WINTER, JOHN STRANGE

FIRST EDITION, octavo turquoise boards with gilt lettering and charming gilt illus. to front & spine; illus., advets at front+304pp+adverts at rear, VG (minor crack within to front hinge, sl. scuffing to boards; light tanning and light to moderate foxing to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co. 1899

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition john strange winter

WYNN-WILLIAMS, F. & DENTICE, G. K. (illus.)

SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, square octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, heavy textured paper, 63pp., illus. VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, sl. foxing to boards edges and within, many pages uncut)

PUBLISHER: Griffin Press 1961 (printed at the Pilgrim Press)

KEYWORDS: ronold holloway letterpress handpress press hand letter artisinal pilgrim griffin new zealand maori literature f wynn wynn-williams williams lithography g k dentice

MARCO, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 660pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, small tear (minor) to half title, moderate soiling to edges and occasional light soiling within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and light soiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Orion 1999

KEYWORDS: john marco modern first edition jackal tyrants kings epic fantasy literature

CAIDIN, MARTIN

FIRST UK EDTION, octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 378pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and foxing) in d/w VG (removable plastic cover, light scuffing soiling and foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: martin caidin modern first edition literature space astronauts science fiction sci-fi

BROWN, MICHAEL & TAIT, MAT (illus.)

Quarto blue illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 156pp., nr. FINE (v. sl. scuffing to corners)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2015

KEYWORDS: new zealand folklore folk tales comic legends legend literature graphic novel comics

SACRE, MARIE-JOSE (illus.); MARTIN, RODNEY; & STRNAD, JINDRA

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, uncommon; quarto illus, heavy card boards, illus., VG+ (light soiling to boards and within, minor)

PUBLISHER: Keystone Picture Books / Era Publications1984

KEYWORDS: childrens literature picture book modern first edition marie-jose marie jose sacre jindra strnad dragon shy dragons

ST AUBYN, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 864pp., VG+ (light tanning and sl. creasing to spine) in d/w VG+ (sl. soiling fading & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Picador 2014

KEYWORDS: edward st aubyn british literature patrick melrose modern first edition never mind bad news some hope mother's milk at last

COUNT POTOCKI OF MONTALK

Numbered, limited pirated first edition; textured heavy cream boards with black lettering, grey cloth with black lettering to spine, 36pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Shack Press 1972

KEYWORDS: polish poland literature powys violet powsyology count potocki montalk new zealand modern first edition limited

MARSHALL, OWEN

FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 115pp, VG+ (light tanning and occasional light foxing) in d/w VG (heavy fading to spine, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern short stories owen marshall first edition

LICHTHEIM, MIRIAM

3x volume set; octavo illus. light card covers, vol. 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms xxi+245pp / vol. 2: The New Kingdom xiv+239pp / vol. 3: The Late Period, xiv+228pp, all VG (light creasing to covers, light tanning, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1975 / 1976 / 1980

KEYWORDS: ancient egypt egyptian literature egyptology hieroglyphics hieroglyphs middle old new kingdom kingdoms late period history

GREENE, GRAHAM

6x vol. set; octavo blue cloth boards with black lettering, black & yellow illus., comprising Stamboul Train, A Gun For Sale, The Confidential Agent, The Ministry of Fear, The Third Man and Our Man in Havanna, all illus., all nr. FINE (a touch of sl. fading to spines and sl. scuffing) in slipcase nr. FINE (some sl. soiling within, and light scuffing to exterior, both minor)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1996

KEYWORDS: graham greene folio society literature entertainments crime espionage thriller

LEWIS, WYNDHAM

FIRST EDITION, square super octavo green cloth boards, 379pp., illus,, VG (light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Laidlaw & Laidlaw 1939

KEYWORDS: wyndham lewis modern first edition british art painting literature blast vorticist movemement vorticism modernism

ADAMS, DANIEL ET AL. [D. C. THOMAS & CO.]

Large quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus. eps., illus., 352pp, nr. FINE (sl. tanning to edges) in d/w nr. FINE (sl. scuffing)

PUBLISHER: D. C. Thomas & Co. / Waverley Books 2008

KEYWORDS: the beano history comics childrens literature comic british dennis the menace bash street kids

DICK, PHILIP K. & TIPTREE JR., JAMES (intro.)

FIRST EDITION THUS; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+380pp., VG+ (tidy ex-library: the ONLY marking is a stamp to the fep; other flaw are small pen markings to the contents, otherwise very tidy: light tanning to pages) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and creasing, a touch of fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1990

KEYWORDS: collected stories of philip k dick hardcover science fiction american literature sci fi modern first editon

MACANSH, ALEXANDER

Octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 294pp, VG (light to moderate tanning and foxing within, prev. seller's stamps to front pastedown, light scuffing to boards

PUBLISHER: William Clark 1866

KEYWORDS: scottish anthology essays lectures poetry literature working

AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR [HASEK, JAROSLAV]

Reprinted from an illegal pamphlet in occupied Czechoslovakia; small octavo black red & white illus. light card stapled wrappers (Svejk's mug with a city skyline with Nazi flag), 32pp, G+ (covers detached with moderate scuffing and chipping, moderate tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: The Czechoslovak n/d c. 1940's

KEYWORDS: good soldier svejk czech literature scarce world war one first great ww1 1 military comedy humour satire czechoslovakia

DOBSON, AUSTIN & THOMSON, HUGH (illus.)

Octavo maroon cloth boards, charming gilt decoration & lettering to front, 89pp., VG- (frontispiece loose, light scuffing to boards, light tanning within, occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892

KEYWORDS: beau brocade poetry literature hugh thomson austin dobson

HOOD, THOMAS

Slim octavo heavy card illus. boards, maroon leather with gilt lettering to spine, gilt edged, illus., xvi+174pp., VG+ (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Charles Tilt 1833

KEYWORDS: thomas hood comic annual humour verse light poetry literature anthology

MILNE, A. A. & SHEPARD, ERNEST H. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, square octavo blue cloth boards, gilt border and charming Christopher Robin design to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus., pp., VG (main 'detraction': 12 plates are in colour, but a large proportion of the black & white text decorations have been coloured by a prev. owner - generally, they have done so in a tidy manner; otherwise, light scuffing to boards - light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1932

KEYWORDS: modern first edition thus christopher robin poetry literature childrens a milne winnie the pooh

BURNINGHAM, JOHN; SENDAK, MAURICE (forew.); & ALDERSON, BRIAN (intro.)

FIRST EDITION THUS; quarto illus. white light card laminated covers with French flaps, illus., 223pp., nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Red Fox 2013

KEYWORDS: john burningham art illustration childrens books literature maurice sendak british english