CROSS-SMITH, LEESA

FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grand Central Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Leesa Cross-Smith

HOLGATE, D P

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: D P Holgate 2012

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature D P Holgate New Zealand writers authors

LAHIRI, JHUMPA

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: Houghton Mifflin Company 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Jhumpa Lahiri

NILES, STEVE & RUTH, GREG (Art & Lettering)

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: Dark Horse Books 2005

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fiction literature Steve Niles Greg Ruth

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE & PENDENNIS, ARTHUR & DOYLE, RICHARD (Illus)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, half leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plates to spine, gilt rule/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, vignettes with tissue guards to prelims, vol 1- viii + 380pp, vol 2- viii + 375pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spines, minor chipping to red leather title plates on spines, light to moderate scuffing/surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury & Evans 1855

KEYWORDS: literature modern first editions novels William Makepeace Thackerary

BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT & CRUICKSHANK, GEORGE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, red leather spine- heavily scuffed, patterned eps, illus prelims, 48pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing to spine- surface loss, top & base of spine has minor loss, heavy scuffing & surface loss to board corners, heavy soiling & chafing to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, cloth reinforcement to some gutters, closed tearing to bottom half of pgs 11-14)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1882

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction illustrated Robert Bloomfield

SHERRINGTON, Sir CHARLES & DENNY-BROWN, D (Compiled & Ed by)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 532pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: writings prose literature Sir Charles Sherrington medical neurology

COLE, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 318pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & rear board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017

KEYWORDS: poetry poems literature verse Peter Cole

CABELL, JAMES BRANCH & PAPE, FRANK C (Illus)

FIRST IMPRESSION OF ILLUSTRATED EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxv + 359pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters- boards sl shaky, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, minor tanning/foxing/pencil markings sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Robert M McBride & Company 1928

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature fiction comedy Lames Branch Cabell

KEROUAC, JACK & TIETCHEN, TODD (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 192pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature writings novellas Jack Kerouac

BINION, RUDOLPH & KAUFMANN, WALTER (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 587pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Frau Lou biography biographies memoir literature philosophy psychology Friedrich Nietzsche students

HIMES, CHESTER

FIRST UK EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edegs stained red, 240pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & tape residue to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & staining to page edges, moderate to heavy tape staining to front & rear eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- edges likely stained & damaged, moderate tape staining & tanning/foxing/soiling to flaps, other generalised soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition crime thrillers fiction novels literature Chester Himes

YEATS, W B

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, vii + 126pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters, patches of minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1940

KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse plays W B Yeats

WA-SHA-QUON-ASIN (GREY OWL)

REPRINT, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 63pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & light tanning to spine, light scuffing to board corners, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters- some illus potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: Lovat Dickson 1937

KEYWORDS: literature Grey Owl Canada Canadian Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin

WOLFE, TOM

FIRST UK EDITION, PHOTOGRAPHER GARY BAIGENT'S COPY, octavo, pink heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 339pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & moderate tanning to spine & board extrems/edges, light fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (Gary Baigent) in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, minor foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (all corners clipped, light fading & heavy scuffing & chipping to spine, some heavy scoring & creasing to covers, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, errata slip tipped in to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1966

KEYWORDS: collections Tom Wolfe literature first UK editions

WICKRAMASINGHA, MINEKA P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 171pp, VG+ (sl soiling & peeling to covers, light tanning to page edges, light soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Samayawardhana Printers 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Mineka P Wickramasingha literature fiction novels

CARTER, BRUCE

Sm octavo, cream/beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light bruising/soiling/tanning to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1959

KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction Bruce Carter

DICKENS, CHARLES & SEYMOUR, R (Illus) & PHIZ (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, LATER IMPRESSION, super octavo, marbled heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on black faux leather spine, frontispiece/vignettes to prelims, xiv + (2) + 609pp, illus/plates, lacks most early state issue points: 'E' present at bottom pp25, 'holding' pp260, '7' in p 276 same level as other numbers i.e. normal, pp341 line 1 inbe-licate, line 5 inscriptino, pp342 S.Veller uncorrected, pp400 his friends line 21, lacks plate opp. pp69 and 74, frontispiece reads Weller not Veller, VG (moderate tanning to title plate on spine, light tanning to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing/marking to prelims & other pages sporadically throughout, pgs 3 - illus opp. pg 4 detached but present, pgs 43-48 misbound out of sequence, minor cracking to front & rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1837

KEYWORDS: first editions (rebound, later impression) classic English literature Charles Dickens novels illustrated

THOMAS, DYLAN & BOX, SYDNEY (Fore) & BOX, LEONORA (Illus)

SECOND IMPRESSION, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 54pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning/scuffing & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Triton Publishing Company 1966

KEYWORDS: literature Dylan Thomas illustrated

NEWALL, OLIVE

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, blue tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: PEN (New Zealand Centre) / H H Tombs 1943

KEYWORDS: Lady Olive Newall gift books New Zealand collection writings literature