DONALDSON,STEPHEN

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Gollancz 2010

KEYWORDS: literature fiction steohen donaldson thomas covenant

JANSMA, KRISTOPHER

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Viking 2013

KEYWORDS: literary fiction literature kristopher jansma

JANSSON, TOVE & TEAL, THOMAS (Trans)

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt author initials to front board, unpaginated prelims + 214pp, VG (sl bruising & light fading to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & sl chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning/wrinkling/chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions Swedish literature writers authors novels fiction Tove Jansson

SZABO, MAGDA & SZASZ, KATHLEEN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, 224pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, light tanning/discolouration & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic wrap- easily removed if desired, all corners lightly clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling & foxing, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Hungarian literature writers authors Magda Szabo novels fiction

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (light tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1.5cm cosed tear to base of spine, light tanning, chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1972

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

LACKS FFEP, octavo, yellow heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (ligh tbruising & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, lacks ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Popular Book Club 1954

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 217pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction short stories Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1968

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 230pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1974

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Taylor novels

LEES-MILNE, JAMES & BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary

ANISSIMOV, MYRIAM & COX, STEVE (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 452pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1998

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Primo Levi

GADDIS, WILLIAM & MOORE, STEVEN (Ed) & GADDIS, SARAH (Afterword)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 545pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press 2013

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence William Gaddis autobiographical autobiographies literature literary

CARSWELL, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical

SZABO, MAGDA & McLEAN, URSULA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, 286pp, VG+ (sl staining to board edges, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges. sm numerals in ink to rear eps, minor crack at rear gutter) in d/w, VG (in protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Corvina Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Hungarian writers authors Magda Szabo literature novels fiction English translations

STEAD, CHRISTINA

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 319pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Christina Stead

CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling, discreet reinforcement to inside edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors D'Arcy Cresswell poetry poets

BENNETT, CLAIRE-LOUISE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 216pp, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Claire-Louise Bennett

MURNANE, GERALD

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 132pp, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

KEYWORDS: modern US editions literature novels fiction Gerald Murnane

WELCH, DENTON & MURTAUGH, DANIEL J (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2017

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Denton Welch Eric Oliver biography autobiographies memoir literary literature art

LEWIS, ALUN

Sm octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 243pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration & light rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1947

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Alun Lewis