BURKE, JAMES LEE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 344pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Orion 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature crime fiction novels James Lee Burke

HELGASON, HALLGRIMUR & FITZGIBBON, BRIAN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title pages, unpaginated prelims + 451pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first editions English translations literature novels fiction Hallgrimur Helgason

READING, JACQUELINE

Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, illus, unpaginated, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, moderate insect damage with surface loss to boards, moderate foxing to boards, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate tanning throughout, occasional creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Jons Productions N/D (c.1954?)

KEYWORDS: old children's books literature picture readers Jacqueline Reading

BROWNING, ROBERT & SERKIN, AMALIA (Dolls Designed & Made by) & McFADYEAN, MARION (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, square octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, 36pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, superficial creasing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light closed tearing to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1944

KEYWORDS: first modern editions children's books literature Robert Browning Grimm Brothers illustrated

PALAHNIUK, CHUCK (Story) & STEWART, CAMERON (Art)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2016

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fight club literature Chuck Palahniuk

SPAIN, NANCY

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title pages, 36pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems/edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1957

KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Nancy Spain illustrated

ESPINOZA, ESTEBAN & TALER, FIONA (Trans)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, POETRY IN ENGLISH, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hallard Press 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chilean poetry poets poems verse signed Esteban Espinoza literature

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., octavo, blue cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 250pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lawrence Durrell

JOHNSTON, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (moderate bend/crease to top corner of front board, light bruising to other board corners, light bruising & rubbing to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels George Johnston

VERNE, JULES & EVANS, I O (Trans)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light smattering of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light tanning & foxing, light fading to spine, minor soiling to rear, adhesive residue to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Arco Publications 1962

KEYWORDS: posthumous literature works Jules Verne fiction novels The Survivors of the Jonathan

KITCHER, PHILIP

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, viii + 287pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: mathematics philosophy Philip Kitcher literature

BERNANOS, GEORGES

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 136pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, heavy foxing, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1945

KEYWORDS: first UK editions literature writings Georges Bernanos philosophy Christianity

KINGFISHER, T

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 159pp, VG+ (light curling to covers, light chafing to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Titan Books 2024

KEYWORDS: signed T Kingfisher modern first editions literature scifi science fiction novels fantasy horror

ATIG, JOHN C (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 185pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies John Locke literature catalogues catalogs

LEWIS, WYNDHAM (Ed) & MORROW, BRADFORD (Fore)

Quarto, pink light card covers, black letteringt o spine & covers, viii + 160pp + 12pp to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & fading to spine & covers/edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literature Wyndham Lewis publications Blast

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & GARNETT, CONSTANCE (Trans)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 617pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/clsoed tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, lg crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1946

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature English translations fiction novels Fyodor Dostoevsky

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & GARNETT, CONSTANCE (Trans)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 318pp, VG (light bruising to base of spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown, minor occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor loss to base of spine, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann & Zsolnay 1949

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature English translations fiction novels Fyodor Dostoevsky

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & GARNETT, CONSTANCE (Trans)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, 277pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges/extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature English translations fiction novels Fyodor Dostoevsky

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & GARNETT, CONSTANCE (Trans)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, viii + 821pp, VG (moderate bruising to edges/extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1945

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature English translations fiction novels Fyodor Dostoevsky

ARBERRY, A J (JALAL AL-DIN, R)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 276pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, pgs 269-272 detached but present) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1961

KEYWORDS: Jalal al-Din Rumi A J Arberry Islam poetry poets literature writings discourses