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[MILLER, Henry] [VILLAGE PRESS]
Henry Miller in Paris: Five Essays (A Complete Set)
London: Village Press, 1973
Five items, two of 24pp, one of 16pp, two of 8pp. Stiff paper wrappers, printed in black.
First editions thus.
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HUGHES, Ted
The Burning Of The Brothel
London: Turret Books. 1966
4to, unpaginated. White card covers in dark blue wrappers, lettered in black to front panel.
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[DENCH, Judi] [McKERN, Leo]
Handwritten Card from Judi Dench to Leo McKern
London: N.p., N.d. [1989]
Greetings card.
CARD FROM JUDI DENCH TO LEO McKERN ON THE OPENING OF THE CHERRY ORCHARD AT THE ALDWYCH THEATRE ON 24 OCTOBER 1989.
Dench played Ranyevskaya in this Michael Frayn translation, and was joined in the production by Leo's daughter Abigail as Yepihodova:
'...[A]t last, I get to work with Abigail -- who is a wonder. What a divine girl and how good she is. It's just the most lovely company and we all love doing the show. ... Mike and Finty join me in sending great love to you, Judi.'
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MORTIMER, John
The Summer Of A Dormouse
London: Viking, 2000
8vo, pp. 213. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
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AUDEN, W.H. and ISHERWOOD, Christopher
The Dog Beneath The Skin
London: Faber, 1935
8vo, pp. 180. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Lower edge uncut. Dustwrapper.
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MORTIMER, John
Paradise Postponed
London: Viking, 1985
8vo, pp. 374. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
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BETJEMAN, John
Poems In The Porch
London: SPCK, 1954
8vo, unpaginated. Original illustrated stiff paper wrapper, lettered in blue and red to front panel.
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BETJEMAN, John
Ode On The Marriage Of HRH Prince Charles To The Lady Diana Spencer In St. Paul's Cathedral On 29th July 1981
London: Warren Editions, 1981
Broadside, single white sheet, 485mm x 215mm, with red and blue fleur de lys and encircling decoration.
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SITWELL, Osbert
Left Hand, Right Hand! 5 vols.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1945-1950
8vos, all in original red boards, lettered in gold on spine.
First editions of Sitwell's autobiography.
A lovely set which has been together since publication.
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ATTENBOROUGH, David
The Living Planet
London: Reader's Digest Association/William Collins/BBC, 1985
Oblong 4to, pp. 368. Original photographic boards, lettered in silver on black to spine. Grey endpapers.... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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WILLIAMS, Kenneth
Acid Drops
London: J.M. Dent, 1980
8vo, pp. 176. Original cream boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Photographic dustwrapper.
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[MORECAMBE, Eric] MORECAMBE, Gary
Funny Man: Eric Morecambe
London: Methuen, 1982
8vo, pp. 157. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper.
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STEWART, Douglas
Shipwreck
Sydney: Shepherd Press, 1947
4to, pp. 96. Original grey boards, lettered in red to front panel and spine. Printed dustwrapper.
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CALDER, Nigel
Einstein's Universe
London: BBC, 1979
8vo, pp. 178. Original tan boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, author's photographic portrait to rear panel.
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[illus. HIRSCHFELD, Al] PERELMAN, S. J.
Westward Ha!
London: Reinhardt and Evans, 1949
8vo, pp. 159. Original pink boards, title panel to spine, design panel to front board. Top edge green. Illustrated dustwrapper. Small... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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PLATH, Sylvia
The Bell Jar
London: Faber, 1967
Small 8vo, pp. 258. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
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ROBSON, Don
Young and Sensitive
London: Hutchinson, 1964
8vo, pp. 175. Uncorrected proof copy. Original printed red stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Endpapers illustrated with facsimile manuscript.
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MacDONALD, John D.
Dress Her In Indigo
London: Robert Hale, 1971
8vo, pp. 208. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First UK edition, and a very nice example.
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MILNE, A.A.
Now We Are Six
London: Methuen, 1927
8vo, pp. 104. Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt to spine and with E.H. Shepard designs in gilt to front and rear panels. Pink endpapers with... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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SOMERVILLE, E. OE, and ROSS, Martin [pseud. MARTIN, Violet]
Stray-aways
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1920
8vo, pp. 280. Original blue boards, lettered in white and black to front panel and black to spine. Tissue guard to frontispiece. Lacking... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
