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      Aaronovitch, David - Paddling to Jerusalem | image1. Published by Fourth Estate in 2000. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Aaronovitch, David - Paddling to Jerusalem
      Fourth Estate
      £10.00 GBP
      . Published by Simon Randall in 2005. Hard Cover - Quarter Bound. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Abney, Edward - Letters to My Father - SIGNED
      Simon Randall
      £70.00 GBP
      Keith Alldritt | David Jones - Writer and Artist . Published by Constable in 2003. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Alldritt, Keith - David Jones - Writer and Artist
      Constable
      £30.00 GBP
      Ardizzone, Edward - Liquor and Literature | image1
      Ardizzone, Edward - Liquor and Literature
      The Reading Room Press
      £85.00 GBP
      Armatrading Joan - The Weakness in Me | front cover. Published by Faber in 2022. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Armatrading, Joan - The Weakness in Me
      Faber
      £20.00 GBP
      Ashley, Mike - Adventures in the Strand | front cover. Published by British Library in 2016. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine ++/Near Fine ++
      Ashley, Mike - Adventures in the Strand
      British Library
      £18.00 GBP
      Aubrey, John - Brief Lives | image1
      Aubrey, John - Brief Lives
      Folio Society
      £30.00 GBP
      Avery, Gillian ( introduces ) - The Journal of Emily Pepys | front cover. Published by Prospect Books in 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine +
      Avery, Gillian ( introduces ) - The Journal of Emily Pepys
      Prospect Books
      £12.00 GBP
      Backscheider, Paula R - Reflections on Biography | front cover. Published by Oxford University Press in 2001. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Backscheider, Paula R - Reflections on Biography
      Oxford University Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Banville, John - Thieving : An Apologia | front cover. Published by Four Candles Press in 2015. Paperback. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Banville, John - Thieving : An Apologia - SIGNED
      Four Candles Press
      £195.00 GBP
      Beith, Richard - A Tribute to Rudolf Firkusny 1912 - 1994 | front cover. Published by The Dvorak Society in 2018. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Beith, Richard - A Tribute to Rudolf Firkusny 1912 - 1994
      The Dvorak Society
      £15.00 GBP
      Bernard, Oliver - Getting Over it | front of book. Published by Peter Owen in 1992. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Very Good++ / Near Fine
      Bernard, Oliver - Getting Over it
      Peter Owen
      £25.00 GBP
      Bigland, Eileen - The Indomitable Mrs Trollope | front cover. Published by James Barrie in 1953. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/Very Good
      Bigland, Eileen - The Indomitable Mrs Trollope
      James Barrie
      £14.00 GBP
      Blackham, Robert S - The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth | front cover. Published by Tempus in 2006. Soft Cover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Blackham, Robert S - The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth
      Tempus
      £12.00 GBP
      Boswell, James - Boswell : The Ominous Years | front cover. Published by Heinemann in 1963. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine
      Boswell, James - Boswell : The Ominous Years
      Heinemann
      £30.00 GBP
      Bull Angela - Noel Streatfeild : A Biography | front cover. Published by Collins Harvill in 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Bull, Angela - Noel Streatfeild : A Biography
      Collins Harvill
      £28.00 GBP
      Burgin, Richard - Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges | front cover. Published by Souvenir Press in 1973. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Very Good ++
      Burgin, Richard - Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
      Souvenir Press
      £17.00 GBP
      Burkhardt, Frederick (edits) - Charles Darwin : The Beagle Letters | front cover. Published by Cambridge in 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Burkhardt, Frederick (edits) - Charles Darwin : The Beagle Letters
      Cambridge
      £20.00 GBP
      Carroll, Lewis - Two Letters to Marion from Lewis Carroll | image1
      Carroll, Lewis - Two Letters to Marion from Lewis Carroll
      Douglas Cleverdon
      £75.00 GBP
      Churchill, Winston S. - Great Contemporaries | image1
      Churchill, Winston S. - Great Contemporaries
      Folio Society
      £35.00 GBP
      Clark, Anne - The Real Alice - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Michael Joseph in 1981. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine
      Clark, Anne - The Real Alice - SIGNED
      Michael Joseph
      £85.00 GBP
      John (Edits) Coldstream First Edition | Ever, Dirk : The Bogarde Letters | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2088. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Coldstream, John (edits) - Ever, Dirk : The Bogarde Letters
      Weidenfeld & Nicolson
      £20.00 GBP
      Colette - Journey for Myself | front cover. Published by Peter Owen in 1971. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/Very Good++ / Near Fine
      Colette - Journey for Myself
      Peter Owen
      £28.00 GBP
      Conlon, Christopher ( edits ) - He is Legend : An anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson - SIGNED | image1
      Conlon, Christopher ( edits ) - He is Legend : An anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson - SIGNED
      Gauntlet
      £500.00 GBP
      Andrew Cook SIGNED Collectable Book | Ace Of Spies | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Tempus in 2004. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Cook, Andrew - Ace of Spies - SIGNED
      Tempus
      £20.00 GBP
      Andrew Cook SIGNED First Edition | To Kill Rasputin: The Life And Death Of Gregori Rasputin | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Tempus in 2006. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Cook, Andrew - To Kill Rasputin: The Life and Death of Gregori Rasputin - SIGNED
      Tempus
      £30.00 GBP
      Craig, Patricia ( edits ) - Julian Symons at 80 : A Tribute | image1
      Craig, Patricia ( edits ) - Julian Symons at 80 : A Tribute
      Eurographica
      £14.00 GBP
      Crichton - Harris, A - Poison in Small Measure : Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia - SIGNED | front of book. Published by Brill in 2009. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Crichton-Harris, A - Poison in Small Measure : Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia - SIGNED
      Brill
      £40.00 GBP
      Dahl, Roald - Going Solo - SIGNED | front of book. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1986. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/Near Fine
      Dahl, Roald - Going Solo - SIGNED
      Jonathan Cape
      £500.00 GBP
      Elborn, Geoffrey - Francis Stuart : A Life | front of book. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1990. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Elborn, Geoffrey - Francis Stuart : A Life
      Raven Arts Press
      £10.00 GBP
      Evelyn, John - The Writings of John Evelyn | front cover. Published by Boydell Press in 1995. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Evelyn, John - The Writings of John Evelyn
      Boydell Press
      £30.00 GBP
      Fadiman, Anne - At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist | image1
      Fadiman, Anne - At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist
      Allen Lane
      £10.00 GBP
      Fane, Julian - Morning | front cover. Published by John Murray in 1956. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      Fane, Julian - Morning
      John Murray
      £16.00 GBP
      Farjeon, Eleanor - Magic Casements - SIGNED | front cover. Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1941. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket
      Farjeon, Eleanor - Magic Casements - SIGNED
      George Allen & Unwin
      £45.00 GBP
      Ferguson, Robert - The Short Sharp Life of T E Hulme | image1
      Ferguson, Robert - The Short Sharp Life of T E Hulme
      Allen Lane
      £25.00 GBP
      Fisher, H A L - Essays in Honour of Gilbert Murray | front cover. Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Very Good++ / Near Fine
      Fisher, H A L - Essays in Honour of Gilbert Murray
      George Allen & Unwin
      £25.00 GBP
      Fowles, Anthony - John Dryden | front cover. Published by Greenwich Exchange in 2003. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Fowles, Anthony - John Dryden
      Greenwich Exchange
      £10.00 GBP
      Fowles, John - The Journals : Volume 1 - SIGNED | front of book. Published by Jonathan Cape in 2003. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine
      Fowles, John - The Journals : Volume 1 - SIGNED
      Jonathan Cape
      £150.00 GBP
      Rick Gekoski SIGNED First Edition | Outside Of A Dog : A Bibliomemoir | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Constable in 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Gekoski, Rick - Outside of a Dog : A Bibliomemoir - SIGNED
      Constable
      £20.00 GBP
      Glen, John - For My Eyes Only - SIGNED | front of book. Published by Batsford in 2015. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Fine
      Glen, John - For My Eyes Only - SIGNED
      Batsford
      £100.00 GBP
      Green, Julien - Journal 1940 - 1943 | front cover. Published by Plon in 1946. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
      Green, Julien - Journal 1940 - 1943
      Plon
      £25.00 GBP
      Julien Green First Edition | Journal 1943 - 1945 | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Plon in 1955. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
      Green, Julien - Journal 1943 - 1945
      Plon
      £20.00 GBP
      Green, Julien - Journal 1946 - 1950 | front cover. Published by Plon in 1951. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
      Green, Julien - Journal 1946 - 1950
      Plon
      £20.00 GBP
      Green, Julien - Journal 1950 - 1954 | front cover. Published by Plon in 1955. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
      Green, Julien - Journal 1950 - 1954
      Plon
      £20.00 GBP
      Hale, Kathleen - A Slender Reputation - An Autobiography | image1
      Hale, Kathleen - A Slender Reputation - An Autobiography
      Warne
      £28.00 GBP
      Hankey, Julie - A Passion for Egypt : A Biography of Arthur Weigall | front cover. Published by I B Tauris in 2001. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Hankey, Julie - A Passion for Egypt : A Biography of Arthur Weigall
      I B Tauris
      £25.00 GBP
      Hare, Augustus - Augustus Hare in Italy | front cover. Published by Michael Russel in 1977. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Hare, Augustus - Augustus Hare in Italy
      Michael Russel
      £25.00 GBP
      Mark Haworth-Booth First Edition | E. Mcknight Kauffer : A Designer And His Public | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Victoria & Albert Museum in 2005. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Haworth-Booth, Mark - E. Mcknight Kauffer : A Designer and His Public
      Victoria & Albert Museum
      £35.00 GBP
      Heath, Chris - Pet Shop Boys Versus America | front cover. Published by The Viking Press in 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine
      Heath, Chris - Pet Shop Boys Versus America
      The Viking Press
      £35.00 GBP
      Hemingway, Ernest - Marlin | front cover. Published by Big Fish in 1992. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Hemingway, Ernest - Marlin
      Big Fish
      £125.00 GBP
      Heymann, C David - Ezra Pound : The Last Rower | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1976. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Heymann, C David - Ezra Pound : The Last Rower
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £20.00 GBP
      Rachel Holmes SIGNED First Edition | Eleanor Marx | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Bloomsbury in 2014. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Holmes, Rachel - Eleanor Marx - SIGNED
      Bloomsbury
      £18.00 GBP
      Hudson, W H - Letters from W H Hudson | front cover. Published by Nonesuch Press in 1923. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket
      Hudson, W H - Letters from W H Hudson
      Nonesuch Press
      £45.00 GBP
      Hudson, W H - Letters from W H Hudson | front cover. Published by Nonesuch Press in 1923. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Very Good ++
      Hudson, W H - Letters from W H Hudson
      Nonesuch Press
      £78.00 GBP
      James, Clive - Somewhere Becoming Rain | image1
      James, Clive - Somewhere Becoming Rain
      Picador
      £15.00 GBP
      Jones, Alan - An Enchanted Journey | front cover. Published by The Pentland Press in 1994. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Very Good++ / Near Fine
      Jones, Alan - An Enchanted Journey
      The Pentland Press
      £15.00 GBP
      Jones, Ruth - Path of the Son : Biography of Bryan Pearce | front cover. Published by Keeper's Rock in 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine
      Jones, Ruth - Path of the Son : Biography of Bryan Pearce
      Keeper's Rock
      £30.00 GBP
      Jonson, Ben - Ben Jonson | front cover. Published by Oxford University Press in 1985. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Jonson, Ben - Ben Jonson
      Oxford University Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Leigh Fermor, Patrick - Three Letters from the Andes - SIGNED | front cover. Published by John Murray in 1991. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Leigh Fermor, Patrick - Three Letters from the Andes - SIGNED
      John Murray
      £280.00 GBP
      Lewis, Henry Clay - Odd Leaves From the Life of a Louisiana Swamp Doctor | front cover. Published by Louisiana State University Press in 1997. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Lewis, Henry Clay - Odd Leaves From the Life of a Louisiana Swamp Doctor
      Louisiana State University Press
      £15.00 GBP
      Lukacs, John - Last Rites - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Yale University Press in 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Very Good +
      Lukacs, John - Last Rites - SIGNED
      Yale University Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Lukacs, John - We at the Center of the Universe | front cover. Published by St Augustine's Press in 2016. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine
      Lukacs, John - We at the Center of the Universe
      St Augustine's Press
      £12.00 GBP
      MacGillivray, Richard - Norman Douglas | front of book. Published by G Orioli in 1933. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      MacGillivray, Richard - Norman Douglas
      G Orioli
      £65.00 GBP
      MacKenzie, Norman - The Diary of Beatrice Webb | front cover. Published by Belknap Harvard in 1981. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Fine
      MacKenzie, Norman - The Diary of Beatrice Webb
      Belknap Harvard
      £48.00 GBP
      McKenna, Marthe - Nightfighter Spy | front cover. Published by Jarrolds in 1940. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      McKenna, Marthe - Nightfighter Spy
      Jarrolds
      £28.00 GBP
      McLaughlin, Martin - Leon Battista Alberti : Writer and Humanist | image1
      McLaughlin, Martin - Leon Battista Alberti : Writer and Humanist
      Princeton University Press
      £25.00 GBP
      . Published by Maurizio Martino in 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Mendelssohn, Sidney - South African Bibliography
      Maurizio Martino
      £75.00 GBP
      Menen, Aubrey - Fonthill | front cover. Published by Hamish Hamilton in 1975. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine
      Menen, Aubrey - Fonthill
      Hamish Hamilton
      £20.00 GBP
      Jane Miller SIGNED First Edition | Relations | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Jonathan Cape in 2003. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Miller, Jane - Relations - SIGNED
      Jonathan Cape
      £18.00 GBP
      Morrison, Van - Keep 'Er Lit | front cover. Published by Faber in 2020. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Morrison, Van - Keep 'Er Lit
      Faber
      £22.00 GBP
      Motion, Andrew - Essex Clay | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2018. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Motion, Andrew - Essex Clay
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £14.00 GBP
      Nichols, Beverley - Down the Garden Path | image1
      Nichols, Beverley - Down the Garden Path
      Folio Society
      £45.00 GBP
      Noakes, Vivien (edits) - Edward Lear : Selected Letters | image1
      Noakes, Vivien (edits) - Edward Lear : Selected Letters
      Oxford University Press
      £16.00 GBP
      Orr, Deborah - Motherwell | front cover. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2020. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/Very Good++ / Near Fine
      Orr, Deborah - Motherwell
      Weidenfeld & Nicolson
      £75.00 GBP
      Peake, Sebastian - A Child of Bliss : Growing Up With Mervyn Peake - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Lennard Publishing in 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      Peake, Sebastian - A Child of Bliss : Growing Up With Mervyn Peake - SIGNED
      Lennard Publishing
      £40.00 GBP
      Pellizzi, Francesco ( contributes ) - Jean- Michel Basquiat | image1
      Pellizzi, Francesco ( contributes ) - Jean- Michel Basquiat
      Vrej Baghoomian
      £225.00 GBP
      Portland, Duke of - Memories of Racing and Hunting - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1935. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket
      Portland, Duke of - Memories of Racing and Hunting - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £26.00 GBP
      Quennell, Peter ( edits ) - Byron A Self-Portrait : Letters and Diaries 1798 to 1824 ( 2 Vols ) | front cover. Published by John Murray in 1967. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine
      Quennell, Peter (edits) - Byron A Self-Portrait : Letters and Diaries 1798 to 1824 (2 Vols)
      John Murray
      £30.00 GBP
      Robb Brian J - The Leonardo Di Caprio Album | front cover. Published by Plexus in 1997. Soft Cover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Robb, Brian J - The Leonardo Di Caprio Album
      Plexus
      £20.00 GBP
      Roberts Brian - The Mad Bad Line : The Family of Lord Alfred Douglas | front cover. Published by Hamish Hamilton in 1981. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine +
      Roberts, Brian - The Mad Bad Line : The Family of Lord Alfred Douglas
      Hamish Hamilton
      £18.00 GBP