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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography (476) Wed, 31st Aug 2016, Edinburgh Lot 153 Estimate: £700 - £900 + Fees Modern 1st editions, 60 volumes, in fine condition, most signed, including Banks, Iain The Wasp Factory. 1984; The Steep Approach to Garbadale. 2007, signed by the author; Boyne, John The Congress of Rough Riders. 2001; The Boy in the Striped pyjamas. 2006; Mutiny on the Bounty. 2008; The House of Special Purpose. 2009, all signed by the author; McEwan Ian Atonement. 2001; Saturday. 2005; On Chesil Beach. 2007, all signed by the author; Gray, Alisdair Lanark.1981; The Fall of Kelvin Walker. 1985, signed by the author on front endpaper; Something Leather. 1990, signed by the author on front endpaper; A History Maker. 1994; Old Men in Love. 2007, signed by the author on front endpaper; Bernières, Louis de The Dust that Falls from Dreams. 2015, signed by the author; A Partisan's Daughter. 2008, signed by the author; Sidebottom, Harry Warrior of Rome, part 1. 2008; Warrior of the Sun. 2010; The Caspian Gates, 2011; The Wolves of the North. 2012, all signed by the author; Rankin, Ian Blood Hunt. 1995, signed by the author; McIlvanney, William Docherty, 1975; The Papers of Tony Veitch. 1983; The Big Man. 1985, paper slightly browned; Walking Wounded. 11989; Strange Loyalties. 1991; The Kiln. 1996; Weekend, 2006; Scott, M.C. Rome. The Eagle of the Twelfth. 2012; Into the Fire. 2015, all signed by the author Healey, Emma Elizabeth is Missing. 2014, signed by the author; Welsh, Louise The Bullet Trick. 2006; Death is a Welcome Guest. 2015, all three signed by the author; Ondaatje, Michael Anil's Ghost. 2000; Divisadero. 2007; The Cat's Table. 2011, all three signed by the author; Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Buried Giant. 2015, signed by the author; Barstow, Stan B-Movie. 1987, signed by the author; Khadivi, Laleh The Age of Orphans. 2009, signed by the author; Scarrow, Simon Young Bloods. 2006; The Generals. 2007; Centurion. 2007; Fire and Sword. 2009; Sword and Scimitar. 2012; The Blood Crows. 2013; Brothers in Blood. 2014, these 7 signed by the author; Shannon, Samantha The Bone Season. 2013; The Mime Order. 2015, both signed by the author, all very fine condition, unclipped, some in protective wrappers; and 10 others, unsigned (including Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, 1989).

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