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Hardback: 8" x 5". Condición: Good: Moderate signs of wear. No Jacket. 1st Edition. © 1975: 4th in the 'Rim World: John Grimes' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing. Ex-library book with usual markings. No jacket:- Synopsis: Lieutenant Commander John Grimes, of the Interstellar Federation's Survey Service, seemed to have spent all his spacefaring career getting into trouble and getting out of it. Usually there was a woman involved in his misadventures; the affair of the Broken Cycle was no exception. Sky Marshal Una Freeman, a police officer, was the woman. Neither she nor Grimes expected that their attempt to put a prize crew aboard the pirated and abandoned interstellar liner 'Delta Geminorum' would turn out the way that it did. And Panzen, the sentient ship in another universe, the devout disciple of the robot god Zephalon, never realised what strange flies he had caught in his web. But, after all, it was only the bicycles that really suffered:- (original cost £2.10). Cover Art: Uncredited (ilustrador).…

Square small 8vo.; orange pictorial cloth covered boards, hardcover; brown and white and color illustrations; one page has a 3 inch closed tear on the top and there is some internal soiling else a good tight copy in edgeworn and soiled boards with spine ends and corners frayed.

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Three murder mystery novels, with two of the works being first editions, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition to all but 'Port of London Murders' which is a third impression. First published in 1938.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers.Three volumes.This set features three murder mystery works. 'The Port of London Murders' follows the Detective Sergeant Chandler who believes a dockland suicide to be murder and the river police who are concerned with smuggling. 'Down Among the Dead Men' follows a murderer and his plan to kill a woman for her husband's money and is set in a hotel where guests enjoy underwater fishing. 'Carnaby and the Demonstrator' follows detective Sergeant Carnaby-King who goes undercover in a protest group. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only a slight lean to 'Carnaby' and 'London Murders' with offsetting to the endpapers to the latter. The wraps are very smart with sunning to the spines, edge wear, slight marks and small closed tears to 'London Murders' and 'Down Among the Dead'. Internally half title to pp. 22 tender to 'London Murders' and firmly bound to the others. Pages clean and bright. Spotting to the fore edge. Near Fine. None (ilustrador). book.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. An abundantly illustrated eighteen volume set of works on the history, topography, boroughs, and society of England's capital city, London. A fantastic eighteen volume set of twentieth century works on London and its history, topography, boroughs, and society.An abundantly illustrated set of works. All collated, complete.All volumes in their original cloth bindings, in the original dust wrappers.Including:1951 London the CityThe first edition of the work, written by Claud Golding, illustrated with a frontispiece, 24 double sided plates, and a folding map to the rear.1969 Hell and HazardThe first edition of the work, written by Henry Blyth. Illustrated with four double sided plates.1940 The Streets of London Through the CenturiesThe first edition of the work, written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 24 further double sided monochrome plates, and in text illustrations throughout.1970 Holborn; A Historical Portrait of a London BoroughThe first edition of the work, written by John Lehmann, with a foreword by C.V. Wedgood. Illustrated with 8 double sided plates, and a map to endpapers.1959 The Court of St. James'sThe first edition of the work, written by E.S. Turner. Illustrated throughout, with in text and full page illustrations.1969 Covent Garden; Mud-Salad MarketThe first edition of the work, written by Ronald Webber. Illustrated with 11 double sided plates.1949 Lincoln's Inn EssaysThe first edition of the work, written by Sir Gerald Hurst. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 5 plates.[1946] Son of LondonWritten by Thomas Burke. Undated, dated from the British Library.1988 Portrait of a Decade; London Life 1945-1955The first edition of the work, written by Douglas Sutherland. Illustrated with 12 double sided plates.1949 London For The Literary PilgrimThe first edition of the work, written by William Kent. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 7 double sided plates.1949 Mr. Gay's LondonThe first edition, second impression of the work. Written by A.P. Herbert. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 3 plates, and decorative endpapers.1967 The Two Pillars of Charing Cross; The Story of a Famous HospitalThe first edition of the work, written by R.J. Minney. Illustrated with 12 double sided plates.1958 A History of London LifeThe first edition of the work, written by R.J. Mitchell and M.D.R. Leys. Illustrated with 8 double sided plates.1954 ChelseaThe first edition of the work, written by William Gaunt. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 15 double sided plates.1971 The History of Deptford in the Counties of Kent and SurreyThe second edition, new impression of the work. Written by Nathan Dews. Illustrated with a folding chart, a folding map, and in text illustrations.1961 Bridge, Church and Palace in Old LondonThe first edition of the work, written by John E.N. Hearsay. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 6 double sided plates.1951 Fratres; Club Boys in UniformThe first edition of the work, compiled by Basil L.Q. Henriques.1947 The Lost Treasures of LondonThe first edition of the work, written by William Kent, with an introduction by Norman Brett-James. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 12 double sided plates. In the original cloth bindings. In the original dust wrappers. Externally, smart. General shelf wear to extremities. Small marks to boards of Son of London. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of Chelsea and The Two Pillars of Charing Cross. Offsetting to endpapers of The Court of St. James's, Son of London, London the City, and The Streets of London. Small marks to head and tail of rear board of Bridge, Church and Palace, with Norfolk County Library bookplate and stamp to front paste down. Front free endpaper disbound but present, with binding residue to half title page. Offsetting to rear endpapers. Dust wrappers are generally smart, with general shelf wear and occasional small closed tears and sunning to spines. Dust wrappers of The Lost Treasures of London, The Court of St. Jame. Not Stated (ilustrador). book. …