FRAYN, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, red light card covers, black lettering tio title plate on front cover, 223pp, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate foxing & light soiling to covers light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to fore-edges of ffep)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Michael Frayn

CARROLL, LEWIS & FURNISS, HARRY (Illus)

REBOUND, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 400pp, illus, VG (moderate cracking to front hinge & gutter- board sl shaky, light to moderate rubbing to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate fading & tanning/soiling to page edges, light soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: literature Lewis Carroll illustrated Harry Furniss

AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH, octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, 124pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light foxing & chipping to edges moderate tanning & rubbing/loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden

AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH (DATED 1948), octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 112pp, deckled page edges, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims to terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden

AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (minor tanning to spine, sl tanning/soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, has a lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1941

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden

BAREA, ARTURO & BAREA, ILSA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 332pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Spanish writers authors Arturo Barea English translations novels fiction

McGARRY, KEVIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black illus to spine & front board, 172pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl insect damage to rear eps, sl cracking to front gutter, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping & minor loss to edges, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: World Distributors 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Thunderbirds Lady Penelope scifi science fiction adventure

ALDISS, BRIAN W

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction short stories Brian W Aldiss

VAN VOGT, A E

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction A E Van Vogt

HARRISON, HARRY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 212pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing to flaps, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction Harry Harrison

HALDEMAN, JOE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 186pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG + (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald and Jane's 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Joe Haldeman

LORD BYRON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, mixed pagination, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light staining to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters, some pages sl loosened, moderate foxing to some pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1821

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lord Byron

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS

UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse William Carlos Williams

WESTALL, WILLIAM

Octavo, illus heavy boards, viii + 303pp, G+ (spine missing with archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing & bruising with surface loss to board edges & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy tape repairs to rear gutter, 2x library ink stamps to ffep & title page, light soiling to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels William Westall fantasy

DICKENS, CHARLES (& Various Illus & Contributors)

33 VOLS OF 36 VOL SET (Missing vols 1 & 2 of Miscellaneous Papers and The Uncommercial Traveller, octavo, faux leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt decoration to spines & front boards, patterned eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, some vols illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spines & boards- minor loss to gilt, light soiling to boards of some vols, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims of some vols)

PUBLISHER: Heron Books c.1960s

KEYWORDS: special editions complete works Charles Dickens English literature centennial edition fiction novels sets illustrated

MUMFORD, LEWIS et al & MANUEL, FRANK E (Ed)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 321pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1973

KEYWORDS: philosophy essays literature prose collection anthology

MATAIRA, KATERINA

SCARCE. Oblong 4to, illus. heavy card bds, illus. tp, unpaginated, [33] pp., illus., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping--esp to spine, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Te Ataarangi Publications n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori language children's book illustrated child kids literature

BYRD, RICHARD E

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, xi + 302 pp., VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling & moderate to heavy foxing to pg edges, prev owner's incription to bottom pg edge in blue ink, heavy foxing to prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1938

KEYWORDS: first edition Richard E Byrd 20th century literature

n/a

Oblong 4to, red leather bds lettered in gilt & decorated in blind, textured eps, frontis., illus. tp, [4] + [192 (photos)] + 22 pp., G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing to bds with some loss of colour--esp at joints, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate tearing to spine at head & tail, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, ffep & frontis. partially detatched, light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep, moderate creasing to pgs at rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature 19th century photos photographs photography travel countryside nature wildlife

ATWOOD, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BOOKPLATE TO HT. Super 8vo, spine lettered in copper gilt, green eps, [10] + 469 pp., VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to pg edges, prev ownership inscription to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals & throughout), in d/w, VG (light scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping, light to moderate tanning/foxing & soiling).

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996

KEYWORDS: Margaret Atwood 20th century literature historical fiction thriller modern first edition