Books - "literature"
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Pel and The Butchers' Blades
first edition 237pp FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: constable london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature juliet hebden pel
The Curse of Set-Ra-Kahtep
first edition 220pp ills.[col.] VERY GOOD (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: gerald swan london 1948
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael kendrick
Parasite Planet and Life-Line
Scarce, first edition thus, small octavo, illus stapled wrappers, 48pp,VG- scruffy copy (heavytanning to page edges, moderate rubbing & soiling to wrappers, some fading to wrappers, insect damage to lower edges of covers and prelims, contents heavily foxed, some creasing to upper page corners, some tearing around staples, some closed tears to edges).
PUBLISHER: whitman press sydney [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction weinbaum heinlein
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
[first edition] 140pp+4pp ads.at rear ills.[12 col.by mabel lucie attwell] VERY GOOD- (ill.paper boards w.brown cloth spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's stamp to half-title,some sl.soiling to contents,some plates detached but all present,plate of thumbelina missing upper corner incl.small piece of plate,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: raphael tuck london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mabel lucie attwell hans andersen
Idylls of the King
[first edition thus] 216pp ills.[21 col.plates by brickdale] VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.stamped dec.to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates are clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts tennyson brickdale
Auto da Fay
first australian edition signed by author 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (green cloth,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: flamingo harpercollins [printed in australia] 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography fay weldon signed
World Without End
first australian edition signed by author 1111pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's sign.to title page,content edges v.sl.soiled) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: macmillan london [printed in australia] 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ken follett signed
The Little Horse Bus
first edition thus 48pp ills.[col.by ardizzone] VERY GOOD+ (in ill.boards that have been laminated w.adhesive clear plastic,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature graham greene edward ardizzone
Delta Search Quest for Tomorrow
first edition 247pp NEAR FINE (blue paper boards,content edges sl.foxed) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: harperprism harpercollins new york 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william shatner
Beyond the Stars Quest for Tomorrow
223pp FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: harperprism harpercollins new york 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william shatner
The Little Savage
reprint 440pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (brown cloth w.black/green dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,spine cracked) scarce
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1889
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature captain marryat
Bearings
first edition 64pp octavo hardcover VG+ (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry vincent o'sullivan new zealand
Chekhov and his Russia
first edition 233pp VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1947
KEYWORDS: history literature russia chekhov bruford
Poems From China
first edition thus 241pp VERY GOOD+ (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: creation books hong kong 1950
KEYWORDS: china history poetry literature wong man
Mark Twain's Nightmare / Eye Openers / [bound with Artemus Ward - 3 titles bound as 1]
2 scarce Twain titles bound together with a third title by an anonymous author 167+173+168pp+several publ.ads.ills.[b/w] POOR (brown cloth w.handwritten paper title label to spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,ads.to eps,original card front cover bound-in at front,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked w.some sections loosening and fore-edges chipped) 2x scarce Twain titles - tired copy
PUBLISHER: ward lock london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mark twain
Demolition Angel
first edition proof copy 632pp VERY GOOD+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.soiled,publisher's label to title page)
PUBLISHER: orion london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies robert crais
Akiko on the Planet Smoo
first edition 162pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: delacorte press new york 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mark crilley
The Nubbler
first edition 123pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,contents wrinkled from water damage but still very tidy) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: orion london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature pam ayres
The World According to Mimi Smartypants
first edition 233pp FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography mimi smartypants
Rabbit, Run
first edition 307pp VERY GOOD+ (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john updike