SAID, EDWARD W & BARENBOIM, DANIEL (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 325pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2008

KEYWORDS: literature anthologies collections essays articles music critics criticism first editions

RUARK, ROBERT & DOWER, WALTER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red & black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 302pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1962

KEYWORDS: literature Robert Ruark autobiography autobiographies memoir first editions

SALLIS, JAMES

LIMITED SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION (#491/500), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 255pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: No Exit Press 2003

KEYWORDS: signed special editions novels fiction literature James Sallis

LAMPERT, LAURENCE

Super octavo, maroon glossy light card covers, white & lettering to spine & covers, xii + 475pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature criticism Laurence Lampert Friedrich Nietzsche metaphysics Rene Descartes Francis Bacon science

HENTY, G A

Sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black maritime illus to front board, 62pp + 8pp to rear, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prize plate to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, light cracking to gutters, lg tea stain to pgs 14-15)

PUBLISHER: The Sheldon Press N/D (c.1930s?)

KEYWORDS: children's literature G A Henty nautical adventure maritime novels fiction

RAMSAY, WILLIAM & RAMSAY, GEORGE G (Ed)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, cxvi + 295pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling & wrinkling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1869

KEYWORDS: Latin literature texts plays theatre theater notes

RUARK, ROBERT & DOWER, WALTER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 303pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to board edges & spine extrems, light adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (in scruffy plastic cover- affixed, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, heavy tape staining to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Robert Ruark

ULLMAN, JAMES RAMSEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 638pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelism & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature James Ramsey Ullman Arthur Rimbaud

STEINBECK, JOHN; DENNIS, WESLEY (illus.)

First edition, thus. Super 8vo, pp. 131; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board bordered in green with pasted illus. as centrepiece; pg edges stained green, illus. eps & tp, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping).

PUBLISHER: The Viking Press 1945

KEYWORDS: John Steinbeck modern first edition children's book juvenile literature

ROSE, JACQUELINE

First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 239; tan buckram boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; some tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Jacqueline Rose Marcel Proust criticism literary Alfred Dreyfus Samuel Beckett Jean Genet Arab Israeli conflict literature first edition

GOMBRICH, E H & ERIBON, DIDIER (Conversations)

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: Thames and Hudson 1993

KEYWORDS: art literature literary Didier Eribon E H Gombrich philosophy conversations

SPOONER, LYSANDER

FACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Burt Franklin N/D (Facsmilie Reprint)

KEYWORDS: slavery literature US American history

L'HEUREUX, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Public Space2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature fiction John L'Heureux

ANDERSON, MONA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: A H & A W Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Mona Anderson New Zealand literature

PELLOWSKI, ANNE

Tidy ex-library, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: R R Bowker Company 1968

KEYWORDS: children's literature literary bibliography bibliographies catalogues

KERR, RACHEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED 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: Makaro Press 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Rachel Kerr novels fiction literature

HYDE, DOUGLAS & O CUIV, BRIAN (New Edition Intro)

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: Ernest Benn 1980

KEYWORDS: literature Irish literary history Ireland

ROBBINS, RAE GALLANT

Very tidy ex-library, 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: Price Guide Pubilshers 1978

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary Bloomsbury group

MAHY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's literature fantasy novels fiction

TURNER, ETHEL

Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1902

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated novels fiction Ethel Turner