KEENE, CAROLYN

Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black 'Nancy Drew' illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm numerals in ink to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to pages) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing & surface loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1963

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Nancy Drew mysteries

ATWOOD, MARGARET & PETRICIC, DUSAN (Illus)

Oblong imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Key Porter Kids 2003

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated Margaret Atwood Dusan Petricic

WELCH, FLORENCE

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & rear board, illus plate & gilt & black lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 287pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Fig Tree / Penguin 2018

KEYWORDS: art literature poetry poems verse Florence Welch Florence and the Machine music

LIPPARD, LUCY R

Octavo, mauve cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 221pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: New Documents 2021

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Lucy R Lippard contemporary

BENNINGTON, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, viii + 300pp, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Verso 1994

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Geoffrey Bennington criticism

FITZGERALD, EDWARD & POGANY, WILLY (Illus)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, green lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, gilt high school stamp to front board, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's ink stamp & remnants of gift plate to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss also, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Omar Khayyam verse literature translation Persian illustrated

CRUMP, BARRY

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature authors writers Barry Crump signed Dennis Turner novels

JOHNS, CAPTAIN W E & STEAD (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt illus to front board, 191pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to spine & boards, boards sl warped, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing to rear ep) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate loss to edges, moderate chafing/scuffing & surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Biggles Captain W E Johns adventure

BLYTON, ENID

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1930)

KEYWORDS: John o' London's children's library literature Enid Blyton ancient Greece Greek history mythology

UNSWORTH, BARRY

FIRST US 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: Nan A Talese / Doubleday 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions fiction novels literature Barry Unsworth

RAS, BARBARA

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: Louisiana State University 1998

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Barbara Ras collection

LEDGER, SALLY (Ed) & LUCKHURST, ROGER (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: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: cultural history literature

PERSSON, LEIF G W & SMITH, NEIL (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2016

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Detective Superintendent Evert Backstrom crime thrillers Lief G W Persson

PERSSON, LEIF G W & SMITH, NEIL (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2013

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Detective Superintendent Evert Backstrom crime thrillers Lief G W Persson

PERSSON, LEIF G W & SMITH, NEIL (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2013

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Detective Superintendent Evert Backstrom crime thrillers Lief G W Persson

KOSTOVA, ELIZABETH

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: Little, Brown 2010

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Elizabeth Kostova

DUDER, TESSA

New Edition, with Epilogue, 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 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature literary biographies memoir Margaret Mahy

XINGJIAN, GAO & LEE, MABEL (Trans)

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: Flamingo 2004

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Gao Xingjian

DAVIS, JOHN GORDON

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: Doubleday 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction John Gordon Davis

NAIPAUL, V S

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: Penguin Books 1984

KEYWORDS: literature V S Naipaul articles collection anthology social commentary criticism current affairs