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Ackroyd, Peter. The Plato Papers. Chatto & Windus 1999. [73906 ]
SIGNED by the author to the title page. Fine in dustwrapper £22 

Adams, Richard. Watership Down. First illustrated edition, Penguin/Kestrel 1976. [74046 ]
The edition with John Lawrence’s wonderful illustrations. Fine in very slightly spine-faded price-clipped dustwrapper, in slipcase - a lovely copy £85 

Adams, Richard. Watership Down. First illustrated edition, Penguin/Kestrel 1976. [74245 ]
The edition with John Lawrence’s wonderful illustrations. A very attractive book; cream hard-paper boards and chocolate cloth spine, in slipcase. Fine in very Near Fine dustwrapper, in slipcase £90 

Aldiss, Brian W. The Brightfount Diaries. Faber 1955. [74035 ]
Aldiss’ first book, the purported diaries of a bookshop assistant. A Fine fresh copy in dustwrapper £85 

Aleichem, Sholom. The Old Country. Andre Deutsch 1958. [74293 ]
The basis for the great musical “Fiddler On The Roof”. Near Fine in VG very slightly edge-worn dustwrapper £75 

Allen, Grant. Miss Cayley’s Adventures. Grant Richards 1899. [73892 ]
12 detective stories featuring Miss Cayley, an early fictional female detective. Near Fine in original pictorial blue cloth £225 

Ambler, Eric. Doctor Frigo. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1974. [74370 ]
Near Fine in price-clipped dustwrapper £25 

Amis, Kingsley. The Anti-Death League. 2nd impression, Gollancz 1972. [74259 ]
SIGNED for a member of the New Fiction Society on the flyleaf. Near Fine in dustwrapper (New Fiction Society label) £20 

Amis, Kingsley. The Russian Girl. Hutchinson 1992. [74252 ]
SIGNED by the author to the title page. Very Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper - very slightly creased to top edge £40 

Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson 1986. [74247 ]
The Booker Prize winner. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Fine in dustwrapper £100 

Amis, Kingsley. I Want It Now. Cape 1968. [74313 ]
Good (boards marked) in edge-worn dustwrapper £20 

Amis, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Gollancz 1958. [74087 ]
VG+ in slightly spine-darkened dustwrapper - spine ends a little worn £90 

Amis, Kingsley. Difficulties With Girls. Hutchinson 1988. [74244 ]
SIGNED by the author to the title page. Fine in dustwrapper £80 

Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live On The Hill. Hutchinson 1990. [74254 ]
SIGNED by the author to the title page. Near Fine (small grey crayon mark to half-title page) in dustwrapper £40 

Amis, Martin. Night Train. Cape 1997. [74240 ]
A detective story. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Fine in dustwrapper £25 

Angelou, Maya. Just Give Me A Cool Drink Of Water ‘Fore I Die. Early reprint, Random House, New York c.1975. [74136 ]
INSCRIBED “For Klaus Harpprecht, Joy! Happy Production, Maya Angelou Feb ‘75” on the flyleaf. With the number sequence 9876 on the copyright page. Fine in dustwrapper £50 

Angelou, Maya. Even The Stars Look Lonesome. 1st US edition, Random House 1997. [74072 ]
A collection of essays and poems. Near Fine in dustwrapper £20 

Archer, Jeffrey. The Fourth Estate. Harper Collins 1996. [74489 ]
SIGNED. Fine in dustwrapper £20 

Atwood Taylor, Phoebe. The Perennial Boarder. Collins Crime Club 1942. [73952 ]
Scarce. VG indeed nice copy in price-clipped slightly edge-worn dustwrapper, with a couple of short closed tears £225 

Auld, T.M. Beyond These Voices. G.T. Foulis 1954. [74124 ]
One of the first 150 copies, numbered and SIGNED, with a frontispiece from a photograph by Pauline Stephenson. VG in dustwrapper £10 

Bailey, H.C. Black Land, White Land. Second impression, Gollancz 1937. [74460 ]
Issued one month after the first printing. Fine (thick format) in very slightly edge-worn and dusty 2/6- dustwrapper £55 

Bailey, H.C. Mr. Fortune Explains. Early re-issue, Ward Lock n.d. (about 1935. [74450 ]
Near Fine (thick format) in original red cloth in very slightly edge-worn price-clipped dustwrapper £60 

Bailey, H.C. Mr Fortune Objects. Third printing, Collins Crime Club 1936. [74461 ]
Near Fine (thick format, foxing) in VG very slightly dusty and nicked dustwrapper £50 

Balchin, Nigel. A Sort Of Traitors. The Book Society & Michael Joseph 1949. [74205 ]
SIGNED by the author on the half title. This Book Society issue appeared simultaneously with the Michael Joseph issue. Fine in VG dustwrapper, with a short closed tear repaired to the rear £25 

Banks, Iain M. The Algebraist. Orbit Books 2004. [73908 ]
SIGNED by the author to the title page. Fine in dustwrapper £32 

Banks, Iain. Whit. Little Brown 1995. [74366 ]
Near Fine in dustwrapper £22 

Barnes, Julian. The Porcupine. Cape 1992. [74078 ]
Very Near Fine in dustwrapper £14 

Bates, H.E. Fair Stood The Wind For France. The Book Society & Michael Joseph 1944. [74203 ]
SIGNED by the author on the half title. This Book Society issue appeared simultaneously with the Michael Joseph issue. Fine in VG dustwrapper, with a short closed tear repaired to the rear £30 

Baudelaire, Charles. Twenty Prose Poems Of Baudelaire Editions Poetry London 1946. [74320 ]
Translated by Michael Hamburger. INSCRIBED by Hamburger to his brother Paul. VG+ (spine a little bumped; boards slightly faded) in browned dustwrapper with some edgewear £25 

Bax, Clifford. (edits) Letters And Poems Of Mary Queen Of Scots. Home & Van Thal 1946. [74484 ]
INSCRIBED “Laurence Jacobs from his grateful patient and affectionate friend Clifford Bax” on the flyleaf. VG (binding unevenly faded) £12 

Benson, E.F. Alan. Fisher Unwin 1924. [74044 ]
Near Fine (flyleaf hinges starting slightly, contemporary ink inscription to flyleaf) in the very scarce dustwrapper, which is intact and bright £175 

Bentley, Phyllis. Inheritance. Reprint, Gollancz 1963. [74197 ]
Presentation copy to fellow writer A.A. Thomson, INSCRIBED “To A.A. Thomson - a true Yorkshireman! - from Phyllis Bentley in affection and admiration, 1962”. VG in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper £18 

Beresford, Elisabeth The Wombles of Wimbledon. First edition thus, Benn 1976. [74083 ]
Contains “The Wombles at Work” and “The Wombles to the Rescue”. INSCRIBED by the author to the flyleaf. Near Fine in like dustwrapper - nick to front panel and board £95 

Berger, John. And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos. Pantheon Books, New York 1984. [74116 ]
SIGNED on the title page. Also inscribed warmly in 1987. Fine in dustwrapper £20 

Betjeman, John. Archie & The Strict Baptists. John Murray 1977. [74113 ]
SIGNED by Betjeman in an aged hand on the half title, and with his printed compliments slip laid in. The late Poet Laureate’s children’s tale with illustrations by Phillida Gili. Fine in Near Fine slightly edge-worn dustwrapper £159 

Betjeman, John. A Few Late Chrysanthemums. Third printing, Murray 1955. [74140 ]
INSCRIBED “Bob Heaven from John Betjeman 1957” on the flyleaf. VG in slightly dusty and worn price-clipped dustwrapper £85 

Betjeman, John. Continual Dew. Facsimile reissue, John Murray 1977. [74139 ]
“A little book of bourgeois verse.” Fine (ink inscription) in dustwrapper £30 

Billington, Rachel. All Things Nice. Heinemann 1969. [74085 ]
Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper - slightly grubby £30 

Blakemore, Trevor. Elementals. Foyle 1935. [74123 ]
INSCRIBED by the author and dated 1936 on the title page. Fine in VG slightly edge-worn dustwrapper £15 

Blyton, Enid. Enid Blyton’s Christmas Story. Hamilton [1953]. [73893 ]
An advent calendar with the story told gradually through the 25 windows. Oblong format, pictorial card covers. Fine. £125 

Bond, Michael. Paddington Abroad. Collins 1961. [74081 ]
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. VG+ (ink inscription to front paste-down, ink signature to fly-leaf) in VG price-clipped dustwrapper (spine faded; 3 cm closed tear to top of spine) £75 

Bond, Michael. Paddington Takes The Test. Collins 1979. [74082 ]
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Near Fine (spine slightly bumped) in VG+ slightly edgeworn dustwrapper £35 

Bone, Gavin. (renders into modern verse and illustrates) Beowulf. Blackwell, Oxford 1945. [74127 ]
INSCRIBED “To Desmond McCarthy with kind regards from Muirhead and Gertrude Bone, Feb.1946”. VG (binding foxed) in slightly foxed dustwrapper, with a couple of short tears repaired to the rear £60 

Bone, Gertrude. Oasis. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York 1924. [74117 ]
INSCRIBED “To Mrs Gipps with love from Gertrude Bone 1924”. Laid in is a smaller four page booklet also titled “Oasis”. Woodcuts by Stephen Bone. VG in original quarter cloth binding (spine label slightly chipped) £20 

Bowers, Dorothy. The Bells At Old Bailey. Hodder & Stoughton 1947. [73984 ]
INSCRIBED very warmly by the author on the flyleaf in 1947, with a quote from Samuel Johnson. A Bibliomystery. VG in price-clipped dustwrapper £95 

Bowes-Lyon, Lilian. Bright Feather Fading. Cape 1936. [74475 ]
INSCRIBED “Dr Gurewich with all good wishes from Lilian Bowes-Lyon”. VG lacking the dustwrapper £15 

Bowes-Lyon, Lilian. Tomorrow Is A Revealing. Cape 1941. [74474 ]
INSCRIBED “Eva & her Darling Family, with love from Lilian. June 1941”. Poems. Near Fine in VG browned and edge-worn dustwrapper £16 

Boyd, William. Stars And Bars. Hamilton 1984. [74045 ]
Near Fine (pages browned as usual; top edge slightly sunned) in dustwrapper £32 

Bradbury, Malcolm. Rates Of Exchange. Secker 1983. [74359 ]
Very Good indeed in dustwrapper £32 

Braine, John. The Crying Game. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1968. [74190 ]
VG in dustwrapper £14