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$125.00
1w12a/32

The Golden Dawn: An Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremoniesof the Order of the Golden Dawn (Revised and Enlarged, Volumes One & Two)


REGARDIE, ISRAEL

FOURTH EDITION, REVISED & ENLARGED, super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, 368pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & light bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's sm name label to front pastedown, adhesive repairs to some rear pages at spine)

PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: occult occultism esoteric hermetic order golden dawn magic magick Israel Regardie literature rituals

$45.00
1w12a/36

Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen


HORROCKS, DYLAN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH COLOUR PENCIL SKETCHES BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 221pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: graphic novel literature Dylan Horrocks cartoon signed new zealand

$45.00
1w35a/5

The Longer Prose Work of Walter Savage Landor


LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE & CRUMP, CHARLES G. (Ed, Notes & Index)

2 VOLUME SET, VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spines, gilt motif to front boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guards, vol 1- viii + 410pp, vol 2- 357pp, VG (usual but minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Co 1892 (vol 1) & 1893 (vol 2)

KEYWORDS: Walter Savage Landor prose literature collection anthology

$40.00
1w35a/8

Ici Meme


FOREST & TARDI & DELOBEL, A. (Lettering)

TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, illus glossy card covers, red & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 198pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light creasing to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light underlining to text in pencil- unobtrusive, moderate cracking to some gutters, light tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Casterman 1979

KEYWORDS: literature text in French graphic novels Forest Tardi cartoons

$9.00
xxfvf171748

Asking For It


O'NIELL, LOUISE

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: Quercus 2015

KEYWORDS: literature feminist feminism women's rights womens victim blaming party partying sexual consent

$10.00
xxrdd171771

The Perfume Lover


BEAULIEU, DENYSE

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: Collins 2012

KEYWORDS: perfume love romance literature paris

$8.50
xxsta12414

The Tin-Kin


THOM, ELEANOR

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: Duckworth Overlook

KEYWORDS: literature scotland family secrets traveller community

$65.00
1w35a/16

Alms for Oblivion


MALIFA, FATA SANO

FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 258pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed New Zealand Western Samoa pacific pasifika literature

$40.00
1w39a/2

A Spaniard in the Works


LENNON, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 93pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature pop culture John Lennon poems poetry collection prose fiction

$45.00
1w39a/27

Billy Bunter's Bolt


RICHARDS, FRANK & CHAPMAN, C. H. (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light staining to base of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling/smudge to terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light archival tape repair attempts to spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction Billy Bunter

$75.00
1w39a/31

A Free House! or The Artist as Craftsman


SICKERT, WALTER RICHARD & SITWELL, OSBERT (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, liv + 362pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: Jack the Ripper ripperology art reflections post impressionism literature Walter Richard Sickert

$10.00
xxrdf171760

Prague Spring


MAWER, SIMON

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Abacus 2018

KEYWORDS: literature prague communism the red army hitchikers spy novel

$14.00
xxrdg171771

Microserfs


COUPLAND, DOUGLAS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Flamingo 1995

KEYWORDS: microserfs literature satire social commentary contemporary

$10.00
xxrec171807

The Strength to Dream


WILSON, COLIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Abacus 1982

KEYWORDS: literary analysis modern literature theory

$45.00
1w44a/9

Sobranie Sochinenk (Collected Works)


LERMONTOV, MIKHAIL

TEXT IN RUSSIAN, 4 VOLUME SET, octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering & black line to spines & front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, 541-646pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Mockba 1975-76

KEYWORDS: text in Russian literature collection anthology Mikhail Lermontov

$40.00
1w44a/11

The Wireless World (28 issues)


N/A

28 ISSUES, MOSTLY FROM 1938- WITH ISSUES FROM JAN 1938-DEC 1941 NON-CONSECUTIVE RUN, quarto & imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, mixed pagination to each, illus/photos, VG-/scruffy (heavy rust staining to staples & spines, heavy tearing at spine to most vols, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Wireless World 1938-1941

KEYWORDS: wireless world literature publications magazines history communication radio television

$95.00
1w44a/12

T'ao the Hermit: Sixty Poems by T'ao Ch'ien (365-427)


CH'IEN, T'AO & ACKER, WILLIAM (Trans, Intro & Annotated)

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 157pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & extrems/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (price clipped, heavy chipping & creasing to spine & edges, moderate staining & foxing to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1952

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection anthology ancient Chinese China T'ao Ch'ien philosophy

$255.00
1w44a/19

Looking Backward (2000-1887) or, Life in the Year 2000 A.D.


BELLAMY, EDWARD

No. 1A THE BELLAMY LIBRARY WITH INDEX & EXTRA CHAPTER, FIRST EDITION THUS, OCCASIONAL LIGHT HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 123pp + iv index to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light creasing/bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light highlighting to text throughout- fairly unobtrusive, light creasing to pgs 34-35)

PUBLISHER: William Reeves n/d c.1887

KEYWORDS: Edward Bellamy society culture future futuristic speculation philosophy literature premonition dystopia dystopian first edition thus

$55.00
1w44a/20

Strange Dislocations: Childhood and the Idea of Human Interiority 1780-1930


STEEDMAN, CAROL

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 254pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: childhood children literature Goethe history psychology social cultural

$10.00
xxreg171746

The Islanders' Strange Holiday


KNOWLES, GAYE & CANEY (illus.)

octavo hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w ; 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: The Brockhampton Press 1950

KEYWORDS: literature children youth childrens

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