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	1	(BELLOC, Hilaire). SPEAIGHT, Robert. Letters from Hilaire Belloc. Selected and Edited by.... Hollis & Carter. London. 1958 First Edition. DW. xi, 313pp. Pages age browned o/w VG+/VG in worn wrapper with several small close tears to margins and sunned spine. 54916 Price: 12.50 GBP
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	2	(DRYDEN, Ernst). LIPMANN, Anthony. Divinely Elegant. The World of Ernst Dryden. Foreword by Billy Wilder. Pavilion Books Limited, London. 1989 First edition. DW. SIGNED presentation copy from the author "To Harry with best wishes for Christmas 1992/93 and in memory of your help with this book. Anthony Lipmann 19.12.92" + signed postcard from the author "You will see the illustration your loaned me on p.151. Regards Anthony". Quarto. VG+/VG+ in slightly sunned and slightly worn wrapper. 38745 Price: 75.00 GBP
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	3	(GIBBON). MILMAN, Rev. H. H. The Life of Edward Gibbon. With Selections from His Correspondence, and Illustrations. John Murray. London. 1839 First edition. xvi, 455pp. + 12pp. adverts. Portrait frontis. engr. by Scriven after Joshua Reynolds. Original cloth, decorated in blind, spine sl.faded, extremities sl.knocked and bds. sl. soiled. New e/ps., portrait foxed. Contents clean and sound. Norton 141. Milman, editor of one edition of 'The Rise and Fall...' held many senior academic and ecclesiastical positions. He was Dean at St. Paul's and Professor of Poetry at Oxford. 7770 Price: 40.00 GBP
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	4	(HAGGARD, H. Rider). POCOCK, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1993 First edition. DW. Illustrated with photographs. Near fine/VG+ in slightly worn wrapper. ISBN 0297813080 38589 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	5	(HAYDON, Benjamin). JOLLIFFE, John. Neglected Genius. The Diaries of Benjamin Robert Haydon 1808-1846. Edited by.... Hutchinson, London 1990 First Edition. DW. Hardback. 260pp. Light bump to head and tail of spine o/w Nr. fine/VG+ in slightly worn wrapper. 64959 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	6	(JAMES, M. R.) COX, Michael. M. R. James. An Informal Portrait. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1983 First edition. DW. xiii, 268pp. Illustrated. Spine slightly creased o/w Nr. fine/VG+ in wrapper that is sunned to spine and very slightly creased at head. ISBN 0192117653. 46132 Price: 100.00 GBP
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	7	(JENKINS, John R). JENKINS, Dulcibel. Chronicles of John R. Jenkins. 1913-1947. Mountaineer, Miner, Quaker. Edited by... Privately published. 1987 First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated. Front cover is very slightly damaged from removal of small label o/w contents clean and sound. VG+. 65567 Price: 20.00 GBP
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	8	(KILVERT). SHARP, Michael. (Editor). Jubilee Praise. A Selection of the Best Essays from the Newsletter to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of The Kilvert Society and The Life of Tom Palmer (Founder Member). The Kilvert Society, Kinnersley, Herefordshire. 1998 Paperback booklet, staple binding. 67pp. Illustrated. Covers slightly soiled, o/w contents clean and fresh. VG. 39646 Price: 15.00 GBP
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	9	(MANNINGHAM, John). SORLIEN, Robert Parker. The Diary of John Manningham of The Middle Temple 1602-1603. New Edited in Complete and Unexpurgated Form from the Original Manuscript in the British Museum, with Introduction, Notes and Life of the Author, by... The University Press of New England, New Hampshire, USA. 1976 First edition. DW. Large 8vo. Fore-edge stained and some page margins are slightly rippled. Wrapper lightly soiled, slightly nicked and worn with sunned spine o/w VG/VG. 68098 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	10	(OWEN, Robert). DAVIES, Sir Alfred. (Edited by). Robert Owen. (1771-1858). Pioneer Social Reformer and Philanthropist. The Ceiriog Memorial Institute, Denbighshire. 1948 First Edition. Card covers with DW. Illustrated. A well used copy with small tear near tail of spine, ownership inscription. Wrapper sl. grubby, small tear at tail of spine. VG. 66433 Price: 6.95 GBP
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	11	(RAIKES, Dorothy). MORGAN, Alison. The Open Road. July 16th -28th 1926. A Diary by Dorothy Raikes. Illustrations by Belinda Holland. 2000 Printed by Redkite Print, Llanwrtyd Wells. 2000. First Edition. Slim paperback, staple binding. 33pp. Illustrated. Slight shelfwear to covers o/w a very nice copy. VG+. 69864 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	12	(SAYERS, Peig) MACMAHON, Bryan (Trans.) Peig. The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket Island. Talbot Press 1983 Reprint. Paperback. Frontispiece drawing, & other occasional illus. 212pp. Cover a little worn at spine and lower panel marked. Minor foxing to front endpaper. Some pages stained. VG. 66006 Price: 15.00 GBP
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	13	(SCARY). HATWOOD, Mark David. SCARY. 7 Days and 7 Nights. An Official Biography of "The Scary Guy". (SIGNED BY SCARY) A Wake-Up Call to Change the Mindset of the World. VisionHeart. Hay-on-Wye and Kansas City. 2009 First edition, second issue (revised). Large format p/bk. Illustrated. SIGNED by Scary as "The Scary Guy" to title page. New. "He's been banned from two U.S. cities because of the way he looks, but he's the New Face of Love". 48315 Price: 19.95 GBP
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	14	(SOMERVILLE, E. OE.) CUMMINS, Geraldine. Dr. E. OE. Somerville. A Biography. Andrew Dakers Limited. London. 1952 First edition. xv, 271pp. Frontis. + 1pp. illustration. SIGNED presentation copy "Louise affectionately Geraldine Cummins". Original blue cloth, dark blue lettering. Spine sunned, board extremities very slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly foxed o/w contents clean and sound. VG. 36602 Price: 20.00 GBP
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	15	(WELCH, Denton). METHUEN-CAMPBELL, James. Denton Welch. Writer and Artist. With a Foreword by Alan Bennett. Tauris Parke Paperbacks. New York. 2004 Second edition. Large format paperback. 268pp. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Bottom corner of upper cover creased, with sl. wear to edges o/w VG+. Scarce. 49572 Price: 35.00 GBP
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	16	(WILDE, Oscar). BROAD, Lewis. The Friendships & Follies of Oscar Wilde. Hutchinson, London. 1954 First edition. 264pp. Portrait frontis. + 14pp. of ills. Original olive green cloth, gilt. Spine creased and slightly soiled, upper board cocked, extremities lightly rubbed. Contents clean and sound. VG. 31161 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	17	(WILDE, Oscar). HART-DAVIS, Rupert. More Letters of Oscar Wilde. Edited by... John Murray. London. 1985 First Edition. DW. A lovely copy that is NEAR FINE in wrapper. 63603 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	18	(WILDE, Oscar). SHERARD, Robert Harborough. The Real Oscar Wilde. To be used as a Supplement to, and in Illustration of The Life and Oscar Wilde. With Numerous Unpublished Letters, Facsimiles, Portraits and Illustrations. T. Werner Laurie Limited. London. n.d. (c1913) Early Edition. Blue boards, art vellum backstrip, gilt extra. No DW. 431pp. Colour frontis with tissue guard and b/w illustrations throughout. Boards slightly soiled, extremities rubbed and worn, spine dulled, some signs of ageing to contents o/w a nice fresh copy. VG. 53642 Price: 45.00 GBP
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	19	(WISE, Thomas J.) PARTINGTON, Wilfred. Thomas J. Wise in The Original Cloth. The Life and Record of the Forger of the Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets by... With an Appendix by George Bernard Shaw. Robert Hale Limited, London. 1946 First edition. Portrait frontis. + Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt vignette to upper board. Spine sunned, board extremities rubbed. Inner hinge slightly cracked o/w contents clean and sound. VG. 36684 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	20	ABSE, Dannie A Strong Dose of Myself. (SIGNED.) Hutchinson Co, London. 1983 First Edition. DW. SIGNED by the author on title page. Near fine/VG+ in slightly worn wrapper that is very lightly sunned to spine and has crease to rear cover. 67186 Price: 12.00 GBP
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