HENTY, G A

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son N/D

KEYWORDS: G A Henty literature

HENTY, G A

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son 1896

KEYWORDS: G A Henty literature

VAN VOGT, A E

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Author's Co-op Publishing Co c.1978

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels A E Van Vogt

POSTORINO, ROSELLA & JANECZKO, LEAH (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Flatiron Books 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Rosella Postorino

HARRIS, CHARLES B

Super octavo hardcover (VG) some underlining & annotation in ink; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1983

KEYWORDS: John Barth literature literary criticism interpretation

WITONSKI, PETER (Ed)

4 VOL BOXED SET, very tidy ex-library- likley unread, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt lettering & rule to front boards, top page edges stained yellow, 2396pp total, VG+ (minimal library markings, light staining & bruising to spines) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Arlington House 1971

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PRIOLEAU, JOHN & WORSDELL, G R (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed eps, vii + 503pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1936

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GORDON, JAN and CORA J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to some pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1927

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LADY WARREN

FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922

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WILLIAMS, JOY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 204pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Joy Williams

CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature exploration adventures Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley Victoria 19th nineteenth century history culture America Spain Syria

HARRY, MYRIAM

FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

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DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sword-weilding lion illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate discolouration & light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters of pgs 112-113)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Persia culture history Dorothy de Warzee first editions

BLYTH, ESTELLE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 348pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions Jerusalem middle east customs culture travel writing literature

DE NOGALES, RAFAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Nicaragua Rafael de Nogales Latin South America history politics political history

LYALL, ARCHIBALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, viii + 244pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters throghout, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs & minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Balkan road Europe

GRAHAM, R B CUNNINGHAME

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Paraguay biographies memoir political leaders dictators Francisco Solano Lopez history 19th nineteenth century

MARKLEY, ROBERT

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: English drama literature literary restoration criticism interpretation comedies George Etherege Congreve Wycherley

MILLER, JEFFREY

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to title plate of orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 323pp, illus, Near FINE (minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Paul Bowles literary translators literature

FRAZIER, HARRIET C

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & tanning, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: literature literary Shakespeare Lewis Theobald Cervantes criticism