DE BALZAC, HONORE; DORE, GUSTAV (illus.)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1977

KEYWORDS: Honore de Balzac Gustav Dore illustrated France French literature

INOUE, YASUSHI; MOY, JEAN ODA (transl)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1985

KEYWORDS: Yaushi Inoue 20th century Japan Japanese literature

WOOLF, VIRGINIA

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1954

KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf 20th century fiction literature

MANHIRE, BILL (ed)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Bill Manhire 20th century New Zealand literature fiction short stories

WALKER, TED

Ex-library. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: London Magazine Editions 1999

KEYWORDS: Ted Walker 20th century poets poetry poems literature

BAYLEY, JOHN

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1976

KEYWORDS: John Bayley literary criticism harmony division interpretation literature

TURGENEV, IVAN; SCHAPIRO, LEONARD (transl)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen 1972

KEYWORDS: Ivan Turgenev 19th century Russian literature fiction

WITHOUT PRINTER'S NAME (BUT SIGNED 'F W WATKINS)

Octavo sized pamphlet in protective plastic sleeve, 16pp, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate foxing & creasing throughout)

PUBLISHER: W Kelly & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: historical pamphlets literature London post office directories errata Watkins Commercial and General London Directory corrections

WOODRING, JIM

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine & covers, illus eps & prelims, 199pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphic Books 2008

KEYWORDS: cartoons Frank Jim Woodring literature comics graphic novels

CHESTERTON, G K & COLLINS, DOROTHY E (Ed)

Octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 169pp, VG+ (light bruising & adhesive staining to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1975

KEYWORDS: literature literary anthologies collections G K Chesterton essays prose

WALTON, The Rev W H MURRAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese script to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, jacket flap with synopsis tipped in to rear pastedown, publishers note tipped in to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1934

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing historical Japan Formosa Asia oriental W H Murray Walton

DAVIDSON, AUGUSTA M CAMPBELL

Super octavo, yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges & base of page block, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, xiv + 331pp + publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters, some page edges remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1904

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese modern culture travel writing literature Augusta M Campbell Davidson

HEARN, LAFCADIO

Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow illus/pattern to front board, unpaginated prelims, 268pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: short stories literature fiction Lafcadio Hearn

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to pg 53, minor cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions history literature Ion L Idriess Aboriginal Australia

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown shell illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & cover edges- attempts at tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions history adventure children's books literature Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, viii + 290pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm neat gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate creasing & closed tearing/tape repairs to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1949

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to brown buckram spine, frontispiece, viii + 220pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to ffep, some prelim pages detached but present, light tanning throughout) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light wrinkling & soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1947

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1950

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels Australian literature true stories Ion L Idriess modern first editions

PONTING, HERBERT G

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 306pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink & blind embossed stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1922

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture heritage historical travel writing literature Herbert G Ponting

WATSON, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, decked page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 315pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to rear board, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1904

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture heritage Gilbert Watson history