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$20.00
xxrlh173128

Sean O'Casey: A Bibliography


AYLING, RONALD & DURKAN, MICHAEL J

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: Macmillan Press 1978

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Sean O'Casey literature literary

$17.50
xxrlh173130

Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe: A Bibliographic Guide to English Language Publications 1975-1980


HORAK, STEPHAN M

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super 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: Libraries Unlimited 1982

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Russia Russian Soviet ussr English language publilcations literature

$19.50
xxrlj173131

Billy Bunter's Own


RICHARDS, FRANK & CONQUEST, OWEN & HAMILTON, CHARLES & RICHARDS, HILDA & CHAPMAN, C H (Illus)

Imperial 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: The Oxonhoath Press N/D

KEYWORDS: children's literature stories collection Billy Bunter

$50.00
1n25a/16

The White Negro


MAILER, NORMAN

FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING (50c ON FRONT COVER), octavo, illus tsapled light card covers, white lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to covers with light creasing also, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, occasional sl foxing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: City Lights Books 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Norman Mailer essays literature prose hipsters

$40.00
1n25a/23

The Peoples of Middle-Earth


TOLKIEN, J R R & TOLKIEN, CHRISTOPHER (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, READING COPY ONLY - SEVERE WATER STAINING, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 482pp, scruffy (v heavy water damage to boards & bottom page edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 343-344) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic wrapper- easily removed if desired but heavily water stained, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fantasy literary middle earth history J R R Tolkien

$100.00
1p20a/24

Children of the Poor


LEE, JOHN A

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 255pp, VG (spine sl cocked & moderately faded, light bruising to board extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1939

KEYWORDS: signed John A Lee literature New Zealand

$40.00
1p35/2

The Burial of the Sardine


ARRABAL, FERNANDO & BOWLES, PATRICK (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 102pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & tanning to board edges, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with heavy tanning also, moderate chafing to spine, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Calder and Boyars 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature French writers fiction novels Fernando Arrabal

$65.00
1p35/6

Words of a Kaumatua


WILLIAMS, HAARE & IHIMAERA, WITI (Ed & Intro)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 260pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Haare Williams writers authors poets poetry verse literature Maori wisdom

$475.00
1p35/12

A Scanner Darkly


DICK, PHILIP K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 220pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board egdes/extrems, moderate tanning & light water staining to page edges- no wrinkling, sm water stain to rear ep- v sl wrinkling) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading, light wrinkling & chafing, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Philip K Dick drugs drug abuse

$85.00
1p35/24

UFO Guide: 1947-1967


SABLE, MARTIN H

Tidy ex-library, octavo, blue stiffened cards, black lettering to front board, 100pp, VG (minimal library markings, light scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading & light soiling to boards/covers, moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Rainbow Press Company 1967

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies directories ufo space craft reseacrh centres astronautics literature periodicals magazine articles

$40.00
1p35/32

Georg Lukacs and His Critics: An International Bibliography With Annotations (1910-1982)


LAPOINTE, FRANCOIS H

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to front board, ix + 403pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature literary Georg Gyorgy Lukacs dissertations theses essays articles prose

$60.00
1q20a/6

Handbook for Australia & New Zealand (Including Also the Fiji Islands) with New Map of the Colonies (Second Edition)


S W SILVER & CO

LACKS FOLDING MAP, sm octavo, red buckram soft boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 449pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, folding map at front missing, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters, some pgs loose and/or out of order)

PUBLISHER: S W Silver & Co / Office of 'The Colonies' 1874

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand travel writing guides literature history historical

$45.00
1q20a/17

The Elder Edda: A Selection


TAYLOR, PAUL B (Trans & Intro) & AUDEN, W H (Trans) & SALUS, PETER H (Intro & Notes)

LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 173pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1969

KEYWORDS: literature verse anthology collection Iceland Icelandic traditional

$95.00
1q20a/18

The Exeter Book


KRAPP, GEORGE PHILIP (Ed) & DOBBIE, ELLIOTT VAN KIRK (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, cxvii + 382pp, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1936

KEYWORDS: anglo-saxon poetry literature Exeter book historical history verse poems

$30.00
xxrlb193164

A History of the Gregynog Press


HARROP, DOROTHY A

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread with no external markings, imperial 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: Private Libraries Association 1980

KEYWORDS: literature literary history Gregynog Press

$20.00
xxrlb193165

Check-list of Works of British Authors Printed Abroad, in Langauges Other Than English, to 1641


SHAABER, M A

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial 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: The Bibliographical Society of America 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues British authors literature literary foreign langauges history historical

$30.00
xxrlb193167

We Were Young


CAMPBELL, NIAMH

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Niamh Campbell

$20.00
xxrlc193169

Cervantes: A Bibliography


GRISMER, RAYMOND L

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial 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: The H W Wilson Company 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Miguel de Cervantes literature literary essays criticism appreciation books articles

$30.00
xxrlc193171

The Detective Short Story: A Bibliography


QUEEN, ELLERY

Tidy ex-library, 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: Biblo and Tannen 1969

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature literary detective books short stories

$22.50
xxrle193178

Laugharne and Dylan Thomas


LEWIS, MIN & LEWIS, STANLEY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, quarto 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: Dobson Books 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary Dylan Thomas Laugharne biographies

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