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$25.00
xxgle214308

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club


DICKENS, CHARLES & PHIZ (Illus)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated Phiz

$25.00
xxgmb214313

The Personal History of David Copperfield


DICKENS, CHARLES & BARNARD, J (Illus)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Barnard

$20.00
xxgmb214314

Little Dorrit


DICKENS, CHARLES & MAHONEY, J (Illus)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Mahoney

$20.00
xxgmb214315

Our Mutual Friend


DICKENS, CHARLES & MAHONEY, J (Illus)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: household edition series classic literature novels fiction Charles Dickens illustrated J Mahoney

$27.50
xxgmc214318

Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku


SEKIDA, KATSUKI (Trans & Commentaries) & GRIMSTONE, A V (Ed & Intro)

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: John Weatherhill 1977

KEYWORDS: zen classic literature English translations koan collections

$27.50
xxgmc214327

The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng


PRICE, A F (Trans) & MOU-LAM, WONG (Trans)

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: Shambhala 1990

KEYWORDS: sutras philosophy literature Indian Buddhist

$9.00
xxgmd214332

The MOD Squad: Assignment: The Hideout


DEMING, RICHARD & CSANADY, DEZSO (Cover art)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitman / Western Publishing 1970

KEYWORDS: MOD squad literature children's adventure novels fiction Richard Deming

$25.00
xxgmd214334

Another Job for Biggles


JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1951

KEYWORDS: children's literature Biggles series novels fiction W E Johns modern first editions (2nd imp.)

$34.50
xxgmd214335

Biggles in the Blue


JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD, LESLIE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, FACSIMILE JACKET, 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: Brockhampton Press 1953

KEYWORDS: children's literature Biggles series novels fiction W E Johns modern first editions

$75.00
1y30aa/17

Maigret Sets a Trap


SIMENON, GEORGES & WOODWARD, DAPHNE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (sl bruising & light tanning to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping with loss to edges & spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Maigret series Georges Simenon

$145.00
1r13a/3

Right Ho, Jeeves


WODEHOUSE, P G

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine & boards, top page edges stained red- faded, 312pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spine with minor water staining to base, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, patches of moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1934

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Jeeves and Wooster series P G Wodehouse fiction novels

$45.00
1r13a/4

Styles of Radical Will


SONTAG, SUSAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light green boards, gilt lettering to spine, (11) + 274pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor water staining to base of spine, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1969

KEYWORDS: literature essays Susan Sontag first editions

$175.00
1r13a/7

Very Good, Jeeves!


WODEHOUSE, P G

FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 312pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep potentially missing, half title page partially detached but still present, sl water staining to base of front eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1930

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Jeeves and Wooster series P G Wodehouse literature novels fiction

$50.00
1r13a/8

The Earthly Paradise: A Poem


MORRIS, WILLIAM

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, viii + 445pp, VG (some page edges remain uncut, light bruising to extrems, light fading/tanning to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedow, ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing sporadically throughout, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Reeves and Turner 1890 (spine updated 1891)

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature William Morris

$40.00
1b38a/4

Aquinas' Summa: An Introduction and Interpretation


GRATSCH, EDWARD J

Octavo, black light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, xxxix + 305pp, VG- (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to rear cover with prev. bookseller's sm label also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters with some pages detached but present, occasional pencil annotations)

PUBLISHER: Alba House 1985

KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas summa theologica theology religion religious literature

$40.00
1b38a/18

The Treatise on the Divine Nature (Summa Theologiae I 1-13)


AQUINAS, THOMAS & SHANLEY, BRIAN (Trans & Commentary) & PASNAU, ROBERT (Intro)

Octavo, teal glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine & front cover, xx + 370pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to inside front & rear covers, sm ink annotation to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Hackett Publishing Company 2006

KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas theology summa theologica theologiae literature religion doctrines

$45.00
1b38a/23

Minute for Murder


BLAKE, NICHOLAS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red/orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading & foxing to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first editions crime thrillers fiction novels literature Nicholas Blake

$75.00
1a27a/5

Role of Honour


GARDNER, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl. cocked, sl soiling t page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature modern first edition James Bond John Gardner espionage spy thrillers

$40.00
1a27a/16

Bill Berenger Wins Command


DUFF, DOUGLAS V & BARCLAY, A (Illus)

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained orange, frontispiece, 283pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, sporadic light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light to moderate chafing & soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D

KEYWORDS: children's fiction novels literature Douglas V Duff

$45.00
1a27a/18

Kukai: Major Works


HAKEDA, YOSHITO S (Trans)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine- faded, xiv + 303pp, VG (yellowing tape reinforcement to cover edges- sl creased & peeling, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press c.1972

KEYWORDS: Kukai Kobo Daishi Japanese literature esoteric buddhism buddhist

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