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![Image for A Strong Dose of Myself [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/23950.jpg "A Strong Dose of Myself [signed copy]")
By: Abse, Dannie
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Hutchinson: 1983
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 23950
Dedicated by author on title page: punning on the title, he writes, "RX Ilse's / To be taken occasionally, with love. Dannie." Illustrated pale brown d/jkt, unclipped; very little wear, but tarnished, hence lower rating. Brown boards, bright; silver titling, bright; lingering whiff of tobacco. Amusing autobiographical writing by the great Welsh-Jewish poet. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 9"); 220 pages; Signed by Author View more info
By: Armah, Ayi Kwei
Price: £125.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1968
Edition: First; First
Seller ID: 24059
Illustrated d/jkt, unclipped, in clear film; intact, but worn and frail, with small losses. Blk boards; a little marked and slightly faded; binding tight; a coupled of small stains on front foredges. ; 8vo (5 3/4" x 8 1/4"); 215 pages View more info
![Image for The Kindness of Strangers [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/23942.jpg "The Kindness of Strangers [signed copy]")
By: Baron, Stanley
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown: 1961
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 23942
Dedicated by the author on front endpaper. Illustrated pale pink d/jkt, unclipped; intact, but worn, with small losses. Pale fawn boards, bright; lingering whiff of tobacco.; 8vo (5" x 8"); 184 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for The Facts of Love [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/23943.jpg "The Facts of Love [signed copy]")
By: Baron, Stanley
Price: £25.00
Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace: 1956
Edition: First American
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 23943
Dedicated by the author on front endpaper. Illustrated yellow d/jkt, unclipped; intact, but worn, with small losses. Red cloth spine; light grey boards; lingering whiff of tobaco. Stated "first American edition". ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"); 256 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for Immediate Possession [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/28699.jpg "Immediate Possession [signed copy]")
By: Blythe, Ronald
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London, Macgibbon and Kee: 1961
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 28699
Inscribed by Blythe on the front endpaper, dd November 1961. Illustrated red d/jkt, unclipped, in clear film; a trifle marked. Dk red boards, clean and bright; titling bright. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8"); 191 pages; Signed by Author View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton: 1967
Edition: First English
Seller ID: 26015
Illustrated b/w d/jkt, unclipped, in clear film; intact, but a little worn at edges, with tiny losses. Dk blue boards; generally clean; binding tight; gilt titling bright. ; 8vo (5" x 8"); 222 pages View more info
![Image for The Gab Boys [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/23944.jpg "The Gab Boys [signed copy]")
By: Duodu, Cameron
Price: £300.00
Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1967
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 23944
Dedicated by author on front endpaper: "For Ilsa / who ought to have been born black but is just as good all the same. Cameron Duodu". Illustrated white d/jkt, unclipped; a little marked and slightly age-toned. Brown boards, bright; gilt titling, bright. Foredges a little grubby, but pp clean, though a little age-toned. Lingering whiff of tobacco. Interesting novel of life in early post-independence Ghana. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8"); 207 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for Proofs of Affection [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/24204.jpg "Proofs of Affection [signed copy]")
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz: 1982
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24204
Inscribed by author on title page. Illustrated dk red d/jkt, unclipped; one or two light creases on front; slightly darkened at front upper edge. Blue boards, clean and bright; gilt titling bright; binding tight. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 9"); 208 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for Even With the Shutters Closed [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/24061.jpg "Even With the Shutters Closed [signed copy]")
By: Gandolfi, Simon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1965
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 24061
Inscribed by author on title page. Red + yellow d/jkt, unclipped; a little marked; slight wear to edges, with small losses; spine slightly darkened. Dk brown boards, bright; gilt titling, bright. The author's impressive debut novel.; 8vo (5 1/2" x v8"); 169 pages; Signed by Author View more info
By: Greene, Graham
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1955
Edition: First
Seller ID: 24284
Illustrated blue + yellow d/jkt, unclipped; somewhat marked, esp. on rear; light wear to head and tail of spine, with small losses. Dk blue boards; a trifle marked; gilt titling still quite bright; top foredges lightly spotted. ; 8vo (5" x 7 1/2"); 140 pages View more info
By: Hertley, L.P.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton: 1957
Edition: First
Seller ID: 28672
Red + grey d/jkt, unclipped, in clear film; very intact, but a trifle marked; spine faded. Olive green boards; binding tight; foredges spotted, with very occasional spotting to text. ; 8vo (5" x 8"); 247 pages View more info
Price: £125.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1958
Edition: First; First
Seller ID: 22066
Illustrated d/k blue d/jkt (by Pat Marriott), unclipped; intact, but somewhat worn, with small losses at edges. Dk blue boards; blk spine; clean and bright; binding tight, but slightly askew. pp foredges lightly marked. Owner's name on front endpaper, dd Sep 1958. Interesting, and very scarce, first novel contrasting various strata of contemporary society; also offers a sympathetic, and relatively early glimpse of West Indian immigrants' impact on working class society. ... View more info
By: Kafka, Franz
Price: £150.00
Publisher: Leipzig, Kurt Wolff: 1916
Edition: Second
Seller ID: 25397
Plain brown thick paper wrappers; a little darkened; a little worn at edges. Wear to backstrip - binding intact, but rather frail; rear wrapper partially detached. "Oktober 1917" inked on front endpaper. No 3 in Wolff's "Junste Tag" series of booklets. German text.; 8vo (5 1/4" x 8 1/2"); 47 pages View more info
By: Kafka, Franz
Price: £500.00
Publisher: Leipzig, Kurt Wolff: 1916
Edition: First
Seller ID: 25398
Blk boards, somewhat worn; small losses to front and rear front edges; gilt titling and decoration, still quite bright. Parchment spine, very worn - backstrip disintegrated, stitched binding exposed. Binding very frail, but intact. German text.; 8vo (5" x 8"); 28 pages View more info
![Image for Der Prozess [The Trial]](/assets/images/product/25403.jpg "Der Prozess [The Trial]")
By: Kafka, Franz
Price: £500.00
Publisher: Berlin, Verlag die Schmiede: 1925
Edition: First
Seller ID: 25403
Patterned grey boards; a little worn and marked. Front external hinge partially exposed; backstrip faded. Front board detached. Slight damage to title page - paper rubbed, part of title erased; the no "884" inked in - possibly a reference no. pp mostly clear and supple, but very occasionally spotted. German text.; 8vo (5 1/4" x 8"); 411 pages View more info
By: Kafka, Franz
Price: £275.00
Publisher: Munich, Kurt Wolff Verlag: 1927
Edition: First
Seller ID: 25404
Pale red boards; worn at edges; lower corners rubbed, and slightly bumped. Brown cloth spine; very worn; nearly detached - stitched binding exposed. Front joint exposed; binding intact, but rather frail; no pp loose. Occasional spotting to pp. German text.; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8 "); 391 pages View more info
By: Lee, Laurie
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Hogarth Press: 1955
Edition: First
Seller ID: 23874
Illustrtated pale purple d/jkt, clipped; intact, but frail, and rather worn marked, with losses. Pale red boards; gilt titling a little dull. Owner's writing on front endpaper. Jacket design by Lynton Lamb. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8"); 160 pages View more info
![Image for Heat - An 87th Precinct Novel [signed copy]](/assets/images/product/25411.jpg "Heat - An 87th Precinct Novel [signed copy]")
By: McBain, Ed
Price: £20.00
Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1981
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25411
Signed by McBain on the title page. Illustrated blk d/jkt, unclipped; in clear film. Blk boards, clean and bright; yellow cloth spine; binding tight. Tiny stain on lower edge of front endpaper.; 8vo (6" x 9"); 227 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for The Testing Ground [inscribed copy]](/assets/images/product/25614.jpg "The Testing Ground [inscribed copy]")
By: Newman, G.F.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1987
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 25614
Inscibed by Newman to the actor William Hoyland, who appeared in several of his plays. Illustrated dk blue d/jkt, unclipped. Dk blue boards, bright; silver titling, bright; binding tight. Cheap paper has browned slightly. ; 8vo (5 1/2" x 9"); 346 pages; Signed by Author View more info
![Image for The Friends [Signed copy]](/assets/images/product/28085.jpg "The Friends [Signed copy]")
By: Smith, Godfrey
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz: 1957
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 28085
Signed by the author on the title page. Plain red boards (no d/jkt); a little marked; spine slightly faded; gilt titling dulled, but still legible. Front endpaper and half-title page partially loose - rest of pp + binding very intact. Bookplate on front endpaper.; 8vo (5" x 8"); 208 pages; Signed by Author View more info
