QUILLER-COUCH, Sir ARTHUR (Retold by) & DULAC, EDMUND (Illus)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, frontipsiece with printed tissue guard, illus title page, 165pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate patches of foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D (c.1930s?)

KEYWORDS: illustrated classic children's stories literature Edmund Dulac fairy tales

DULAC, EDMUND

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, illus eps & title page, frontispiece with printed tissue guard, (14) + 174pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D (c.1930s?)

KEYWORDS: classics children's literature fairy tales illustrated Edmund Dulac

TURLEY, HANS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ix + 199pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to covers, light to moderate fading to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New York University Press 1999

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LUCEY, MICHAEL

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 321pp, VG+ (light curling & fading to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2006

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BRAY, CAPTAIN CLAUDE & JOHNSON, ALFRED (Illus)

Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt & black lettering with coloured illus to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 389pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to front gutter, v heavy crack at rear gutter- glue at spine detached/cracked, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co 1892

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature illustrated Captain Claude Bray historical

HENTY, G A & BROWNE, GORDON (Illus)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, blue & gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine & front board, al lpage edges stained green, frontipsiece, 352pp + 32pp to rear, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, adhesive residue to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to gutter of title page- frontispiece partially detached, prev. owner's details in ink to verso of preface page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature G A Henty

BEETON, S O (Ed)

Octavo, red buckram boards, red lettering with gilt & black decoration to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece, iv + 692pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate discolouration to gilt page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's name ink stamp to prelims, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Tyler N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: boys literature Beeton's books

THORPE, BENJAMIN

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 303pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, pencil annotation to front pastedown, light discolouration to front eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Russell Smith 1868

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HENTY, G A & STANILAND, C J (Illus)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, all page edges stained green, frontispiece, 384pp + 32pp to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, minor rubbing to colouring on page edges, prev. booksellekr's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to verso of half title page, light cracking to gutters, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D (c.1900s)

KEYWORDS: novels fiction historical literature illustrated G A Henty

GLOVER, CRISPIN HELLION

SIGNED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to spine & boards, gilt framing to illus on front board, 185pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, sl chafing to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Crispin Hellion Glover 2011 (?)

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BARTHELME, DONALD

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 457pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions short stories fiction literature Donald Barthelme

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, (6) + 230pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature fiction Patricia Highsmith

PRINCE, STEPHEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 551pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A Year in the Country 2024

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PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER

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: Penguin 2023

KEYWORDS: fantasy world of eragon literature fiction novels Christopher Paolini

EASWARAN, EKNATH (Trans & General Intro) & RUPPENTHAL, STEPHEN (Chapter Introductions)

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PUBLISHER: Nilgiri Press 2001

KEYWORDS: literature spirituality religion

TZU, CHUANG & PALMER, MARTIN et al (Trans)

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: Arkana / Penguin 1996

KEYWORDS: ancient philosophy Chuang Tzu literature

WILBER, KEN

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: Anchor Books 1983

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Ken Wilbur

HUGHES, TED

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: Faber and Faber 1992

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism Ted Hughes William Shakespeare

MORGAN, ROBIN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: Virago Press 1993

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KAWABATA, YASUNARI & DUNLOP, LANE (Trans) & HOLMAN, J MARTIN (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Company 1988

KEYWORDS: literature short stories fiction Yasunari Kawabata English translations