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Blistered Days
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Picador / Pan Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: signed first editions poetry poems verse literature Lily Brett
A Primer for Philosophy and Education
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cascade Books 2014
KEYWORDS: philosophy education literature Samuel D Rocha
Times Like These
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press 2005
KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies modern first editions literature ficiton short stories Rachel Ingalls
21st Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (VIZ Signature Edition)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: VIZ Media 2021
KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels literature Naoki Urasawa
Embodied Wisdom: The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Somatic Resources / North Atlantic Books 2010
KEYWORDS: health literature Moshe Feldenkrais psychophysiology motor activity body image psychology mental health
Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science
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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: philosophy science literature
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Beautiful 17 Vol Set)
STUNNING 17 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt & black decoration to spines & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, frontispieces with lettered tissue guards, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings special collectors editions literature Richard F Burton thousand arabian nights
The Stones of Venice
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration/illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, xlvi + 350pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society John Ruskin literature illustrated Venice Venetian art architecture culture history historical Byzantine Gothic Renaissance buildings
Sense & Sensibility / Mansfield Park / Pride & Prejudice / Persuasion / Northanger Abbey / Emma / Shorter Works (7 Vol Boxed Set)
7 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, illus heavy boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate scrape to single edge)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2003
KEYWORDS: English literature classics Jane Austen folio society boxed sets fiction novels
I Capture the Castle
Super octavo, blue illu sheavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt & black illus to spine & boards, illus title page, 335pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl discolouration to front board) in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997
KEYWORDS: folio society literature illustrated Dodie Smith novels fiction
Children of the Jade Dragon: The Naxi of Lijiang and Their Mountain Neighbours the Yi
IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs
Selected Poems
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1950
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse collections Thomas Merton
The Tombs of Atuan
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to prelims, 160pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction Ursula le Guin
A Case of Samples: Poems 1946-1956
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Kingsley Amis
The Adventures of Augie March
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 536pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl staining to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet reinforcement to internal sides, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Saul Bellow
Goethe's Faust, Parts I and II
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 306pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light tanning to spine & edges, moderat ecreasing & light chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1951
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Goethe Faust English translations classical
The Dreamers
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 206pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Roger Manvell
The Farthest Shore
FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMPRESSION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus/map to prelims, 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to board & spine extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edgessl staining/foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first editions (2nd impressions) scifi science fiction novels literature Ursula le Guin
The Mote in God's Eye
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, 537pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi sciencce fiction novels literature Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle
The Compass Rose: Short Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 273pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light ceasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature science fiction short stories scifi Ursula K le Guin