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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 25. Illustrated throughout. Magazine / periodical - mostly poetry.Contributors include Eleanor Bron, Dannie Abse, Paul Potts, Barry Fantoni, Paul Sieveking, Fran Landesman, Charlie Hamm, Robert Rankin, (cover & illustrations). Covers slightly stained, faint note on cover possibly by contributor James Sutherland Smith. VG-.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 463. German text. Frontis portrait. Contributors include Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, Jeanne Hersch, Hannah Arendt. Very good indeed.

Softcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Some foxing. Staples removed. Protected in mylar sleeve with acid free backing board. ; Single issue [#554] of weekly The Pluck Library. 28 pages + covers. Front cover has page numbering [1]-ii; rear cover has page numbering iii-iv. Page dimensions: 276 x 193mm (11 7/8" x 7 1/2"). Illustrated. The cover story is "The Mystery of the Hindu Temple - A Thrilling Story of Detective Work, introducing Dective Will Spearing and Sexton Blake's Assistants, Tinker and Pedro". Author of this story is anonymous. Front cover illustration by H. M. Lewis. " After questioning Sir Michael he learns that the diamond dealer had sent a valuable item a carved model of an Indian temple by rail to London and was due there to sell it to a millionaire named Hiram Clench this afternoon. Spearing realises that the recent events were all designed to prevent Carruthers from making that afternoon meeting." - mark-hodder blakiana mini_bibliography, accessed August 2021. Other stories in this issue include "Cap'n Tibbs - Coastguard" by Horace J. Simpson; "Andy and the Redskins" by Edgar West; and "The Black Peril" by Cecil Hayter. NB: Content of "The Black Peril" story is offensive by today's standards, and includes lynching. "In this Stirring Story of Adventure, written by one of 'Pluck's' most popular authors, we have a picture of the great racial bitterness which the whites of the Southern States feel for the black men. However, this feeling is not shared by all the American people, because in many cities in the United States some of the most enlightened and energetic citizens are negroes, living in peace and friendship with the whites. Your Editor." - page 18.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vos. 13 volumes (with 26 volumes bound in). Rebound with wraps covers in Curwen Press style patterned boards and various colour uniform cloth spines lettered gilt (rd, white and black). Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Articles, reviews, essays, etc on the fine and applied arts. Contributors include Robert Erskine, Alexander Watt, Ernest Knight, Adrian Hill, J. P. Hodin. This set is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Clean sound VG.