Adventures in the Skin Trade
Adventures in the Skin Trade
£125.00
Adventures in the Skin Trade
By Dylan Thomas
First edition, first impression published by Putnam in 1955.
Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning to edges, else near fine, in a very good or better price-clipped dust jacket with a small nick to bottom edge of lower panel and some fading to spine panel.
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Adventures in the Skin Trade
By Dylan Thomas
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The Shining
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen King
The Shining
By Stephen King
First edition, first impression. King's third published novel with 'First Edition' to copyright page and 'R49' to the gutter of page 447. The basis for the iconic Stanley Kubrick film adaptation in 1980.
Quarter-bound in black cloth with tan boards and lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning and spotting to edges, primarily to fore-edge, with a few very shallow indentations to lower and upper boards, else near fine, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks to top edge and some of the usual toning to verso.
£1,500.00
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On the Beach
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Nevil Shute
On the Beach
By Nevil Shute
First edition, first impression, published by Heinemann in 1957. Adapted to film twice in 1959 and 2000. Cover art by John Rowland.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some white spotting to boards with foxing to top edge and a previous owner name and date to front paste-down, otherwise very good.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some light edge wear with a little toning to spine panel and spine panel verso, otherwise very good.
£70.00
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The Sea, The Sea
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions
The Sea, The Sea
By Iris Murdoch
First edition, first impression. The author's nineteenth novel and winner of the 1978 Booker Prize.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Brief gift inscription to front endpaper. Tiny nick to the top of page 245 with a small area of light impact to the fore-edge of a handful of pages, else near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket, with the cover art by Hokusai, has only very minimal traces of wear to spine tips, but is otherwise near fine and sharp.
£150.00
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The Godfather
First Edition, Modern First Editions
The Godfather
By Mario Puzo
First UK edition, first impression, published by William Heinemann in 1969. Originally published in the US earlier in the same year.
Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. The book opens a little wide at the title page, but is otherwise near fine and clean internally.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of very small chips to bottom corners, small abraded areas to spine ends and moderate toning to verso in places, otherwise very good or better.
£500.00
