The Alpine Journal: a Record of Mountain Adventures and …, London
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£1,250.00
Partail run from 1872-1937, volumes, 6,7,8, 12-49, 33 volumes. Then from 1983-2016, lacking volume 16, 33 volumes. 66 volumes in all. Earlier volumes have been rebound in green cloth, with gilt bands and lettering. These volumes have some moderate abrasion wear. Bindings in good clean firm …
[First Edition] Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures …, London
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£1,200.00
[Adventure classic] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 311, with advertisements to the rear dated 5G.4.86 and 5B.4.86. Folding map frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles, black endpapers. Internally clean, owners ink-stamped name to first blank, cloth with a few …
[Signed] The Spy Who Loved Me FLEMING, Ian Lancaster …, London
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£48.00
[Spy thriller] CLASSIC READERS EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.196. Publisher's flame red hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to cover, plain black endpapers. Absolutely fine/as new. SIGNED on behalf of the publisher by Jon Gilbert [Adrian Harrington Ltd]. One of a…
[First Edition] The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding. And …, London
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£395.00
…edges. Jacket just slightly toned to spine, with some minor wear to edges. Near fine. Six baffling cases, including the title story; a seasonal mystery for Hercule Poirot. Five of the six stories served up in this festive collection feature the famous Belgian detective, and the last mystery…
[First Edition] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, …, London
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£68.33
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle Publication: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut Edition: First Edition Thus, First Printing Binding: Hardcover Condition: A Fine copy Description: SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOUND IN GENUINE LEATHER AND STAMPED IN GOLD GILT! First …
[First Edition] Sporting Adventure. Day, James Wentworth …, London
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£30.00
288 pages with photogravure plates by "Fish-Hawk" David K Wolfe Murray. and 50 line drawings, some foxing on half title and verso of the title and title itself, also last couple of pages and a little light spotting on several margin areas, mostly free and all clean, lovat green cloth with gilt …
[First Edition] Murder in Triplicate (Robert Hale Smoking …, London
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£250.00
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back with smoking gun motif. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 190 pp. Very tiny spots to the closed edges and in near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minor …
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking …, London
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£195.00
The first edition thus of this edition of Lewis Carroll's classic works of children's fiction, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. This edition features sixty-five illustrations from British author and artist Mervyn Peake, best known for the 'Gormenghast' fantasy series, and his poetry and …
[First Edition] Unarmed Action! A Handbook For The Home …, London
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£50.00
1st Edition, 1941. Stapled softback hand-book. Scarse original copy in good condition. 63pp. Written by Micky Wood Lightweight Wrestling Champion of Great Britain and Sergeant-Instructor on unarmed combat to the Home Guard, and one of the world's foremost authorities on physical culture. Illustrated …
Les Aventures De Tintin - Tintin Au Tibet - The Adventures …, London
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£250.00
First or very early French issue. Editions Casterman, Paris - No. 715 - 1960, 3rd trimestre. Printed in France by Danel-Loos. Copyright page dated 1960. Original cloth-backed boards. Pictorial blue endpapers. Red spine cloth. Pp. 62. Illustrated throughout in colour by the author. Rear panel shows …
[Signed] [First Edition] The Great Portrait Mystery …, London
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£975.00
[Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black. Contents clean but toned, binding with some darkening to the spine, with a few light marks to covers. Autographed by Freeman on the title page, for his local library. This …
A clerk of Oxford and His Adventures in the Barons' War …, London
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£30.00
…Evelyn Everitt-Green. An early edition of this historical novel by Evelyn Everitt-Green, prolific author who wrote about three hundred and fifty books for children, historical fiction, and romantic fiction.This novel is an exciting piece of historical fiction following a clerk of Oxford and his…
[First Edition] Mountain Adventures in the Various …, London
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£100.00
First English edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 320; frontis. and 23 plates, illusts. to text; minor age-toning, slight spotting to fore-edge, else very good in original cloth, gilt. Translated from the 1867 French edition Les ascensions célèbres, this popular work selects from the accounts of famous …
The Adventures of Harry Richmond George Meredith [Used - …, London
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£49.00
A handsome copy of this popular romance novel by the Victorian writer and poet, George Meredith. A new edition. Rebound in full crushed morocco with gilt detail. 'The Adventures of Harry Richmond' is a popular romance novel by George Meredith. It is believed to be strongly autobiographical. George …
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe …, London
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£60.00
…classic tale of 'Robinson Crusoe.' Defoe's popular story ofRobinson Crusoe, initially published in 1719, is one of the most widely published books in the world. Presented as an autobiography of the main character Robinson, a castaway who lived over two decades on a remote tropical desert…
The Three Midshipmen : Their Adventures in the Levant and …, London
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£25.00
272, [2 publisher's catalogue] pp. Four colour illustrated plates, including frontispiece. Arts and Crafts brown cloth binding by Ethel Larcombe with decorative board and spine, gilt title label to the latter. Bumping and rubbing, with a little wear at head of spine. Lacks free endpaper, spotting. …
[First Edition] A LESSON IN CRIME and Other Stories Cole, …, London
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£97.06
First edition. Mild fading to the upper rear cover, else near fine in grey cloth with cover titles in red; in a very good, shelf worn illustrated dust jacket with a bit of chipping to the spine ends, one-half dozen edge tears, and mild creasing to the shelf extremities. Front flap retains the 2s6d …
[First Edition] Murder in the Mills. FIRST EDITION, UK IN …, London
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£175.00
Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London. 1946. First edition, UK. Hardback in DW. A very clean and sound copy in slightly worn and creased wrapper that is chipped to extremities.
[First Edition] Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office, …, London
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£138.00
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Front. vol. I, plates, 40pp catalogue (July 1888). Uncut in orig. dark olive green cloth; sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplates of Algernon Dunn Gardner of Denston Hall, Suffolk. Handsomely illustrated with reproductions from earlier prints.
[First Edition] Murder! John Arnold [Used - Very good] …, London
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£27.14
John Arnold. Murder! Bos: Small, Maynard & Company, 1927, 1st. American edition, 1st. printing, 314 pp. *** Written in first person narrative style, this English whodunit is set in London. It involves Scotland Yard, chases in the night, intrigue, hidden dangers, and, of course, murder. Scarce …
[First Edition] THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY Or, The Assassinati …, London
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£40.00
Hardback. The author, a journalist, recounts the brutal assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, a Chicago physician and Irish nationalist. Cronin's murder, orchestrated by members of the Clan-na-Gael society over political disputes, shocked the nation. The author details the conspiracy, …
[First Edition] Tales of Suspense Wilkie Collins / Robert …, London
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£56.00
Dust jacket: Wear to ends of spine with old tape repairs to reverse. Tear to head of spine with archival tape repair to reverse. Foxing and light soiling to rear cover. Slight wear to corners. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: …
The Secret Seven Adventure Enid Blyton [Used - Very good] …, London
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£36.99
Condition Notes: Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded, now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block; Hardback. Dust wrapper over pictorial blue boards with blue titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 5½" (0.6 kg); pp …
Murder in Black Mark Cross [Archibald Thomas Pechey] [Used …, London
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£45.00
A reprint of this exciting mystery from Mark Cross, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Reprint, originally published 1944. Being the Twentieth Exploit of Daphne Wrayne and her Four Adjusters. On a cold afternoon in January, Maria Westover makes her way to the station to catch the train to…