CROWLEY, ALEISTER

SCARCE. Sm 8vo, gold & black reptilian patterned boards, white paper label with black lettering to black cloth spine, 140 pp., colophon to p. 140, VG+ (sl soiling to spine, light bruising & chipping to board extrems, v sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light soiling/foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, top corners sl folded to pgs 21-24) in d/w VG- ( moderate soiling/tanning & scuffing, light creasing & chipping to extrems & edges, sm closed tear to top corner of back flap, sm adhesive label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Mandrake Press N/D (1929?)

KEYWORDS: occult 20th century authors fiction magic witchcraft Aleister Crowley literature

PETERS, FRITZ

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy bds, gilt lettering to spine, 176 pp., VG (sl fading & soiling to boards, light bruising to board/spine edges & extrems, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate tape staining/residue to eps, top edge of ffep removed- approx. 2cm, light tanning, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light soiling & foxing, light chipping to spine extrems, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1964

KEYWORDS: fiction Victor Gollancz Kather Katherine Mansfield Ernest Hemmingway Gertrude Stein Alice B Toklas literature novels modern first editions

PRIDEAUX, HUMPHREY

8vo, panelled calf, gilt lettering on red label to second and fifth section of spine, 5 bands, boardered title page, xvi + 260 pp., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, bruising to edges & extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to hinges/gutters- boards sl shaky, heavy tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & text block, 10cm tear to ffep at gutter- partially detached, owner's inscription to ffep, bookplate to p. ii),

PUBLISHER: E. Curll against Catharine-street in the Strand, J. Hooke against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, W. Mears and F. Clay without Temple-Bar 1723

KEYWORDS: 18th century literature Mahomet Edmund Curll printing publishing criticism antiquarian religion theology Christianity

AGEE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 339 pp., VG+ (light rubbing/fading & soiling to boards, sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing sporadic throughout) in d/w VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing, moderate foxing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl brusing & chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel family love tragedy James Agee

DAVIN, DAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254 pp., VG+ (minor rubbing & soiling, minor scuffing to edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to pg extrems, light tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling, light taninng & foxing, spine extrems & edges lightly scuffed)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature Oxford England university fiction grief marriage

BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, J E

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. 8vo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 99 pp., VG (moderate tape & tape residue to boards, light soiling, light to moderate soiling/fading & bruising/chipping to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to pg edges, light tape residue to eps, usual library markings, light marginalia in pencil, light tanning to text block) in d/w VG (light soiling to covers & edges, light bruising & chipping to extrems with tape repairs, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter J E Weir collected poems modern first editions poems poetry life death literature

DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL & SMOLLETT, T (Biography) & CHAPMAN, ROBIN (Intro) & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

Super octavo, mustard yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown illus to spine & boards, frontispiece, xxxix + 769pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration to spine, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, sl scuffing & bruising to edges & extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1995

KEYWORDS: classic literature Spanish English translations folio society Miguel de Cervantes

ANDERSON, GEORGE K (Trans & Annotated)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 266pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Delaware Press 1982

KEYWORDS: medieval European literature English translations modern first editions

STURLUSON, SNORRI & NORDAL, SIGURDUR (Intro) & YOUNG, JEAN I (Selected & Trans)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling/tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to eps, light staining & foxing to prelims, sm patch of rubbing/thinning to half & full title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, occasional light pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1966

KEYWORDS: classic literature Norse mythology Icelandic prose Snorri's edda English translations

ROGERS, SAMUEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp + 8pp to rear, G+ (v heavy rubbing/loss to spine, heavy bruising & scuffing to board extrems, v heavy cracking to hinges/gutters- boards loose but still tentatively attached, heavy chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate water staining to base of page block, ex-libris plate (historic) to front pastedown, moderate tanning & staining/discolouration & light foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1819

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Samuel Rogers

APULEIUS & STUTTAFORD, CHARLES (Trans) & MOTHERSOLE, JESSIE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, board edges yapped, deckled/rough-cut page edges, frontispiece, xvii + 83pp, illus, VG- (heavy tanning & foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly light)

PUBLISHER: David Nutt at the Sign of Phoenix 1903

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS classical literature Latin English translations Apuleiua Metamorphoses

KENNEDY, WILLIAM

HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, frontispiece, xv + 494pp, Near FINE (light tanning to edges of signature page)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1993

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed William Kennedy prose literature collections anthologies reviews writings

REINDORF, Rev CARL CHRISTIAN & REINDORF, Dr C E (Biographical Sketch)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xvi + 346pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to prelims, sl scuffing to copyright page, sl creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor water staining, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Ghana Universities Press 1966

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Gold Coast Asante Ashanti Africa Ghana history culture customs Carl Christian Reindorf

BOORSTIN, DANIEL J & BOORSTIN, RUTH F (Ed)

HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, unpaginated prelims, 210pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1995

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Daniel J Boorstin literature history philosophy

TERRY, PATRICIA (Trans) & DUNN, CHARLES W (Intro)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 268pp + bibliography to rear, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, extensive but very neat/tidy & unobtrusive annotation in pencil throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, lg crease & closed tear to base of front cover- tidy tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 1990

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse classical literature Elder Edda Scandinavian medieval

ANDERSON, W H

Sm octavo, green illus buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine, 351pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to board extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & pages throughout, prev. owner's sm name ink stamp & gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate sporadic cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Press Publishing Association 1919

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Livingstone adventure exploration

SCHERER, W & CONYBEARE, Mrs F C (Trans) & MULLER, F MAX (Ed)

2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & publisher's motif to spines, gilt rule to spines & boards, vol 1- xv + 401pp, vol 2- vii + 425pp + 8pp appendix to rear, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters of both vols, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1886

KEYWORDS: German literature history literary criticism

DE BALZAC, HONORE & MARRIAGE, ELLEN (Trans) & ALDINGTON, RICHARD (Intro) & SUSSAN, RENE BEN (Illus)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, frontispiece, illus title page, xvi + 271pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1998

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings French literature English translations Honore de Balzac

IRELAND, KEVIN

Ex-library. 4to 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: Random House 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature authors novel critical criticism collection

ELIOT, GEORGE; GRAY, BERYL (after)

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: Virago 1985

KEYWORDS: George Eliot 19th century fiction literature English romance thriller