Sunset at Blandings
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Sunset at Blandings
By P. G. Wodehouse
First Edition
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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
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Animal Farm
Children's Fiction, First Edition, George Orwell, Modern First Editions
Animal Farm
By George Orwell
First edition thus, featuring illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original pictorial cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A touch of fading to spine with a few light and unobtrusive marks to cloth, else near fine. Housed in the original slipcase, which is also near fine with a couple of instances of rubbing to corners.
£75.00
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First Editions
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
By Bill Bryson
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of mild wear to top edge.
£60.00
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The Hobbit
First Edition, J. R. R. Tolkien, Modern First Editions, Showcase
The Hobbit
By J.R.R. Tolkien
Second impression (George Allen & Unwin, 1937).
The second impression of The Hobbit was the first to contain coloured illustrations. It appeared three months after the first in December 1937, and was first published in January 1938. The print run consisted of 2,300 copies, but 423 of these were destroyed during the Blitz in 1940.
Original green cloth with lettering and decoration to boards and spine in dark blue. Map endpapers and paste-downs. Top edge green. Some spotting to edges and very light and occasional foxing to opening and closing leaves, else near fine. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box, and accompanied by the correct and original second impression dust jacket, all sections of which are detached with a small portion of the spine remaining and considerable losses to upper and lower panels.
£15,000.00
