MARTIN, PHILIP

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1970

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PULLMAN, PHILIP

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Scholastic 1997

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KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS & GHIKA (Illus) & FRIAR, KIMON (Trans, Intro, Synopsis & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxviii + 824pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- front board sl shaky) in d/w, VG- (roughly price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light chafing & surface loss, moderate creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1959

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REEVE, RICHARD & BUNN, NIGEL (Illus)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITIONS (#70/120), quarto, black string bound light card covers, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing, fading & soiling to edges, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Maungatua Press 2008

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ELMORE, LARRY

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 142pp, illus, VG (light curling & chafing/soiling to covers, light creasing & chafing/soiling to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edgeslight foxing to eps, light cracking to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: TSR 1987

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MITCHELL, DAVID

Super octavo, black light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 84pp, VG (light to moderate chafing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

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PILKINGTON, MARK (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm publisher's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Strange Attractor 2011

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TUWHARE, HONE [HOTERE, RALPH]

Super octavo, illus black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & boards, 42pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters, moderate folding/creasing to lower corners of prelims, light wrinkling & staining to back side of first illus) in d/w, G (both flaps torn off/missing, moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges with moderate scuffing also, moderate chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

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HOGG, COLIN [HUNT, SAM]

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2018

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ARIYOSHI, SAWAKO & HIRONAKA, WAKAKO (Trans) & KOSTANT, ANN SILLER (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 174pp, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1978

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BLACK, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, sm map to prelims, VG- (light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink numerals to front pastedown, ffep missing, sl cracking to gutters, sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & archival tape repairs also, moderate scuffing to rear flap, heavy staining & scuffing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1967

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BLACKLEDGE, W J & BRENNAN, Ex-Legionnaire TERRY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 246pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & fraying/surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate to heavy cracking to spine hinges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, moderate staining to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout, sm ink 'tick' to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1937

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O'FARRELL, MAGGIE

FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH ILLUS BOARDS, WITH JACKET, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & gilt illus to front board, illus eps, 372pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Tinder Press 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Maggie O'Farrell

SMITH, ZAK (illus) & ERICKSON, STEVE (intro)

U.S. FIRST EDITION; Octavo, illus light card covers, black, white & yellow lettering to red spine, xvi + 760pp, illus, VG (light adhesion to half title page, light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tin House Books 2006

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AUSTEN, JANE & BROCK, C.E. (illus) & JOHNSON, REGINALD BRIMLEY (intro)

Octavo, light green cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative floral rule to spine & front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece & illus title page, xxv + 308pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to gutters - boards slightly shaky, light soiling & tanning to pages, prev. owner's name in crayon to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd n/d

KEYWORDS: english england fiction novels literature literary jane austen

Marquis DE SADE & CROSLAND, MARGARET (trans)

Octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 188pp, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & fading to boards, light soiling to pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges with sl. surface loss to spine extrems, light soiling, in removeable protective plastic sleeve, bookseller's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owens Publishers 1990

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HUBBARD, L. RON

FIRST UK EDITION; Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 819pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light-moderate damp-staining, creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Quadrant Books 1984

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ENSING, RIEMKE

SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION 95/250; Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 23pp, VG (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Corban Estate Arts Centre 2003

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MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

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SMART, CHRISTOPHER & BOND, W. H. (ed, into & notes)

FIRST UK EDITION; Suoer octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained green, 171pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping & soiling, moderate discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954

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