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$8.50
xxfgj183896

Dear Baby


SAROYAN, WILLIAM

EX-LIBRARY, paperback (VG-, in transparent plastic protector) ; 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 1966

KEYWORDS: ex-library william saroyan america american literature

$15.00
xxfgj183897

The Old Beauty and Others


CATHER, WILLA

EX-LIBRARY, 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: Cassel & Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: ex-library willa cather america american literature

$10.00
xxfgj183898

A Jest of God


LAURENCE, MARGARET & HOWELLS, CORAL ANN (afterword)

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: Virago 1987

KEYWORDS: margaret laurence virago modern classics literature canada canadian

$45.00
2f51a/14

River of Smoke


GHOSH, AMITAV

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus eps, 522pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (6cm closed tear to spine with discreet archival tape repair, sl creasing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Amitav Ghosh

$245.00
2f51a/20

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Together With His Essays on the Poetic Principle and the Philosophy of Composition, and a Critical Memoir


POE, EDGAR ALLAN & TENNIEL, JOHN (Illus) & FOSTER, BIRKET (Illus) & SKELTON, PERCIVAL (Illus) et al & ROSSETTI, W. M. (Ed)

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & decoration with gilt tooling to spine front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, cxi + 254pp + unpaginated publisher's list to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, moderate soiling to rear board, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown- historical, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page- historical, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: Moxon Moxon's popular poets horror literature Edgar Allan Poe collection anthology poetry poems verse

$50.00
2f51a/25

Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: The Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad's Fiction


O'HANLON, REDMOND

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to top edges of boards, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Salamander Press 1984

KEYWORDS: first edition literature literary criticism Joseph Conrad Charles Darwin knowledge science evolution philosophy

$45.00
2f51a/29

The Big Season


GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 199pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate scuffing to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Maurice Gee New Zealand Zealanders writers authors

$55.00
2f51a/31

Two Mountains and a River


TILMAN, H. W.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 233pp, illus/photos, folding map, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to spine, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & prelims, gift plate & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate scuffing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature exploration Himalayas

$40.00
2f51a/34

The Cruise of the Nona


BELLOC, HILAIRE & LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (New Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history

$40.00
2f51b/1

Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands


MALNIC, JUTTA & KASAIPWALOVA, JOHN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea

$40.00
2f51b/5

The Milford Track Adventure


HOLDEN, PHILIP

Oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 127pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H&H Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Milford Track tracks south island adventure tramping hiking

$145.00
2f51b/16

Thoreau's World: Miniatures From His Journal


ANDERSON, CHARLES R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, illus full title page, ix + 370pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & tanning/soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning/staining to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions essays literature collection Thoreau

$40.00
2f51b/20

Fred


CRUMP, BARRY & BAKER, HOWARD (Illus) & BRADLEY, ROGER (Cover Design)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 109pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration to spine & board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers Zealanders Barry Crump novels fiction literature humour humor

$8.50
xxezl183193

Two Hundred Million A D


VAN VOGT, A E

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: kinney service company 1971

KEYWORDS: science fiction literature

$9.00
xxezl183196

Little Heroes


SPINRAD, NORMAN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: bantam 1988

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

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xxezl183198

Clique


YERMAKOV, NICHOLAS

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: berkley books 1982

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

$8.50
xxezl183201

The Book of the River


WATSON, IAN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: panther 1984

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

$9.00
xxezl183202

The Reproductive System


SLADEK, JOHN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: panther 1977

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

$9.00
xxezl183203

Roderick atr Random


SLADEK, JOHN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: granada 1983

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

$9.00
xxezl183205

The Guns of Avalon


ZELAZNY, ROGER

Paperback (VG) crease to cover; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: corgi 1975

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction

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