WILLIAMS, REV. DAVID

Small octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front, gilt bands to spine, illus., 305pp+adverts at rear, G+ (front board detached and spine cracked; moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and occasional soiling within, prev. owner's name in ink to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1830

KEYWORDS: history literature science popular philosophy reference preceptor's assistant preceptor rev reverend williams david

KIPLING, RUDYARD & KIPLING, J. LOCKWOOD (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; octavo blue cloth boards, attractive gilt design (snake) to front, gilt lettering and design to spine, gilt edged, illus., 238pp+adverts at rear, VG- (v. sl. cocked, light scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and soiling within, with slight water staining (minor) and light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1895

KEYWORDS: rudyard kipling modern first edition jungle book books india colonial british literature

GASK, LILIAN & POGANY, WILLY (illus.)

Super octavo heavy illus. card boards, with cloth spine with black lettering, illus., 255pp, VG- (sl. cocked, moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to edges and within; prev. owner's details in ink to fep., minor tear to front hinge and small segment missing to rear flyleaf (minor); occasional light soiling; occasional pencil underscoring)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Company 1933

KEYWORDS: willy pogany illustrated childrens literature lilian gask fairy tales

WINTERSON, JEANETTE

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; octavo cloth boards, lettering to spine, 167pp., VG+ (v. sl. tanning and occasional light foxing to edges and within, otherwsie nr. FINE) in d/w (nr. FINE, a touch of foxing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature british jeanette winterson

TOLKIEN, J. R. R.; TOLKIEN, CHRISTOPHER; SIBLEY, BRIAN; & HOWE, JOHN (illus.)

Scarce boxed gift pack, comprising: (1) the book [small octavo grey heavy card boards, black text and decoration, xxxii+443pp+maps at rear, VG+ (light tanning, otherwise nr. FINE)]; (2) CD in grey card sleeve (Christopher Tolkien Reads an Excerpt From the Silmarillion); (3) a postcard (Tanequetil); & (4) another book [The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North, by Brian Sibley & John Howe; illus. light card covers with large folding map, nr. FINE]; all the above in grey card box VG (minor tears to interior, some v. sl. soiling to exterior)

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1999

KEYWORDS: scarce limited tolkien j r silmarillion middle earth art maps history fantasy literature

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

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

CRUMP, BARRY

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 237pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, a touch of foxing here & there) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Barry Crump Associates 1992

KEYWORDS: barry crump new zealand literature modern first edition signed inscribed memoir autobiography hunting deer bush

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