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  • THE EDINBURGH MURDERS

  • Author: Catriona MCPHERSON
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.

    Price still on dust jacket.  Unread.

    Book two of the Edinburgh Murders Series.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Edinburgh 1948.  Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a troublemaker.  Last yea....

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  • THE DISASTER AREA

  • Author: J G BALLARD
  • Publisher: Panther
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition paperback.  (Previously published in hardback by Jonathan Cape in 1967).

    Heavy age tanning to pages making them very brown but still eminently readable.  Some tanning to inside of covers.  The covers are showing signs of wear to the extremities and are discoloured/grubby.  Some damage to top edge of front cover.  Reading creases to spine.   Light vertical crease....

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  • THE KRAKEN WAKES

  • Author: John WYNDHAM
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • Comments:

    A first UK paperback edition.  Published in the US as Out of the Deeps.

    Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable and some tanning to insides of covers.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine.  The covers are a little grubby.  Rippling to spine.

    SYNOPSIS:  “The title of the book is taken from a poem by Tennyson and is the story of the aw....

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  • HURRICANE RANGE

  • Author: Luke SHORT
  • Publisher: Panther
  • Comments:

    A UK paperback edition.  This is a 1968 reset and reprinted edition of the 1963 Panther edition.  The title was first published by William Collins in 1940.

    Heavy age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The covers,  are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities; crease at top edge of front cover, and the rear panel is a little grubby.  ....

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  • THE 4TH MAYFLOWER BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC STORIES

  • Author: Michel PARRY (Editor)
  • Publisher: Mayflower
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition paperback.

    Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  Foxing to page edges.  Some discolouration to the inside of front and back covers and the first and last pages where a protective plastic sleeve has been removed.  The previous owner has put a faint pencil tick or cross against each story and has also written the date of 9.2.76 i....

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  • PAY THE PIPER (Signed Numbered Limited Edition)

  • Authors: George A ROMERO Daniel KRAUS
  • Publisher: SST Publications
  • Comments:

    A first UK signed numbered limited edition hardback (500 copies only) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence and a stated First Edition July 2026.  The title was first published by Titan in 2024.

    Cover artwork (interior and exterior)  and 7 interior illustrations by Dirk Berger.

    Comes complete with a sturdy navy blue slipcase and a numbered bookmark (matched to the book number).

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  • INSIDIOUS MECHANISMS Tales of Cursed Clockwork & Cyclical Anomalies LTD ED

  • Author: Mark BEECH (Editor)
  • Publisher: Egaeus Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK Limited edition hardback (350 copies only) edited by Mark Beech.  Published without a dust jacket.  UNREAD.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Fifteen previously unpublished short stories, set against the ticks and whirs of unfathomable devices, synchronised, in apparent mockery of the true cycles of nature and human desire. Herein are dark tales of clocks and music boxes, penny arcades and....

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  • INSIDIOUS MECHANISMS Tales of Cursed Clockwork & Cyclical Anomalies LTD ED

  • Author: Mark BEECH (Editor)
  • Publisher: Egaeus Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK Limited edition hardback (350 copies only) edited by Mark Beech.  Published without a dust jacket.  UNREAD.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Fifteen previously unpublished short stories, set against the ticks and whirs of unfathomable devices, synchronised, in apparent mockery of the true cycles of nature and human desire. Herein are dark tales of clocks and music boxes, penny arcades and....

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  • THE BIG CATS DANCE PARTY

  • Author: Alexander MCCALL SMITH
  • Publisher: Abacus
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.

    Read once very carefully.   Small bump to head of book spine and some minor creasing on dust jacket to match the bump (caused in transit).

    Book 27 in the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

    SYNOPSIS:  “As so often happens in Mma Ramotsw....

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  • BOOKISH VOLUME II

  • Author: Matthew SWEET
  • Publisher: Quercus
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

    Tiny bump at head of spine which also has a small dent, all caused in transit.  Some very minor creasing to the top and bottom edge of the dust jacket, again caused in transit.

    SYNOPSIS:  “London, 1946.  Much of the cap....

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  • THE KIND COMPANY OF OTHERS

  • Author: Alexander MCCALL SMITH
  • Publisher: Polygon
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback (small sized) with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.

    Read once very carefully.

    SYNOPSIS:  “In his third collection of poetry, Alexander McCall Smith guides the reader by the hand as we explore themes of love, friendship and nature; we look back at the moon landing and turbulent times fro....

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  • BIBLIOMANCY and Other Essays (Limited Edition) **SIGNED**

  • Author: R B RUSSELL
  • Publisher: Tartarus Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK limited edition hardback (300 copies only).  Unread.  Beautiful boards.  Cover illustration by R B Russell.

    SIGNED  by R B Russell on the title page.

    SYNOPSIS:  “In Bibliomancy and Other Essays, Ray Russell explores the rich and curious world of books, book collecting and literary history, uncovering forgotten lives, neglected libraries and collectable bookpl....

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