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| 1911 Horace Annesley VACHELL John VERNEY Novel |  | Price: £29.99
Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine, marble paper covered boards, and marble paper pastedowns.
This is volume 4258 of the Tauchnitz Edition Collection of British Authors.
Horace Annesley Vachell (18611955) was a prolific... Find out more » |
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| 1911 NEFREKEPTA Gilbert MURRAY |  | Price: £54.99
An intriguing translation from the original Demotic Egyptian by Gilbert Murray.
Gilbert Murray was an Australian born British classical scholar and public intellectual. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture... Find out more » |
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| | 1911 The Song of RENNY Maurice HEWLETT 1st Ed |  | Price: £129.99
A bright, clean first edition of Hewlett's The Song of Renny with original dustwrapper.
Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwrapper.
First edition.
Original 1911 dustwrapper.
Maurice Henry Hewlett, 1861... Find out more » |
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| 1913 Hawbuck Grange Robert Smith SURTEES |  | Price: £39.99
An early twentieth century edition of fox-hunting tale Hawbuck Grange, unusual in a decorative calf binding, with hunting related gilt decorations to the spine.
With seven plates and a frontispiece.
Publisher's Note:... Find out more » |
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| | 1913 The Five Nations Rudyard Kipling |  | Price: £19.99
A poetical work from prolific poet and novelist, Rudyard Kipling.
Thirteenth edition.
With hand drawn illustration to the front pastedown and many pencil notes, signed by unknown illustrator Arthur Edwards.
Publisher's advertisements... Find out more » |
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| | 1914 Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes |  | Price: £89.99
Thomas Hughes' adventurous tale for youngsters, with numerous illustrations.
Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer and author. His novel "Tom Brown at Oxford" was first published in 1861. It is a sequel... Find out more » |
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| | 1916 Knights in Armour by Edward S Woods |  | Price: £14.99
A copy of 'Knights in Armour' by Edward S. Woods.
Includes a frontispiece illustration of King Arthur and further plates within as well as a foreward by General Sir William Robertson.
A copperplate ink inscription has been... Find out more » |
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| | 1920 La CATHEDRALE Joris-Karl HUYSMANS |  | Price: £44.99
Huysman's novel examining the cathedral and its symbolism.
Forty-fifth Edition.
Binder's ink stamp of 'La Reuure Francaise' to verso of front free-endpaper.
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans(February 5, 1848 May 12, 1907) was a... Find out more » |
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| 1921 SALAMMBO Gustave FLAUBERT Leather bound |  | Price: £59.99
A fascinating novel written by Gustave Flaubert (December 1821 May 1880), a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857).
This meticulously... Find out more » |
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| | 1921 The Brook Kerith By GEORGE MOORE |  | Price: £57.99
A nice clean copy with original dustwrapper.
Bound in half cloth with marbled paper covered boards and unclipped dust wrapper
Fifth edition.
George Augustus Moore (1852 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art... Find out more » |
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| | 1924 TRIPLE FUGUE Osbert SITWELL Novel |  | Price: £24.99
A first edition copy of Osbert Sitwell's first work of fiction, Triple Fugue.
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet, (6 December 18924 May 1969) was an English writer. His elder sister was Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell... Find out more » |
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| | 1925 MAID of PERTH Walter SCOTT with PLATES |  | Price: £22.99
Nice soft red leather binding with 10 plates! From Scott's Waverley Novels!
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (14 August 1771 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during... Find out more » |
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| 1925 QUENTIN DURWARD by Sir Walter SCOTT |  | Price: £69.99
A bright, clean one volume edition of Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott.
Bound in half leather with gilt lettering.
Complete in one volume.
With an armorial binding from Welsh School, Ashford.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet,... Find out more » |
| | 1926 Den Grnne Hat MICHAEL ARLEN |  | Price: £47.99
A clean, bright, Danish translation of The Green Hat by Michael Arlen.
Bound in half leather with gilt lettering and marbled paper-covered boards.
Michael Arlen, 1895 1956, whose original name was Dikran Kouyoumdjian, was an Armenian... Find out more » |
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| 1926 L'Homme ne de la Guerre by Henri GHEON |  | Price: £49.99
A lovely edition of Gheon's L'Homme ne de la Guerre in a decorative fine binding.
Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration.
In an armorial prseentation binding from Ampleforth College,... Find out more » |
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| | 1929 Hizakurige Tokaido Circuit IKKU JIPPENSHA |  | Price: £175.00
A limited edition English translation of Jippensha's masterpiece with strikingly beautiful colour illustrations.
Bound in red cloth.
With Ten Colour Plates.
The color plates are selected reproductions of Hiroshige's Tokaido Gojusantsugi.
In... Find out more » |
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| 1929 The Pilgrim on the Earth GREEN novel |  | Price: £59.99
Vellum spine with gilt titles and blue cloth covered boards. This is a Limited First Edition as detailed on the page after the half title page, see photograph above, please note this book has not been officially numbered. ... Find out more » |
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| | 1930 The Good Companions J B PRIESTLEY |  | Price: £59.99
An early edition of Priestley's picaresque novel in a full morocco binding.
The Good Companions, a picaresque novel 250,000 words long, was completed in March 1929, and published in July. Sales started slowly, but by Christmas the... Find out more » |
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| 1931 Aphrodite in Aulis by George Moore |  | Price: £19.99
A half cloth hardback with marbled boards and rough cut edges.
Aphroditis in Aulis, first published in 1930 in limited edition, is Moore's last novel.
Second edition.
George Augustus Moore (1852 - 1933) was... Find out more » |
| | 1931 Broome Stages CLEMENCE DANE |  | Price: £24.99
A second impression copy of Clemence Dane's Broome Stages.
Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration.
Second impression.
Clemence Dane, CBE, was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an accomplished novelist, playwright,... Find out more » |
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| 1931 The Grasshoppers Come by David GARNETT |  | Price: £36.99
A nice solid copy of Garnett's The Grasshoppers Come.
A mottled cloth hardback with gilt lettering on the spine.
First edition, second impression.
David Garnett (1892 1981) was a British writer and publisher.
He was a... Find out more » |
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| | 1932 Diamant de la Reine by Paul Bourget |  | Price: £59.99
An early twentieth century edition of Bourget's work in a fine decorative binding.
Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and armorial decoration.
An armorial presentation binding from Ampleforth... Find out more » |
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