n/a

[first edition] 480pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.gum stains to upper/lower edges and eps,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky and cracked spine) in VG+ d/w (gum stains to upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: wolfe publ.london [1971]

KEYWORDS: history literature music hall theatre drama monologues

MAUROIS,ANDRE

first edition 348pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,spine sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,te blue,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,3cm closed tear to foot of lower hinge)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition andre maurois marcel proust biography literature

BRUNHOFF,LAURENT DE

first uk edition [unpaginated] ills.[col.] VG+ (laminated paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.laminate starting to chip and lift at hinges,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents clean and bright,tight)

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature laurent de brunhoff babar

BAWDEN,NINA

proof copy [unapginated] ills.[col.by pascale allamand] VG+ (in laminated boards,sl.rubbed w.spine v.sl.sunned,'proof copy only' stamp to ffep,minor foxing to prelims.)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature proof copies nina bawden pascale allamand

TRING,A.STEPHEN

first edition 262pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (yellow cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned/foxed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked o/w tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some mod.closed tears)

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature a.stephen tring

HUEFFER,FORD MADOX

first edition 190pp VG (black cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paste action to eps,contents and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1911

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ford madox hueller literature

MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET

[first australian edition] 256pp VG+ (brown cloth, sl stains to fore edges of boards, sl wear to bottom edges, spine sl cocked, sl pasteaction to front and rear eps, owner's inscription to ffep, v. sl foxing to prelims) in VG d/w (spine sl browned w. sl chipping to head, minor wear to t.e. of flap hinges w. sl tear to top one, small hole punched over price details on front flap, interior of jacket sl browned and foxed

PUBLISHER: william heinemann melbourne [printed in australia] 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature maugham w. somerset

MEGGS, BROWN

first edition 339pp VG+ (brown paper boards w. red cloth spine, sl surface loss to upper edge corner of lower board, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl scratching to rear cover, minor closed tear to foot of lower hinge, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [printed in u.s.a.] 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction meggs brown

MARC,ELIZABETH[PRINCESS NUSRAT ALI MIRZA]

[first edition] 259pp ills.[col.plates by charles robinson] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,school prize bookplate to prelim.,some minor foxing to contents but plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd,1927]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition elizabeth marc charles robinson children's literature

PRITCHETT,V.S.

first edition 127pp NF (black cloth,dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett george meredith literature

PRITCHETT,V.S.

first edition 260pp VG+ (purple cloth,sl.soiled and sunned,edges sl.soiled,minor ink mark to p.36,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition v.s.pritchett literature

OSBORNE,JOHN

first edition 285pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,eps sl.foxed,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and creased,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne biography literature

MURRY,JOHN MIDDLETON;HANKIN,C.A.(ED)

first edition 394pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.sunned upper edge,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine and covers unevenly sunned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson auckland 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition john middleton murry katherine mansfield c.a.hankin biography literature

MANSFIELD,KATHERINE;MURRY,JOHN MIDDLETON(ED)

first edition 701pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's notes to rfep,cocked) in G d/w (sl.soiled,3cm loss to foot of spine,several closed tears and chipping w.some minor losses,external tape repairs to spine)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition katherine mansfield john middleton murry biography literature

MILLIGAN, SPIKE

first edition 94pp illus, (b/w, photographs and artwork) VG+ (orange dec. paper boards, spine sl sunned, sl paper seperation to title page gutter but binding secure and tight)

PUBLISHER: m & j hobbs/michael joseph london [1980]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature humour cartoons comedy biography milligan spike

HERNANDEZ, JOSE; GUIRALDES ALBERTO

[limited edition unnumbered, 1 of 2000] 328pp illus, (b/w, drawings by alberto guiraldes w. frontis photograph of author) VG+ (white and brown genuine pigskin hide w. dec illus and titling branded on to front board, edges of boards perforated and woven w. dec. lashing, eps speckled, sl smudging to speckled dec illus on ffep, sl foxing to ffep and frontis reverse sides, sl browning to t.e. of contents and v. sl foxing to other edges) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: editorial pampa buenos aires 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry verse spanish hernandez jose guiraldes alberto

LEWIS,C.DAY

first edition 157pp VG+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry c.day lewis

BOCKRIS,VICTOR

first edition 250pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,minor crease to lower corner of cover,edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean)

PUBLISHER: vermilion london 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition victor bokris william burroughs literature biography

O'FAOLAIN,SEAN

first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sean o'faolain biography literature

ROBERTS,S.C.

first edition 137pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,eps and edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature s.c.roberts sherlock holmes watson conan doyle