Sunset at Blandings
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Sunset at Blandings
By P. G. Wodehouse
First Edition
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First Love, Last Rites
First Edition, Ian McEwan, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
First Love, Last Rites
By Ian McEwan
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To John best wishes Ian McEwan'. The author's first book.
Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book with a little faint dustiness to top edge, in a fine and unclipped dust jacket with only one very minor instance of wear to spine head. A brilliant copy.
£550.00
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The Master & Margarita
First Edition, Modern First Editions
The Master & Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
First UK edition, first impression, published by Collins in 1967 and translated by Michael Glenny. Written between 1928 to 1940 in the Soviet Union and initially published in Russian in serial form in 1966-1967, though this had a portion of the original text removed due to its criticism of the Russian government. The first edition in Russian was issued in France by YMCA Press in 1967. The complete version of the novel was not published in Russia until 1973. Widely viewed as one of the most important novels of the 20th Century.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A few faint spots to edges and a moderate bump to top corner of lower board. A little cracking to rear hinge, but holding very firm.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is in fine condition, but for a few very faint instances of soiling to rear panel and a few light spots to rear panel verso. An exceedingly bright, near fine copy.
£525.00
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A Town Like Alice
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Nevil Shute
A Town Like Alice
By Nevil Shute
First edition, first impression. A romance novel set in Australia and, briefly, in Malaya; published in 1950 soon after the author had settled in Australia. Adapted into a film and popular TV series in 1956 and 1981 respectively.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and book title and author's monogram to upper cover in blind and publisher's imprint in blind to lower cover. Red top-stain. Some toning to edges and marginal, moderate browning to half-title. 'June' written in biro to front endpaper. Upper board ever-so-slightly bowed. Else a very good copy or better with the red top-stain nicely preserved and the contents nice and clean.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has several chips to spine ends and to upper panel with a few closed tears to edges, most notably to the top of lower panel. Some spotting to verso and, more faintly, to flaps.
£400.00
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Atonement
First Edition, Ian McEwan, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
Atonement
By Ian McEwan
First edition, first impression. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author to the title page: 'To Vic Best Wishes Ian McEwan 17 March 2002'. Less common inscribed as opposed to just signed. Adapted to film in 2007 and widely considered to be among the author's best works.
Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and black endpapers and paste-downs. Small spot to fore-edge, else fine, in the fine and unclipped dust jacket with only very mild instances of wear to top edge.
£125.00
