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$15.50
10502at19

The Cave by the Sea


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

$83.66
man10502fh28

The Critical Attitude


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

$18.59
20502bm106

The War Train


a novel of 1916

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

$77.46
man16502em13

Doris and David


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

$12.39
25502vp33

George Meredith and English Comedy


the clark lectures for 1969

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

$12.39
25502vp36

The Living Novel


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

$17.50
28502jo23

A Better Class of Person


an autobiography 1929-1956

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

$15.50
23502jm3

The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield


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

$20.00
23502km25

Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922


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

$15.00
6602sm101

Get In the Q Annual


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

$40.28
man12602jh100

The Gaucho Martin Fierro


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

$12.39
1602cl21

The Poetic Image


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

$15.50
18602vb12

With William Burroughs


a report from the bunker

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

$30.98
20602so7

Vive Moi!


an autobiography

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

$12.39
21602sr11

Holmes & Watson


a miscellany

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

$18.59
21602rp12

Still By Choice


PITTER,RUTH

first edition 35pp VG+ (grey cloth,boards and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,4x3cm loss to head of cover,chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cresset press london 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ruth pitter poetry literature

$12.39
24602rn36

Once Upon Three Times


three stories

NYE,ROBERT

first edition 86pp ills.[b/w by shelley freshman] NF (green cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert nye children's literature shelley freshman

$34.09
17602cl100

Tales from Shakespeare


LAMB, CHARLES; LAMB, MARY; MULLINER, MAY

[first edition thus] 242pp illus, (col and b/w artwork by may mulliner, incl col frontispiece, tipped in) VG (blue paper boards w. school gilt motif stamp to front board as given for presentation and white paper board spine, sl paper seperation to head and foot of upper hinge, detaching sl at head, front board sl shaky but securely attached, mod wear to corners of boards exposing texture of boards, spine sl cocked and cracked, sl soiling and stains to boards w. mod browning to spine, residue of presentation plate to front pastedown w. mod pasteaction to front and rear eps, sl foxing to prelims and edges of contents, sl foxing to some pages of contents, illus tipped in all w. tissue guards present, one illus page sl detached but holding at upper edge) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: robert scott london 1915

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature shakespeare english drama fiction short stories lamb charles lamb mary mulliner may

$43.38
man19602ej101

Jill's Magic Island


and other stories

JELF, ERNEST ARTHUR

first edition 177pp illus, (b/w photography incl frontis) VG (brown cloth boards w. green cloth spine, sl chipping to head and foot of spine w. mod split to upper edge of lower hinge though attached at head and holding, sl soiling and marks to boards inc sl pen marks to rear board, small pen marking to ffep, internal paper seperation to reverse of rear fep gutter and detaching at head and foot, sl wobbly but stitching and webbing holding firm) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1934

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature childrens stories acting costume fables fairy tales ballet jelf ernest arthur

$30.98
20602ab101

Houndsditch Day By Day


BINSTEAD, ARTHUR M.; PITCHER

[first edition] 200pp +ads VG (red cloth w. gilt, black and red dec stamp and black titling, sl rubbed and soiled w sl scuffing along part of fore edge of front board, spine sl browned and stained w. sl fading to other boards, spine sl cocked and cracked, internal paper seperation to ffep gutter w. binding firm and webbing secure, ffep detaching sl at lower edge, pencil owners inscription to head of leaf, sl foxing to prelims, sl to top corner of rear fep, edges of contents browned w. fore edge untrimmed)

PUBLISHER: sands & company london 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature popular novels history journalism pitcher binstead, arthur m

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