TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 217pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 230pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1974

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

LEES-MILNE, JAMES & BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary

ANISSIMOV, MYRIAM & COX, STEVE (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 452pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1998

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Primo Levi

GADDIS, WILLIAM & MOORE, STEVEN (Ed) & GADDIS, SARAH (Afterword)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 545pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press 2013

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence William Gaddis autobiographical autobiographies literature literary

CARSWELL, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical

SZABO, MAGDA & McLEAN, URSULA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, 286pp, VG+ (sl staining to board edges, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges. sm numerals in ink to rear eps, minor crack at rear gutter) in d/w, VG (in protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Corvina Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Hungarian writers authors Magda Szabo literature novels fiction English translations

STEAD, CHRISTINA

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 319pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Christina Stead

CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling, discreet reinforcement to inside edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors D'Arcy Cresswell poetry poets

MURNANE, GERALD

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 132pp, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

KEYWORDS: modern US editions literature novels fiction Gerald Murnane

WELCH, DENTON & MURTAUGH, DANIEL J (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2017

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Denton Welch Eric Oliver biography autobiographies memoir literary literature art

LEWIS, ALUN

Sm octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 243pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration & light rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1947

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Alun Lewis

WELCH, DENTON

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 154pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional sl cracking at gutters, occasional sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Vision Press 1950

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Denton Welch

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, sl discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nicholson and Watson 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Dan Davin New Zealand

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red floral illus to front board, 251pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITIONS, LACKS D/W, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 219pp, VG (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, minor discolouration/staining to boards, sl bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TABBI, JOSEPH

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history

WELCH, DENTON & CHEVALIER, JEAN-LOUIS (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 58pp, illus, VG+ (minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Enitharmon Press 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions limited edition poems poetry verse literature Denton Welch

KATACLA, EL BACHILLER

TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine with raised bands also, teg, marbled eps, illus title page, 219pp + unpaginated indices to rear, VG (moderate rubbing/surface loss & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate water staining to edges of prelim & terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Imprenta Moderna 1907

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH gypsy gipsies gypsies Romani gipsy verse poetry poems literature Katacla