DUNCAN, DOUGLAS

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 252pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional markings & annotations in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Ben Johnson literature literary criticism Lucianus Samosatensis satire influence history

SINGH, MOHINDER & PANDYA, J. F. & RANGANATHAN, SR (Fore)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 270pp, VG (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, light tape staining to eps, moderate scuff to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing, chipping & staining to edges, light tanning to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Metropolitan Book Co 1967

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature India government publications

BYRON, LORD & MOORE, THOMAS

17 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt rule to leather of boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontis & illus title pages to all vols, occasional illus & folding letter, various pagination, VG (moderate scuffing to boards & extrems, light to moderae scuffing to spines, 2cm cracks to top hinges of vol 13, age appropriate tanning to page egdes, light tanning & foxing to prelims, some occasional pencil markings to margins throughout vols, moderate bend/bruise to front board of vol 14, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges of most vols)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1833-1834

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron works literature letters journals literary old antique sets Thomas Moore poetry

MISS POWER (Ed) & HEATH, FREDERICK A. (Engraving Superintendence)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp lettering & decoration to rear board, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, vi + 272pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, heavy superficial cracking to hinges- boards still sound, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, page to prelims potentially removed, moderate foxing to prelims, some minor foxing to plates)

PUBLISHER: David Bogue 1854

KEYWORDS: first edition keepsake 1854 keepsakes literature collection

DE FOMBELLE, TIMOTHEE & ARDIZZONE, SARAH (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, 457pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light foxing & soiling to board edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Timothee de Fombelle

KITTREDGE, CAITLIN

SIGNED FIRST EDITION, NUMBERED (#220/250), octavo, brown heavy faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, textured eps, 143pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl chafing, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novellas fiction Caitlin Kittredge supernatural horror

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF NZ POET MICHAEL JACKSON, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 212pp, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to front board, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (sl creasing & tanning to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors Janet Frame literature fiction novels

THWAITE, ANN & ROWE, GAVIN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 139pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to board edges, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light foxing & chipping to edges, light tanning to covers & flap edges, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books/Pied Piper 1978

KEYWORDS: signed modern first edition children's literature fiction novels Ann Thwaite

GLANCY, RUTH F.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxiii + 610pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary Charles Dickens Christmas stories works Garland referecne library humanities

BILLETTA, RUDOLF

TEXT IN GERMAN, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green light card covers, green lettering to spine & front cover, xxx + 727pp, VG (minimal library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading & soiling to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975

KEYWORDS: text in German bibliography Bibliographies Carl Sternheim literature

RESNICK, MIKE

LIMITED NUMBERED (#628/1000) SIGNED FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige cloth boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered edition modern first edition Mike Resnick scifi science fiction short stories collection literature

WILLIAMS, WALTER JON

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED (#378/500) SIGNED, octavo, black cloth boards, lilac gilt lettering to spine, 119pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited numbered signed Walter Jon Williams scifi science fiction literature

MALOUF, DAVID

ONE OF ONE HUNDRED NUMBERED SIGNED COPIES (#70), FURTHER INSCRIBED DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TERRY STURM ON TITLE PAGE, quarto, grey light card covers, black lettering & illus tipped onto front cover, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, major ungluing of pages within but all pages & contents are present, tidy & clean)

PUBLISHER: Prism 1976

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse David Malouf literature signed numbered collection anthology

PICKARD, WILLIAM LEONARD

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 652pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, ffep detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Sub Rosa Press 2016

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature prose

ADAMS, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, pink lettering to spine, 88pp, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2017

KEYWORDS: first edition signed New Zealand Aotearoa poets writers poetry verse poems collection John Adams literature

GIBSON, ALEXANDER CRAIG

LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (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: G & T Coward 1891

KEYWORDS: literature literary humour humor Cumberland north England collection

IDRIESS, ION L.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) , some cracking to gutters; 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: Angus and Robertson 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition Ion L Idriess literature Australia Australian wet season Derby

SINCLAIR, IAIN et al & RIVER, MICHAEL (Ed)

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: Pulp Faction 1997

KEYWORDS: literature fiction collection anthology pulp

NADEAU, MAURICE

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: Methuen & Co/Evergreen Edition 1969

KEYWORDS: French literature novels literary criticism history post-war

KERR, WALTER

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: Simon and Schuster 1967

KEYWORDS: drama criticism plays theatre theater literature literary Walter Kerr first edition