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$37.50
xx134pol206641

A la Recherche Du Temps Perdu (3 Volumes)


PROUST, MARCEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, THREE VOLUME SET, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) and 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:

KEYWORDS: marcel proust literature text in french

$19.50
xx134pol206643

A Bookful of Jennings


BUCKERIDGE, ANTHONY

Imperial 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: Collins 1967

KEYWORDS: anthony buckeridge literature linbury court

$25.00
xx134pol206652

Ghosts and Bogles


STARKEY, DINAH (text) & PIENKOWSKI, JAN (illus)

Imperial 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: Heinemann 1985

KEYWORDS: jan pienkowski dinah starkey folk tales british children's literature

$25.00
xx134pol206655

The Dolls' House


GODDEN, RUMER & TUDOR, TASH (ILLUS)

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: MacMillan & Co 1963

KEYWORDS: children's literature young fiction rumer godden

$12.50
xx134pol206656

Fair Stood the Wind for France


BATES, H E

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: Michael Joesph 1986

KEYWORDS: h e bates military fiction literature

$16.50
xx133pol206665

The King of the Cats


GUILLOT, RENE

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: Collins 1962

KEYWORDS: young fiction children's literature rene guillot

$22.50
xx133pol206666

Kiwi Jane


LORD, DOUGLAS

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: Odhams Press Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: douglas lord children's literature set in new zealand

$15.00
xx133pol206671

Blowdown


MACHARDY, CHARLES

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1978

KEYWORDS: charles machardy literature

$17.50
xx133pol206676

Doctor Dolittle's Caravan


LOFTING, HUGH

Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks 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: Jonathan Cape 1927

KEYWORDS: hugh lofting literature doctor dolittle

$16.50
xx133pol206678

Fighting Blood


HEYLIGER, WILLIAM

Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks 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: Goldsmith Publishing Co1936

KEYWORDS: william heyliger literature young fiction

$37.50
xx133pol206684

The Beautiful and Damned


FITZGERALD, F SCOTT & BROWN, CHRISTOPHER (illus)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks slipcase; 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 2005

KEYWORDS: f scott fitzgerald literature modern classic

$40.00
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Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Critical Guide


PFEIFFER, JOHN R

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, iv + 64pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soilng to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light annotation in ink)

PUBLISHER: Filter Press 1971

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies collections scifi science fiction novels literature literary fantasy authors works

$40.00
1f70a/31

Pilgrimage: Annie Leibovitz


LEIBOVITZ, ANNIE & GOODWIN, DORIS KEARNS (Intro)

Quarto, cream cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 244pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing/chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2011

KEYWORDS: travel art photography photos Annie Leibovitz art literary literature

$60.00
1g11a/13

Watership Down


ADAMS, RICHARD

1975 REPRINT OF FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rabbit illus to front board, top page edges stained brown, viii + 413pp, folding map to rear, VG (moderate bruising & discolouration to board & spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing to folding map at rear) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson / Rex Collings 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian editions reprints children's classics literature novels fiction rabbits Richard Adams

$1950.00
1g11a/14

The House at Pooh Corner


MILNE, A A & SHEPARD, ERNEST H (Decorations)

ONE OF 1500 BLUE LEATHER DELUXE EDITIONS, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue soft leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling/illus & rule to front board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece xi + 178pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/surface loss to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light fading to base of front board, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title & dedication pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: special leather editions deluxe modern first editions children's literature novels fiction A A Milne illustrated Ernest H Shepard Winnie the Pooh bear

$100.00
1g11a/15

The Wind's Twelve Quarters


LE GUIN, URSULA K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 303pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedownsl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges & rear cover, moderate tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1976

KEYWORDS: short stories modern first editions literature scifi science fiction Ursula K le Guin

$245.00
1g11a/16

The Doors of Perception


HUXLEY, ALDOUS

FIRST EDITION, 4th IMP., sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 63pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional page corners lightly folded) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor tape repairs & loss also, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions 4th impressions Aldous Huxley essays literature prose philosophy drug use mescalin peyotl

$150.00
1g11a/20

The Works of John Webster, Volume Two: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition


WEBSTER, JOHN & GUNBY, DAVID (Ed) & CARNEGIE, DAVID (Ed) & JACKSON, MacDONALD P (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xxxi + 644pp, VG+ (1x sm bruise/crack to base/fore-edge of front board, light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: literature John Webster old spelling versions editions stage scripts plays playwrights theatre theater

$150.00
1g11a/21

The Works of John Webster, Volume Four: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition


WEBSTER, JOHN & GUNBY, DAVID (Ed) & CARNEGIE, DAVID (Ed) & JACKSON, MacDONALD P (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xxix + 642pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: literature John Webster old spelling versions editions stage scripts plays playwrights theatre theater

$20.00
xx165pol206827

And Captain of Their Souls


BROOKING, TOM

Tidy ex-library, imperial 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: Otago Heritage Books 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago heritage essays literature Captain William Cargill early settlers pioneers

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