Search Results: Fiction from Dodman Books

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First paperback edition, in VG order throughout. Clean and bright internally without inscriptions. Light wear only to smart covers. 12mo. 224pp

London: Andrew Melrose, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. [1948 - WorldCat]. "Swiftly-moving, high-tension tale of thrills and romance." All in VG clean and bright internal order. Light spotting to edge of block which does not intrude onto pages. A little shelfwear at foot of spine to smart blue boards. VG unclipped d/j, now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 192pp

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. c.1940. Wartime printing, no edition details, but 21st thousand recorded on title page. Light spotting to edge of block but internally all in good, clean bright order. Dark pink boards only lightly marked. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to edges with small crease/closed tear to rear and minor loss. 12mo. 256pp

London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 12mo. Exceptionally scarce in d/j, this novel of post-war Florence is in good internal order bar some heavy spotting to block, occasionally intruding onto pages. Front board leads - see photos. Blue cloth faded to edges. Unclipped d/j toned and worn to edges with loss to rear. 12mo. 300pp

London: Cassell And Company, 1922. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. First printing of the first part of Mackenzie's popular Altar Steps Anglo-Catholic trilogy. In general good internal order, but some damage to top of block towards rear, leading to creasing and some tears to pages, though not affecting text. Boards are shabby, worn and marked with some loss to cloth. Very much a reading/working copy only. Both other parts available in better order. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. [8] 363pp

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock toned to edges but otherwise all in VG internal order. Neat gift inscription to fep. Pale green boards lightly shelfworn only, with minor bumping. Bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 208pp

London: Michael Joseph, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1950 reprint of Cary's second novel, first published in 1933. A little spotting to top of block, but internally all is generally clean and bright. Brick red boards with bright silver titling to spine showing light shelfwear only. Fair unclipped d/j, with wear to edges, fading and minor loss. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 231pp

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Early book of short stories by writer better known as poet and playwright. All in VG internal condition bound, unusually in untitled light brown cloth. D/j a little toned and lightly worn with tape rems to bottom of spine. A nice copy in a striking jacket nevertheless. 8vo. 150pp.

London: Elek Books, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Novel by Bestic based on the play and film by Kimmins. All in VG internal order, with just a little toning to endpapers. Smart red cloth with gilt titling to spine slightly dulled. Unclipped d/j rather worn with closed tears and small loss to rear. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 190pp

London: Penguin Books, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce promotional volume issued by Pengiun in 2008 to promote its stable of crime writers. Not for commercial sale. Includes extracts from 17 volumes in its current (2008) crime list. Described in the foreword by Michael Jospeh fiction publisher Mari Evans as a "limited edition proof". All is in very good internal order, clean, crisp and bright. Block edge has marker pen line to base. Cover is an adaptation of Penguin's 1961 paperback Anatomy Of A Murder by Robert Traver, and is in VG order bar a little very light wear and some light creasing to spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 512pp.

New York: Wm Morrow & Co, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce Freeman novel, exceptionally so as signed by him to fep, ranging far beyond his usual Suffolk settings. This the US first edition, in good order throughout, with toning to block edge and endpapers. Green boards a little worn, bumped and faded to spine. Front panel and inner flap only remaining of d/j and this much worn. 8vo. 312pp

London: Constable, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Surprisingly hard to find in d/j, this copy is in VG+ internal order. Would be rated fine but for light toning to stock. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j showing minor wear only. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 203pp

London: William Heinemann, 1935. Hardcover. Good/no d/j. 12mo. New [1935] leather-bound edition". All in good internal order. A little wear and fading to leather. 12mo. 613pp

London: Nash & Grayson, 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. ND. 1931. Likely second edition of Lewis's novel, appearing after the Arthur Press limited edition of 1930. Stock lightly toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order, clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions. Pale cloth only lightly worn but quite heavily marked and spotted, mostly to front board. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 624pp

London: Hutchinson Junior Books, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All in good internal order. Publisher's (?) stamp to front pastedown. Significant dent to bottom of front board. Edgewear and toning to unclipped d/j. 8vo. 168pp

London: The Romance Book Club, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book club edition in VG order throughout bar light toning to stock and a little marking to endpapers. Smart green boards showing minor shelfwear only. VG unclipped d/j a little dulled to rear, with closed tear, now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 192pp

London: Hutchinson & Co. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. Exceptionally scarce novel, here in a cheap edition but in general good order throughout. Binding a little shaky to early sections and toning to endpapers. Ornate embossed gilt boards rather dulled. This copy once the property of Desmond Morris whose bookplate is to front pastedown. 12mo. 286pp

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Very light toning to page edges but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Signed by Boyd to title page. No inscriptions. Smart black boards, lightly bumped, with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. First printing of first edition. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 310pp

Maidstone: Bachman & Turner, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rubens' comedy of social manners and modern life in VG internal order bar a little light toning to stock. Endpapers lightly spotted. Smart blue cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j showing light wear only. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 226pp

London: The Romance Book Club, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bar very light toning and minor spotting to edge of block, all is in VG clean and bright order. No inscriptions. Light wear only to smart peach boards. Scarce with d/j, this unclipped, VG and now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 222pp