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21st Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (VIZ Signature Edition)
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: VIZ Media 2021
KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels literature Naoki Urasawa
Embodied Wisdom: The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais
Super 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: Somatic Resources / North Atlantic Books 2010
KEYWORDS: health literature Moshe Feldenkrais psychophysiology motor activity body image psychology mental health
Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science
Super 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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: philosophy science literature
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Beautiful 17 Vol Set)
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
The Stones of Venice
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration/illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, xlvi + 350pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society John Ruskin literature illustrated Venice Venetian art architecture culture history historical Byzantine Gothic Renaissance buildings
Children of the Jade Dragon: The Naxi of Lijiang and Their Mountain Neighbours the Yi
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
Selected Poems
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
The Tombs of Atuan
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
A Case of Samples: Poems 1946-1956
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
The Adventures of Augie March
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
The Dreamers
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
The Mote in God's Eye
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
The Compass Rose: Short Stories
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
The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor
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
Ten Burnt Offerings
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
The Mad Islands and The Administrator: Two Radio Plays
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
Autumn Sequel: A Rhetorical Poem in XXVI Cantos
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
Visitations
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
The Shipwreck: A Poem
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
World of Chance
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