First Editions by Martin Amis, Celine, Angela Carter, Raymond Chandler, Leslie Charteris, Bacon Siam Land White Elephant First Edition Rare Book

Amis, Kingsley. The Riverside Villas Murder.
Jonathan Cape, London. 1973. First Edition, 8vo., original green cloth in a pictorial d/w chipped at corners & edges, inscription of ffep, a very good copy. U.S. $115

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Amis, Martin. The Rachel Papers.
London. Jonathan Cape. 1973. First Edition of the authors first book, 8vo., original gilt lettered black cloth in dust wrapper, some very minor chips to top edges of d/w, a few spots to edges otherwise a near fine copy.U.S. $1,010

Amis, Martin. Success.
Jonathan Cape London 1978. 8vo., original black boards in a bright red d/w, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, spine slightly dulled otherwise a fine copy. U.S.$330

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Andersen, Johannes. The Lure of New Zealand Book Collecting.
1936. Whitcombe and Tombs Auckland. 8vo., First Edition, original brown cloth backed orange boards with a white title label on upper cover, gilt lettered spine, pp.118, bookplate on front paste-down, some mild spotting to first and last few pages, a good firm copy.

U.S.$95

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Bacon, George B. Siam, The Land of The White Elephant, as it was and is.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co. 1873. 8vo., First Edition, original brown cloth tooled in gilt & black, similar spine, slightly worn, pp.viii + 347 & pp.4 of publishers adverts, illustrated with frontispiece, folding map of Siam, Cambodia The Laos Country & c, plus 32 plates including: Prince Chulalongkorn (mislabeled as The Reigning First King of Siam), The Late Second King (Phra Pin Klao), the Present Second King [George Washington] (Krom Plarajawang Bavorn Wisatchakharn), and the First King and Queen (King Mongkut and Queen Debsirindra). a firm and very good copy. U.S.$595

Cordier 739; Satow 148.

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Badminton: Badminton Magazine Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1895 through to July-Dec 1901
14 volumes of 15 (lacking vol. 6) London, Longmans,Green & Co., 1895, First Edition, Thick 8vo., original half blue leather, green boards, corners and edges rubbed, some marks, black endpapers, pp. viii + 706, contents clean ,a good firm copy. U.S. $875

This item Plus Postage as books are very heavy

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Beerbohm, Max. Mainly on the Air.
London. William Heinemann. 1946. First Edition. 8vo., original orange cloth in d/w, pp. 132, a very good copy. U.S.$90

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Beerbohm, Max. Zuleika Dobson,
An Oxford Love Story. London. William Heinemann. 1911. First Edition. 8vo., original brown cloth, spine head has1/2 inch split and the tail is chipped, pp. 350, a very good copy. U.S. $225

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Bonser A. E., Sidney Woolf & E. S. Buchheim. (Arthur Rackham, illustrator). The Land of Enchantment.
London. Cassell and Company. 1907. First Edition. original brown cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, corners edges and spine slightly rubbed, gilt lettered spine, pp. 144, title in red and black, illustrated with 37 plates by Arthur Rackham, most full page, apart for the slight wear and fading to binding, a very good copy of a very scarce illustrated children's rare book.

* Five stories by three authors which originally appeared in Little Folks magazine between 1896 and 1902.
U.S. $800

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Bordona, J. Dominguez. Spanish Illumination.
Pantheon Casa Editrice Florence. 1930. 4to., First Edition, 2 volumes, original quarter green morocco, green cloth faded in parts & light rubbingto corners, gilt tooled spine faded, light foxing mainly to endpapers & edges, illustrated with 160 lettered tissue guarded plates, contents clean a good copy. U.S. $550

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Braine, Sheila E. To Tell The King the Sky is Falling.
With illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. London. n.d. (1896). Blackie & Sons Ltd. 8vo., First Edition, original two tone grey cloth embossed with elves and fairies, gilt spine, all edges gilt, pp. 171, delightful chapter head & tail plates, full page plates plus illustrations in text by Alice Woodward, inscription on ffep, a very good copy of a fun children's rare book. U.S. $185

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Buchanan, Robert. North Coast and other Poems.
Engraved by the brothers Dalziel. London. 1868. George Routledge & Sons. Large 8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth decorated in gilt & red, bevelled edges, elaborate gilt spine, all edges gilt, pp. xiv + 250 + pp. 6 of adverts, frontispiece and numerous plates, neat inscription on annoucement page dated 1868, apart from light wear to binding, a very good copy. U.S. $325

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Butterworth, Hezekiah. Zig-Zag Journeys in the Antipodes: Siam.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat. 1888. 4to., First Edition, original gilt and black stamped pictorial red cloth, gilt spine faded, corners slightly rubbed, 70mm tear to plate pp.237, pictorial endpapers, pp.320, inscription on ffep, illustrated with frontispiece and full page plates, text illustrations and decorated initials, a good copy in a colourful binding. U.S.$685

Hezekiah Butterworth: Author, born in Warren, Rhode Island, 22 December, 1839, After receiving a common-school education, he traveled at different times in Europe, Cuba, Canada, and the United states. In 1871 he became assistant-editor of the Youth's Companion. He has published Story of the Hymns (Boston, 1876); volumes entitled Zig-Zag Journeys (1876-86), annual volumes descriptive of the Levant, Acadia, northern lands, the occident, the orient, and classic lands.

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Callison, Brian. The Dawn Attack.
London. Collins. 1972. 8vo., First Edition, original black cloth in a pictorial d/w, a very good copy.

U.S. $65

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Carter, Angela, Shadow Dance. ( The Authors first book)
London. William Heinemann. 1966. First Edition. 8vo., original grey/black boards in soiled pictorial d/w with some small chips and tears, pp. 185, contents very good.

U.S. $240

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Death on the Instalment Plan.
London. Chatto and Windus. 1938. First Edition. 8vo., original black cloth in pictorial d/w, apart from some spotting to edges and ffep. and some white marks on d/w spine; a very good copy of Celine's highlight.

U.S. $625

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Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Journey to the End of the Night.
London. Chatto and Windus. 1934. First English Edition. 8vo., original black cloth, slightly soiled, white lettered spine, lower joint rubbed, pp.543, some light spotting to edges, endpapers & last 6 pages, a good copy.

U.S. $320

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Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote of the Mancha.
Retold by Judge Parry and illustrated by Walter Crane. London. Blackie & Sons. 1900. 4to., First Edition Thus, original pictorial red cloth, minor rubbing to corners, pp. xii + 245 + pp.2 of adverts, illustrated title page lettered in red and black, plus 11 full page colour plates by Walter Crane, endpapers spotted, some light spotting to the first and last few pages, but overall the contents very good, a very good copy of this rare book in an attractive binding.

U.S. $325

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Chandler,Raymond. Playback.
London. Hamish Hamilton. 1958. First Edition. 8vo., large pencil name on ffep has been erased but still visible; otherwise a very good copy in a price clipped d/w.

U.S. $355

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Charteris, Leslie. Senor Saint.
London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1959. 8vo., First U.K. Edition original green cloth, pictorial d/w, pp. 188, a very good copy.

U.S. $150

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