MAAS, PETER

FIRST EDITION.Super Octavo hardcover (VG) with d/w (tatty); 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history cops police corruption

JACQ, CHRISTIAN

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: SImon & Schuster 1998

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature ancient egypt modern first edition

JACQ, CHRISTIAN

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2009

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature ancient egypt modern first edition

JACQ, CHRISTIAN

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2010

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature ancient egypt mozart vienna modern first edition

IDRIESS, ION L.

FIRST EDITION. 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Angus And Robertson 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition australia literature

IDRIESS, ION L.

FIRST EDITION. 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Angus And Robertson 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition australia literature

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

PRESUMED FIRST EDITION. later edition d/w. lacks fep. octavo hardcover (VG-) with d/w (scruffy); 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins N.D.

KEYWORDS: wodehouse modern first edition literature

MUMFORD, LEWIS

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, VG+ (v. slight scuffing to spine extrems, foxing to page edges and first and last few pages) in d/w VG- (tanning to spine, light chipping to edge of spine, and light spoiling all over)

PUBLISHER: Secker and Warbug 1964

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition essay collection urban development

HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY & ABBOTT, CLAUDE COLLEER (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxviii+297pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, prev. owner's name to fep., light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1938

KEYWORDS: gerard manley hopkins literature coventry patmore literary biography letters correspondance modern first edition

LEROY, J. T.

FIRST EDITION. super octavo hardcover (NEAR FINE) with d/w (NEARFINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature collection compendium short stories

GROSSMAN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2010

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition antiwar

JACKSON, PATRICK M. (ed.)

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION; octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi+481pp, illus. incl. folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing and fading to boards; light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1931

KEYWORDS: new zealand teachers summer school monograph maori education new zealand history scarce modern first edition native schools

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

NZ reprint edition, effectively NZ FIRST EDITION; octavo red cloth boards, white lettering to front and spine, 295pp, VG (light fading and v. sl. soiling to boards, moderate tanning within, prev. owner's inscription to rev. fep.) in d/w VG- (light soiling, scuffing and chipping, with approx. 2cm closed tear to top front; light fading to spine, moderate tanning and light foxing esp. to reverse and rear)

PUBLISHER: Vanguard Press (Special New Zealand Reprint Edition) 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition literature david ballantyne

MEADS, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, super ocatvo purple cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus. brown endpapers, 351pp, VG+ (v. sl. soiling to edges, light scuffing to boards, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. scuffing to corners, light fading to spine, minor soiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition jonathan meades food criticism times gastronomy humour british

HARROP, A. J.

FIRST EDITION; octavo blue/black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 423pp, illus. incl. folding map, VG- (tidy ex-library, usual stamps within but no external markings, moderate to heavy fading, mostly to spine, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning within)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand News 1937

KEYWORDS: new zealand colonial history colonialism british empire land maori wars military modern first edition

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (v. sl. soiling to boards, ever so slightly cocked, prev. bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, moderate tanning and occasional foxing to edges, light tanning within) in d/w VG (light to moderate creasing scuffing & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1960

KEYWORDS: vladimir nabokov russo-american literature russian american modern first edition

MITCHELL, DAVID

FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white light card covers, blue and orange lettering to front, rear and spine, 530pp, VG- (moderate soiling and fading to front, spine and rear, concave warp to spine, moderate staining to page edges, light foxing to prelims and terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 2004

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

TOMPKINS, JANE & WIESE, KURT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, black border and bear illustration to front also, vii+112pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to edges of boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and light chipping, with minor closed tears, v. sl. fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Company 1954

KEYWORDS: childrens literature bear bears nature black jane tompkins modern first edition

LAWSON, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, fifth printing (in year of first publication); oblong octavo illius. brown cloth boards (bust and mouse illus. to front), illus. enpapers (reclining Franklin), illus., x+113pp, VG (light scuffing and fading, light soiling to boards, light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w G+ (substantially intact, with approx. 3 cm tall section missing to spine and front, and a very large segment of the rear missing (approx. 1/5th triangular section); moderate scuffing, creasing, chipping, tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1939 (fifth printing)

KEYWORDS: childrens literature robert lawson modern first edition american america us usa united states benjamin franklin

HUNTER, NORMAN & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; super octavo orange cloth boards, reading professor illus. to front corner, black lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (the professor's private telephone to the kitchen), xi+203pp+adverts. at rear, illus.,VG- (main fault is a crack of approx. 2cm. to the top of the spine, partially exposing sig's - asides from being very slightly cocked, binding otherswise sound; moderate to heavy soiling to boards, incl. miscellaneous black spatter (ink, perhaps?), with light scuffing and light fading; moderate tanning and very occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1933

KEYWORDS: william heath robinson modern first edition norman hunter humor humour literature