CHILD, LEE

FIRST UK EDITION, SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 364pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & chafing to extrems/edges with 1cm loss to top edge of rear board, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, label residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1997

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CHILD, LEE

FIRST UK EDITION, SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 380pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, light cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 10cm closed tear to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1999

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ROWLING, J. K. & NEEDHAM, PETER (Trans)

FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 277pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2007

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WESLEY, MARY

FIRST EDITION, 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: Macmillan 1988

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BARTH, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Andre Deutsch 1974

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MORTIMER, JOHN

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: Viking 1985

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CRESSWELL, HELEN & FLOYD, GARETH (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, 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 1968

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MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros and Co N/D

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JOYCE, JAMES & ROSE, GERALD (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate scuffing & staining to eps, light to moderate soiling & creasing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss at extrems, moderate staining to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965

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WATTS, MABEL & BARKER, CAROL (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising, staining & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & staining to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light soiling to some pgs) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges with som elight staining, light tape staining to rear flap, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1965

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HALE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, illus title page, 32pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, string binding sl loose)

PUBLISHER: Country Life 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's lietrature cats fiction Kathleen Hale

TENNANT, KYLIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, VG (moderate bruising to board extems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, sm ink line to pg138, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947

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MAHY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A DRAWING OF A LION BY HER AS WELL, octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 493pp, VG (moderate to heavy creasing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, minor damp wrinkling & staining to lower page edges, sl cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2005

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WINTON, TIM

FIRST US EDITION (STATES FIRST EDITION & LOWEST NUMBER IN STRING IS 2), super octavo, blue patterned heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, author's initials in silver gilt lettering to front board, blue patterned eps, 426pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first US edition literature fiction novels Tim Winton

NEUVEL, SYLVAIN

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph/Penguin Books 2016

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PRICE, REYNOLDS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 211pp, VG (spine sl cocked, 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, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Reynolds Price

BUECHNER, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, top page edges stained orange, viii + 178pp, VG (usual library markings, light soiling & fading to board edges, sl bruising to spine extrems, light discolouration & foxingto page edges, minor water damage & foxing to front eps, 65mm loss to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, heavy creasing to flap edges, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate sized water stain to internal sides- doesn't show through to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Atheneum 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Frederick Buechner

LITTLE, BENTLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, green gilt lettering to spine, 203pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

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DE FOMBELLE, TIMOTHEE & ARDIZZONE, SARAH (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 429pp, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition fiction novels literature Timothee de Fombelle

AARONOVITCH, BEN

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., octavo, blue heavy boards, bright pink gilt lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 2011

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