RITSON, JOSEPH & BEWICK, THOMAS

First edition thus, original binding, 9 Thomas Bewick full page engravings + frontispiece, many more illustrations within text, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, t.e.g., xii + 400pp, illus, VG- ( heavy fading & tanning to boards & spine, front board shaky, two 10cm splits along outer front hinge, two 4cm closed tears to cloth of spine, chipping & surface loss to spine extrems, moderately heavy fraying to board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, light soiling & rubbing to boards, sporadic foxing to pages, light foxing & moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John C. Nimmo 1885

KEYWORDS: Robin Hood literature poems poetry modern first edition songs ballards Anthologies England

GOLDING, WILLIAM & GROSS, ANTHONY (Jacket Design by)

FIRST EDITION 2nd IMP., IN ORIGINAL JACKET, octavo, red cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (spine sl cocked, minor fading & water staining to base of spine & boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to top edge of spine & boards, minor discolouration to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v sl water staining to base of both pastedowns, page block in very tidy condition) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with some minor loss, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling, sl surface loss at creases, 1cm scuff to rear, all corners lightly clipped- inc. price clipping, minor water staining to spine & rear- possible minor colour bleeding, any water damage is quite minor and mostly confined to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first editions (2nd impression) literature fiction novels William Golding Anthony Gross

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RARE, second edition, large folding plate is present, oblong quarto, dark red cloth boards, dark red eps, frontispiece, 165pp, folding plate, illus, VG- (large price sticker to front board partially covering lettering,two large numbers (about 2cm tall) painted on front board, moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, heavy foxing to frontispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate foxing to page edges, wrinkling to part of folding plate)

PUBLISHER: Nobel's Explosives Company Limited 1908 (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Nobel Nobel's Explosives Company history high explosives blasting dynamite gunpowder ammunition

JANSSON, TOVE & WARBURTON, THOMAS (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, 165pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly light except at prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some patches of loss, heavy rubbing to flap edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature classics Tove Jansson moomins fiction novels illustrated

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first edition [first 9 volumes bound in 5 books] ills.[b/w and duotone] VG- (bound in full green calf w.gilt ruled borders and gilt stamp to boards,gilt/raised bands to spines,lower board of book1 barely attached,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,all vols.rebacked w.spines sl.browned,marbled eps,prelims.and some margins sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,a few plates are detached but present,occasional pen/pencil notes and underlining to text but not too distracting,spines cracked and sl.shaky,aeg mod.rubbed) heavy set - scans available on request - the first 9 volumes of this journal bound in 5 books

PUBLISHER: archer belfast 1853-1862

KEYWORDS: history arts archaeology ulster journal ireland

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed and signed by the author 196pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title page - for Robin & Rosemary Gordon with best regards & many thanks for answering ill-timed phone calls on the nature & behaviour of fowl, wild & tame, from Janet, the goose woman, Shannon, January 1989 - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) Janet Frame kep geese and her last book [published posthumously] was named by her 'The Goose Bath Poems'

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed

FRAME, JANET

first edition, rare, octavo, off-white boards with light blue decoration motif and blue cloth spine, red lettering with red and blue frame to front board, blue lettering to spine, 130pp, VG (tape residue approx 2cm on top and bottom of both boards, moderate fading to spine, small red crayon mark to lower rear board, slight wear to board edges, cracking to front hinge paper) in d/w VG- (d/w has backing paper and is partly adhered to boards, slight soiling to wrappers, heavy fading to spine, 2 x 10cm tears on spine sides, chips to corners)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories anthology new zealand literature first edition

MANKOWITZ, GERED

AUTOGRAPHED BY GERED MANKOWITZ, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#344/950) oblong folio, illus black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, internally spiral bound, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in presentation box with camera lense insert at base, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: signed special editions Gered Mankowitz photography photos art The Rolling Stones archives collections rock bands

MILNE, A A & SHEPARD, ERNEST H (Decorations)

ONE OF 1500 BLUE LEATHER DELUXE EDITIONS, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue soft leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling/illus & rule to front board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece xi + 178pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/surface loss to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light fading to base of front board, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title & dedication pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: special leather editions deluxe modern first editions children's literature novels fiction A A Milne illustrated Ernest H Shepard Winnie the Pooh bear

BLAVATSKY, H. P.

3 VOLUMES OF 4 (LACKS INDEX VOLUME), VOLS 1 & 2 ARE 3rd REVISED EDITIONS, VOL 3 IS FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt theosophical motifs & blind stamp rule to front boards, xvii-xxii + 594-842pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to extrems, 3cm paper residue to front board of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, reinforcing paper/card affixed/glued to eps of each vol, front gutters of vol 1 heavily cracked & firmly mended with cloth & card- prelims removed & re-attached in same manner, minor yellowing tape repairs & heavy creasing to edges of prelims, rear gutters to vol 1 also moderately cracked & reinforced with card, light to moderate cracking to gutters of other vols, occasional sm blue pencil markings to text throughout- unobtrusive, rear eps of vol 3 moderately annotated)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing Society 1893-97

KEYWORDS: theosophy religion esoteric philosophy science Blavatsky cosmic evolution symbolism