HADDON, MARK

FIRST EDITION; UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; super octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition proof copy mark haddon literature fiction

OZEKI, RUTH L.

FIRST EDITION; UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Picador 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition proof copy ruth l ozeki fiction literature

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Edito-Service, undated

KEYWORDS: daphne du maurier britain british england english literature fiction

VINCENT, DAVID & WESTON, TOM

Octavo softcover w/ French flaps (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1981

KEYWORDS: david vincent tom weston christchurch poetry poem poems verse literature new zealand

NICHOLSON, REYNOLD & BOSWORTH, C.E. (introd.)

EX-LIBRARY; octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Curzon Press / Humanities Press 1987

KEYWORDS: ex-library reynold nicholson translation arabic persian literature translations

CASTLEMAN, DAVID LEE

SIGNED; SOME WATER DAMAGE; super octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Lee Castleman 1981

KEYWORDS: signed david lee castleman poetry verse literature

BRACCIOLINI, POGGIO

REBOUND, VOL 1 ONLY, sm octavo, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xlv + 203pp, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, light chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to gilt on spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to some prelim & terminal pages, text block nice & clean)

PUBLISHER: Isidore Liseux 1879

KEYWORDS: Poggio Bracciolini humour humor literature anthology English translations latin

HART, KEVIN

Sm octavo, light card covers, white lettering to spine, 63pp, VG (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1978

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Kevin Hart

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

Sm octavo, green light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 107pp, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some minor loss to spine & cover edges, heavy cracking to front hinge- front cover delicately hanging on, light tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink plus various sm pencil markings to half title page, light tanning & occasional light foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T C Lothian 1908

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Johannes C Andersen

SPEAR, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on front board, 60pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light creasing at gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, light tanning & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse first editions literature Charles Spear

WALL, ARNOLD & GOULD, V (Script & Decoration by)

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to front board, 75pp, illus/decoration, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poets poems verse literature Arnold Wall illustrated

SEAMAN, SUSIE

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt letetring to spine & front board, printed eps, 223pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning to title page)

PUBLISHER: H Brett 1884

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Susie Seaman

VILLON, FRANCOIS & ATKINSON, GEOFFROY (Ed)

DUAL ENGLISH/FRENCH TEXT, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 293pp, VG- (heavy cracking to spine/hinges, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Eric Partridge Ltd / The Scholartis Press 1930

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection Francois Villon french & english text

MONTGOMERY, L M & GIBBS, GEORGE (Frontis & cover in colour by)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., octavo, pink buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, 306pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling boards & spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name x2 in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- some pgs potentially loose, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: L C Page 1912

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels L M Montgomery

SEUSS, DR

FIRST UK EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light bruising & scuffing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate wrinkling/chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's literature humour humor rhymes Dr Seuss

SEUSS, DR

FIRST UK EDITION, quarto, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 65pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, sl discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light wrinkling & soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing/chafing & chipping to spine & edges with some sl loss, moderate wrinkling/creasing & tanning/chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's literature humour humor rhymes Dr Seuss

SEUSS, DR

FIRST UK EDITION, quarto illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, VG (light bruising & moderate tanning to board edges & spine, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate yellowing tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate tanning/chafing & soiling, heavy closed tear to rear with yellowing tape repairs to internal side

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's literature humour humor rhymes Dr Seuss

BLYTON, ENID & WHEELER, DOROTHY M (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, VG (light bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, 4cm closed tear to pg47/48, occasional wrinkling/creasing to some pgs) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy fold to front flap)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels illustrated Mr Pink-Whistle series

BLYTON, ENID & LODGE, GRACE (Illus)

Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black rabbit illus to front board, illus title page, 92pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, occasional light staining to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges- some discreet tidy tape repairs, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Latimer House 1957

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction short stories Brer Rabbit series illustrated Enid Blyton

POE, EDGAR ALLAN & INGRAM, JOHN H (Biographical Essay)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, vi + 430pp + 20pp ads to rear, VG- (ALL ILLUS/PLATES INC. FRONTIS MISSING, heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems- some sl loss, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, moderate to heavy chafing/surface loss & dsicolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters, varying degrees of foxing throughout- although adds to its character! occasional pencil markings to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John C Nimmo 1884

KEYWORDS: horror literature short stories poems poetry verse Edage Allan Poe collections anthology