MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros and Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors modern first edition Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers detective novels fiction literature

SPRATLING, WILLIAM & RIVERA, DIEGO (Fore) & SIMPSON, LESLEY BYRD (Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, mustard cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 198pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & details to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss, heavy fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition thus travel literature Mexico south America culture William Bill Spratling

CHO, SUNG YOON (Compiled by)

REASONABLY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, white light card covers, red lettering to spine, viii + 223pp, VG (minimal library markings, light creasing & tanning to spine with some chipping to spine extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Library of Congress, Washington 1977

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature Japan Japanese China communist Chinese law legal writings collection

JEGEDE, OLUREMI

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, xv + 332pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Oceana Publications 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature Nigeria Nigerian law legal documents

PRICHARD, SUSAN PEREZ

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 563pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1981

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature movies film costumes collection

MURRAY, JOHN FISHER

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration & gilt tooling to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, aeg, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Henry G. Bohn 1853

KEYWORDS: London history travel literature John Fisher Murray river Thames English British cities

ESDAILE, ARUNDELL (Ed)

Duodecimo, patterned heavy boards, black lettering to cream spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlii + 177pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & boards, heavy tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1908

KEYWORDS: literature Arundell Esdaile verse prose

TRUSSELL, DENYS

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 784pp, illus, Near FINE, ( sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa poets writers Denys Trussell collection anthology literature poems poetry verse prose writings

TENNYSON, HALLAM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxii + 516pp, vol 2- vi + 551pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of both vols, light foxing, soiling & chafing to eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: Alfred Lord Tennyson literature literary biography memoir

JOYCE, JAMES & ROSE, GERALD (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate scuffing & staining to eps, light to moderate soiling & creasing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss at extrems, moderate staining to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition James Joyce children's literature fiction

WATTS, MABEL & BARKER, CAROL (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising, staining & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & staining to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light soiling to some pgs) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges with som elight staining, light tape staining to rear flap, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction Mabel Watts

ESDAILE, ARUNDELL

Sm octavo, patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, black lettering & illus to title plate on front board, deckled page edges, viii + 48pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & moderate soiling to extrems & board edges, light soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John & Edward Bumpus 1934

KEYWORDS: Arundell Esdaile poems verse poetry collection literature

GOODY, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, vii + 293pp, VG+ (light curling & creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1997

KEYWORDS: culture philosophy images representation literature art

RICE, THOMAS JACKSON

FIRST EDITION, VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiii + 484pp, VG+ (v minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges & boards)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary D H Lawrence guide research first edition

DREW, PHILIP

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 106pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing & soiling to spine & boards)

PUBLISHER: Harvester Wheatsheaf 1990

KEYWORDS: bibliographies bibliography literature literary Robert Browning critical criticism

CHING, RAY (Paintings) & WOLFE, RICHARD (Intro)

Oblong super octavo, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 227pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges - internally near fine) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & discolouration & light soiling - no creasing or curling) All in all, a very charming & tidy copy!

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

KEYWORDS: Ray Ching illustrated Aesop's fables New Zealand Aotearoa kiwi art literature

JAMES, CLIVE & DAVIES, RUSSELL (Illus)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 80pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & chafing to spine & covers with some light surface loss, moderate fading & light foxing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1976

KEYWORDS: humour humor satire poems verse literature Clive James literary

BRYANT, HALLMAN BELL

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 206pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary Robert Graves

STEELE, ELIZABETH

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 364pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliographies bibliography literature literary Virginia Woolf essays guide

TENNANT, KYLIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, VG (moderate bruising to board extems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, sm ink line to pg138, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Kylie Tennant