L'AMOUR, LOUIS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1983

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L'AMOUR, LOUIS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1986

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PEACOCKE, ISABEL MAUD (CLUETT, Mrs. G. E. )

SCARCE, D/W, 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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

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CHAMBERS, FRANK P.

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Sidgwick and Jackson 1961

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MONTESQUIEU; STAROBINSKI, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Folio / Gallimard 1973

KEYWORDS: text in french letters lettres literature noblemen

CHARLES, EDWARD

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 2006

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TREW, ANTHONY

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1980

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PETERS, TORREY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, pink gilt lettering to spine, 340pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems & boards, sl tanning & folding to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 2021

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MORRISON, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, (CATALOGUE AT REAR DATED SEPTEMBER 1905), octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled lower page edges, printed eps, viii + 356pp + 40pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling/discolouration to spine & board edges, light to moderate cracking to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership ink stamp to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1905

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IHIMAERA, WITI et al & EASTHER, ELISABETH (Ed)

Octavo, light green heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing soiling)

PUBLISHER: Vintage 2017

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KIOTOENSIA, HUMANIORA

Octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 390pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine & covers, sl curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Kyoto University 2006

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature humanities Humaniora Kiotoensia

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

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SHELLEY, LADY (Ed) [MARY] & SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (Essay)

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, dark blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration & rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 290pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing throughout, light cracking to gutters, prev. binder's sm label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: first edition essay Christianity Percy Bysshe Shelley literature

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