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    The Starlight Barking

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    The Starlight Barking By Dodie Smith First edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1967). Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: 'To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith "Dear Octopus", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967'. The inscription refers to Smith's play 'Dear Octopus', which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Dodie Smith's married name, 'Mrs Beesley', Dodie Smith's married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: 'Dearest Cis, Here is "The Starlight Barking" as a tiny first night present. It's also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle - I trust you'll be able to use Bill's line and say "The dog liked it". Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as "Dora". Much love as ever, Dodie". 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial decorative endpapers. fine with just a little pushing to spine ends in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge-wear in places and a couple of spots to upper panel. A near fine example of the sequel to 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians'.
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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher

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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second impression (Frederick Warne & Co, 1906). A very good copy with some areas of unobtrusive rubbing to board surface and corners and a very small retailer sticker to bottom corner of rear paste-down. Some cracking to binding at page 30-31, but all pages still holding firm throughout. Contents very nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions.
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    The Tale of Mr Tod

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    The Tale of Mr Tod By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date on title and copyright (Frederick Warne & Co, 1912). Some rubbing in places - mainly to corners - with a chip to spine head and abrasion to foot. A few instances of faint soiling to boards, and a few spots to edges and opening few pages, but otherwise very nice and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions. A very good copy.
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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin By Beatrix Potter First edition, later printing with 'Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to title page (Frederick Warne & Co, 1903). 16mo, original dark grey boards with circular squirrel motif to upper cover, rebacked with later spine in black paper, hinges repaired and endpapers relaid, a little internal soiling and external rubbing, in black custom-made clamshell box.
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    The Tales of Beedle the Bard

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    The Tales of Beedle the Bard By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression. A fine copy.
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    The Testaments

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    The Testaments By Margaret Atwood First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.
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    The Third Man and the Fallen Idol

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    The Third Man and the Fallen Idol By Graham Greene First edition, first impression, published by William Heinemann in 1950; the year after the release of the film of the same name also written by Graham Greene. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A few very faint marks to boards with some toning to edges and browning to half-title and rear blank. Nice and clean otherwise and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few tears to edges, some chipping and toning to spine panel, otherwise very good.
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    The Trial

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    The Trial By Franz Kafka Second edition, published nine years after the first edition in 1945. Original blue cloth. A little browning to top edge of boards. Edges and endpapers somewhat foxed largely due to the quality of paper used. Knock to the top corner of text block, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good indeed with some toning to spine panel and a few white spots to lower panel.
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    The Twits

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    The Twits By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a gift inscription to front endpaper, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel.
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    The Unconsoled

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    The Unconsoled By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original cloth with silver lettering to spine. A couple of very small and inconspicuous indentations to spine and upper board, else fine in a very good or better dust jacket with some wear to edges, primarily to spine head, an area of fading to upper panel and a couple of superficial indentations to spine and upper panel.
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    The Water-Babies

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    The Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley First edition, first issue (Macmillan & Co, 1863) with l'envoi leaf present, of which there were only believed to be around 200 copies. Housed in an attractive morocco drop-back box with raised bands, blue compartments, gilt lettering and marbled boards. Original green cloth. Spine re-backed using most of the original, only lacking the tips and a small square hole just below the centre. Occasional light foxing and a little rubbing to covers. Hinges neatly reinforced. Free from names and inscriptions. A very good example of a very rare book.
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    The Whitsun Weddings

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    The Whitsun Weddings By Philip Larkin First edition, first impression. Featuring many of the poet's most popular poems such as "The Whitsun Weddings", "Days", "Mr Bleaney", "MCMXIV", and "An Arundel Tomb". Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine or better book with just a hint of sunning to spine in the original and unclipped dust jacket with some toning to spine panel, a couple of small spots to upper panel hinge and very minor and isolated instances of edge wear, else near fine.
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    The Wings of the Morning

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    The Wings of the Morning By Edward S Hyams First edition, first impression (Duckworth, 1939). Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper. The author's first novel. Publisher's original cloth with red lettering to spine. Some soiling and light browning to boards with some spotting to fore-edge and to opening and final couple of pages. Contents nice and clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some loss to upper panel and to spine panel head with a few tears, some chipping and rubbing; light soiling to lower panel. A very rare book, especially so inscribed by the author.
    £300.00
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    The Wolf Hall Trilogy

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    The Wolf Hall Trilogy By Hilary Mantel A complete set of first editions, first impressions of the books comprising The Wolf Hall Trilogy. Some of the usual toning to edges of vol one with a little faint pencil mark and very faint spotting to fore-edge, else near fine. Vols two and three are in fine, unread condition. The original and unclipped dust jackets are also in excellent condition with just a hint of fading to spine panel and trivial signs of wear to top edge of vol one. An excellent set.
    £675.00
    £675.00
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    The Wolf of Wall Street

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    The Wolf of Wall Street By Jordan Belfort First UK edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 2013. Original black cloth with white lettering to spine. Some toning to edges, else fine, in a fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to spine tips.
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    £165.00
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    Ubik

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    Ubik By Philip K. Dick First UK edition, first impression (Rapp & Whiting, 1970). Originally published in the US the previous year. Publisher's original brown cloth with silver lettering to spine and upper board. A little spotting to edges with slight lifting to fore-edge of front paste-down, contents nice and clean and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little faint soiling to rear panel and toning to spine panel verso, near fine otherwise. An excellent copy.
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    Uncle Fred in the Springtime

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    Uncle Fred in the Springtime By P. G. Wodehouse First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins, 1939). Publisher's original orange cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. Some browning and off-setting to endpapers with spotting to edges and some darkening to cloth where it has been exposed due to areas of loss to dust jacket. The original dust jacket has no restoration of any kind and bears the correct 7'6 price to spine. Some loss to spine ends and wear to edges with spotting and a few discreet tape repairs to verso.
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    Very Good, Jeeves

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    Very Good, Jeeves By P.G. Wodehouse First edition, second impression (Herbert Jenkins, 1931). Minor spine slant with some mild rolling to spine ends; gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1934; mild scattered foxing to edges; contents very nice and clean, except for a touch of very faint and occasional spotting to first and last few pages. Very good indeed. The dust jacket has a significant amount of loss to spine ends and to lower panel with several small nicks and tears; occasional abrasion to edges and to fore-edge of upper panel; some discreet tape reinforcements to verso.
    £175.00
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    Wolf Hall

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    Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel First edition, first impression published by Fourth Estate in 2009. Winner of the Booker Prize and adapted to TV in 2015. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A near fine book with some toning to edges and partial toning to fore-edge, in the original and unclipped dust jacket with a soft crease running along upper flap and minor traces of wear to top edge. A near fine copy of the first book in the Wolf Hall Trilogy.
    £375.00
    £375.00
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    You Only Live Twice

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    You Only Live Twice By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression and first state with 'First published 1964' to copyright page. Original black cloth with Japanese lettering to upper board in gilt and in English to spine in silver with bamboo patterned endpapers and paste-downs. Light traces of off-setting to endpapers, else near fine and beautifully clean and sharp throughout. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of isolated spots to verso and very shallow chips to corners with a couple of minuscule nicks to spine tips, otherwise an excellent, near fine example. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
    £675.00
    £675.00