MAHY, MARGARET & CHAMBERLAIN, MARGARET (illus)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: J. M Dent & Sons Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: childrens literature illustrated fantasy

JARRELL, RANDALL & SENDAK, MAURICE (illus)

FIRST UK EDITION, ex library, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1977

KEYWORDS: childrens literature illustrated poetry fantasy

CONRAD, JOSEPH

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 cost

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: two stories literature voyage revolution human spirit

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM & FIELD, Capt. CYRIL (Illus) & CROWTHER, T. S. C. (Illus)

Octavo, green buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine & front board, black & red military illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 330pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy scuffing & moderate bruising to board corners, moderate chafing to spine & boards with sl surface loss, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Tower Publishing Company 1895 (?)

KEYWORDS: invasion literature science fiction illustrated

MCDONALD, IAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, 359pp, VG+ (light creasing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pyr/Prometheus Books 2010

KEYWORDS: science fiction fantasy literature modern first edition

LATTIMORE, ELEANOR FRANCES

Octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Museum Press Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: childrens literature China adventure culture Little Pear

BLEXBOLEX

Super octavo hardcover (near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Gecko Press 2018

KEYWORDS: picture-book childrens illustrated art pictorial childrens literature

BURNS, ROBERT & DONALDSON, DESMOND (Intro & Notes)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 44pp + 103pp, illus, VG- (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, 3x moderate gouges to front board with some dubious attempts at repair, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, e-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w.VG- (in clear contact covering, heavy creasing & tearing to bottom cover edge with sturdy repairs by tape & clear contact covering, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: EP Publishing Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: Robbie Robert Burns literature Glenriddell manuscripts poetry prose poems Scotland Scottish

MELVILLE, HERMAN

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, xxxvi + 389pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration & staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, owners' names in pencil to front eps, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1923

KEYWORDS: travel literature modern first edition thus exploration

JONES, LLOYD

FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (Near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Dial Press 2007

KEYWORDS: literature lloyd jones

GATTIS, RYAN

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Picador 2015

KEYWORDS: Literature Ryan Gattis LA Los Angeles riots modern first edition

AUSTER, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2003

KEYWORDS: Paul Auster collected prose essays collection literature modern first edition

PETROWSKAJA, KATJA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: 4th Estate 2018

KEYWORDS: literature katja petrowskaja modern first edition

GLADSTONE, WAYNE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, hardcover (Near FINE) 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature wayne gladstone

MEN OF THE NEW ZEALND DIVISION

Ex-library, bound in library brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiii + 145pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, binding very tight with heavy 7cm crack to front gutter, pg missing with heavy remnats of paper to verso frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1918

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated humour ww1 first world war one literature

ALIGHIERI, DANTE & DORE, M. GUSTAVE (Illus) & CARY, Rev. HENRY FRANCIS (Trans)

COMPLETE AND WORTHY OF RESTORATION! Folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black ink decoration to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 337pp, illus/plates, tatty (extremely heavy scuffing to spine & boards/extrems with heavy surface loss, boards v shaky, very heavy cracking to gutters, fep completely loose but present, moderate foxing & light creasing to pages throughout) please ask for photos, it's definitely a do-er upper but absolutely more beautiful & charming than it sounds in the description!

PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin n/d (circa 19th century)

KEYWORDS: literature Dante Alighieri Gustave Dore illustrated verse Inferno purgatory paradise

N/A

ISSUES 1-105 BOUND IN 10 VOLUMES, 1-6 HAVE FRENCH TEXT WITH THE REST IN ENGLISH, large quarto binders, maroon cloth boards, white lettering to spine of binders, illus publications, varying degrees of condition- mostly VG- to VG (usual tanning & creasing to pages & covers for previously highly treasured magazines/publications, moderate scuffing & wear to spines/staples where attached to binders) binders VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate foxing & staining/tanning to pastedowns) HEAVY SET.

PUBLISHER: Grand Prix Publications Ltd circa 1979-1984

KEYWORDS: sport motor cars racing Grand Prix International magazines literature illustrated

GRANT, D. & HARDY, C & OSWICK, C. & PUTNAM, L. (Eds)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR CLIFF OSWICK, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, whit lettering to spine, xviii + 429pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine/board extrems, light underlining & annotation in pencil to text)

PUBLISHER: SAGE Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: organizational organisational discourse methodology research theory literature signed

AGAMBEN, GIORGIO

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine, 199pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light underlining in ink to text sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Christian Bourgeois Editeur 1997

KEYWORDS: text in French literature

McDONALD, DONALD ET AL & BARR, DONALD (Ed)

ALL PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, fairy illus in black to front board, frontispiece, 87pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, ligth foxing to page egdes, moderate tanning to eps, 11cm closed tear to fep at gutter, frontis completely detached but present, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated fantasy fairies fairy