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Collins, 1959. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. No marks to edges. Light offsetting &n toning to endpapers. No inscriptions - appears unread. The near fine/fine dustwrapper has the lightest wear with a couple of tiny closed tears and rubbing to bottom left foot of spine. A few tiny spots to rear panel. Unusually, absolutely none of the usual toning to white spine lettering. Original price of 15snet on front flap. A very attractive copy indeed. Maclean's fourth novel takes the action to behind the Iron Curtain to rescue a defected scientist - a classic Cold War thriller.

A Paris Chez Esnault, 1814. 770x560mm. Large folding stiff paper map with card covers. Original label to front cover. Contemporary hand line colouring for City limits. Very stiff paper. No ripping or holes to corner folds. No pin holes or inscriptions. Map in lovely very good+ condition. The covers have dusting & a few closed tears to extremities. Original label complete with some wear. An attractive copy. From the library of Corby Castle, Cumbria [no proof of provenance).

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1900. E. H. Shackleton's first book. Presentation inscription from Ernest Shackleton's father to endpaper "Given to Ellen Forman by Dr. Shackleton (Father of the Explorer), 1900" First edition, first printing. Original blue pictorial boards. Housed in a bespoke powder blue quarter morocco gilt clamshell case. A very good copy with some light scuffing to boards and tiny crack to foot with very small associated chip to bottom left of spine. Internally complete - textblock detatched from boards as is common with this title. Minor rust marking at staples. Most copies of this title are usually found with little or no spine. A rare association copy revealing the proud & perhaps prescient sentiments of the "explorer's" father. Shackleton's naval career began at age sixteen; by 1898 he had become a Master Mariner, transferring to the troopship "Tintagel Castle" in 1899 during the Boer War. This voyage is highly… Read More

Methuen, 1928. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original pink boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards. Mild lightening to spine. Bright unrubbed gilt. No chipping or splitting to cloth. Internally very clean & complete with no inscriptions. Usual toning to endpapers. Endpapers original and unsplit. No childish marks or scribbling. A wonderfully clean copy & would be ideal as a present. More classic tales from Winnie the Pooh & his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.

Methuen, 1926. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles & gilt vignette of Pooh to front board. Gilt topedge. A very good copy. No fraying, chipping or splitting. A few small marks to front & rear board. Internally complete. A few small occasional handing marks. Two leaves with short 0.5" closed tear to foot of blank margin. No inscriptions. Original endpapers original and unsplit. No colouring of illustrations & no loose leaves. A very good copy of the first edition of this children's classic. The classic adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh bear pursues honey at a sore cost, Eeyore has a birthday and Piglet meets a Heffalump.

Chatto and Windus, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 350pp. Brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light brown topedge as issued. Pictorial dustwrapper complete with original Book Society wraparound band. A fine copy with no inscriptions. Clean textblock edges with no marks. The near fine/dustwrapper has light wear and a short closed tear at foot of spine with associated small piece of tape strengthening to verso [not visible on exterior]. Original price of 30snet on front flap. None of the usual tanning to spine. Rare with wraparound band. The novel combines elements of thriller and romantic comedy genres & was short listed for the 1969 Booker Prize.