COSTANZO, JOSEPH F.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 383pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep, usual but minimal library markings) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & chipping to edges with tape reinforcements, light foxing to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Christopher Publishing House 1979

KEYWORDS: religion religious literature literary criticism Hans Kung commentary

MORSE, DAVID

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 391pp, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing & tape residue to board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1989

KEYWORDS: England Engilsh history culture cultural literature literary writings

BENSON, E. F.

THIRD EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, rough-cut page edges, viii + 397pp + 40pp catalogue to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & cracking to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & scuffing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters, somewhat mouldy smell but no mould present, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: historical romance literature ancient Greece Greek

BENNETT, ARNOLD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, top page edges stained blue (faded), deckled page edges, viii + 272pp, VG- (heavy bruising & light scuffing to extrems, light discolouration to spine, heavy scuffing to title plate on spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges- light to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1926

KEYWORDS: first edition Arnold Bennett essays literature collection

TAYLOR, SUSETTE M. (Selected, Intro & Notes) MILLAR, H. R. (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, xvi + 362pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board extrems & edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1894

KEYWORDS: first edition literature humour humor Spain Spanish

FAIRBURN, A. R. D.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine, 68pp, VG (moderate bruising/creasing to lower page corners, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamps to eps- front & rear)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors poets A R D Fairburn literature verse poems first edition

FAIRBURN, A. R. D.

FIRST EDITION (1944), UNCOMMON IN HARDCOVER, duodecimo, red textured heavy boards, red lettering to cream buckram spine, gilt lettering to front board, 61pp, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to boards & edges, moderate tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Progressive Publishing Society 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors A R D Fairburn essays literature prose first edition

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, cream stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, 58pp, VG (usual but minimal library stamps, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges, moderate tanning & staining to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors Frank Sargeson first edition literature

MACHEN, ARTHUR

Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, lower page edges deckled, xiii + 514pp, VG (light bruising & fading to extrems & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, light cracking & foxing to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & loss to edges with archival tape repairs, 2cm loss to centre of spine, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Richards Press 1936

KEYWORDS: literature short stories collection Arthur Machen fiction

GELLER, STEPHEN

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: Harper & Row 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Stephen Geller

KING-HELE, DESMOND

EXTENSIVE UNDERLINING & ANNOTATION IN INK & PENCIL, 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: Macmillan & Co 1964

KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature Shelley poetry poems verse

ROBINSON, TAMMY

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hachette 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy literature fiction novels Tammy Robinson

SYMONS, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, 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: Chapman and Hall 1918

KEYWORDS: first edition literature Arthur Symons

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL

Sm octavo hardcover (VG-) heavy crack to rear gutter; 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: J. M. Dent & Sons N/D

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Israel Zangwill

McNAUGHT, D.

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: Maclehouse, Jackson & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: literary biography criticism Robert Burns literature

WARD, ARTEMUS & TWAIN, MARK

EX-LIBRARY, 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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Punch humour humor comedy literature

ELLIS, HAVELOCK

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: Constable and Company 1933

KEYWORDS: Havelock Ellis literature philosophy

WRIGHT, DAVID G.

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: Gill and Macmillan 1991

KEYWORDS: Irish literature literary criticism James Joyce Ulysses

SYMONS, A. J. A. & SYMONS, JULIAN (Intro)

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: Cassell & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: biographies literature A J A Symons

WILLIAMSON, JACK

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: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels science fiction scifi Jack Williamson