TYLER, ANNE

FIRST EDITION ex-library, lacks f.e.p; 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 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition literature modern first edition

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1972

KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature

MURASAKI, LADY SHIKIBU & WALEY, ARTHUR (trans)

Lacks d/w; super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Modern Library / Random House 1960

KEYWORDS: early Japanese fiction literature in translation

WOLFE, THOMAS

Paperback (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: Penguin 1971

KEYWORDS: autofiction literature Look Homeward, Angel sequel Eugene Grant

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

Paperback (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: Pocket Cardinal Editions / Phaedra 1966

KEYWORDS: play scripts drama literature

CARTMEL, ANDREW

Paperback (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: BL publishing / Simon & Schuster 2005

KEYWORDS: Judge Dredd franchise dystopian fiction literature

GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER & MIGNOLA, MIKE (illus)

Paperback (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: Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster 2001

KEYWORDS: Hellboy franchise fiction literature

ROWLING, J K

UK FIRST EDITION, p99 eleven present on line 9, later corrected to ten, octavo, illus heavy boards, white & coloured leetering to spine, 607pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps, prev. owner's name [small lettering] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's literature fantasy wizards Harry Potter series J K Rowling novels fiction

MARX, KARL & ENGELS, FREDERICK

COMPLETE 2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp portrait of authors to front boards, frontispieces to vol 1 only, vol 1- 679pp, vol 2- 531pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & creasing to spine & extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to rear gutter of vol 1, moderate to heavy cracking to rear gutter of vol 2- boards a little shaky)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing 1955

KEYWORDS: Karl Marx Frederick Engels literature writings economics politics communism socialism capitalism social commentary wealth distribution

GIPI & RICHARDS, JAMIE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, grey illus heavy boards, black/grey lettering to spine & boards, 126pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels literature Gipi

GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION, FACSIMILE D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus plate to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 267pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy cracking & moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to front & rear gutters, minor foxing & soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1919

KEYWORDS: first editions hobbies literature Zane Grey fishing fly flyfishing angling

TAYLOR, A J P

FIRST EDITION, archival repairs to jacket, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 262pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing/discolouration to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate loss & archival tape repairs to spine extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1952

KEYWORDS: literature first editions writings prose collections A J P Taylor war diplomacy politics

SMITH, DODIE

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained red, unpaginated prelims + 338pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, sl bruising to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep [unsigned], minor creasing to bottom corners of pgs 13-28, occasional sl cracking & foxing to gutters) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- particularly to rear- 4cm x4cm loss to base, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS novels fiction literature Dodie Smith

ROWLING, J K & KAY, JIM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial ocatvo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 451pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fantasy wizards J K Rowling Harry Potter series illustrated Jim Kay novels fiction

CHING, RAY

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus inside covers & prelims/terminals, 246pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to top of spine, sl creasing to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Ray Ching nature Aesop New Zealand fables

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS & LITZ, A WALTON (Ed) & MacGOWAN, CHRISTOPHER (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, white glossy light card wrappers, black & red/blue lettering to spine, frontispieces, vol 1- xix + 583pp, vol 2- xxii + 553pp, VG+ (sl soiling & curling to covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps- vol 2 with scribble also, occasional pencil annotation)

PUBLISHER: New Directions 1991

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature William Carlos Williams collections anthologies

SOSEKI, NATSUME & YU, BEONGCHEON (Trans & Intro)

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese lettering to front board, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 326pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling & tape residue to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, in fully adhesive plastic cover, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Japanese novels English translations literature fiction Natsume Soseki

DE LA BRETONNE, RESTIF & BALDICK, ROBERT (Trans, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1966

KEYWORDS: art history Restif de la Bretonne writers art literature 18th eighteenth century

CHRISTIE, AGATHA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Agatha Christie crime thrillers mystery Hercule Poirot series

AIKEN, JOAN & MARRIOTT, PAT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-school library, octavo, dark brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 179pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl staining to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tape staining to eps & prelims/terminals, minor scuffing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, sl rubbing to edges, minor tape/adhesive staining to rear cover & front flap, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels illustrated Joan Aiken