BLACK, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, sm map to prelims, VG- (light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink numerals to front pastedown, ffep missing, sl cracking to gutters, sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & archival tape repairs also, moderate scuffing to rear flap, heavy staining & scuffing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Collins thrillers suspense fiction novels Gavin Black

BLACKLEDGE, W J & BRENNAN, Ex-Legionnaire TERRY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 246pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & fraying/surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate to heavy cracking to spine hinges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, moderate staining to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout, sm ink 'tick' to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1937

KEYWORDS: history death squads literature ejercito legion women combat

SMITH, ZAK (illus) & ERICKSON, STEVE (intro)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, illus light card covers, black, white & yellow lettering to red spine, xvi + 760pp, illus, VG (light adhesion to half title page, light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tin House Books 2006

KEYWORDS: first edition art artists drawings paintings photographs photography illustrations collections literature literary pictorial tributes interpretations zak smith thomas pynchon gravity's rainbow

Marquis DE SADE & CROSLAND, MARGARET (trans)

Octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 188pp, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & fading to boards, light soiling to pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges with sl. surface loss to spine extrems, light soiling, in removeable protective plastic sleeve, bookseller's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owens Publishers 1990

KEYWORDS: french france gothic fiction literature literary short story collections marquis de sade

MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

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SMART, CHRISTOPHER & BOND, W. H. (ed, into & notes)

FIRST UK EDITION; Suoer octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained green, 171pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping & soiling, moderate discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954

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Swami VENKATESANANDA

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to white spine, ix + 385pp, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light soiling to page edges, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1989

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality hinduism concise condensed bhagavata puranas srimad bhagavatam indian india literature literary verse scriptures

ENGEN, RODNEY K

Quarto 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: Academy Editions / Harmony Books 1976

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrators Kate Greenaway Victorian art anthology

ALLEN, WOODY & DELESSERT, ETIENNE (Illus) & MARSHALL, RITA (Designed by)

Slim 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: Redpath Press 1986

KEYWORDS: short stories literature Woody Allen

TYLER, ANNE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1990

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Anne Tyler

CHAPIN, ANNE P (ED)

OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN ANNE MACKAY, quarto 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: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2004

KEYWORDS: classical studies essays prose literature

MALTE, MARCUS & RAMADAN, EMMA (Trans) & ROBERGE, TOM (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Restless Books 2019

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Marcus Malte

LEON, DONNA

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: Hutchinson Heinemann 2023

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HARTMAN, SAIDIYA

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PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

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HEGI, URSULA

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: Scribner / Simon & Schuster 1998

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Ursula Hegi

ALLEN, BENEDICT

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1991

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing New Guinea Australia

KIPLING, RUDYARD & RUTHERFORD, ANDREW (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Rudyard Kipling unpublished

RAWSON, D H

Octavo stiffened card covers (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: D H Rawson 1981

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KIPLING, RUDYARD

REPRINT, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1937

KEYWORDS: Rudyard Kipling literature

WILSON, STEVEN E

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: Hailey-Grey Books 2003

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Afghanistan Steven E Wilson