BURTON, RICHARD F

STUNNING 17 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt & black decoration to spines & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, frontispieces with lettered tissue guards, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings special collectors editions literature Richard F Burton thousand arabian nights

GOODMAN, JIM

IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs

MERTON, THOMAS & SPEAIGHT, ROBERT (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse collections Thomas Merton

LE GUIN, URSULA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to prelims, 160pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction Ursula le Guin

AMIS, KINGSLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Kingsley Amis

BELLOW, SAUL

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 536pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl staining to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet reinforcement to internal sides, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Saul Bellow

MANVELL, ROGER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 206pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Roger Manvell

NIVEN, LARRY & POURNELLE, JERRY

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, 537pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi sciencce fiction novels literature Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle

LE GUIN, URSULA K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 273pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light ceasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature science fiction short stories scifi Ursula K le Guin

TRAVEN, B

RE-ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 1959, sm octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 388pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & epslight foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & discolouration to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1959

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature B Traven re-issues

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, all corners lightly clipped, light creasing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions literature radio plays scripts Louis Macneice

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling/staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice cantos

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 60pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1957

KEYWORDS: first edtions poems poetry verse literature Louis Macneice

FALCONER, WILLIAM & CARRUTHERS, ROBERT & FOSTER, BIRKETT (Illus)

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, xxxvi + 153pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine & boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, odd pagination- some pgs may be missing at begining- please feel free to contact us for more information)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black, North Bridge 1858

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse William Falconer illustrated

DICK, PHILIP K

FIRST UK EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering on red patch to spine, 160pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning/discolouration/soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Science Fiction Book Club 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction novels literature Philip K Dick

ALDISS, BRIAN W

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm gouge with loss, moderate hcafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1968

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

LEWIS, C S

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red & white light card covers, red lettering to spine, 64pp, VG (light rubbing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate foxing to eps and page edges, small bookseller stamp to verso of front cover) in d/w, VG (slight rubbing to covers, light foxing and soiling to covers, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions C S Lewis literature theology religion religious writings

TITUS, EVE & GALDONE, PAUL (Pictures)

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, 32pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine with some loss to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sporadic moderate foxing/soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1957

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations

TITUS, EVE & GALDONE, PAUL (Pictures)

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 32pp, illus, VG (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, page block loosened but still attached, occasional spots of foxing/tanning throughout- quite minor) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing with some moderate chafing & surface loss also)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1961

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations