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$17.50
xxekf198474

Passes and Trespasses


MIELCHE, HAKON & MICHAEL, M A (Trans)

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: William Hodge & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Hakon Mielche travel literature writing first editions

$22.50
xxekf198475

Ritual in the Dark


WILSON, COLIN

FIRST EDITION, 2ND IMP., 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: Victor Gollancz 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impressions novels fiction literature Colin Wilson

$18.50
xxekf198476

Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse


WILLIAMS, URSULA MORAY & FORTNUM, PEGGY (Illus)

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: Hamish Hamilton 1975

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels Ursula Moray Williams

$18.50
xxekf198477

A Bit off the Map, and Other Stories


WILSON, ANGUS

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: Secker & Warburg 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Angus Wilson

$30.00
xxekf198478

Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems


AUDEN, W H

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: Faber & Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden

$26.00
xxelb198481

The Thirty-First of June


PRIESTLEY, J B

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: William Heinemann 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature J B Priestley

$25.00
xxelb198483

Try Anything Once


CLUNE, FRANK

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: Angus & Robertson 1947

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Frank Clune travel writing literature literary

$30.00
xxelb198485

Asimov on Science Fiction


ASIMOV, ISAAC

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: Granada 1983

KEYWORDS: first editions scifi science fiction literature literary criticism Isaac Asimov

$19.50
xxelb198486

The Man Who Called Himself Poe


MOSKOWITZ, SAM (Ed)

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: Victor Gollancz 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction Edgar Allan Poe collection horror scifi science fiction anthology anthologies

$30.00
xxelb198487

How the Whale Became


HUGHES, TED & ADAMSON, GEORGE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Faber and Faber 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Ted Hughes short stories

$20.00
xxelb198488

Desert Islands, and Robinson Crusoe


DE LA MARE, WALTER & WHISTLER, REX (Decorations)

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: Faber and Faber 1932

KEYWORDS: literature Walter de la Mare

$30.00
xxelb198490

The Eighy-Minute Hour


ALDISS, BRIAN W

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: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels Brian W Aldiss

$30.00
xxelb198491

Poems


BARKER, GEORGE

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: Faber and Faber 1935

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse George Barker

$19.50
xxelb198493

They Weren't All Angels


KESSEL, JOSEPH & HARE, HUMPHREY (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) prev. ownership ink stamps to eps; 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Joseph Kessel

$45.00
1y50a/50

A Fighting Man of Mars


BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, orange/yellow lettering to spine & front board, vii + 304pp, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy fading & staining to spine, light to moderate fading to board edges, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, v heavy cracking to central gutters- binding loose, light occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1933

KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels

$40.00
1y50a/51

The Warlord of Mars


BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE & ST JOHN, J ALLEN (Frontis)

Ex-library, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 296pp, G+ (spine cocked & moderately faded, moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & discolouration to boards, usual library markings- minor, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, vv heavy cracking to gutters- boards & binding v shaky, light wrinkling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A C McClurg & Co 1919

KEYWORDS: Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels

$55.00
1y53a/13

Renaissance Women


CARY, ELIZABETH (Plays) & LANYER, AEMILIA (Poems) & PURKISS, DIANE (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994

KEYWORDS: first editions renaissance women plays poems drama poets poetry verse literature Elizabeth Cary Aemilia Lanyer history historical

$40.00
1y53a/14

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics


FRANK, ARTHUR W

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, xviii + 213pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Arthur W Frank literature autobiography autobiographies memoir psychology mental health discourse analysis sickness illness

$60.00
1y53b/1

Frameworks: Contemporary Criticism on Janet Frame (Cross Cultures 110)


CRONIN, JAN (Ed) & DRICHEL, SIMONE (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, xxvii + 227pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Rodopi BV 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Janet Frame literature literary criticism

$40.00
1y53b/6

Let it Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Marama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation


EVANS, ANTONELLA SARTI et al (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & scuffing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Earl of Seacliff 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry anthologies poems verse multilingual translations

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