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108 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 102 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 536. Bolger (Dermot) Night Shift, (Brandon 1985) First Edn., signed. V.g. in wrappers; Bolger (Dermot) The Women's Daughter, (Raven Arts 1987) First Edn., v.g. in wrappers as issued; Bolger (Dermot) The Journey Home, (Viking) First Edn., signed. V.g. in cloth, dust wrappers. Inscribed " for Phil - with best wishes - Dermot Bolger - Sligo 1990" top edge dusty; Leyden (Brian) Departures, (Brandon 1992) First Edn., signed, v.g. in wrappers. Inscribed " to Phil Murray - have the pills and powders ready for me after this Brian Leyden,"; Augustine (Martin)ed. Friendship: 12 Masterpieces of Short Fiction, (Ryan Publ. 1991) First Edn., Illustrated by Ralph Steadman and signed by him, inscribed " for Dr. Philip Murray 30/4/91" ; Leitch (Maurice) Chinese Whispers, (Hutchinson 1987) First Edn., signed. V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper inscribed " with best wishes - Maurice Leitch, May 88," Laid in: mls with orig. envelope; Williams (Nigel) Black Magic, (Hutchinson 1988) First Edn., signed, V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper inscribed " to Dr. Murray of Sligo / with best wishes for 89, from the author / Nigel Williams, Feb. 89" Laid in: mls. (7) €70-€100 537. Stillitoe (Alan) The Mentality of the Picaresque Hero, (Stone & Danowski 1993) Turret Papers No. 2. First Edn., signed. Limited Edn. 500, this copy signed, inscribed " all best wishes to Dr. Murray from Alan Stillitoe," Vg. in rubbed card wrappers. Title label toned; From Canto Two of the Rats, (Privately printed) v.g. in red stiff wrappers signed. v.g. in lightly toned wrappers. Laid in: acs and orig. envelope. (3) €80-€100 538. Atwood (Margaret) The Robber Bride, (Bloomsbury 1993) London Limited Editions. Specially bound and signed by author. No. 66/150 cloth, glassine wrapper, as issued. Wrappers slightly worn and ruffled, closed tears to spine ends - fragile; The Handmaid's Tale, (Cape 1986) First UK Edn., v.g. in cloth, removable glassine protected dust wrapper.; Bluebeard's Egg & Other Stories, (Houghton Mifflin 1986) First US Edn., v.g. in cloth, removable glassine protected dust wrapper; Lady Oracle, (Deutsch 1997) First UK Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, removable glassine protected dust wrapper.; Alias Grace, (Bloomsbury 1996) First UK Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, removable glassine protected dust wrapper.; Good Bones, (Bloomsbury 1992) First UK Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, dust wrappers; Lady Oracle, (Fawcett Crest N.Y. 1976) v.g. in wrappers. Inscribed " for Philip Murray / with best wishes - Margaret Atwood," edges toned, all to edges dusty. (8) €180-€220 539. Amis (Martin) Three First Editions, Night Train, (Jonathan Cape 1997) First UK Edn., signed. vg. in cloth, dust wrapper, top edge dusty; Einstein's Monsters, (Jonathan Cape 1987) First UK Edns, signed, on adhesive label to title, v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper slightly bumped to top front cover. top edge dusty; The Rachel Papers, (Knopf 1974) First US Edn., signed on adhesive label to hf title. Beautiful copy. Top edge of all volumes dusty. (3) €180-€220