HUNT, SAM & WHITE, ROBIN (Cover art)

Slim super octavo single sheet folded pamphlet, green illus & lettering to covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl fading)

PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Sam Hunt poems poetry verse literature

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY & CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN (Intro) & PISAREV, ROMAN (Illus)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, copper gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvii + 231pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2005

KEYWORDS: folio society historical novels fiction literature Rosemary Sutcliff

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY & ECCLESHARE, JULIA (Intro) & PISAREV, ROMAN (Illus)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvii + 193pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: folio society historical novels fiction literature Rosemary Sutcliff

WOODRING, JIM

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine & covers, illus eps & prelims, 199pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphic Books 2008

KEYWORDS: cartoons Frank Jim Woodring literature comics graphic novels

CHESTERTON, G K & COLLINS, DOROTHY E (Ed)

Octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 169pp, VG+ (light bruising & adhesive staining to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1975

KEYWORDS: literature literary anthologies collections G K Chesterton essays prose

WALTON, The Rev W H MURRAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese script to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, jacket flap with synopsis tipped in to rear pastedown, publishers note tipped in to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1934

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing historical Japan Formosa Asia oriental W H Murray Walton

DAVIDSON, AUGUSTA M CAMPBELL

Super octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges & base of page block, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, xiv + 331pp + publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters, some page edges remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1904

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese modern culture travel writing literature Augusta M Campbell Davidson

HEARN, LAFCADIO

Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow illus/pattern to front board, unpaginated prelims, 268pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: short stories literature fiction Lafcadio Hearn

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to pg 53, minor cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions history literature Ion L Idriess Aboriginal Australia

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown shell illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & cover edges- attempts at tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions history adventure children's books literature Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, viii + 290pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm neat gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate creasing & closed tearing/tape repairs to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1949

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to brown buckram spine, frontispiece, viii + 220pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to ffep, some prelim pages detached but present, light tanning throughout) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light wrinkling & soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1947

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1950

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess modern first editions

WATSON, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, decked page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 315pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to rear board, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1904

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture heritage Gilbert Watson history

MISHIMA, YUKIO & NATHAN, JOHN (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl overhang of bottom corners of pgs 145-148) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions Japanese literature English translations fiction novels Yukio Mishima

MISHIMA, YUKIO & WEATHERBY, MEREDITH (Trans) & KINOSHITA, YOSHINORI (Drawings)

FIRST UK EDITION, ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 183pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, jacket affixed to boards at rear flap, moderate bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, minor staining to rear board, spine cocked, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to pages with minor soiling also throughout) in d/w, VG- (jacket affixed to rear board at rear flap, in plastic protective cover- affixed, edges likely adhesive stained, heavy wrinkling & moderate soiling, several scuffs with loss to edge of front cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions Japanese literature English translations fiction novels Yukio Mishima

BIRD, ISABELLA L

POPULAR EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 336pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings- very faint, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, front & rear eps affixed to pastedowns/boards, moderate cracking to gutters, sl foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1905

KEYWORDS: popular editions historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese Isabella L Bird

ICHIKAWA, HARUKO (ICHIKAWA, Mrs SANKI) & PLOMER, WILLIAM (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained green, 380pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1940

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Europe Haruko Ichikawa history

KAWABATA, YASUNARI & SEIDENSTICKER, EDWARD M (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 276pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions Japanese literature English translations fiction novels Yasunari Kawabata

CARPENTER, FRANK G

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, gilt maritime motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, xiv + 306pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Korea Frank G Carpenter history culture