BUTLER, JOAN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul and Co 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Joan Butler

HUNT, SAM

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 259pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2008

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

CAVE, NICK

EARLY EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 161pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Black Spring Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Nick Cave poems poetry verse literature early editions

NOZICK, ROBERT

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 226pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: reason philosophy literature Robert Nozick

SAID, EDWARD W

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 109pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1991

KEYWORDS: first editions music musical history performance essays prose literature

LAMB, JONATHAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, xii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to covers with minor chafing also, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history historical literature literary criticism South Seas oceania travel exploration British

HOWES, EDITH & CHALMERS, AUDREY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light green iridescent patterned boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, top page edges stained black, frontispiece, x + 246pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning/fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing & cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chiping/closed tearing to edges- light tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light soiling to spine, light creasing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Edith Howes illustrated children's literature novels fiction fantasy

DONNE, JOHN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to spine, light to moderate discolourtion & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, some page edges uncut)

PUBLISHER: Noel Douglas 1926

KEYWORDS: John Donne literature 17th seventeenth century Noel Douglas replicas series

BERLIN, ISAIAH

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 86pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions literature prose essays Leo Tolstoy criticism

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