MACHEN, ARTHUR

Sm 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: Martin Secker 1926

KEYWORDS: Arthur Machen literature new adelphi library

CARROLL, LEAVIS (YOUNG, LUCIEN)

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: Ebury Press 2017

KEYWORDS: humour humor satire politics parody literature

SEYMOUR, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, tidy 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Richard Seymour

GUARDA, DONATELLA NEBBIAI-DALLA

TEXT IN FRENCH, FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 440pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Centre Natioanl de la Recherche Scientifique 1985

KEYWORDS: text in French bibliography bibliographies theology manuscripts literature

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

NUMBERED (#541/1200) LIMITED FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 48pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, moderately foxed blurb loosely enclosed at front) in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing to edges, moderate staining)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse Lawrence Durrell limited numbered editions

HOFBERG, HERMAN

TEXT IN SWEDISH, octavo, purple faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Niloe 1983

KEYWORDS: text in Swedish history folk tales literature

KIM, JAIHIUN J (Selected, Intro & Trans)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & green lettering to spine, xxix + 351pp, VG+ (light wrinkling & curling to covers light fading to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Asian Humanities Press 1994

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Korea Korean anthology collection

REID, JOHN

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxxii + 178pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Anton w van Bekhoven 1968

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Gaelic literature history historical

THOMSON, DAVID

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 369pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies middle English grammatical texts literature historical history catalogues

BACON, FRANCIS & CREIGHTON, JAMES EDWARD (Intro)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 476pp, illus, VG- (heavu chipping & scuffing to extrems- some surface loss, moderate fading & staining to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, heavy cracking/closed tearing at front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Colonial Press N/D (c.1899)

KEYWORDS: Francis Bacon literature

LANDE, LAWRENCE

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#325/500), very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, square imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to maroon leatherette patches on spine & front board, deckled page edges, xii + 172pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McLennan Library McGill University 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies William Blake literature art catalogues Lawrence Lande collection

BAYER, KONRAD & GREEN, MALCOLM (Ed, Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 153pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems with 2cm closed tear to spine base, sl tanning & creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutters- some separation at base)

PUBLISHER: Atlas Press N/D (c.1986)

KEYWORDS: first editions Konrad Bayer collection literature writings

SMITH, Rev SYDNEY

2 VOLS BOUND AS ONE, sm octavo, full eather heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt rule to board edges, marbled page edges & eps, 367pp + 356pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1859

KEYWORDS: Sydney Smith literature collection writings Edinburgh Review

FAIRBURN, A R D

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled illus light card covers, unpaginated, VG (moderate tanning & scuffing to cover edges, moderate foxing to page edges & throughout)

PUBLISHER: R W Lowry Phillips Press (Printer) 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions literature A R D Fairburn

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

FIRST UK EDITION; Octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained red, 187pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light-moderate foxing to page edges/eps/prelims/terminals, moderate fading to red staining of upper page edges, previous owner's name in blue ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light rubbing/creasing, moderately heavy sun-fading to spine, moderate browning/discolouration to flaps/reverse, all four corners of flaps price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions william s burroughs nova express trilogy novels fiction american united states literature dystopian science fiction sci-fi fold-in cut-up method

BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER

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 2005

KEYWORDS: art appreciation literature literary criticism philosophy psychology

PAULSEN, GARY & PAULSEN, RUTH WRIGHT (Paintings by)

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: Harcourt Brace & Company 1996

KEYWORDS: dogs youth ya young adult bond humans canine literature

WIESNER, MERRY 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: Cambridge University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: women gender literature literary criticism interpretation Europe European history historical

CLARK, CLARE

FIRST EDITIONS, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Harvill Secker 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical literature fiction novels Clare Clark uncorrected proof copies

PRENDERGAST, PATRICIA V

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: Patricia V Prendergast 2001

KEYWORDS: Patricia V Prendergast short stories literature alpine plants illustrated mountains paintings collection anthology