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QuickviewMaster Humphrey’s Clock
Antiquarian, Charles Dickens, First Edition, General Literary FictionFirst edition in book form (London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41). Three volumes bound together in one. Engraved frontispieces with illustrations throughout. Half-calf binding from 1924. Foxing to preliminaries with occasional foxing throughout; rubbing to corners and board edges and a couple of small areas of rubbing to boards. Small and neat owner inscription to front pastedown.£350.00 -
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Antiquarian, Charles Dickens, First Edition, General Literary FictionFirst edition in book form (Bradbury & Evans, 1853) in contemporary half-calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Frontispiece, added engraved title page and 38 engraved plates, as called for. All first edition issue points present: "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. Rubbing to boards, extremities and spine; unobtrusive previous owner and retailer labels to front pastedown; contents are very nice and clean save for some marginal browning here and there and quite isolated instances of foxing; corners of a few pages a little creased. A very good copy overall in contemporary binding.£300.00 -
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QuickviewNotes on Life and Letters
First Edition, Joseph Conrad, Modern First Editions, Non-FictionFirst edition, third issue with 'Tales of the Sea' corrected on contents page. From the collection of former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson and his wife, Mary Wilson. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath. Full blue calf with contrasting red and green title labels, all edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Contents nice and clean, as are front and rear covers with just a few very small, unobtrusive and isolated indentations, mainly to the front; mild soiling to top edge. A very attractive and well-preserved binding.£325.00 -
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Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Dead of Jericho By Colin Dexter First edition, first impression (Macmillan, 1981). Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication to Mary Wilson, English poet and wife of former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson: 'For Lady Wilson - A memento from the Oxford Book Asscn. Best wishes always, Colin Dexter, July '81''. The fifth book in the Morse series and the first to be adapted to television. A couple of spots to top edge, else fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some minor edge wear and small retailer price sticker to flap, fine otherwise with no fading to spine panel.£750.00 -
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First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First EditionsMy Cousin Rachel By Daphne du Maurier First edition, first impression (Gollancz, 1951). Slight spine slant with some bumping to corners; tape residue to front and rear endpapers; previous owner inscription to front endpaper dated 1951; some darkening to top edge. The dust jacket is price-clipped with a tear to upper panel hinge and a few other nicks and chips with minor loss to spine ends; front and rear panels nice and clean otherwise. A good copy.£60.00 -
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Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Snowman By Raymond Briggs First edition, first impression (Hamish Hamilton, 1978). Signed and dated by Raymond Briggs to an adhesive bookplate loosely laid-in. A touch of yellowing to covers, as is common; a couple of minor knocks to corners with a few unobtrusive indentations here and there to boards; small area of foxing to fore-edge of some pages. A very good copy indeed.£300.00
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