HOBON, RUSSELL & BLAKE, QUENTIN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, illus titlepage, frontispiece, unpaginated, VG (heavy scuffing and wear to edges of boards and spine, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate foxing to boards, mild tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (heavy foxing to faces, moderate scratching and soiling to faces, heavy curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illus childrens literature

WRIGHT, RONALD

Octavo, softcover (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: Anchor 1997

KEYWORDS: modern literature time travel love story

WILLIAMS, SEAN

Super octavo, softcover (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: Harper Collins Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: modern literature fantasy magic romance

GORDIMER, NADINE

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: Jonathan Cape 1972

KEYWORDS: modern literature Africa drama

CUSSLER, CLIVE & FARNSWORTH, BILL (illust)

Small 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Philomel Books 2006

KEYWORDS: childrens adventure modern literature children child kids illustrated drawings

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: modern literature sci fi

NEWTON, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2010

KEYWORDS: modern literature adventure arabia

FARMER, NANCY

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: Richard Jackson Book 2007

KEYWORDS: modern literature fantasy magic

DULAC, EDMUND

Quarto illus. paper covered cloth boards (lady with parasol & book), illus. eps. (line drawing of musician with baroque stinged instrument), illus., VG- (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards with sl. surface loss, light tanning and occasional foxing within, author & title written untidily to spine by prev. owner)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. 1908

KEYWORDS: edmund dulac literature classic childrens illustration art book verse humorous light illustrated

PHILLIPS, COLES & CRAWFORD, E. STETSON (illus.)

Quarto red leather boards, gilt lettering and blind stamp decoration to front, blind stamp lettering to spine, illus. (charmingly), VG (light scuffing and rubbing to boards, light soiling (a touch of water damage to prelims., v. minor) and foxing within (plates being mostly clean))

PUBLISHER: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1912

KEYWORDS: bright young things coles phillips verse poetry literature american america 20th twentieth century art nouveau e stetson crawford women fashion

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: richard brautigan usa us american literature modern first edition counter culture counterculture

CONRAD, JOSEPH

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE (ex-library; Colonial Edition, the earliest produced, with the following points present: p. 26 line 31: this for their / p. 110 line 12: absolution for ablution / p. 129 9 missing / p. 356 line 26: hate for fate); octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 391pp, VG- (cocked, heavy rubbing and scuffing to boards, library number to spine and stamps within, front hinge cracked with prev. owner's tape repairs, prev. owner's name in coloured pencil to half title, moderate tanning foxing and soiling within - overall, scruffy)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: modern first edition joseph conrad british polish literature sea maritime colonialism colonial edition indonesia indonesian

GOLDEN, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCED READING COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 394pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature japan geisha advanced reading copy

BANKS, RUSSELL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (ADVANCED READING COPY); super octavo white illus. light card covers, 758pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: HarperFlamingo / Harper Collins 1998

KEYWORDS: russell banks signed modern first edition literature advanced reading copy

WELSH, IRVINE

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 419pp, VG+ (sl. tanning within, a touch of soiling to edges, sl. scuffing to covers, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2018

KEYWORDS: ian banks scottish literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy

O'FAOLAIN, SEAN

FIRST EDITION; this vol. only; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Constable 1980

KEYWORDS: irish literature modern first edition short stories story collected sean o'faolain

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; IRVING, HENRY & MARSHALL, FRANK A. (ed's); & BROWNE, GORDON (illus.)

8x VOLUME SET, HEAVY; small quarto olive cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus., VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing, with heavy surface loss and scuffing to spines of some volumes; light tanning foxing and soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son [n/d]

KEYWORDS: william shakespeare english poetry drama theatre literature elizabethan henry irving

AMIS, MARTIN

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo red light card covers, black lettering to front, 127pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1987

KEYWORDS: british english literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy story short stories signed martin amis

BENATAR, STEPHEN

Signed and dated by author, octavo softcover (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: Welbeck 1996

KEYWORDS: Literature

DAWSON, FIELDING

Octavo softcover (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: Black Sparrow 1977

KEYWORDS: Literature