WILLS, C. J.

Sm octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 446pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, moderate staining to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to front board,moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1893

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration modern Persia history culture customs history

GRAHAM, ROBERT KLARK & BURT, Professor Sir CYRIL (Intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate highlighting to text throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss to base of spine, light to moderate staining & discolouration to spine & coevrs)

PUBLISHER: The Christopher Publishing House 1970

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Robert Klark Graham anthropology antiquity

BARRY, CAPTAIN & BRACKEN, THOMAS (Intro)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 210pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy scuffing & chipping with some loss to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters- terminals & prelims up to pg 6 completely detached but present, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, boards shaky)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand exploration travel literature colonies adventure Captain William Jackson Barry history

RIMBAUD, ARTHUR & HILL, BRIAN (Trans & Intro)

Octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 87pp, VG- (heavy soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, light foxing to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: poems poetry collection Arthur Rimbaud verse literature

YUTANG, LIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 245pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & intials to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & staining to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lin Yutang

RENNIE, GORDON & OLIMPIERI, ANDREA (Artwork)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Titan Comics 2016

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fiction literature Gordon Rennie

CARD, ORSON SCOTT

FIRST EDITION THUS, SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 357pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to pages, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Century Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first editions thus scifi science fiction literature novels Orson Scott Card

BESANT, ANNIE

Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (heavy creasing, scuffing & tanning to spine & cover edges- sl loss to spine extrems, light foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep with rough attempts to erase, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Theosophical Publishing House 1922

KEYWORDS: theosophy religion H P Blavatsky philosophy literature

BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, vol 1- xvi + 456pp, vol 2- vi + 471pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spines, moderate soiling to rear board of vol 1, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1914

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Wilfrid Scawen Blunt collection

ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES

Octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to yellow buckram spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, 223pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to spine, moderate tanning to boards & page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional pencil underlining & markings throughout, sm but unusual tanned patches to pgs 216 & 217)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker 1926

KEYWORDS: literary appreciation criticism study poetry poems verse literature

ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to yellow buckram spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, 115pp, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to boards & page edges & eps, remnants of prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays art theory criticism

ADCOCK, FLEUR

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 558pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature New Zealand writers poets Fleur Adcock collection

CARTER, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, A SMALL AMOUNT OF PENCIL ANNOTATION IN THE HAND OF ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, x + 421pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges, aforementioned pencil annotations- some to illus) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Paul Carter

SMITH, WILBUR

BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO TITLE PAGE SIGNED BY AUTHOR; FIRST EDITION; super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1995

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SMITH, WILBUR

SIGNED super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2003

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SMITH, WILBUR

SIGNED super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2001

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SPARK, MURIEL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Constable 1990

KEYWORDS: muriel spark first edition scotland scottish fiction literature

WAUGH, EVELYN & BOYLE, STUART (illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1949

KEYWORDS: evelyn waugh stuary boyle literature britain british england english fiction

BURNSIDE, JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2008

KEYWORDS: first edition john burnside fiction scottish scotland literature

LYNCH, JIM

FIRST EDITION; super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition jim lynch fiction literature america american