/C [FE 11]

Century 1997 first edition hard cover,366pp. Australian issue.

GRISHAM John
The Runaway Jury

VG+ VG+ DW unclipped under plastic sleeve, top corner of fep clipped.

$10 C/C [FE 12]

Century 1996 first edition hard cover, 401pp. Australian issue.

GRISHAM John
The Rain Maker

VG+ VG+ DW unclipped under plastic sleeve.

$10 C/C [FE 13]

Century 1995 first edition hard cover, 434pp. Australian issue.

GRISHAM John
The Testament

VG+ VG+ DW unclipped.

$10 C/C [FE 16]

Century 1999 first edition hard cover, 435pp.


GRISHAM John  The Street Lawyer Australian issue
VG VG short splits along top corner folds of DW $10 C/C Century 1998 first edition hardcover, 348pp ISBN 0712678212 [# 937 mod first ]
HALL Adam
The 9th Directive Quiller in Bangkok

VG+ VG+ slight fading of red titling to spine of unclipped DW, minimal surface soiling to DW.

$40 C/B [FE 46]

Heinemann 1966 first edition hardcover, 254pp. Spy thriller where Quiller must defeat a band of assassins.

HEYER Georgette
Black Sheep

VG VG small area insect damage to unclipped DW with short split head of spine joints

$20 C/C [FE 5]

Bodley Head 1966 first edition hardcover, 255pp. Set in Regency Bath.

HUTCHINS Maude
A Diary of Love

VG G DW spine sunned, soiled, edge chipping, closed edges dusty.

$10 C/B [Item# 3 FE]

Spearmann 1953 first UK edition hardcover, 186pp.

INNES Hammond
Air Bridge

VG- G+ soiled cloth, inscription to fep, foxed closed edges, DW edge wear and short closed tears with tidy paper reinforcing to the reverse.

$15 C/B [FE 23]

Collins 1951 first edition cloth, 288pp.

INNES Hammond
Atlantic Fury

VG VG DW minor edge wear or short edge tears.

$10 C/C [FE 24]

Collins 1962 first edition cloth, 318pp.

INNES Hammond
The Big Footprints

VG VG short edge splits to spine ends and corners of unclipped DW.

$10 C/C [FE 25]

Collins 1977 first edition hardcover, 349pp. ISBN0002214229

INNES Hammond
The Doomed Oasis, a novel of Arabia

VG VG name to fep,lightly chipped spine ends and corners of unclipped DW.

$12 C/B [FE 26]

Collins 1960 first edition hardcover, 320pp.

INNES Hammond
The Land God gave to Cain, a novel of the Labrador

VG VG light foxing to endpapers, dusty top edge.

$15 C/B [FE 27]

Collins 1958 first edition hardcover, 255pp.

INNES Hammond
The Land God gave to Cain, a novel of the Labrador

VG VG- light edge wear to price clipped DW, erased pencil to fep.

$10 C/B [FE 28]

Collins 1958 first edition hardcover, 255pp.

INNES Hammond
The Mary Deare

VG VG spine ends of DW splitting at fold, unclipped.

$10 C/B [FE 29]

Collins 1956 first edition hardcover, 256pp.

INNES Hammond
The Strange Land

VG VG DW taped down to endpapers but still a tidy copy in same DWunder plastic sleeve, name top paste down.

$10 C/B [FE 30]

Collins 1954 first edition hardcover, 255pp.

INNES Hammond
The Strode Venturer

VG VG price clipped DW.

$10 C/B [FE 31]

Collins 1965 first edition hardcover, 320pp.


JAMES P D   The Children of Men first US edition
VG+ VG+ unclipped dust wrapper has one small surface scuff, in NF quarter cloth hard cover with one small remainder dot to bottom closed edge $10 C/C Knopf 1992 first US edition quarter cloth, 241pp. A science fiction type novel set in the future where no one is fertile, apocalyptic theme. ISBN 0679418733 [# 879 mod first]

JONES James  Whistle
VG+ VG+ unclipped DW faintly sunned spine $15 C/C Collins 1978 first edition hard cover, 457pp ISBN 0002219554 [# 798 modern first edition]
KENEALLY Thomas
Gossip from the forest

VG VG- name to fep, unclipped DW rubbed at edges, light chip spine ends, short closed tear top corner of lower panel.

$15 C/C [FE 44]

Collins 1975 first edition hardcover, 222pp.


KEROUAC Jack  Vanity of Duluoz An Adventurous Education 1935-46
G VG- ex-library with stamps, some tape rust to endpapers, closed edges foxed, rear hinge lossened, tape stains to boards, unclipped DW has small symbol to spine, and some minor tape rust to edges of fold in flaps. $45 C/C Andre Deutsch 1969 first UK edition hard cover, 280pp. Coming of age novel set in USA and follows the character through college, war-time navy, and the avant-garde undergorund scene. Good reading copy, or maybe an upgrade DW. SBN 233960791 [# 777 modernfirst]

KESEY Ken  Sailor Song
VG+ VG+ remainder striped $10 C/D Viking 1982 first edition quarter cloth, 533pp. ISBN 0670835218 [# 801 modern first edition]

Le CARRE John  Single & Single
VG VG fore edge of front DW panel slightly sunned $15 C/C Hodder 1999 first edition hard cover, 336pp ISBN 0340738979 [# 949 mod first]

Le CARRE John  Our Game Australasian issue
FN FN $15 C/C Hodder 1995 first edition hard cover, 347pp. Publishers marker ribbon intact. ISBN 034064026X [# 950 mod first]

LEHMANN Rosamond  A Note in Music
G+ top of fep clipped, joints rubbed, spine ends frayed $10 C/C Chatto 1930 first edition cloth, 318pp [# 794 modern first edition]
LEWIS Norman
The Day of the Fox

VG

$15 C/B [Item# 8 FE]

Cape 1955 first edition in original pictorial wrappers with folding flaps (price clipped) maybe a proof? Sewn binding. Simmering antagonisms in a post Civil War Spanish fishing village. 259pp

LUDLUM Robert
The Aquitane Progression

VG VG unclipped, closed edges yellowed.

$30 C/D [FE 2]

Granada 1984 first edition hardcover, 672pp.

MacLEAN Alistair
Breakheart Pass

G+ G name to fep, small stain fore edge of pages, DW chipping and torn at spine ends and corners and with tape repair.

$5 C/C [FE 32]

Collins 1974 first edition hardcover, 192pp. US Cavalry vs Paiute Indians in Nevada 1870s.ISBN 0002215470

MacLEAN Alistair
Force 10 from Navarone

VG VG DW spine sunned, unclipped.

$15 C/C [FE 33]

Collins 1968 first edition hardcover, 254pp.

MacLEAN Alistair
Force 10 from Navarone

VG- VG- head of fep trimmed, DW spine sunned, unclipped.

$10 C/C [FE 34]

Collins 1968 first edition hardcover, 254pp.

MacLEAN Alistair
Ice Station Zebra

VG- VG- head of spine worn, DW some edge and fore edge chipping, tape residue to endpapers,foxed closed edges, comes with BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE band.

$15 C/C [FE 35]

Collins 1963 first edition hardcover, 255pp.

MacLEAN Alistair
Puppet on a Chain

Near Fine Near Fine small nick to tail of DW, faint foxing closed edges.

$15 C/C [FE 36]

Collins 1969 first edition hardcover, 255pp. Another copy VG in lightly worn and slightly chipped DW $10.

MacLEAN Alistair
The Way to Dusty Death

VG VG short tear at bottom edge of front of price clipped DW.

$15 C/C [FE 37]

Collins 1973 first edition hardcover, 222pp. ISBN 0002219476

MacLEAN Alistair
When Eight Bells Toll

VG VG name to fep, faint tape offsetting, small tear top spine corner of price clipped DW.

$10 C/C [FE 38]

Collins 1966 first edition hardcover, 255pp.

MacLEAN Alistair
Where Eagles Dare

VG+ VG small tear to tail of DW lower panel, price clipped.

$15 C/C [FE 39]

Collins 1967 first edition hardcover, 256pp.


MASON A E W   The Dean's Elbow
VG some edge foxing towards rear pages $15 C/C Hodder 1930 first edition cloth, 312+8pp adverts [# 1002 modern first edition]

MASTERS John  The Venus of Konpara first edition review copy
VG VG- foxed closed edges, unclipped DW has rubbed corners and short splits at spine ends, light handling soiling $15 C/B Michael Joseph 1960 first edition hard cover, 256pp. Review slip slipped in at front sent to the Literary Editor of the Otago Daily Times. [#1492 modern first edition fiction ]

McCARTHY Mary  A Charmed Life
VG G unclipped DW small splits at corners, light chipping spine ends, age browned and soiled, book tidy, browned closed edges $10 C/C Weidenfeld 1956 first edition hard cover, 335pp. [# 988 mod first]
O'HARA John
The Instrument

Fine Fine DW lamination at fore edge fold and joints lifting but not split or chipped.

$25 C/C [FE 40]

Hodder 1968 first UK edition, hardcover, 297pp.

O'HARA John
And Other Stories

Fine Fine DW lamination at lower joint lifting but not split or chipped, lower corners bumped.

$25 C/C [FE 41]

Hodder 1969 first UK edition, hardcover, 336pp.

O'HARA John
Lovey Childs; A Philadelphian's Story

Fine Fine price clipped DW.

$40 C/C [FE 42]

Hodder 1970 first UK edition, hardcover, 249pp.


POTTER Dennis  Blackeyes
VG- VG+ lacks fep, name and date to half title $10 C/C Faber 1987 first edition hard cover, 184pp. ISBN 0571150160 [# 793 modern first edition]

PRIESTLEY J B  Faraway
G- foxed closed edges and prelims, hinges opened and loosened, joint ends and corners split and frayed, lower joint split, soiled cloth $5 C/D Heinemann 1932 first edition cloth, 568pp [# 796 modern literature]

RENDELL Ruth  Simisola
VG+ VG+ unclipped near FINE dust wrapper, book has one tiny stain to fore edge of first three leaves, very small and minor but visible, otherwise near fine copy $10 C/C Hutchinson 1994 first edition in Australian issue. An Inspector Wexford story. ISBN 0091791618 [# 880 mod first]

SAGAN Francoise trsl Westhoff  The Heart-Keeper VG VG- name to fep, price clipped DW sunned spine and short tears at head of spine and top left of cover. $10 C/B John Murray 1968 first edition hard cover, 100pp [#508 modern first]
SELBY Hubert
Last Exit to Brooklyn (UK edition)

VG VG DW rubbed to corners, unclipped.

$30 C/C [FE 21]

Calder & Boyars April 1966 second impression of first UK edition, hardcover, 234pp.

SETON Anya
Devil Water

VG VG- unclipped DW lightly sunned spine with light edge wear to spine ends and corners.

$30 C/C [FE 14]

Hodder 1962 hard cover, 574pp. Genealogical and map endpapers, historical novel in time of Jacobite Uprising early eighteenth century.

SETON Anya
Avalon

VG VG private library stamp to title,small pen doodle rear fep, unclipped DW chipped at head of spine.

$10 C/C [FE 18]

Hodder 1966 first edition hardcover, 384pp map endpapers. Historical fiction set in 10th century Cornwall as well as Iceland and Vinland.


SHAW Irwin  The Young Lions
VG- G+ DW soiled and with edge chipping to spine ends and corners, light foxing to closed edges $20 C/C Cape 1949 UK first edition cloth, 665pp Ficition set during the Second World War. [#1108 first edition]

SHUTE Nevil  The Rainbow and the Rose
VG VG DW sunned spine and light foxing, book has light foxing to prelims and closed edges $20 C/C Heinemann 1958 (Australian price printed on DW flap) first edition hard cover, 306pp [# 753 mod first]

SHUTE Nevil  Trustee from the Toolroom
VG+ G- DW chipped to spine ends and with splits down fore edge folds, brown spot at head of front cover $10 C/C Heinemann 1960 first edition hard cover, 312pp [# 915 mod first]
SMITH Martin Cruz
Gorky Park

VG VG- unclipped DW worn to edges with mild chipping to upper fore edge corners, light spine lean.

$15 C/C [FE 45]

Collins 1981 first edition hardcover, 365pp, Crime serial killer thriller set in Moscow made into a blockbuster film. ISBN 0002222787.

SMITH Wilbur
Birds of Prey

VG VG unclipped DW.

$15 C/D [FE 51]

MacMillan 1997 first edition hardcover, 554pp, map endpapers. ISBN 033365330

SMITH Wilbur
A Time to Die

VG VG unclipped DW, name to fep and short tear to top edge of fep.

$30 C/D [FE 52]

Heinemann 1989 first edition hardcover, 461pp + adverts. ISBN 0434714208

SMITH Wilbur
Rage

VG VG unclipped DW, small pen marks next to list of titles, name to fep.

$15 C/D [FE 53]

Heinemann 1987 first edition hardcover, 627pp + adverts. ISBN 0434714186

SMITH Wilbur
The Burning Shore

VG VG unclipped DW, light spine lean.

$30 C/D [Item# 30 FE]

Heinemann 1985 first edition hardcover, 435pp + adverts. ISBN 043471416X

SMITH Wilbur
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness

VG VG unclipped DW, light spine lean, faint offset adhesive ghost to feps from DW cover.

$30 C/D [Item# 31 FE]

Heinemann 1984 first edition hardcover, 367pp + adverts. ISBN 0434714151.

SMITH Wilbur
Wild Justice

VG VG- minor mark from erased pencil top corner of fep, DW price clipped with some edge wear and sunned spine, light splits at joint ends, minor water spot very tip of bottom corner rear pages.

$45 C/C [Item# 39 FE]

Heinemann 1974 first edition hardcover, 307pp. ISBN 434714079.

SMITH Wilbur
Hungry As The Sea

VG- VG- unclipped DW has lightly sunned spine and has been contact sealed, old cellotape rust to edge of fold in flaps and paste downs, endpapers slightly discoloured from offset foxing, light foxing to closed edges.

$20 C/C [Item# 238 FE]

Heinemann 1978 first edition hardcover, 378pp. Rear panel of DW has small bookseller label underneath the contact film, the contact is to the exterior of the DW only, not wrapped around to the reverse.


TEVIS Walter  The Queen's Gambit
VG VG small bump top edge of lower board, short split to DW next to this top corner of DW fold split $10 C/C Heinemann 1983 first edition hard cover, 261pp novel of a chess prodigy. ISBN 0434766550 [# 1327 modern first edition]

THOMAS Craig  Snow Falcon
VG+ VG+ $15 Michael Joseph 1979 first edition hard cover, 348pp ISBN 0718118359 [# 825 modfirst]

VIDAL Gore  Empire, a novel
VG+ VG+ $10 C/D Random House 1987 stated first edition (24689753) cloth, 486pp ISBN 0394561236 [# 799 modern first edition]

VIDAL Gore  Kalki a novel
VG VG price clipped DW has a few very short edge tears $10 C/C Random House 1978 first trade edition quarter cloth, 255pp. ISBN 0394420535 [# 1020 modern first edition]
WELLMAN Paul I
The Female City

VG VG lightly soiled DW chipped at head of sunned spine, feps browned.

$15 C/C [Item# 10 FE]

T Werner Laurie 1954 first edition hardcover, 497pp. Sixth century Constantinople and the rise of Theodora from courtesan to Empress of the Roman Empire. Historical fiction.


WELLS H G   The World of William Clissold volume 2
VG- nameand booklabel to paste down, spine lean, light wear $15 C/B Ernest Benn 1926 first edition cloth, pp602-885. Stated Dominions and Colonies edition, contains books 5,6 and the Epilogue of the series. [#1105 first edition]

WELLS H G   The World of William Clissold volume 3
VG- name to fep, spine lean, light wear $15 C/B Ernest Benn 1926 first edition cloth, pp251-601. Stated Dominions and Colonies edition, contains books 3 & 4 of the series. [#1106 first edition]
WHARTON William
Pride

VG VG unclipped DW small split head of fore edge fold, light surface soiling rear panel. ISBN 0224023632

$10 C/C [FE 19]

Cape 1986 first edition hardcover, 288pp.

WHEATLEY Dennis
The Irish Witch

VG VG aged closed edges, lamination bubbling to rear DW panel, price clipped

$25 C/C [FE 1]

Hutchinson 1973 first edition hardcover, 446pp. Napoleonic spy-ring's , satanic Black Masses, love affairs, the Hell Fire Club.

WILSON Colin
The World of Violence, a novel

G ex library with stamps etc. book boards have some tape staining.

$20 C/B [FE 47]

Gollancz 1963 first edition hardcover, 272pp. DW may be useful for a better copy.

WILSON Colin
Adrift in Soho, a novel

G G ex library with stamps etc. unclipped DW has small shelf mark to spine and some tape residue to upper and lower edges,head of spine a little chipped, library rebind in red cloth.

$15 C/B [FE 48]

Gollancz 1961 first edition second impression before publication, hardcover, 224pp. DW may be useful for a better copy.

WODEHOUSE P G
If I Were You

G lower joint splitting, light soiling to cloth, private library stamps to fep, top corner of fep trimmed, light tape rust to endpapers, binding loosening at rear hinge, closed edges lightly foxed, small stain to rear fep and last page of adverts, a good binding copy to recase in original boards.

$30 C/C [FE 43]

Herbert Jenkins 1931 stated first edition, 280pp + 8pp adverts.

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