MIDDLETON,O.E.

first edition inscribed by author 108pp VERY GOOD (in paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping to spine,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's inscr.to ffep verso,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: pilgrim press auckland 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition middleton signed

WEINER,LOUISE

first edition proof copy 376pp NEAR FINE (in glossy wrappers,white label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: pocket books london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies louise weiner

BEHAN,BRENDAN

first edition 343pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (mauve cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1958

KEYWORDS: biography history brendan behan borstal literature

FOSTER,GEORGE C.

first edition 222pp VERY GOOD (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature george foster

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition thus 255pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature wodehouse

RICHARDS,FRANK

first edition 245pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by R.J.MacDonald] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: charles skilton london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature frank richards billy bunter

SYMONDS,JOHN

first edition numbered/limited [8/450] signed by author 206pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,author's sign.to numbered colophon at rear,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: pindar press london 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john symonds signed

MYER,VALERIE GROSVENOR

first edition 169pp FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature valerie grosvenor myer

SIMENON,GEORGES

first UK edition 160pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature georges simenon

JACKSON,MICK

first edition proof copy 240pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,owner's inscr.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies mick jackson

EBERHART,MIGNON G.

first edition 256pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and sl.chipping to extrems.,2cm tear to head of lower hinge)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mignon eberhart

RICHARDS,FRANK

first edition 254pp [col.frontis.] VERY GOOD (pale orange cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD- dustwrapper (backed by amateur w.brown paper,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and tears)

PUBLISHER: charles skilton london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature frank richards billy bunter

GINN,NOEL; MILLAR,PAUL [ED.]

first edition signed by author 96pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: steele roberts wellington 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature noel ginn signed new zealand

TERHUNE,ALBERT PAYSON

[first UK edition] 309pp [col.frontis.by Morgan Stinemetz] VERY GOOD- (red cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature terhune

MEDLEY,J.D.G.

first edition inscribed by author 48pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (pale yellow paper boards,sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: melbourne university press melbourne 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry medley signed

BAWDEN,NINA

first edition 191pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.wear to extrems.dealer's stamp to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and osiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and tears)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nina bawden

GILLULY,SHEILA

first edition 314pp NEAR FINE (red cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.internal stain to lower edge)

PUBLISHER: headline london 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sheila gilluly

ELLIS,EDWARD S.

[first edition] 340pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by Stanley Wood] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.red/black/beige dec.stamp to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,90% split to lower hinge,presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ellis

LEWIS,WYNDHAM

reprint 231pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.stains to head/foot of spine,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in POOR dustwrapper (upper third of front cover torn off but present,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several small loss and tears)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1951

KEYWORDS: literature biography arts wyndham lewis

ALFIERI,VITTORIO

4 vols.487/569/548/536pp [text in Italian] [b/w frontis.to vols.1 and 4] VERY GOOD+ (marbled paper boards w.half vellum,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt-on-black title labels to spines,sl.wear to extrems.,2x owners' bookplates to front pastedown and ffep of each vol.,some sl.foxing to margins fo contents) tidy 4 vol.set

PUBLISHER: dalla societa tipografica de classici italiani milano 1818

KEYWORDS: literature history vittorio alfieri opere scelte