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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. [Political history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.375. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, red endpapers, photographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with a suite of photographic plates. Gift inscription and ownership signature of bibliographer Jon Gilbert. A history of the Stalinist show trials; as a young Reuters journalist, the future James Bond novelist travelled to Moscow to cover the trial of six Vickers employees suspected of sabotage. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencil ownership within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.
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The Prosecutor and The Prey. Vyshnsky and the 1930s Moscow Show Trials
by VAKSBERG, Arkady [BUTLER, Jan, translator]
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London Toy Books: Aunt Louisa's Sea Side
by VALENTINE, Laura (1814-1899)
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London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1867]. [Children's Illustrated] FINE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS. Quarto (27 x 23cm), six leaves of text printed to recto only, with six very fine chromolithographic plates. Publisher's brightly illustrated pink card covers, with titles to front cover and advertisements to back cover. Some light browning and spotting. Pencil gift inscription to fly-leaf, dated 1869, and another black ink gift inscription to the front cover, dated 1878. Thumbing and some marks to covers, with some heavy rubbing to spine. A rare survival; very good.
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Hatchet Man
by VAN ATTA, Winfred (1910- 1990)
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London: T.V. Boardman and Company Ltd., 1964. [Modern fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 174; [I], blank. Publisher's orange cloth in pictorial dust-jacket, title in black on spine, dust-jacket designed by Denis McLoughlin with printed price of 12s. 6d net. Internally clean, minor wrinkling to spine ends, dust-jacket a little frayed at edges, spine of jacket slightly stained, with small closed tear to jacket. Near fine. The first UK edition of Van Atta's mystery. It is number 478 of the American Bloodhound Mysteries, a series of novels published by Boardman Books.
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The Heart of the Hunter
by VAN DER POST, Laurens Jan (1906-1996)
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. [Legends and fables from the African bush] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Maurice Wilson. A particularly fine copy with a hint of toning to the spine panel. This story collection influenced the James Bond novelist Ian Fleming (his books Diamonds are Forever and The Diamond Smugglers are set in Africa). Sir Laurens van der Post was an Afrikaner author, decorated soldier, explorer, anthropologist and an authority on Bushman culture; his writing was highly regarded by Fleming and mentioned by Lycett, p.438. This copy is from the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled note and ownership to free endpaper. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.631.
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The Seed and the Sower
by VAN DER POST, Laurens Jan (1906-1996)
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1963. [Short stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.247; [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth-effect paper, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock. Infrequent spotting to margins. Light offsetting to endpapers. Spotting to top and fore edges. Jacket price-clipped. Some rubbing/spotting to jacket, toning to backstrip. Gentle wear to jacket extremities. Very good. Three short stories, each one about the war experience of an English soldier named John Lawrence. The stories all involve England, Japan, and Africa, the three most important locations in the life of Laurens Van Der Post who grew up in South Africa, travelled to Japan, and lived in London.
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Liebe in Saint Germain des Pres
by VAN DER ELSKEN, Ed (1925-1990)
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Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, n.d. [1956]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 20cm), unpaginated. Black and white photographs printed on clay paper with occasional German text. In publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With original photographic dust-jacket. Some rubbing to jacket edges and corners. Very good.
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Murder in The Millions. Erle Stanley Gardner. Mickey Spillane. Ian Fleming
by VAN DOVER, J. Kenneth
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New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1984. [Reference critique] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.231; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with some rubbing. Near fine. A critique of three best-selling thriller writers. Contains several reprinted passages from Casino Royale. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A1b, p.54.
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I am a Camera. [Cabaret]. A Play in Three Acts, adapted from the stories by Christopher Isherwood
by VAN DRUTEN, John (1901-1957)
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London: Evans Brothers, 1954. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION, PRODUCER'S COPY. Two volumes; one working copy, and one ring-bound 'Producer's Copy.' Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.94 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's green paper covers with black titles to spine and front cover, priced at 5s. Producer's Copy ring-bound with black leatherette covers, gilt titles to upper, and a blank leaf between each leaf of text, intended for notes. Producer's Copy internally clean with only light wear to covers. Near fine. Working trade edition has neat pencil notes to most pages, with heavier wear to covers. Price scored out, with loss to head and tail of spine. Good. Adapted from Isherwood's novel 'Goodbye to Berlin,' this 1951 / 1952 Broadway play itself inspired both a film of the same name (1955), and the later hit musical 'Cabaret' (1966).
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The Given Day: An Amsterdam Mystery
by VAN GULIK, Robert (1910-1967)
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Kuala Lumpur: Art Printing Works, 1964. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 132 [2]. With seven illustrated plates by the author. Publisher's plain soft covers titled in red and blue. A production fault causing creasing to lower corners of pp.21-30, as usual. Light spotting to edges and endpapers. Rubbing and a few marks to covers. An unusually nice copy. Near fine. A fast-paced crime thriller set in Amsterdam over just 24 hours, but drawing characters from all over the world. From the author of the 'Judge Dee' Chinese crime stories.
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The Lacquer Screen. A Chinese Detective Story
by VAN GULIK, Robert (1910-1967)
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New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. vii; [1]; 180; [4]. Ten illustrations drawn by the author, red illustrative flyleaf. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt illustration to front board, red lettering to spine, illustrative dust-jacket, priced at $3.95. Rolling to spine. Near fine. Robert van Gulik entered the Netherlands Foreign Service in 1935, and he served in various posts around the world including China. This book follows the story of Judge Dee. Although the characters may be fictional, Robert van Gulik was renowned for his extensively researched stories that are typically set in the Tang Dynasty. Scribner coded A-10.69(JU).
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Necklace and Calabash. More Judge Dee Mysteries
by VAN GULIK, Robert (1910-1967)
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London: Heinemann, 1967. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.144. With eight illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Scuff to border of endpaper design else fine, in rubbed and price-clipped jacket.
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The Monkey and the Tiger. Two Chinese Detective Stories
by VAN GULIK, Robert (1910-1967)
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New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [xii]; 143; [5]. Eight illustrations drawn by the author, illustrative flyleaf. Publisher's orange cloth with embedded illustrations to front-board and grey lettering to spine, illustrative dust-jacket, priced at $3.50. Discolouration of white to dust-jacket, previous owners name in black to flyleaf but this is hardly visible, minimal rolling to spine. Very good. Robert van Gulik entered the Netherlands Foreign Service in 1935, and he served in various posts around the world including China. This book places two short stories together; they both follow the story of Judge Dee. Although the characters may be fictional, Robert van Gulik was renowned for his extensively researched stories that are typically set in the Tang Dynasty. Scribner coded A-2.66.
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The Story of Wilbur the Hat. Being a True Account of the Strange Things Which Sometimes Happen in a Part of the World Which Does not Exist
by VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem (1882-1944)
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New York City: Horace B. Liveright, 1925. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.112. With numerous full-page lithographic illustrations by Van Loon. Pictorial endpapers. Pictorial paper over boards, black cloth with titles to spine. Interior bright and mostly clean, some marking and spotting here and there. Pictorial boards rubbed and marked. Titles to spine heavily dulled. Light wear to joints, spine ends, and extremities. Very good. A bizarre but charming story starring a sentient hat by Newbery Medal-winning author Hendrik Van Loon.
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Quest for the Future
by VAN VOGT, A.E. (1912-2000)
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1971. [Science fiction]] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Embden with printed price of 30s (£1.50). Internally fine. Cloth clean and bright. Wrapper shows very well, slightly rubbed to folds, some nicking to top and bottom of spine and to the corners. Uncommon. Near fine. First published in 1970 by Ace in the US, this is the first British edition.
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The Weapon Makers
by VAN VOGT, A.E. (1912-2000)
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New York, NY: A Corwin Book, Greenberg: Publisher, 1952. [Science Fiction] SECOND REVISED EDITION, the first hardback. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4] 220. Publisher's aqua cloth with black titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket illustrated by Nettie Weber, priced at $2.75. Spotting to top edge, with some light wear and bumping to binding. Jacket sunned to spine, with light wear to edges. Very good. Originally serialised in 'Astounding Science Fiction', February - April 1943, then revised for separate publication in 1947, this second revision is billed as a sequel to the 1951 amalgamation of three 1940's short stories titled 'The Weapon Shops of Isher.'.
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The Battle of Forever
by VAN VOGT, A.E. (1912-2000)
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972. [Science fiction]] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.191; [1]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Chris Gilbert with printed price of £1.60. A few negligible marks to edges, spine ends and corners a tiny bit pushed. Wrapper fresh with unfaded colours, white panels lightly toned, tiny scuff to foot of rear panel. Uncommon. Fine. First published in 1971 as an Ace paperback in the US, this is the first British edition and first hardcover edition.
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Rogue Ship
by VAN VOGT, A.E. (1912-2000)
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London: Dennis Dobson, 1967. [Science fiction]] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 213; [1]. Publisher's dark brown cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Richard Weaver. Some spotting to first and last leaves and to edges. Wrapper price clipped, lightly rubbed and marked. Very good. A novel put together from aspects of three short stories that originally appeared between 1947 and 1963. (Centaurus II, Rogue Ship, and The Expendables). First published in the US in 1965 this is the first British edition.
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Out of the Unknown
by VAN VOGT, A.E. (1912-2000), HULL, E. Mayne (1905-1975)
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Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1948. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12]; 141; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Roy Hunt with printed price of $2.50. Six short stories each with a full page illustration by either Roy Hunt, Neil Austin, or Charles McNutt. Internally fine, some toning and spotting to edges. Cloth lightly handled with a few marks, bumped to bottom corners. Wrapper a little edgeworn with some spotting and toning, slight losses to spine ends and tips. Very good.
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A Slight Case of Murder [and] Dressed to Kill [in] Detective Tales Magazine. Vol. III, No. 10
by VANCE, William, and CHIDSEY, Donald Barr, et al.
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London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., August 1955. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 1s. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only more appealing by its wonderful condition. Cover illustrated in Street and Smith's trademark fifties comic book style. Features a rather hilarious advert for Charles Atlas' body training programme to inside of front cover.
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Muscle Mag. Vol.4 Issue I.
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Brampton, Ont.: Health Culture, March 1979. [Body Building] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, (28 x 21cm), pp.68. Illustrated mainly in black and white, with occasional colour leaves, and colour paper covers, stapled three times and priced at $1.50 / 90p. Light toning to margins, and a little light handling to covers. Near fine. Including articles on Bill Trotter, Ed Fury, and the original 1977 film 'The Incredible Hulk.'.
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