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  • [The Rabbit Quartet].

    UPDIKE, John.
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    Signed by Updike on each title page. A great set of this classic of modern American literature, uniformly signed by John Updike to the title-page o...

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  • The Tenth Man.

    GREENE, Graham.
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    Author's corrected copy with autograph revisions. The revisions include the changing of 'Gare de l'Ouest' to 'Gare Montparnasse' on several pages; ...

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  • The Red Thumb Mark.

    FREEMAN, R. Austin.
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    Haycraft queen cornerstone. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, The Red Thumb Mark was the first of many Dr Thorndyke novels by R. Austin Freeman, a medi...

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  • Passions Spin the Plot.

    FISHER, Vardis.
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    Signed. A stunning signed copy of this the second book in Vardis Fisher's 'Vridar Hunter' tetralogy, a series of semi-autobiographical novels set l...

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  • The Red King Dreams

    WHISTLER, Rex (artist); CRUMP, C.G.
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    Rex whistler dust jacket. A delightful copy of this first edition, in the splendid Rex Whistler dust-jacket. Rex Whistler (1905-1944) was one of t...

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  • Safari with Fear.

    YORK, Jeremy [pseud. CREASEY, John].
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    Author's marked-up copy. A strikingly dust-jacketed thriller by master of the genre John Creasey, here writing under his pseudonym of Jeremy York. ...

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  • The Midnight Folk.

    MASEFIELD, John.
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    A very good first edition copy of this modern children's classic by the poet & author John Masefield, rare in the dust-jacket and in such cond...

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  • Frozen Hearts.

    APPLETON, G[eorge] Webb.
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    Rare three-decker. An very good three-decker first edition of this Hubin-listed Victorian novel. This work would probably be best classified as a ...

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  • The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

    HUME, Fergus W.
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    With autograph letter. An attractive early issue of this classic of Victorian detective fiction, further enhanced by a letter from the author to a ...

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  • Seneca's Oedipus.

    HUGHES, Ted (adapted by).
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    A very good first edition example of this translation of Seneca's Oedipus by Ted Hughes, presented at the time of publication to his friends John ...

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  • The Piccadilly Puzzle.

    HUME, Fergus W.
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    Inscribed from the author "To Miss C Crommelin with the kindest regards of The Author Fergus Hume 28. 6. 89." Miss C. Crommelin is presumably one ...

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  • Thrilling Stories of the Railway.

    WHITECHURCH, Victor L.
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    The first railway detective stories. An extremely rare early detective fiction title, with only one previous auction record we could find, describi...

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  • The Experiences of a Lady Detective.

    [HAYWARD, William Stephens (attributed to)].
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    One of the very first female detectives in fiction. Though originally believed to have first been published in 1861, experts in the genre have dete...

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  • My Name is Love.

    MACLAREN-ROSS, Julian.
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    The authors last novel, written whilst living in abject poverty. In part autobiographical, the narrative details the amorous pursuit of the beauti...

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  • The Black Book.

    DURRELL, Lawrence.
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    A very good example of the true first edition of The Black Book by Lawrence Durrell, published as the first volume in The Villa Seurat Series crea...

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  • Bottom Dogs.

    DAHLBERG, Edward.
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    An unusually good copy of Dahlberg's first book, published first in London in both a limited and trade edition; recounting the author's childhood ...

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  • Waterfront.

    BROPHY, John.
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    An uncommon book in dust jacket, strikingly similar to, and coeval with, Malcolm Lowry's first book Ultramarine (1933). Waterfront was the source ...

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  • The Quests of Paul Beck.

    BODKIN, M. McDonnell.
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    The second collection of Bodkin's short stories to feature the understated genius of late Victorian & early Edwardian detection, Paul Beck; an...

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  • The Flood.

    RANKIN, Ian.
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    The elusive hardback first edition of Ian Rankin's first book, preceding his Inspector Rebus stories. Rankin utilised a few different motifs in hi...

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  • The Sheltering Sky.

    BOWLES, Paul.
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    First edition of Bowles' first novel. The first edition of the author's first novel, a landmark title in modern literature, and in many ways a prog...

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  • The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio.

    COLLODI, Carlo [pseud. LORENZINI, Carlo].
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    Rare first UK edition of Pinocchio. The rare first UK edition of Collodi's classic for children, originally published in book-form in Florence, Ita...

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  • A Devil in Downing Street.

    LADLINE, Robert [GAUNT, Charles Edward].
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    Signed presentation copy. A stunning first edition of the very scarce seventh novel by this elusive author, centred around the then topical politic...

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  • Mike.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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    A superior example of this very rare early first edition novel by P.G. Wodehouse, bringing together two stories (Jackson Junior, subsequently know...

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