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Roald Dahl
£75.00

Someone Like You (with signature)

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PUBLISHERAlfred A. Knopf, New York.
BINDINGCream / tan cloth boards with purple and black design and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges, with fading especially to spine. Foxing and a few other marks. Hinges weakened, but binding feels secure. Printed pages remain clear and little marked....

Roald Dahl
£200.00

Over to You (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERReynal & Hitchcock, New York.
BINDINGCream / tan cloth boards with red and blue lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are rather worn, corners bumped. General fading / discolouration and some foxing and other small marks. Binding secure. There is a little browning to pages throughout, although mainly affecting endpapers and...

Elizabeth Jane Howard
£22.00

Odd Girl Out

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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear and slight fading to edges of boards. Text remains clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETSpine a little faded, price clipped. preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITIONFirst edition 1972.
DESCRIPTIONA well preserved copy of...

Emily Bronte
£35.00

Wuthering Heights

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PUBLISHERCollins.
BINDINGSemi limp navy leather boards with gilt lettering and design, grained texture. Blue tint to top block edge. Patterned endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age, just a little shelf wear to covers. Very slight browning, but text and images otherwise remain clear with few noticeable marks.

Charlotte Bronte
£40.00

Villette

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PUBLISHERCollins' Clear Type Press, The Olive Classics.
BINDINGSemi limp "persianette" green leather covers with syrian grain texture, gilt lettering and design. Green tint to all block edges, fine thin paper. Ribbon marker, rounded corners and complete with slipcase
BOOK CONDITIONGood for age, a little wear around edges of...

Charlotte Bronte
£40.00

Shirley

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PUBLISHERCollins' Clear Type Press, The Olive Classics.
BINDINGSemi limp "persianette" green leather covers with syrian grain texture, gilt lettering and design. Green tint to all block edges, fine thin paper. Ribbon marker, rounded corners and complete with slipcase
BOOK CONDITIONGood for age, a little wear around edges of...

Joyce Denys, Hampden Cordon and M.C. Tindall
£60.00

Our Hospital ABC

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PUBLISHERJohn Lane at The Bodley Head, London; and John Lane Company, New York.
BINDINGQuarter bound pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth over spine. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition commensurate with age. Boards are scuffed and discoloured, corners bumped and torn, some warping and creasing. Front hinge is weakened...

Hsaio Ch'ien
£60.00

The Spinners of Silk and Etching of a Tormented Age (signed copies)

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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. (both books)
BINDINGSpinners of Silk: red cloth boards.
Etching of a Tormented Age: pictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSpinners: boards are quite worn at edged, with bumped corners and some fading. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Text is little marked....

Hsaio Ch'ien
£150.00

A Harp With a Thousand Strings (signed copy)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERPilot Press Ltd, London.
BINDINGLight blue cloth boards. Produced to war economy standards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at the edges, spine faded. A little browning and foxing mostly affecting outer leaves. Text remains largely clear and little marked. The fold out time line is intact but tattered at...

Laurie Lee
£880.00

Cider with Rosie (signed first edition)

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PUBLISHERThe Hogarth Press, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight signs of wear to edges of boards. Faint browning and some tiny spots on block edges. Printed pages and images are clear and have barely any discernable marks. 
DUST JACKETVery...

J.R.R. Tolkien
£50.00

The Father Christmas Letters

Children
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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd.
BINDINGPictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear around edges, the ends of the spine spine are bumped. Some faint scratching to gloss surface. There are some faint foxing spots throughout the book, although mostly confined to outer leaves. Four bottom corners on...

Captain W.E. Johns
£20.00

Biggles Works it Out

Children
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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges, with some discolouration and fading. Some browning and foxing to block edges and outer leaves. Printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETVery...

Captain W.E. Johns
£15.00

Biggles Breaks the Silence

Children
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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with fading especially to spine and some stain marks. Binding secure. Some foxing to block edges and outer leaves, although printed pages and images are mostly clear and little...

Captain W.E. Johns
£55.00

Biggles Fails to Return

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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGMid blue cloth boards with black lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn with some fading at edges. Binding secure apart from the frontispiece which is halfway detached. Foxing to block edges and rear endpapers, printed pages and illustrations remain largely clear and little marked.

Richmal Crompton
£55.00

William's Happy Days

Children
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PUBLISHERGeorge Newnes, Limited, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with black lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges and corners, spine faded. Browning to endpapers, but printed pages and illustrations remain clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition with several tears which have been previously...

Virginia Woolf
£50.00

The Years

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PUBLISHERLeonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London.
BINDINGAlthough the boards now appear cream with a blue / green tinge, they are believed to have originally been green.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn and very faded. Hinges weakened, but binding feels secure. The first few pages are quite...

Boris Pasternak
£30.00

Safe Conduct: An Early Autobiography and Other Works

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PUBLISHERElek Books, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards are just a little worn at edges. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Some browning mostly affecting outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Ink inscription on flyleaf. 
DUST JACKETIntact, but worn at...

Gertrude Bone, Illustrated by Stephen Bone
£35.00

Mr. Paul (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with paper title patch on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Corners bumped. Title patch very faded and discoloured. Opened page edges are uneven and browned. Foxing and browning mostly affecting endpapers, outer leaves and very edges....

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