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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black clothbound with dustjacket. Entire book is very clean, square along the edges, and tightly bound. Appears unread with light bump to upper rear corner being the only flaw.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. 373 pages. Clean green-background soft covers with light wear to covers' corners and edges - two reading creases to spine. Light wear to covers' corners and edges o/w clean pages.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A collection of twenty- seven stories published in magazines between 1896 and 1932, and with the exception of only two stories, never before published in book form. The title story is a previously undiscovered Miss Mapp story. The stories are grouped by type: crank stories, society stories, cruel stories, odd stories, dodo stories, spook stories. Introduction by Jack Adrian. List of sources. xiv, 278 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this 1st edition,1st printing. Book has a slight reading crease to spine otherwise fine with no marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket has a tiny bump to spine, with slight creasing otherwise fine, not price clipped now in a clear removable protective sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first impression with full number line. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket, small split at top of spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£15.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 284pp. Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), was one of the foremost writers of historical and adventure fiction of his time. The master of the swashbuckling tale, he created the characters Scaramouche and Captain Blood, and his novel 'The Sea Hawk' was made into a Hollywood film starring Errol Flynn. This volume provides a selection of 20 stories, 18 of which have never before been reprinted in book form. The stories range in historical time from the 16th to the 18th centuries, with an array of rogues, vagabonds, shyster lawyers, cutpurses, quacks and conmen. With a Foreword by George Macdonald Fraser, the biographer of Flashman. Jacket after Jules Giradet (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. VG+ DW. 1st Edition. Owner's circular blind stamp on front end paper. Navy blue cloth, gilt. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Glossy colour illustrated Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.…

First edition. Hardcover. Top edge a touch foxed, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket (sterling price intact). Twenty-five rare stories never before published in book form, including a newly discovered tale featuring Miss Mapp. Selected by Adrian, who also provides an informative introduction on the original publication of the stories, mostly in magazines. Includes some 'spook' stories. The UK issue is scarcer than the US version.…