DE GONCOURT, EDMOND & DE GONCOURT, JULES

TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial 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: Andre Versaille Editeur 2010

KEYWORDS: jules edmond de goncourt french literature

MORELAND, A MAUD

REAR MAP DETACHED (BUT PRESENT), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, index & map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout- some plates may be loose)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure travel writing literature historical history Westland Haast Mount Mt Aspiring A Maud Moreland

DAY, DAVID

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus prelims, 288pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 2019

KEYWORDS: literature literary art illustrations creatures fantastical J R R Tolkien fantasy

DR SEUSS

First UK edition. Imp 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: Dr Seuss children's book juvenile literature fiction 20th century modern first edition

SMITH, BELYNDA & VINICOMBE, DOROTHY DUDEK

Imp 8vo 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: Whitcoulls Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: children's book juvenile literature fiction collection short stories

MAHY, MARGARET; GARDINER, DEIRDRE (illus.)

Super 8vo 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: Wendy Pye Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's books juvenile literature fiction

WALTON, IZAAK; LANG, ANDREW (introd)

Sm 8vo 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: J. M. Dent & Sons 1944

KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton 17th century literature fishing fish angling angler history sport game

KIPLING, RUDYARD

Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Rudyard Kipling The Folio Society children's book juvenile literature fiction short stories

DICKENS, I E

TYPED LETTER TO REED SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., sm ocatvo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, envelope containing aforementioned typed letter tipped in to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & occasionallly throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lakes district southern alps Milford Sound travel writing literature

DE TERAN, LISA ST AUBIN

SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 195pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, minor wrinkling & chafing/soiling, light to moderate fading/discolouration, prev. bookseller's labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1989

KEYWORDS: signed travel writing literature Lisa St Aubin de Teran rail trains transport Europe

CORNWELL, BERNARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, map to prelims, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor soiling to rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Collins Sons & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Richard Sharpe series Bernard Cornwell

AUSTIN, A B (Collected by) & WILKINSON, NORMAN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ATTRACTIVE REBIND, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with rasied bands to spine, base of page block deckled, merbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 168pp, illus + tissue guards, VG+ (sl staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Country Life Limited 1931

KEYWORDS: fly fishing flyfishiing angling anthologies first editions literature writings

CH'ENG-EN, WU & WALEY, ARTHUR (Trans)

LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained yellow, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 305pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to half title page1cm chip to base of pg71)

PUBLISHER: The John Day Company 1943

KEYWORDS: Chinese literature English translations novels fiction Wu Ch'eng-en

FITZPATRICK, Sir PERCY & CALDWELL, E (Illus)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & reverse of frontispiece, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1934

KEYWORDS: literature Sir Percy Fitzpatrick illustrated E Caldwell

STRAUSS, LEO

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, page fore-edges deckled, 204pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, G- (rear & rear flap missing- only spine, front & flap remain, moderate fading & cracking/creasing to spine, moderate scuffing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1952

KEYWORDS: literature literary persecution philosophy Leo Strauss

WADDELL, P HATELY

Heavy quarto, half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to leatherwork with some surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking at front gutter, light to moderate soiling throughout, frontis tissue guard & rear ep missing, heavy cracking to rear gutter, annotation in ink to terminal page)

PUBLISHER: David Wilson 1881

KEYWORDS: Robert Burns literature poets poetry verse poems Scotland Scottish literary biography criticism history historical

COLUMBIA PICTURES

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Columbia Pictures N/D (c.1970s?)

KEYWORDS: literature Columbia Pictures cheap detective stories mysteries

LOH, VYVYANE

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: W W Norton & Company 2004

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Vyvyane Loh

MACDONALD, BETTY

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy- torn in two at spine; 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: Hammond, Hammond & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: literature Betty MacDonald

SHIN, KYUNG-SOOK

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: Alfred A Knopf 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Kyung-sook Shin