TOPIN,MARIUS

first edition thus [translated by Henry Vizetelly] 367pp VG- (brown cloth w.black stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,boards sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate and dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso and head of title page,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: smith elder london 1870

KEYWORDS: literature marius topin history biography iron mask

MACK,LIZZIE; MACK,ROBERT ELLICE

first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w w.10 col.plates] VG- (ill.paper boards w.green cloth spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,some sl.foxing and soiling to contents but col.plates are clean and tidy) scarce first edition

PUBLISHER: griffith farran london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature lizzie mack robert ellice mack

GEST,JOHN MARSHALL

first edition 249pp VG (brown paper boards w.cream faux vellum spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,dealer's label to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: sweet & maxwell london 1913

KEYWORDS: lawyer literature history john marshall gest

ETHEREGE,SIR GEORGE; BRACHER,FREDERICK [ED.]

first edition 324pp VG+ (green cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: university of california press los angeles [1974]

KEYWORDS: history biography literature letters george etherege bracher

HOLMES,OLIVER WENDELL

first edition thus 2 vols.474pp ills.[b/w by Howard Pyle] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spines,sl.wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: gay and bird london 1893

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature oliver wendell holmes

DISNEY,WALT

[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.4x col.plates] VG- (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,spine sunned,owner's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,col.plates are clean and bright)

PUBLISHER: birn brothers london [nd]

KEYWORDS: walt disney mickey mouse cartoon noah literature modern first edition

FISCHER,BRUNO [ED.]

first edition 304pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bruno fischer

FERRARS,ELIZABETH

first edition 192pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth ferrars collins crime club

QUEEN,ELLERY [ED.]

first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ellery queen collins crime club

WELSH,IRVINE

reprint signed by author 484pp VG+ (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled with publisher's signed copy sticker to front cover,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: joanthan cape london 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature irvine welsh signedq

NAIPAUL,V.S.

first edition 301pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (internal/external tape stains,sl.foxed,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature naipaul

NIKLAUS,THELMA

first edition 221pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,dealer's stamp to final page of contents) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thelma niklaus

PONDER,WINIFRED

first edition inscribed by author 76pp NF (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,inscribed by author to another NZ author Peggy Dunstan on title page)

PUBLISHER: privately printed [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry winifred ponder peggy dunstan new zealand

PATERSON, ALISTAIR

first edition inscribed by author 62pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiling and bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to fellow NZ author Peggy Dunstan on ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed alistair paterson

BALL,DUNCAN

first edition inscribed by author 178pp NF (green cloth,author's inscr.to title page to NZ authors Jim Henderson and Peggy Dunstan) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson richmond 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed duncan ball

POOLE,MICHAEL

[first edition] 250pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael poole

SARGENT,HARRY R.

first edition 446pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep and verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents) this is the true first edition - this from the author's preface Be it of what merit it may, the book should have been published more than two years ago by those to whom I had first entrusted it; however they have been got rid of, and the well-known firm of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.are now my publishers - August, 1895 - I suspect that title pages may have been prepared by the dismissed publisher and were subsequently used by Simpkin for later editions despite them perhaps showing an earlier date

PUBLISHER: simpkin marshall hamilton kent london 1895

KEYWORDS: sport history harry sargent literature

CARVE,THOMAE; [CARVE,THOMAS]

ex-lib.new edition [102 copies printed] 432pp [text in latin] [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (rebind in brown cloth w.leather spine,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's bookplate and gum remains to front pastedown,libr.mark to ffep verso,book catalogue cutting pasted to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled) rare; preface in English w.text in Latin

PUBLISHER: impensis bernardi quaritch london 1859

KEYWORDS: literature thomas carve tipperariensis itinerarium

CASEMENT,ROGER

first edition 26pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (in wrappers w.flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,handwritten titling to spine,dealer's stamp and catalogue entry clipping to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: talbot press dublin 1918

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roger casement ireland

KINGSTON,W.H.G.

first edition 461pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,several owners' inscr.to prelims.,frontis.clipped at top but not affecting the image,owner's stamp and inscr.to title page,content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: nelson london 1880

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kingston