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Uncorrected proof. Light rubbing to the edges, light creasing to the top of the spine and a folding crease to the bottom corner of the front cover and top corner of the back cover. Yellowed top and front page edges with some very light age spotting. A truly hilarious black comedy. As Los Angeles has been brought to life by Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy, so Malcolm Pryce pulls off the feat of making Aberystwyth appear slightly glamorous and even half-full of magical promise.

First paperback edition. Light handling and storage wear and light age tanning around the page edges. Signed to a previous owner by Hornby on the title page. Marcus is twelve. Will is thirty-six. Why can't they both act their age? In his second novel Hornby explores the connections people make when the so-called ideal family model does not apply.

First UK printing. Book has light general wear. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the head and tail of the spine as well as a tiny closed tear to the top corner of the back cover. Signed by Lessing on the title page. In this book Lessing embraces every facet of life in Zimbabwe from the lost animals in the bush to political corruption, from AIDS to a successful communal enterprise created by a rural black community, and notes the kind of changes that can only be appreciated by one who has lived there before.

First UK printing. Book has light bumping on the corners, a tiny dent on the top edge of the back board, a small fingernail closed tear and creasing on the top and bottom of the spine. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the edges. Internally, the rear end paper has very minor age spotting but the pages are otherwise clean and tight. Signed, located and year-dated by Roth on the half title page. A detailed account of Hal and Margaret Roth's life aboard a cruising yacht, along with photographs, information and advice for anyone contemplating a life at sea. Uncommon signed.

First printing. Book has light creasing to the head and tail of the spine and some light age tanning to the pages and page edges which also has light foxing to the top and front. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the top edge of the front cover and head and tail of the spine. After a Fashion, tells the story of J.J. Harrington, an academic in his early thirties, of considerable authority, whose life, for all its apparent fulfilment, is flawed by emotional failure. He has been left by his actress wife, and has settled for a kind of success - esteem within his faculty, an excellent book or two, a handsome house, a refusal to involve himself deeply with other people. When his professor suggests that a young woman academic might benefit from his help, and at the same time both his former wife makes contact and Harrington meets Anne, his relatively unsophisticated neighbour, the stage is set for major changes in his life. But will he be able to respond to them?

First printing. Book has about 10 pages with corner folds. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to edges. Signed by Okri on the title page. Eight film-makers arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms the towering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and two nights, the travellers will find themselves drawn in to the mystery of the mountain reflected in the lake. One by one, they will be disturbed, enlightened, and transformed, each in a different way. The Age of Magic has begun. Unveil your eyes.

First UK printing. No significant wear to DJ. Signed by Tuil on the title page.

No DJ as issued. Signed by Tom Rob Smith on the limitation page. Number 684 of 800 copies printed.

First printing. Book has no wear to speak of. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to edges. Signed and dated to a previous owner by Frary on the title page. Erna Low, born in Vienna in 1909, was instrumental in starting what has become a multimillion pound industry: the ski holiday business.

First printing. Book has no wear to speak of. Unclipped DJ has very light creasing to edges. Signed by Smith and 2 veterans on the half title page. The signatures are those of: Dave Davis of 222 (Spitfire) Squadron; John Gill rigger, of 74 Squadron. This authorised biography tells the story of an exceptional and fascinating man who joined the RAF in 1937 and was in the thick of the action right from the start of the war, serving with great distinction and bravery over France and Dunkirk in May and June of 1940. He later helped to defend London and the south east during the Battle of Britain. He went on to command a flight in 602 Squadron, to lecture in America and to command at both Biggin Hill and later in France. After the war he took up several more posts including Aide de Camp to HM the Queen.

Reprint paperback. Light general wear. Signed by Tyler on the title page. Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Crafting the story through several decades, Anne Tyler captures the nuances of everyday life with telling precision and sly humour.

Limited edition first printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. DJ is protected in an archival sleeve. Number 937 of 2000 copies printed. Signed by Kuhn on the limitation page. Blue decorated front page edges. M.J. Kuhn's thrilling fantasy debut is a high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice.

Fourth printing. No significant wear to DJ. Signed by Parker on the title page.

First printing. Special Waterstones edition with bonus content. Bit of creasing to unclipped DJ. Signed by Nix on an illustrated page.

Brand new and sealed.

Very good-. First printing. Small dent to the top edge of the front board and light bumping to corners. There is a white oblong label affixed to the top corner of the front endpaper. Good unclipped DJ has a one-inch closed tear to the top front spine corner, one or two other smaller tears and light creasing and rubbing to the edges.

No date given but stated "First Printing" on the copyright page (c. 1946). Photographs taken by the author. The book is in good condition (blue cloth boards and gold lettering on spine and the publisher's embossed stamp at the back cover) with only slight wear. No dust jacket. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions. Between the title page and the frontispiece page, there is slight spinal 'crack', but the pages are intact. There is very light tanning to the pages.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Taddeo on a special tipped in page. At thirty-six, Joan knows more than most of the price of pleasure, the quotidian horror of being a woman at the mercy of a man. She knows men, too - their penchant for cruelty, the violence she has absorbed over decades that now threatens to burst from her own hands.

First printing. Light bumping to the top corners of the front and back boards and light creasing to the top and bottom of the spine. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the top and bottom of the front cover and the top edges of the spine and back cover. Signed to a previous owner by Trevor on the title page. Three people with different attitudes find their lives entwined by the adventure of war. Scarce title.

First Folio printing. Both book and slipcase are in fine condition. A selection of poems from the First World War. Illustrated with black & white photographs.