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$125.00
2e16a/32

The Secret of the Unicorn


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

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

$140.00
2e16a/33

The Crab With the Golden Claws


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

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

$40.00
2e16a/37

King Solomon's Mines


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

$40.00
2e16a/44

The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche


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

$220.00
2f17a/7

Tintin in Tibet


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

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$135.00
2f17a/8

The Seven Crystal Balls


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

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

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$145.00
2f17a/9

Red Rackham's Treasure


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

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

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$135.00
2f17a/10

Prisoners of the Sun


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, sm patch of surface loss to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & in pencil to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$75.00
2f17a/43

The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars: Containing His Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man


NOT STATED

Duodecimo, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, illus title page, 311pp + mixed paginated catalogues to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims, ffep missing, heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Smith N/D

KEYWORDS: literature Bampfylde-Moore Carew history biographies memoir

$65.00
2f17a/44

The Little Window


HODSON, HELEN MERRILL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, 87pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine- sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Y. Crowell 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Helen Merrill Hodson

$75.00
2f17a/45

Footprints of Travellers: Europe - Asia - Africa - America (2 Vols Bound as One)


N/A

2 VOLS BOUND AS ONE, sm octavo, red/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with black handwritten lettering to title plate to spine, deckled page edges, 142pp + 144pp, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, ffep missing, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Cassell 1850

KEYWORDS: travel literature culture anecdotes

$40.00
2f17a/48

Blackcock's Feather: A Plain Cloak-and-Sword Story Rendered From the Scots and Gaelic


WALSH, MAURICE

Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 318pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing & loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1937

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature adventure Maurice Walsh

$375.00
2f17a/53

The Passionate Puritan


MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, 308pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, ffep missing, heavy cracking to some gutters, sections of page block partially detached, minor scuffing & loss to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane / Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Jane Mander

$22.50
xxdva187073

A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories


LEVI, PRIMO & GOLDSTEIN, ANN (trans.) & BASTAGLI, ALESSANDRA (trans.)

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: Peguin Classics 2007

KEYWORDS: primo levi italy italian jewish literature

$15.00
xxdvb187074

Box Socials


KINSELLA, W.P.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books 1991

KEYWORDS: w.p. kinsella shoeless joe baseball literature novel fiction first edition

$38.50
xxdvd187089

The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley


HARTLEY, L.P. & CECIL, LORD DAVID (introd.)

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: Hamish Hamilton 1973.

KEYWORDS: l.p. lp hartley britain british fiction literature lord david cecil

$65.00
2f17a/63

The Odyssey: A Pop-Up Book


ITA, SAM

Quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to purple cloth spine, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl fading to lower board edges, light foxing/staining to spine, sm gift inscription in ink to rear ep) all pop-up parts in good working order

PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: pop-up books Odyssey literature classical

$350.00
2f17a/65

Glimpses of New Zealand; Being a Collection of High-class and Perfectly-finished Views of the Beautiful Britain of the South


N/A

Oblong quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, 192 black & white plates & 22pp index to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature culture scenery photography photos

$245.00
2f25b/4

Explorers on the Moon


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

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

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

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

$245.00
2f25b/5

Destination Moon


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

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

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

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

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