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  • 109296_2 109296

    Roger Fry. A Biography.

    WOOLF, Virginia.
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    An unusually well-preserved copy of the author's sole book-length biography, written at the request of the family of the famous painter and member...

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    Summer Moonshine.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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    First issue dust-jacket. An impressive example of the first U.K. printing of Summer Moonshine in the correct first issue dust-jacket. Former big-ga...

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    Ninety-Two Days.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy to Juliet Duff. An account of Waugh's travels in British Guiana and Brazil. Inscribed by the author to Lady Juliet Duff (1881-196...

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  • 109345_2 109345

    Titus Groan [and] Gormenghast [and] Titus Alone.

    PEAKE, Mervyn.
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    The Gormenghast trilogy - first editions. A set of three first editions from Mervyn Peake's (1911-1968) Gormenghast trilogy, comprising Titus Groan...

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  • 109291_2 109291

    Animal Farm.

    ORWELL, George.
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    The first edition of Orwell's socio-political classic, intended by the author to serve as a satirical take on the events that led up to the Russia...

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  • Inside the Whale.

    ORWELL, George.
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    First edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays, consisting of 3 lengthy pieces: 'Charles Dickens', 'Boys' Weeklies' and 'Inside the Wh...

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    Down and Out in Paris and London.

    ORWELL, George.
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    First edition of the author's first book. Orwell's first book was printed in a run of just 1500 copies many of which sold to the circulating librar...

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    Alfie.

    NAUGHTON, Bill.
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    Presentation copy. Warmly inscribed by the author to the actor Alfred Marks: 'To Alfred Marks with affection and respect from Bill Naughton - and w...

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  • The Man Without Qualities:

    MUSIL, Robert.
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    One of the most prestigious novels of the 20th century'. A very pleasing near-fine set of the Austrian writer's masterpiece. The Man Without Qualit...

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    Snowblind. A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade.

    HIRST, Damien; SABBAG, Robert.
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    Special limited edition - signed by Damien Hirst. Special limited edition of this cult novel about Zachary Swan's adventures in the narcotics trade...

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  • 109335_2 109335

    A Burnt-Out Case.

    GREENE, Graham.
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    Presentation copy. The first English language edition, preceded by a translation in Swedish published by P.A. Norstedt & Soners in the previous...

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  • This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
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    Superb set of five first editions. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an att...

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  • 109268_2 109268

    Sonnets for Caresse.

    CROSBY, Harry.
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    One of 100 copies - inscribed by the poet. Inscribed by the poet in green ink to the first blank: '"Il erre, éveillant les échos, / et ses pas, son...

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  • 109255_2 109255

    The Naked Lunch.

    BURROUGHS, William.
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    One of the triumphs of the Beat movement. An exceptional copy of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement. Not common in thi...

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    Saved.

    BOND, Edward.
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    First hardback edition - with autograph material. First hardback edition of Saved, a play focussing on the cultural poverty and frustration of a ge...

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  • 109349_2 109349

    Out of Africa.

    BLIXEN, Karen.
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    The UK edition precedes the much more common Random House printing. Memorably filmed. This is by far the best copy we have handled.Out of Africa i...

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