CADDICK, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO CHARLES MAUGHAM- BROTHER OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 32pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Arthur Caddick poetry poems verse literature

CADDICK, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, string bound light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 14pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to cover edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: The Latin Press 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse Arthur Caddick literature

APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME & BECKETT, SAMUEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to cream coloured spine, 23pp, VG+ (sl bruising to board edges/extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate foxing to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Dolmen Press / Calder & Boyars 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry verse poems collection Guillaume Apollinaire literature

WELDON, FAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some discreet tape repairs, moderate chafing/scuffing with some surface loss plus soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1975

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RECHY, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red & black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 381pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee 1964

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INGE, W. R.

Sm octavo, terracotta buckram boards, black lettering to spine, lxiv + 224pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, tatty (rear cover almost completely detached- saved by sm archival tape to top extrem, heavy tanning to spine & edges, other light to moderate tanning & foxing - very delicate!)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1935

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KHAN, MIRZA ABUL HASSAN & CLOAKE, MARGARET MORRIS (Trans & Ed) & WRIGHT, DENIS (Intro)

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

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ROSMINI, ANTONIO & MALUSA, LUCIANO (A Cura di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, super octavo, cream light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, clxxxiii + 510pp, VG (sl creasing & fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters, considerable highlighting & underlining/annotation to text in places) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Edizione Rosminiane Sodalitas 1998

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BOZZETTI, GIUSEPPE & SCIACCA, MICHELE F. (a Cura di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, 3 VOL SET, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, 3703pp total, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in slipcase, tatty (top edge flaps open- barely attached, moderate tanning & soiling with some bruising)

PUBLISHER: Marzorati - Editore 1966

KEYWORDS: text in Italian Giuseppe Bozzetti literature

N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, duodecimo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt rule, viii + 258pp, scruffy, (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, front board & 1st 12pgs detached but present, rear board loose but still tentatively attached, heavy soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown- historic, age appropriate discolouration & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J. Watson, M. Pearce, S. Lewis, G. Longman and W. Crowder 1785

KEYWORDS: Charles Johnstone satire literature Irish writers authors

CARSON, CIARAN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & brown lettering to spine, 63pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover egdes, light chafing & tanning/discolouration to covers, sl soiling to page edges, lg annotation in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Bloodaxe Books 1988

KEYWORDS: Irish writers poets Ciaran Carson poetry poems verse literature collections

JONES, GAYL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 492pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in removable plastic cover, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Virago Press 2021

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MORGAN, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plate & raised bands to spine, blind rule to boards, xxxi + 488pp, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & soiling to eps, ex-libris plate & pencil numerals to front pastedown, minor insect damage to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages throughout, moderate to heavy staining to rear page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Osborn and Tho. Longman 1726

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HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, with some minor surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITIONS, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising with surface loss to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising with surface loss to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

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HERGE

FIRST EDITION, LACKS SPINE, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (spine missing, heavy scuffing & surface loss to extrems & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to front board, heavy scuffing & surface loss to rear board, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, child's scribble in purple pencil to rear eps & occasional page throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1958

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HAGGARD, H. RIDER

EARLY EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt & black lettering with black illus to spine, black lettering & illus to boards, folding illus/frontispiece, 320pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's names in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate soiling to eps, occasional light foxing to pages throughout, moderate foxing to frontispiece & prelims, closed tearing & archival tape repairs to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1886

KEYWORDS: Allan Quatermain literature fiction novels H Rider Haggard early editions

APULEIUS & ROUSE, W. H. D. (Intro) & MULLOCK, DOROTHY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, green lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 47pp, plates with tissue guards, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions Apuleius metamorphoses illustrated Dorothy Mullock classical literature mythology classic

HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, scruffy (heavy cracking to rear hinge- spine flapping but attached, heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & crayon scribble to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

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