McBAIN, ED

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Fingerprint 1977

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McBAIN, ED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light grey heavy boards, pink lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, printed eps, 218pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to board edges & page edges, various sm ink markings & prev. owner's ink stamp to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster 1961

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ELIOTT, E. C. & JOBSON, R. J. (Illus)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & space illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, vii + 200pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light bend to front board, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with som eminor loss, moderate tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1958

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HAEFELE, FRED

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; 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: Gollancz 1998

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TABERNER, ROGER & BROWNSON, RONALD (Eds)

Quarto, black plastic spiral bound cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 62pp, VG+ (light discolouration to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Art Gallery 1998

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MEYRINK, GUSTAV & MITCHELL, MIKE (Trans) & SINCLAIR, IAIN (Intro) & ZIMAKOV, VLADIMIR (Illus)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, lg illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 237pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

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EVARISTO, BERNADINE

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 452pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & discolouration with som eminor bruising to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2019

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BURNEY, FRANCIS & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, maroon lettering & decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece, xv + 417pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, 2x gift inscriptions in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Geroge Newnes 1898

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BAIL, MURRAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black buckram spine, 255pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing & light to moderate tanning to page edges, occasional annotations in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Text Publishing 1998

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DRYDEN, JOHN & GILFILLAN, Rev. GEORGE (Notes)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spines, blind stamp decoration to boards, rough cut page edges, vol 1- xxiv + 314pp, vol 2- xxiv + 344pp, VG (heavy bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of both vols, occasional cracking to gutters, sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: James Nichol 1855

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TUWHARE, HONE

ASSOCIATION COPY - INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FRANCIS POUND, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 48pp, VG (moderate tanning to spine, cover edges & page edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 1992

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WILDE, OSCAR & ROSS, ROBERT (Preface)

Sm octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to red title plate to front board, x + 99pp, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine with some minor loss & fading, moderate staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, gift inscription in pencil to ffep, occasional moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Arthur L. Humphreys 1912

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LEWIS, WYNDHAM (Ed)

1981 BLACK SPARROW RE-ISSUE, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers with some minor creasing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1981

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JONES, DYLAN (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1996

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ALLINGHAM, MARGERY

SECOND IMPRESSION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1972

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ROTHMANN, RALF & WHITESIDE, SHAUN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Picador 2017

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COUPLAND, DOUGLAS

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: ReganBooks / HarperCollins 1998

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STUART, CHRIS

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: Original Sin Press 2023

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SPRIGG, GRISELDA & MACLEAN, ROD

SIGNED & DATED, 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: Wakefield Press 2001

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COX, NIGEL

SIGNED, 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: Benton Ross 1987

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