JACK, IAN & [KEATS, JOHN]

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: Clarendon Press 1967

KEYWORDS: john keats literary criticism literature britain british england english ian jack

RAY, GORDON N. & [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]

LACKS D/W; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray history biography literature britain british

BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER (ed.)

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: arthur miller america american dramatist playwright theater theatre cambridge critical companion literary critcism history literature

MCMASTER, JULIET & [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1976

KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray britain british england english victorian novel novels literature literary criticism

PETERS, CATHERINE & [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]

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: Faber and Faber 1987

KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray britain british england english victorian fiction literature literary critcism

HAGGLUND, ROGER

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 102pp, VG+ (minimal library labels/markings, v sl tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Ardis Publishers 1984

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature literary Georgy Adamovich

CREW, GARY & TAN, SHAUN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY SHAUN TAN, square imperial octavo, illus glossy stiff card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Thomas C. Lothian Pty 2003

KEYWORDS: signed children's literature Gary Crew Shaun Tan illustrated ww1

McLINTOCK, R.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon buckam boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xxxvii + 375pp, VG- (heavy cracking & bruising to extrems with some loss to spine extrems, moderate chafing & wrinkling to boards, moderate soiling & bruising to board edges, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, some pencil underlining to text throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: David Nutt 1897

KEYWORDS: first edition literature Goethe Faust drama plays theatre theater

DUFF, MR and MRS JOHN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy black smoke staining to spine, board edges & page edges- no smell, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Walterick Printing Co N/D (1950?)

KEYWORDS: Africa travel literature John Duff culture customs signed

CAUTE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver lettering to spine, xii + 404pp, Near FINE (v sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Verso 2022

KEYWORDS: first edition mi5 secret service British writers literary literature espionage spies spying

BRETT, EDWIN J. (Ed)

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & decoration with black decoration also to front board with bridal portrait, decorated title page, vi + 400pp + 16pp of Wedding Bells Christmas Number to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, gift inscription in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional smudging & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Kelly and Co N/D

KEYWORDS: wedding bells 17 xvii seventeen Edwin J Brett articles stories literature collection

BETTINA

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to front board, illus title page, 48pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Bettina fiction

BOVILL, E. W. (Ed)

4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, foldin gmap to rear pocket of vol 4, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges with some minor foxing, light scuffing & loss to spines of vols 1 & 4)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964-66

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history journals Friedrich Hornemann Alexander Gordon Laing letters literature collection the Bornu Mission exploration voyages first editions

DALLAS, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning, soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Ruth Dallas poetry verse poems collection literature first edition

TUWHARE, HONE & MATCHITT, PARA (Jacket Design)

PARA MATCHITT D/W, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 42pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse literature Hone Tuwhare collection

BRASCH, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, brown lettering to cloth spine, 51pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse Charles Brasch literature collection first edition

CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & ROTHENSTEIN, WILLIAM (Portrait)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand writers literary biography memoir autobiography Walter D'Arcy Cresswell poetry literature

THIONG'O, NGUGI WA

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 193pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & staining to boards) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fadin gto spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The New Press 2019

KEYWORDS: first US edition literature fiction short stories collection Ngugi wa Thiong'o

LYDGATE, JOHN & DE DEGUILEVILLE, GUILLAUME & FURNIVALL, F. J. (Ed)

REBOUND, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 240pp, VG (moderate staining to rear board, sl warped, moderate tanning & light staining/soiling to page edges, university library plate to front pastedown, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate closed tearing/cracking to gutters throughout- some pgs sl loose)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: literature ancient texts medieval

HEYER, GEORGETTE

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, sm octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 271pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, shadow of jacket illus to front board, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning to pages, prev. booksellers' adhesive labels to both pastedowns) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with some reinforcement to internal sides, light foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian edition literature fiction novels Georgette Heyer