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$20.00
xxdzd200699

A Note in Music


LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

First edition. Small octavo hardcover (VG+), lacks d/w; 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: Chatto & Windus 1930

KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann fiction literature

$10.00
xxdzd200701

Carlyle's House and Other Sketches


WOOLF, VIRGINIA; LESSING, DORIS (fore) & BRADSHAW, DAVID (ed)

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: Hesperus Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf Doris Lessing David Bradshaw literature

$10.00
xxdzd200705

The Ballad and the Source


LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

Small octavo hard cover (VG), lacks d/w; 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 Reprint Society 1946

KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann literature fiction 20th century

$16.50
xxfaa200710

A Sea-Grape Tree


LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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: Collins 1976

KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann ficton fantasy literature

$15.00
xxfaa200712

Collected Poems & Prose


MEW, CHARLOTTE & WARNER, VAL (ed)

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: Virago Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Charlotte Mew poems prose literature collected 19th century 20th century

$12.50
xxfaa200714

The Echoing Grove


LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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: Collins & The Book Society 1953

KEYWORDS: Rosamond Lehmann fiction literature 20th century

$10.00
xxfaa200719

Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal


ACKERLEY, J R

Small octavo hardcover (VG), lacks d/w; 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: Chatto & Windus 1952

KEYWORDS: J R Ackerley India journal social history travel literature

$8.50
xxfaa200722

Mrs Craddock


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: Penguin 1975

KEYWORDS: W. Somerset Maugham literature marriage romance

$8.50
xxfaa200723

The Narrow Corner


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

$75.00
1y79a/1

The Legionnaires: A Documentary Novel


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

$40.00
1y79a/2

The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers


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

$40.00
1y79a/4

One Hand Clapping: A Memoir of Childhood


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

$34.50
1y79a/6

Something Childish, and Other Stories


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

$50.00
1y79a/7

Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell


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

$40.00
1y79a/8

Quesada: Poems 1972-74


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

$40.00
1y79a/14

Head to Toe: A Posthumous Novel


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

$95.00
1y79a/17

Georges Perec: A Life in Words


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

$65.00
1y79a/20

Homegoing


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

$95.00
1y79a/24

Heloise and Abelard (2 Vol Set)


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

$75.00
1y79a/25

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Secretay to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II (4 Vol Set)


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

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