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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First Printing. An Uncorrected Proof Copy, precedes all other editions. Softcover format with printed wrappers, the front cover featuring a photograph-portrait of the author. Presents as an unread copy with no reading creases to the spine, tight and square. Trivial creases to the corners but a Fine copy indeed and SIGNED directly to the title page by the author. Scarce thus.
The Exploits of Moominpapa by Jansson, Tove - 1952
by Jansson, Tove
The Exploits of Moominpapa
by Jansson, Tove
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- first
First Printing. A remarkable copy of the UK first edition. Red cloth with gilt decoration to the upper cover and gilt titles at the spine. 7.5" x 5". pp 156 with Moomins Gallery at the rear. In fabulous clean condition, covers immaculate and free from owner names etc. The book is tight and square with a bump to the front cover at the lower corner (remaining corners sharp) and very minor push at the foot of the spine which is just very slightly colour-faded. Nevertheless the best-condition copy of this title I have seen in many years. Sadly lacking the dustjacket but to compensate, at the half-title Tove Jansson's autograph signature has been pasted in - provenance for the signature is established. A rare opportunity to acquire a Signed Ernest Benn Moomins first edition.
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- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Ernest Benn Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1952
- Keywords MOOMINS, MUMINTROLLET, ART, ILLUSTRATION, FINNISH SWEDISH LITERATURE, AUTHOR-SIGNED,
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OUR GAME - Proof Copy, Signed
by Le Carre, John
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Pappan Och Havet (Moominpapa At Sea) - Signed By Tove Jansson
by Jansson, Tove
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- Used - Fine
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- Hardcover
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Sastamala, Finland
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Helsinki: Schildts, 1991. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 5th Edition. Printed in the original Swedish language. Original laminated pictorial boards (no dustjacket issued), 202 (203) pp., illustrated. Minor bump to the foot of the spine, otherwise a Fine clean copy, appears unread. Beautifully signed (with soft-coloured highlighting) by Tove Jansson at the half-title.
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SOLSTADEN (Sun City) - - First Printing, Signed
by Jansson, Tove
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- first
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Sastamala, Finland
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Helsinki: Schildts, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing, the true first edition of Tove Jansson's first full-length novel for adults. Publshed in Helsinki by Schildts, the author's Swedish-language publisher in her native Finland. Set in a Florida retirement centre, Solstaden is, in the author's own words, "a book about what it's like to get old and I have described the love of two very young and beautiful people in the city of the elderly.". Hardcover in dustjacket, pp.171. The dustjacket illustration by the author. Printed in the Swedish language. A Fine, tight, square copy, appears unread. The dustjacket has minor rubbing/wear to the extremities otherwise VG. SIGNED in black ink at the title page by the author, extremely rare thus.
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DOCHERTY - First UK Printing, Signed
by McIlvanney, William
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Very Good
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Sastamala, Finland
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Original black cloth with bright red titles at the backstrip. First Printing. 324 pp. Lightly pushed at the spine tips and bumped at the corners of the lower cover. At the front endpaper there is a gift inscription (two lines, name and date). Text-block toned commensurate with age only. The book is square and tight with no reading creases to the backstrip. The dustjacket is unclipped but the original price has been inexpertly scraped off. No nicks or tears to the edges or corners, some colour fading to the spine and also the rear panel but overall a VG dustjacket. A nice copy, SIGNED and inscribed without dedication ("Best Wishes, Willie McIlvanney") for the seller in person. Now a genuinely scarce title. particluarly signed.
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O Caledonia
by Barker, Elspeth
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- first
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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Sastamala, Finland
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The author's celebrated, first - and indeed only - novel which despite attracting acclaim from the critics and winning several prizes, failed to find much of an audience at the time of its release. Re-issued by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2021, the book is now considered something of a classic of Scottish literature and is currently enjoying international success. Sadly, the author passed away earlier this year. Original burgundy-coloured boards, pp. 151. An attractive, square, tight copy. Pushed at the crown a little, the block is lightly tanned but free from owner names etc. About Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with price of £14.99. There is minor rubbing to both the spine tips and the corners with accompanying loss of the laminate but not paper. Minor scrape to front panel near the titles but no nicks or tears - a VG dustjacket. Exceptionally scarce, the print-run would have been limited for a…
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OUR GAME - Proof Copy, Signed
by Le Carre, John
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- first
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Sastamala, Finland
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First Printing. An Uncorrected Proof Copy, precedes all other editions. Softcover format with printed wrappers, the front cover featuring a photograph-portrait of the author. Presents as an unread copy with no reading creases to the spine, tight and square. Trivial creases to the corners but a Fine copy indeed and SIGNED directly to the title page by the author. Scarce thus.
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Pappan Och Havet (Moominpapa At Sea) - Signed By Tove Jansson
by Jansson, Tove
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Sastamala, Finland
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Helsinki: Schildts, 1991. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 5th Edition. Printed in the original Swedish language. Original laminated pictorial boards (no dustjacket issued), 202 (203) pp., illustrated. Minor bump to the foot of the spine, otherwise a Fine clean copy, appears unread. Beautifully signed (with soft-coloured highlighting) by Tove Jansson at the half-title.
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SOLSTADEN (Sun City) - - First Printing, Signed
by Jansson, Tove
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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Sastamala, Finland
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Helsinki: Schildts, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing, the true first edition of Tove Jansson's first full-length novel for adults. Publshed in Helsinki by Schildts, the author's Swedish-language publisher in her native Finland. Set in a Florida retirement centre, Solstaden is, in the author's own words, "a book about what it's like to get old and I have described the love of two very young and beautiful people in the city of the elderly.". Hardcover in dustjacket, pp.171. The dustjacket illustration by the author. Printed in the Swedish language. A Fine, tight, square copy, appears unread. The dustjacket has minor rubbing/wear to the extremities otherwise VG. SIGNED in black ink at the title page by the author, extremely rare thus.
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DOCHERTY - First UK Printing, Signed
by McIlvanney, William
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Sastamala, Finland
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A$833.18
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Original black cloth with bright red titles at the backstrip. First Printing. 324 pp. Lightly pushed at the spine tips and bumped at the corners of the lower cover. At the front endpaper there is a gift inscription (two lines, name and date). Text-block toned commensurate with age only. The book is square and tight with no reading creases to the backstrip. The dustjacket is unclipped but the original price has been inexpertly scraped off. No nicks or tears to the edges or corners, some colour fading to the spine and also the rear panel but overall a VG dustjacket. A nice copy, SIGNED and inscribed without dedication ("Best Wishes, Willie McIlvanney") for the seller in person. Now a genuinely scarce title. particluarly signed.
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O Caledonia
by Barker, Elspeth
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sastamala, Finland
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The author's celebrated, first - and indeed only - novel which despite attracting acclaim from the critics and winning several prizes, failed to find much of an audience at the time of its release. Re-issued by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2021, the book is now considered something of a classic of Scottish literature and is currently enjoying international success. Sadly, the author passed away earlier this year. Original burgundy-coloured boards, pp. 151. An attractive, square, tight copy. Pushed at the crown a little, the block is lightly tanned but free from owner names etc. About Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with price of £14.99. There is minor rubbing to both the spine tips and the corners with accompanying loss of the laminate but not paper. Minor scrape to front panel near the titles but no nicks or tears - a VG dustjacket. Exceptionally scarce, the print-run would have been limited for a…
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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- very good
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780393080049
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- 0393080048
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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- very good
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- Used - Very Good
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- Paperback
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- New
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- Not Issued
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- Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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- ISBN 13
- 9780802160478
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- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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- 9782207238615
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- 220723861X
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
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- Fine
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781501184321
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- 1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Temecula, California, United States
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Temecula, California, United States
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Men Die
by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
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- First Edition.
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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