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    2001: A Space Odyssey

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    2001: A Space Odyssey By Arthur C. Clarke First UK edition, first impression. Published shortly after the iconic Stanley Kubrick 1968 film adaptation whose screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book with a small Foyles bookseller label to bottom corner of front paste-down, in a near fine dust jacket with just a small mark to upper panel, a couple of isolated spots to verso and a little mild rubbing to corners. An excellent copy of a science fiction highlight.
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    A Bear Called Paddington

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    A Bear Called Paddington By Michael Bond First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1958). Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: "To Nina, with best wishes, Michael Bond". The dedicatee is Nina Froud who was a personal friend of the author and worked at his literary agency. The first book in the Paddington series where one of the most iconic and beloved British fictional characters first appeared, later going on to form the basis of several ongoing TV and successful film adaptations. Publisher's original red cloth with silver lettering to spine containing illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. A beautiful, fine and pristine book throughout, save for a touch of off-setting to endpapers. Appears unread. The original complete dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in unusually superior condition with a chip to spine head - not affecting any lettering - and a closed tear to top of upper panel fore-edge with a couple of tiny and inconspicuous nicks to the top edge of lower panel. A very rare inscribed presentation copy of a quality and with an association that are very seldom encountered.
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    £12,500.00
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    A Charlie Brown Christmas

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    A Charlie Brown Christmas By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. Original pictorial boards with maroon endpapers and paste-downs. A little rubbing to board edges, else near fine and free from names and inscriptions, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks and shallow chips to edges with some rubbing in places and a crease running down the spine panel. A very good copy indeed. Rare in the dust jacket.
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    A Handful of Darkness

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    A Handful of Darkness By Philip K. Dick First edition, first impression. Original second issue red cloth with black lettering to spine. Some off-setting to endpapers and toning to edges with a previous owner name to front endpaper, else very good in a good second issue dust jacket with some chipping and loss to edges.
    £250.00
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    A House for Mr Biswas

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    A House for Mr Biswas By V.S. Naipaul First American edition, first impression (McGraw-Hill, 1961). Jacket design by Stephen Russ. Original dark green cloth with white lettering to spine. Just a hint of knocking and rubbing to extremities, else fine and internally pristine without names or inscriptions. The original dust jacket is clipped to bottom corner of front flap, but still bears the original '$5.95' price; a few small nicks to spine head with a touch of rubbing here and there. A lovely and bright near fine copy of the author's most iconic work.
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    A Kestrel for a Knave

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    A Kestrel for a Knave By Barry Hines First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges.
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    A Moveable Feast

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    First UK edition, first impression. The author's memoir published posthumously, three years after his death. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good or better example with a couple of knocks to the top corners of boards and a few small white spots to lower board. The original and price-clipped dust jacket is also very good or better with a few instances of rubbing and a few faint spots with light edge wear in places. Jacket design by Hans Tisdall
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    A Pale View of Hills

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    A Pale View of Hills By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author to the title page: "To Charles, all best, Kazuo Ishiguro 7th June '89". Rare inscribed. The author's first book and the winner of the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Very faint traces of dustiness to top edge with minor pushing to spine head, else fine, in a near fine or better dust jacket with just a hint of the usual fading to spine panel and one instance of negligible wear to spine head. A superior copy.
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    A Pocket Full of Rye

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    A Pocket Full of Rye By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression. Publisher's original red cloth with black lettering to spine. An excellent copy with some dustiness to top edge, in a very good dust jacket indeed with some chipping to spine head and a few small nicks to edges.
    £400.00
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    A Scanner Darkly

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    A Scanner Darkly By Philip K. Dick First UK edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 2006 and one of the author's best-known novels. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to top edge and toning to text-block, as is common, else clean and near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket is slightly sunned to the spine panel, but in excellent, near fine or better condition otherwise.
    £300.00
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything

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    A Short History of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression (Doubleday, 2003). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy, with mild toning to edges, in a fine dust jacket. Rare inscribed.
    £300.00
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    A Small Town in Germany

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    A Small Town in Germany By John le Carré First edition, first impression (William Heinemann, 1968). Original burgundy cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some off-setting to endpapers and a few very small white spots to lower board, near fine otherwise in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with traces of minor rubbing to spine foot and a small nick to bottom edge.
    £135.00
    £135.00