First Edition Rare Books: For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, George MacDonald Fraser, Ernest Giles Australia Twice Traversed.

Florence, W.J. The Gentleman's Hand-Book on Poker.
New York. George Routledge & Sons. 1892. First Edition. 8vo., original gilt lettered 2 tone cloth decorated with a hand holding a royal flush, plus dices and chips, the whole rather soiled, teg, pp. xi + 195, plus 4pp. of adverts at end, illustrated throughout with "card hands" in red & black, internally quite clean, a good copy.U.S. $170

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Forman, Harrison. Through Forbidden Tibet an Adventure into the Unknown.
Jarrolds, London 1926. 8vo., First Edition, original gilt lettered red cloth, minor wear, pp. 288 + viii pp. publishers adverts at rear, illustrated with 43 full page photographic plates, edges spotted, some light foxing to last few pages, a good copy. U.S.$155

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France, Anatole. (John Austen, illustrator). The Gods are Athirst.
Translated by Alfred Allinson. London. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1927. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo., original gilt decorated black cloth, gilt spine, corners just rubbed, some small chips to head of spine, some browning to endpapers, frontis and title, and a few plates, illustrated by John Austen with 12 color plates, plus b/w plates, decorated initials, chapter head and tail pieces. a very good copy. U.S.$145

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Fraser, George Macdonald. Flashman and the Redskins.
Collins, London, 1982. 8vo; First Edition, original orange cloth, pictorial d/w, a few spotsto d/w and pictorial endpapers otherwise a good plus copy.

U.S.$150

Fraser, G. S. [A study by..] Lawrence Durrell.
With a Bibliography by Alan G. Thomas. London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First Edition, 8vo; original red cloth in d/w, pp. 256, a very good copy. U.S.$75

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(007 James Bond) Gardner, John. Licence Renewed. Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton London 1981. 8vo., First Edition, original black cloth with gilt spine and pictorial d/w, one or two chips to d/w, pp 270, and pages slightly browned otherwise a very good copy.

U.S.$75

Ps. John Gardner was commissioned by Glidrose, the company to which Ian Fleming assigned copyright in his James Bond stories, to update the series and bring a slightly older Bond into the 1980s.

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Giles, Ernest. Australia Twice Traversed.
The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions Into and Throughout Central South Australia, and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1889. 8vo., First Edition, 2 volumes, Superbly bound in light tan Kangaroo skin, blind tooled Australian Aboriginal figure with spear on upper covers both volumes, spine gilt lettered with raised bands, marbled endpapers ( ex New Norcia ), pp. lix + 320 & pp.xii + 364, portrait tissue guarded frontispiece vol. 1, ( tissue guard browned), 20 full page plates and 6 coloured folding maps other illustrations in text, a few small library stamps, mild spotting mainly to prelims, a good firm copy in an handsome binding. U.S.$1,550

(Wantrup 202a)
[Ferguson 9914]

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Golding, William. Rites of Passage.
Faber & Faber London 1980. 8vo., First Edition, original green cloth in a pictorial d/w, a very good copy. U.S.$75

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Golding, William. Darkness Visible.
Faber & Faber London 1979. 8vo., First Edition, original maroon cloth, pictorial d/w by Russell Drysdale, a very good copy.

U.S. $65

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Golding, William. The Spire.
London, Faber & Faber, 1964, First Edition, 8vo., original mulberry cloth, d/w with a few small chips, a very good copy. U.S.$85

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Greene, Graham. Brighton Rock.
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1938. 8vo., First Edition, rebound in full light blue morocco blind tooled in a diamond pattern with gilt dots, gilt tooled spine with raised band, new marbled endpapers, pp.361, pages slightly browned, a very good copy of Greene's highlight.

U.S. $975

Grey, Zane. The Reef Girl,
The Last Novel of one of the Greatest Storytellers of all Time. New York. Harper & Row. 1977. First Edition. 8vo, original cloth backed green boards, pictorial d/w with some small chips to corners and edges, otherwise a near fine copy.

U.S.$70

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Haggard, H. Rider. Maiwa's Revenge.
The War of the Little Hand. London. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. First Edition. 8vo., original red lettered brown cloth, corners rubbed, joints cracked, head of spine frayed, pp. 216 & pp.16 of adverts at end. some light browning to endpapers and title, a good copy.

U.S. $200

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Hardy, Thomas. A Changed Man.
London. MacMillan & Co. 1913. First Edition, 8vo., original gilt tooled blue cloth, teg., Frontispiece plate & map of Wessex at rear, some staining to front cover and light foxing to ffep otherwise very good. U.S.$230

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Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Jonathan Cape. London. 1941. 8vo., First English Edition, original blue cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper, endpapers slightly spotted & browned, dust wrapper lower cover a little soiled and some repairs. pp.462, a good copy. U.S.$495

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Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast.
Jonathan Cape. London. 1964. 8vo., First English Edition, original brown cloth in dust wrapper, extremities of dust wrapper a little rubbed, ink signature on front free endpaper, pp.192, a very good copy. U.S.$315

'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.'

Ernest Hemingway to a friend, 1950

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Herlihy James Leo. Midnight Cowboy .
New York, Simon and Schuster 1965. 8vo., First Edition, original light blue cloth in its pictorial price clipped and chipped d/w small loss to 3 areas of spine, blue stain to top edge, pp.254, contents clean and good.

U.S. $100

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Jekyll, Gertrude. Wood and Garden.
Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur, with illustrations from photographs by the author. London. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1899. First Edition, 8vo., original gilt lettered blue cloth slightly marked, spine faded, tissue guarded frontispiece and numerous full page photographic plates, pp. xvi + 286, neat name on ffep, apart from some light " yellowing" to endpapers contents clean, a good firm copy.

U.S. $235

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Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles Works it Out.
Hodder & Stoughton 1951. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth in a price clipped worn and chipped d/w reinforced with tape on inside edges, illustrated by Leslie Stead with full page plates and line drawings in text, foxing mainly to edges and prelims, a fair copy.

U.S.$195

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Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles Gets His Men.
London, Hodder & Stoughton 1950. 8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth in a pictorial d/w with head & tail spine chips and half inch tear to top edge and marked on lower d/w cover, illustrated by Leslie Stead with full page black & white plates, pp. 189, light browning to endpapers and edges otherwise a good clean copy.

U.S. $210

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Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles and The Poor Rich Boy.
Brockhampton Press, Leicester 1961. 8vo., First Edition, original brown cloth in a soiled pictorial d/w with a few small chips, illustrated by Leslie Stead with color frontis. and black white chapter heading drawings, pp. 182, top edge dusty but contents clean, a good copy.

U.S. $230

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