GOODY, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, vii + 293pp, VG+ (light curling & creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1997

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RICE, THOMAS JACKSON

FIRST EDITION, VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiii + 484pp, VG+ (v minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges & boards)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1983

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DREW, PHILIP

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 106pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing & soiling to spine & boards)

PUBLISHER: Harvester Wheatsheaf 1990

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CHING, RAY (Paintings) & WOLFE, RICHARD (Intro)

Oblong super octavo, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 227pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges - internally near fine) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & discolouration & light soiling - no creasing or curling) All in all, a very charming & tidy copy!

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

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JAMES, CLIVE & DAVIES, RUSSELL (Illus)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 80pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & chafing to spine & covers with some light surface loss, moderate fading & light foxing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1976

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BRYANT, HALLMAN BELL

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 206pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1986

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STEELE, ELIZABETH

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 364pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1983

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TENNANT, KYLIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, VG (moderate bruising to board extems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, sm ink line to pg138, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947

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SEFI, E.

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, red lettering to title plate on front board, iridescent patterned eps, 36pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate paper residue to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional heavy cracking to gutters throughout, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Rowley and Rowley 1931

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GREENE, GRAHAM

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy) ; 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 Bodley Head 1969

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SHTEYNGART, GARY

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: Granta 2010

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TOMPKINS, DOROTHY CAMPBELL (Compiled by)

SCARCE! TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 217pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: University of California Berkeley 1959

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ATWOOD, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & pink lettering to spine, xx + 474pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover extrems with sm stain to lower corner of front cover, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges, occasional folding to page top corner)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2022

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MAHY, MARGARET

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2005

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STEPHENS, JOHN & McCALLUM, ROBYN

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PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1998

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HOLT, MOLLY JILL

UNPUBLISHED THESIS, lg quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, v + 368pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & board edges, spine cocked, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, bindery adhesive label to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland (Thesis) 2000

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CUSHING, HARVEY

LIMITED TO 800 COPIES, tidy ex-library, imperial octavo, quarter leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, teg, frontispiece, xxxviii + 229pp, illus, VG (heavy scuffing to spine with some surface loss, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, moderate soiling to boards & page edges, minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Schuman's 1943

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HENSTRA, SARAH

Octavo softcover with French flaps (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 Cat 2018

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WHARTON, EDITH & FRENCH, MARILYN (afterw.)

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PUBLISHER: Virago 1995

KEYWORDS: american literature

DI MICHELE, MARY

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PUBLISHER: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster 2005

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