MAUGHAM, W SOMERSET

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1975

KEYWORDS: W. Somerset Maugham literature marriage romance

MAUGHAM, W SOMERSET

Paperback (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: Pan Books 1976

KEYWORDS: W. Somerset Maugham literature romance thriller adventure sea

ENQUIST, PER OLOV & BLAIR, ALAN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blcak heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained read, viii + 508pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board extrems, light tanning & moderste foxing to page edges, minor chipping to base of page block) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy creasing to front flap, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Per Olov Enquist English translations

CARR, VIRGINIA SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xix + 598pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light to moderate chafing/tanning & wrinkling/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies memoir Carson McCullers literature literary

MURRY, COLIN MIDDLETON

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1975

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Richard Cowper John Middeton Murry

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, x + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor folding/creasing to some page edges, sl occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature fiction short stories collection Katherine Mansfield

BELL, VANESSA & MARLER, REGINA (Ed) & BEL, QUENTIN (Intro)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxix + 593pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1993

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Vanessa Bell autobiography autobiographies autobiographical literature literary Bloomsbury

STEAD, C K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, orange stapled light card covers, 40pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to cover edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: The Shed 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poetry signed C K Stead poems verse collections anthologies

ORTON, JOE & PROCKTER, PATRICK (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, illus title page, 159pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning)40

PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Joe Orton posthumous

BELLOS, DAVID

Super octavo, green/teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 802pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, black marker line to base of page block) in d/w, VG+ (in tidy removable protective cover, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvill 1993

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Georges Perec

POHL, FREDERIK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 279pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light staining to pages- unobtrusive, light creasing to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm label residue to front & rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Frederik Pohl

MOORE, GEORGE

2 VOL SET, SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#1446/1500), super octavo, grey heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on spines, deckled page edges, vol 1- 262pp, vol 2- 252pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine of vol 1, v heavy tanning & cracking to spine of vol 2- some sm patches of loss, moderate soiling & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light chipping/cracking to brittle page edges, occasional cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cumann Sean-eolait nah Eineann (Privately Printed by) 1921

KEYWORDS: literature George Moore special editions signed numbered

PEPYS, SAMUEL & RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE (Life & Notes)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl soiling to page edges of vols 2/3 & 4, minor damage to page edges of vol 2 with light wrinkling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: literature literary correspondence Samuel Pepys history historical

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY

8 VOL SET, octavo, olive green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spines, black decoration & rule to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, varied pagination, VG (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to spines & board extrems, light fading to spines, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges- some may also remain uncut, spines cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- heavy to just vols 2, 3 & 1)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1887-94

KEYWORDS: Anthony Trollope sets English literature chronicles of Barsetshire novels fiction

TOULMIN, CAMILLA

Imperial octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate on spine with gilt rule & decoration also, frontispiece, viii + 194pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing/chafing & surface loss to spine & boards/edges, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges with some occasional closed tearing & chipping also, ex-libris label & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing & discolouration to pages throughout, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards still firmly affixed & binding still firm, sm patterned ink stamp to lower corner of frontispiece, 6cm stain to text on pg69)

PUBLISHER: Jeremiah How 1845

KEYWORDS: literature Camilla Toulmin illustrated

MACKEY, ALBERT G & CAMPBELL, DONALD (Revised by)

LACKS FEP, sm octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & masonic illus to spine, gilt masonic illus & blind rule to front board, 444pp + 23pp catalogue to rear, G+ (heavy bruising & rubbing/chafing to spine & boards/edges with considerable surface loss, heavy cracking to rear hinge of spine- rear board partially detached, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, front & rear eps missing, moderate to heavy foxing to pages throughout, several prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, v heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pgs 193-208 detached but present, other page segments partially detached but still tentatively hanging on, despite its pre-loved condition text block is still readable)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicon dictionary terms terminology rites secret societies history historical literature

BALLINTYNE, JOHN

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, speckled page edges, illus half title page, 311pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing/chafing with surface loss to spine & boards/edges, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate wrinkling to block of rear pages, considerable foxing to some illus/plates, varying degrees of foxing throughout, 7cm closed tear to plate verso of pg291)

PUBLISHER: John Menzies 1843

KEYWORDS: verse literature John Ballintyne

EGAN, PIERCE & CRUIKSHANK, I R and G (Illus)

Sm octavo, half leather bound blue heavy boards, gilt lettering on black leather title plate with raised bands to spine, gilt public library stamp/motif to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 406pp, illus plate to rear & throughout- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy bruising & rubbing/chafing to spine & boards/edges with some surface loss, minor staining to boards, 4cm crack to base of spine/hinge of front board with some v minor insect damage, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & pages throughout, sm blue pencil numerals to front eps, occasional closed tearing to some pages- mostly minor & occasionally moderate, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Camden Hotten N/D (c.1870s)

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Pierce Egan Tom & Jerry

MUNCHAUSEN, BARON & CRUIKSHANK, G (Illus)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt & black lettering & decoration/rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 268pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chafing/surface loss to boards- minor to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- partially detached with front board shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, plate at pg154 partially detached with failed attempts at yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: William Tegg 1868

KEYWORDS: literature history Baron Munchausen

WODEHOUSE, P G

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FFEP, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front boards, black/silhouette illus to front board, 314pp, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems/edges, light soiling/discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front pastedown, ffep detached, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1926

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels P G Wodehouse