RUBINSTEIN, FRANKIE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 372pp, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1995

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PRICE, REYNOLDS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 211pp, VG (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Reynolds Price

SINGERMAN, ROBERT

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xiv + 364pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1975

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N/A

2 VOL SET, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- viii + 324pp, vol 2- viii + 237pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Burt Franklin 1969

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogue literature texts Hon. East-India Company

N/A

Octavo, half leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt rule & raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus full title page, xv + 404pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate discolouration to board edges, heavy tanning to top page edges, light cracking to front gutter, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Raw 1818

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JOHNSON, BEN & HERFORD, C. H. (Ed) & SIMPSON, PERCY and EVELYN (Eds)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 732pp, VG (some pages still uncut, light scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, occasional lcracking to gutters throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, light discolouration to spine & edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1950

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BUECHNER, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, top page edges stained orange, viii + 178pp, VG (usual library markings, light soiling & fading to board edges, sl bruising to spine extrems, light discolouration & foxingto page edges, minor water damage & foxing to front eps, 65mm loss to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, heavy creasing to flap edges, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate sized water stain to internal sides- doesn't show through to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Atheneum 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Frederick Buechner

LITTLE, BENTLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, green gilt lettering to spine, 203pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature short stories collection Bentley Little fiction horror

WARD, THEODORA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus full title page, x + 205pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy creasing to edges of pgs 17-34) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor closed tearing & discreet archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press Harvard University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition Emily Dickinson literary literature biographies memoirs poems poetry criticism

BARCLAY, JANET M.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 162pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Meckler Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: Emily Bronte literary criticism literature bibliography bibliographies

TURNER, ETHEL & JOHNSON, A. J. (Illus)

Octavo, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, 282pp + 6pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing, soiling & creasing to pages sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c. early 1900s)

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Ethel Turner

DUNN, RICHARD J.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 256pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1981

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SATYAPRAKASH (Compiled & Ed)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & tape/adhesive staining to edges, minor closed tearing to lower spine extrem, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Indian Documentation Service (IDS) 1976

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature Gujarat articles research papers notes news book reviews

THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON (Ed)

Super octavo, half red leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, illus full title page, iv + 280pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed present, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems & spine, moderate discolouration to spine, sl tanning to boards, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to front gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing to plates, 2cm closed tear to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1842

KEYWORDS: keepsake 1842 literature collection prose Countess of Blessington

GREG, W. W.

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 496pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate foxing to eps and page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate foxing to covers, light chipping to spine extrems and flap corners, 3cm closed tear to upper spine hinge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare bibliography literature literary textual history

DE FOMBELLE, TIMOTHEE & ARDIZZONE, SARAH (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 429pp, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition fiction novels literature Timothee de Fombelle

AARONOVITCH, BEN

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., octavo, blue heavy boards, bright pink gilt lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction novels literature Ben Aaronovitch fantasy

ESDAILE, ARUNDELL

Super 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: Grafton & Co 1940

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CAMP, KATE

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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors Kate Camp autobiography memoir collection stories anecdotes literature literary

ABBEY, EDWARD

Paperback (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: Ballantine/Random House N/D

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