STOTT, R TOOLE & DISHER, M WILLSON (Fore)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 185pp + illus/plates to rear, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor patches of soiling to some terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Harpur & Sons 1958

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies collections circus literature arts

RAHIMI, ATIQ & MAGUIRE, SARAH (trans) & YARI, YAMA (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2007

KEYWORDS: afghanistani author atiq rahimi literature

DE GUERRY SIMPSON, HELEN & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Handheld Press 2022

KEYWORDS: helen de guerry simpson literature short story

MORDAUNT, ELINOR & CLOWES, EVELYN MAY & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Handheld Press 2021

KEYWORDS: elinor mordaunt evelyn may clowes literature short story

KAHO, SIMONE

SIGNED AND DATED, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Saufo'i Press 2022

KEYWORDS: poetry moana pacific writers survivor simone kaho pasifika literature

NESBO, JO & BARTLETT, DON (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: Harvill Seeker 2013

KEYWORDS: jo nesbo literature

JANES, PHIL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Millenium 1993

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NESBO, JO & SMITH, NEIL (trans)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2019

KEYWORDS: jo nesbo literature

DE GOLDI, KATE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2022

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MILLER, ALEX

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: alex miller literature

HAMMER, CHRIS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: chris hammer literature

ARISTOPHANES & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & edges, heavy fading to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- glue is brittle & cracking)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1973

KEYWORDS: erotica classic literature Aristophanes illustrated plays drama

GRUBER, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to blue title plate on spine, illus eps & title page, x + 333pp, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with heavy soiling to page edges, light tanning to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1939

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COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/patterned eps, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions Jean Cocteau writings prose literature anthology collection English translations

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm gilt illus to front board, 76pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate tanning to spine & board edges, minor staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & water staining, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction French literature English translations semi autobiographical Jean Cocteau

JONES, JOHN P

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontnispiece, xvii + 448pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor scuffing to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters- particularly to rear, binding loose/sloppy, minor soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, plates either detached or loosened- not counted presumed all present, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1908

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture India Indian John P Jones

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Hone Tuwhare illustrated Ralph Hotere Maori graphics

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL & ROSS, ANGUS (Ed & Notes) & WILSON, ANGUS (Intro) & BRETT, SIMON (Illus)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, teal/green iridescent cloth boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spines, top page edges stained blue,1533pp total, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims of vol 2) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing to edges/sides)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1991

KEYWORDS: folio society literature novels fiction Samuel Richardson

BOETHIUS & WATTS, V E (Trans & Intro) & KEENAN, BRIAN (Preface)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, cream/beige heavy boards, brown & red lettering to spine, coloured lettering & decoration/illumination to front board, frontispiece, 207pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling/chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society theology philosophy theosophy religion religious writings literature Anicius Manlius T S Boethius classical works late antiquity

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sm gouge/loss to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson