BUZZATI, DINO & LOBB, FRANCES (Trans)

FIRST US EDITION, quarto, orange heavy boards, purple/grey lettering to spine, purple/grey illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, 147pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, minro bruising to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to front & rear eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light tanning to spine, price clipped, otherwise still a tidy jacket)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1947

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CONRAD, JOSEPH & McFEE, WILLIAM (Intro) & MUELLER, HANS ALEXANDER (Wood Cuts)

Comprising short stories & short novels, quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey cloth spine, to page edges stained grey - faded, x + 713pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards & edges, moderate soiling & foxing to spine, moderate fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & glue staining to eps, moderate cracking to front gutters, verso of title page partially detached, moderate water staining to edges of page block, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1942

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NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Collected by) & HURINUI, PEI TE (Trans)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spines, Maori design/illus band to spine & boards & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxxii + 327pp, vol 2- lii + 319pp, VG (moderate fading to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of each vol)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974

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GALLANT, MAVIS

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & stars to front board, publisher's motif to ffep, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, vG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/soilng & tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1988

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ROSS, P & PENETITO, C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, 23pp, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, 0.5cm scuff to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front eps, sm scuff to top edge of ffep, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

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SYDNEY, GRAHAME (Painter) & TURNER, BRIAN (Poet) & MARSHALL, OWEN (Writer) & NEILL, SAM (Intro)

SIGNED & DATED BY OWEN MARSHALL & GRAHAME SYDNEY, oblong quarto, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1995

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WAHL, ELIZABETH SUSAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 358pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl curling & creasing to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, occasional discreet pencil underlining)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1999

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DAHL, ROALD & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (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: Jonathan Cape 1983

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GRAHAM, JORIE & MACFARLANE, ROBERT (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Copper Canyon Press 2022

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CORIN, LUCY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: McSweeney's 2016

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HOEFLER, KATE & JACOBY, SARAH (Art)

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PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2019

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WHITE, E B & GUTH, DOROTHY LOBRANO (Originally Collected by) & WHITE, MARTHA (Revised & Updated) & UPDIKE, JOHN (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial 2007

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BOOKER, CHRISTOPHER

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PUBLISHER: Gambit 1970

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GAYFORD, MARTIN

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PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2019

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LASZLO, ERVIN & KING, ALEXANDER (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Oneworld 1989

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SCHAEFFER, FRANCIS A

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PUBLISHER: Crossway Books 1985

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ROBSON, CATHERINE

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 250pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light imprint of jacket to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor general fading)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001

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SCHIER, FLINT

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 226pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989

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CASTLE, TERRY

Octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, x + 307pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993

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DONNE, JOHN & SMITH, A J (Ed) & MOTION, ANDREW (Into) & LYDBURY, JANE (Engravings)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering to red leather spine, top page edges stained red, xxxviii + 438pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006

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