BLACK, BOB

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 176pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C A L Press 1997

KEYWORDS: literature social science sociology anarchy politics anarchists

STENDHAL & WOOLF, PHILIP SIDNEY (Trans) & WOOLF, CECIL N SIDNEY (Trans) & GRECO, ROBERT (Decorative Drawings)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, page edges stained pink, 261pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning/soiling, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Peter Pauper Press N/D

KEYWORDS: Stendhal French literature English translations illustrated Marie-Henri Beyle literary

OSLEY, A S (Selected, Introduced & Translated by) & WOLPE, BERTHOLD (Account)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne

FINDLATER, RICHARD

LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955

KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature

GORHAM, MAURICE & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (Illus)

Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 262pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light chafing & soiling, sm pencil scribble to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Percival Marshall 1951

KEYWORDS: literature entertainment Maurice Gorham illustrated

LANG, ANDREW & DOBSON, AUSTIN

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, xv + 184pp, VG- (light bruising & moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light foxing to prelims & terminals, front & rear gutters have adhesive reinforcement, heavy cracking to gutters- pgs 49-64 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1881

KEYWORDS: books book collecting bibliophilia bibliophiles literature appreciation Andrew Lang art at home series

HUNT, SAM

UNCOMMON, octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 30pp, VG (moderate foxing & staining to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Hampson Hunt 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse poems literature Sam Hunt

FERMOR, PATRICK LEIGH & MONSELL, JOAN EYRES (Photos) & CRAXTON, JOHN (Frontispiece)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tearing & loss to spine & extrems- heavy but tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing & staining)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS travel writing literature Patrick Leigh Fermor southern Pelopennese Greece Greek

MASON, R A K

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP NAME OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, grey string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & rubbing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse R A K Mason first editions

FLEMING, IAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese lettering to front board, illus/patterned eps, 256pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, sm stain to spine)

PUBLISHER: Joanthan Cape 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions James Bond 007 series thrillers espionage spies literature novels fiction Ian Fleming

OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

BARNES, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 353pp, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges of front cover, sl tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient philosophy philosophers history historical classical literature

HYMENAEUS BETA Xo (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 287pp, illus, VG+ (covers in fully adhesive plastic cover- fully affixed, light chafing/soiling & curling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to bottom of half title page, sm patch of adhesive staining to inside rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Weiser 1991

KEYWORDS: The Equinox literature esoteric occult occultism esoterocism magic magick

CHAMPLIN, T S

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 235pp, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastdown, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1988

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy paradox paradoxes literature T S Champlin

PLANTINGA, ALVIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 255pp, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate faint pencil annotation & underlining throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, sm adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions logic philosophy literature metaphysics modality

LONERGAN, BERNARD J F

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 785pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, minor creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chipping & wrinkling/scuffing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Lingmans, Green & Co / Philospohical Library 1967

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Bernard J F Lonergan

PATON, H J

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- 585pp, vol 2- 510pp, VG- (light rubbing & scuffing to extrems of vol 1, moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board corners of vol 2- moderate cracking to front hinge, boards of vol 2 moderately warped, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps, light to moderate pencil markings & annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin / Macmillan 1951

KEYWORDS: kantian Immanuel Kant philosophy metaphysics literature commentary commentaries kritik der reinen vernunft

KORNER, STEPHAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 238pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine & flaps, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics logic literature Stephan Korner

MURPHY-O'CONNOR, JEROME

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 317pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: religion religious literature prose essays anthologies collecitons theology Jerusalem Israel new testament bible biblical lands Christian Christianity

COLLINGWOOD, R G

Octavo, black buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 354pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light minor pencil annotation to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to spine & cover egdes, sm adhesive labels to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics R G Collingwood literature psychology Immanuel Kant kantian