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Shute (Nevil) On the Beach, first edition, 1957; and others fiction (c.100)

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Chandler (Raymond) Playback [2 copies], first edition, 1958; and 6 others, detective fiction (7): NO RESERVE Chandler (Raymond) Playback [2 copies], light browning to endpapers, jacket with a few small nicks or tears to head and foot with light rubbing and creasing, 1958; Spanish Blood, toning to

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Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, 1989; and others thriller and detective fiction: NO RESERVE Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few spots to flaps, rubbed with small loss to foot of lower joint, 1989 § Davis (Lindsey) Poseidon's Gol

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(18vol) JOHN GALSWORTHY FIRST EDITIONS & OTHER: including 11 early misc. editions of Galsworthy's novels, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c. 1910-30, most being first American editions, 8vo in publisher's purple cloth with gilt; 5 first American

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Corneille aka Guillaume-Les Explorateurs: Corneille aka Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Dutch, 1922-2010). Lithograph in colors on thick wove paper after the original. From the first edition printed c.1975. Scarce

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19th C. Books on Fiction: Very good 19th/20th C. book lot of mostly fiction, some first edition. Many with illustrations or plates, or signed. ROCO7201/Lot GO

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McEwan (Ian) Solar, first edition, signed by the author, 2010; and 7 other first editions by the: McEwan (Ian) Solar, original cloth, presentation slipcase, sealed within original cellophane, 2010; On Chesil Beach, original cloth, dust-jacket, one very small mark to lower panel, 2007, both first e

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Dog Stories, 6 mid-20th c. Vols, Youth Fiction: Group of six youth fiction mid-20th century volumes of dog stories, including several first editions. Good; dust jackets are Fair-Good: 1. HOOKER, FORRESTINE C. Prince Jan St. Bernard. Garden City: Do

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Egypt.- Peet (T. Eric), C. Leonard Woolley and others. The City of Akhenaten, 3 parts in 4 vol.,: Egypt.- Peet (T. Eric), C. Leonard Woolley and others. The City of Akhenaten, 3 parts in 4 vol., first edition, plates, maps and plans, some folding, a few in colour, ex-library with usual stamps and

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Clarke's first hardcover work of fiction.: Title: Clarke's first hardcover work of fiction. Author: Sands of Mars. Arthur C. Clarke. Publishing: NY: Gnome Press, 1952. Edition: First edition. Clarke's first hardcover work of fiction. Book Club

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Easton Press, Lot of 15, Classics: Lot includes 16 classic works produced by the Easton Press, leather-bound, mostly 20th c. fiction but also a work on Galileo, an edition of Chaucer and other classic works. Tall 8vo or smaller. *Note,

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Williamson (Henry) The Old Stag and other hunting stories, first illustrated edition, 1933; and 5: NO RESERVE Williamson (Henry) The Old Stag and other hunting stories, first illustrated edition, illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, neat ink ownership inscription, jacket with light rubbing to extrem

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler-Canal of Venice: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Lithograph in black ink on thick wove paper after the original. First Edition. Printed in the studio of Thomas Way in London c.1910.

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler-Portrait of a Lady Seated: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Lithograph in black ink on thick wove paper after the original. First Edition. Printed in the studio of Thomas Way in London c.1910.

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LOT OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS (3 VOLS): Includes: Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (New York: New American Library, 1968); First edition. 8vo. Hardcover, with quarter black paper over blue paper boards, and spine lettered in silver a

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‘NIGHT VISIONS’ SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING AND OTHERS: Collection of science fiction horror stories: ‘Night Visions’ (Illinois: Dark Harvest), 1988, first edition. 274pp. 8vo., dust jacket included. The second flyleaf features the printed name

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NO RESERVE Shute (Nevil) On the Beach, first edition, previous owner's pencil inscription, scattered spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, lightly spotted spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to spines and extremities, 1957 § Theroux (Paul) Jungle Lovers, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1971 § Murdoch (Iris) The Book and the Brotherhood, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1987 § Styron (William) Sophie's Choice, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1979; and others fiction, 8vo (c.100)