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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

By: Anon

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Greening: 1907

Seller ID: 004080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Greening "Lotus" edition first printing 1907. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards have some marking and softened or gently bumped corners. Spine faded and sl. toned. Spine has bumped ends with light rubbing to the cloth. Text block has expected toning to untrimmed edges, with top edge gilt. The pages are clean, with toning. Binding is solid and square, hinges strong. Contemporary owners ink name and date 1910 to FEP. Close to very good condition. No jacket. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described A solid example of this classic t...
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The Duel and Other Tales

By: Conrad, Joseph

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2003

Seller ID: 002922

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Folio edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, and perfect. Feels unread. Fine condition. Slipcase is near fine, some extremely light handling marks to the panels, and a touch of expected shelf marking on the lower panel, neither which detract from the beauty of this volume. Overall fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this classic Conrad title, produced and...
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Allan Quatermain

By: Haggard, H. Rider

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1955

Seller ID: 002973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New classics. (no.546) edition. Hardback book is tight clean touch of lean. Boards lighty bumped with some marking. Spine and title gilt a little faded. Text block clean, with toning to edges, a few light creases. Feels read. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, Very good condition. No jacket. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid hardback jacketless reader copy of this classic tale
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The Thomas Hardy Omnibus (contains Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess, The Woodlanders and Wessex Tales)

By: Hardy, Thomas

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1978

Seller ID: 004378

ISBN: 0333247000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning and feint marking to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Minor bump to foot of spine, very good close to near fine condition. Jacket has some minor crimping to edges. Gentle creases with light handling marks to the gloss. Overall very good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to ...
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Tales From the Arabian Nights

By: Lorimer, E.O. (Introduction), Nicoll, Gordon (illustrator)

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1932

Seller ID: 003885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition thus first printing 1932. Hardback book is tight and square. Boards have sharp corners, upper blocked illustrated board has bump to fore edge, and thin area of vertical rubbing alongside joint. Lower board has three small feint grubby marks and couple of small and light red ink marks. The spine has a hint of fading, but the title gilt is bold, with dinks alongside the lower joint, and bumped spine ends. Text block is clean, with no inscriptions or pen marks, it has light toning to edges, and bump to the deckle fore edge. The top edge silver gilt bold unfaded, with a single 2mm ma...
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Arion And The Dolphin: Libretto (Signed)

By: Seth, Vikram

Price: £6.00

Publisher: London, Phoenix House: 1994

Seller ID: 003513

ISBN: 1897580460

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition first printing. Softback book is tight clean and square. Covers sharp and clean. Text block clean, with light toning to top edge. Feels unread. Near fine condition. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this collectible first edition first printing title, signed by the author to the title page.
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