MILNE, A. A. & SHEPARD, E. H.

First edition thus, octavo, reddish brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine,illus eps, 243pp, illus, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges, owner's name & address to half-title) in d/w, VG- (light foxing & soiling, creasing to edges, small tears & chips to spine extrems, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first edition AA Milne EH Shepard

CHESTERTON, G.K.

Tiny Octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) in d/w (Nr Fine); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collector's Library 2003

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction

SILLER, VAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hammond, Hammond & Co. 1965

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

KEYES, FRANCES PARKINSON

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

Text in French, paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Gallimard 1971

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

PLAUTUS & NIXON, PAUL (trans)

Text in Latin and English, Tiny 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: drama literature

CAMPBELL, JOHN

Octavo, maroon light card covers with white lettering to spine, 275pp, VG (light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Chapel Hill / University of North Carolina 2005

KEYWORDS: Racine French literature literary criticism

CESARO, INGO & HAFNER, GUIDO & HAFNER, JOHANNES (Illus)

Limited numbered edition (35/200), quarto, black cloth boards, black eps, unpaginated, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges) TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & GERMAN

PUBLISHER: Hafner & Hafner 2010

KEYWORDS: art literature poetry poem

HUNEKER, JAMES

Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 350pp, VG (light tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1906

KEYWORDS: literature short stories

MCQUEEN, CILLA

Inscribed & signed by author, eight-volume set in slipcase, duodecimo, grey light card stapled wrappers with black & red lettering, aprox 31pp per volume, illus, (Nr Fine) in illus slipcase (VG+)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems novellas art

MACLAREN, IAN & HOLE, WILLIAM (Illus)

Limited numbered edition (83/415), quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, 323pp, illus, VG (some fading & staining to spine, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, heavy browning & foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1896

KEYWORDS: Scottish literature fiction

COTTON, FREDERICK

Presentation copy inscribed by author and dated (author's initials only - not signed), first edition, octavo, illus blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, foxhunting scene with rider & hounds to front board, horse head & riding equipment illus to spine, fox head illus to rear board, patterned eps, xv + 279pp, VG- (moderate staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems & board edges & corners, heavy browning to page edges & eps, front & rear hinges loosening, some occasional foxing, annotation to page 6, light creasing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sport foxhunting fox hunting literature

DE LA MARE, WALTER & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (Illus)

First edition, super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 83pp, illus, VG (some bruising to spine head, light browning to page edges & eps, some foxing to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (some browning, several closed teards to edges. bruising, nicks & tears to spine extrems, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Bible stories

BRIDGES, T. C.

Small quarto, heavy card boards with illus & brown lettering to front board, black lettering & illus to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 198pp, illus, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, heavy browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to half-title page, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1916 (contemporary dated inscription)

KEYWORDS: World War One adventure literature

FYLEMAN, ROSE

Oblong quarto, illus beige heavy card boards with red lettering, red cloth spine, frontispiece, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG- (some browning & staining to boards, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: children's literature picture book

KORFF, H. A.

Set of five volumes, imperial octavo, three volumes with cream heavy card boards & cream cloth spines with brown lettering, two volumes with green cloth boards & gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 310pp, xviii + 497pp, xiii + 596pp, xiv + 752pp, 78pp (vols 1 to 5 respectively), VG (some light tanning & fading, browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to feps) TEXT IN GERMAN / HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: Koehler & Amelang 1957-1964

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Johan Wolfgang von Goethe literary criticism German literature

LAWSON, HENRY & MANN, CECIL (Ed)

Three-volume set all first editions, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 458pp, viii + 449pp, xi + 552pp (vols 1 to 3 respectively), VG+ (light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedowns, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG- (some fading to spines, some creasing & nicks to edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Angus & RObertson 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Australian literature short stories

MARIE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA & ATTWELL, MABEL LUCIE (Illus)

First edition, quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering & black illus to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 159pp, illus + 5 colour plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, some soiling to boards, moderate fraying to spine extrems & board corners, heavy foxing to page edges, lacks fep, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown & first page, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some foxing throughout, child's colouring in to almost all b&w illustrations)

PUBLISHER: SW Partridge 1924

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fairy story

THOMAS, CAITLIN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: literature satire humour modern first edition

BENNETT, ARNOLD

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1946

KEYWORDS: literature