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$75.00
2i8a/30

The Blush, and Other Stories


TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 217pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories Elizabeth Taylor

$65.00
2i8a/31

At Mrs Lippincote's


TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

$45.00
2i8a/32

Palladian


TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, prev. bookseller's sm parice label to front flap, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light cahfing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1969

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

$40.00
2i8a/33

The Wedding Group


TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 230pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1974

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

$40.00
2i8a/36

The Milk of Paradise: Diaries, 1993-1997


LEES-MILNE, JAMES & BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary

$40.00
2i8a/37

Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist


ANISSIMOV, MYRIAM & COX, STEVE (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 452pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1998

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Primo Levi

$100.00
2i8a/38

The Letters of William Gaddis


GADDIS, WILLIAM & MOORE, STEVEN (Ed) & GADDIS, SARAH (Afterword)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 545pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press 2013

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence William Gaddis autobiographical autobiographies literature literary

$45.00
2i8a/39

The Exile: A Life of Ivy Litvinov


CARSWELL, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical

$75.00
2i8a/40

The Fawn


SZABO, MAGDA & SZASZ, KATHLEEN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, mauve heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 215pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in protective cover- easily removed if desired, all corners lightly clipped, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Hungarian writers authors Magda Szabo literature novels fiction English translations

$90.00
2i8a/41

Tell Sally .....


SZABO, MAGDA & McLEAN, URSULA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, 286pp, VG+ (sl staining to board edges, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges. sm numerals in ink to rear eps, minor crack at rear gutter) in d/w, VG (in protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Corvina Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Hungarian writers authors Magda Szabo literature novels fiction English translations

$40.00
2i8a/42

Seven Poor Men of Sydney


STEAD, CHRISTINA

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 319pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Christina Stead

$54.50
2i8a/43

Present Without Leave


CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling, discreet reinforcement to inside edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors D'Arcy Cresswell poetry poets

$45.00
2i8a/44

Checkout 19


BENNETT, CLAIRE-LOUISE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 216pp, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Claire-Louise Bennett

$140.00
2i8a/45

Border Districts: A Fiction


MURNANE, GERALD

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 132pp, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

KEYWORDS: modern US editions literature novels fiction Gerald Murnane

$45.00
2i8a/46

Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver


WELCH, DENTON & MURTAUGH, DANIEL J (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2017

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Denton Welch Eric Oliver biography autobiographies memoir literary literature art

$40.00
2i18a/5

The Last Inspection, and Other Stories


LEWIS, ALUN

Sm octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 243pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration & light rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1947

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Alun Lewis

$40.00
2i18a/6

In Youth is Pleasure


WELCH, DENTON

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 154pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional sl cracking at gutters, occasional sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Vision Press 1950

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Denton Welch

$80.00
2i18a/8

Brave and Cruel, and Other Short Stories


WELCH, DENTON

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor staining to base of early pages)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Denton Welch

$95.00
2i18a/10

Cliffs of Fall


DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, sl discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nicholson and Watson 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Dan Davin New Zealand

$65.00
2i18a/11

In a Summer Season


TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red floral illus to front board, 251pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

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