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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: 8.50 GBP
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	2	(BRONTË, Charlotte). GASKELL, Mrs. The Life of Charlotte Brontë. With An Introduction and Notes by Clement K. Shorter. 1924 John Murray, London. 1924. Reprint. The Haworth Edition with thin paper., 659pp. Hardback. No DW. Tan cloth, gilt extra to spine. Small slim 8vo. Boards are very lightly soiled and spine is very slightly sunned. Endpapers a little browned o/w contents overall are clean and sound. A lovely copy. 79988 Price: 20.00 GBP
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	3	(BURGESS, Anthony). LEWIS, Roger. Anthony Burgess. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2002 Faber. London. 2002. First edition, first issue. Hardback with wrapper. SIGNED presentation copy from the author "With love from Roger Lewis, Nov. 04" with a flourish above and below the inscription. A very good clean copy in wrapper. 77061 Price: 20.00 GBP
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	4	(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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	5	(ELIOT, George). JOHNSON, R. Brimley. The Letters of George Eliot. Selected, with an Introduction by... 1926 John Lane, The Bodley Head, London. 1926. First edition. Hardback with wrapper. Spare label piece to rear of book. Overall a good copy in sunned and worn wrapper. 79612 Price: 15.00 GBP
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	6	(HARDY, Thomas). HARDY, Florence Emily. The Life of Thomas Hardy 1840 - 1928. Compiled largely from contemporary notes, letters, diaries, and biographical memoranda, as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years. 1962 Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1962. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Some occasional pencil annotations within text o/w a sound copy in worn, rubbed and slightly soiled wrapper. 75310 Price: 20.00 GBP
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	7	(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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	8	(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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	9	(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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	10	(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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	11	(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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	12	(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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	13	(WILDE, Oscar). HART-DAVIS, Rupert. (Edited by). Selected Letters of Oscar Wilde. 1979 Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1979. First Edition Thus. Hardback. DW. Fore-edges very slightly foxed o/w a lovely clean and fresh copy in slightly worn wrapper. SCARCE. 75852 Price: 60.00 GBP
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	14	(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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	15	(WORDSWORTH, Dorothy.) SELINCOURT, E. De. Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth. Edited by... IN TWO VOLUMES 1941 Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1941. First edition. Hardbacks. No dustwrappers. Original red cloth, gilt. Illustrated and with foldout maps. Boards are partially sunned o/w a nice bright set. 79633 Price: 25.00 GBP
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	16	ALCOTT, Louisa May. Hospital Sketches. 1986 Applewood Books, Boston. 1986. Facsimile reprint. Paperback. Couple of stains to upper cover o/w a very clean copy. 73735 Price: 8.95 GBP
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	17	ALESHIRE, Peter. Cochise. The Life and Times of the Great Apache Chief. 2005 Castle Books, Edison. 2005. Reprint. DW. FINE in wrapper. 71524 Price: 10.00 GBP
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	18	ALEXANDER, William. Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk. Introduction and appreciation by Alexander Mackie. 1919 David Douglas, Edinburgh. No DW issued. Dark green boards, gilt type and decoration to spine. Pocket Edition. 285pp inc index + 2pp catalogue. Very minor scuffs to head and foot of spine, and browning of endpapers, but still a really nice copy of this fascinating biography. VG+ 61346 Price: 8.50 GBP
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	19	ALLEN, Paul. Ideal Man. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. 2011 Portfolio / Penguin. New York. 2011. First edition, first issue with correct number line. DW - NOT price-clipped. SIGNED in thick blue ink to front free endpaper. Loosely inserted is a piece of Vulcan (dot com) headed-paper with the typed message "With Compliments - Paul". This is from the library of Sir Howard Stringer, (former head of CBS and Sony). A lovely copy of this biography in a wrapper that is slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine. 79355 Price: 150.00 GBP
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	20	AMIS, Kingsley. Memoirs. Hutchinson, London 1991 DW. B&W plates. 346pp inc index. Slight wear to wrapper at upper corner of outer edge, o/w a near fine copy. 71171 Price: 6.95 GBP
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