WELCH, DENTON

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 154pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional sl cracking at gutters, occasional sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Vision Press 1950

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Denton Welch

WELCH, DENTON

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor staining to base of early pages)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1948

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DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, sl discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nicholson and Watson 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Dan Davin New Zealand

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red floral illus to front board, 251pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITIONS, LACKS D/W, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 219pp, VG (moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, minor discolouration/staining to boards, sl bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Elizabeth Taylor

TABBI, JOSEPH

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015

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WELCH, DENTON & CHEVALIER, JEAN-LOUIS (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 58pp, illus, VG+ (minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Enitharmon Press 1976

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KATACLA, EL BACHILLER

TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine with raised bands also, teg, marbled eps, illus title page, 219pp + unpaginated indices to rear, VG (moderate rubbing/surface loss & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate water staining to edges of prelim & terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Imprenta Moderna 1907

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A C C

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & boards/edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor water damage to base of page block, ex-libris plate loosely enclosed to rear)

PUBLISHER: Roxburghe Press N/D

KEYWORDS: literature social commentary a c c acc roxburghe press

COLE, GRENVILLE A J & NEW, EDMUND H (Illus)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894

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McCORMICK, ANDREW

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow & black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, illus title page, xxiv + 538pp + xxx appendices to rear, illus/folding maps, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, faded annotation to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J Maxwell & Son / John Menzies & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: literature literary gypsies gipsies gypsy Romani Scotland Scottish history tinkler Andrew McCormick

BROWN, IRVING & WOODBERRY, GEORGE E (Intro)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, deckled page edges, xvi + 267pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922

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LUCAS, JOSEPH

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 152pp + 16pp to rear, G+ (light bruising to extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & water staining to page edges, heavy scuffing & adhesion to front eps with loss to base of ffep, heavy water damage/adhesion to rear eps, annotations in ink to frontispiece & title page, most damage is to boards & front & rear of page block, central part of page block is still tidy)

PUBLISHER: J & J H Rutherford 1882

KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history travellers language literary literature dark ages

OLDENBERG, HERMANN; SHROTRI, SHRIDHAR B (transl)

Super 8vo 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: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1993

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TYBERG, JUDITH M

8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Point Loma Publications 1976

KEYWORDS: Aryan theosophical philosophical Sanskirt occult literature Eastern wisdom esoteric

WYNDHAM, JOAN

Paperback (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: Flamingo 1992

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DITLEVSEN, TOVE; NUNNALLY, TIINA (transl)

Paperback (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: The Women's Press 1976

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CUNLIFFE, RICHARD JOHN

Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (G+), loss to spine; 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: Blackie and Son 1910

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare Shakespearean dictionary English literature

JUSTIN, JOHN

Ex-library. 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1973

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AUBREY, JOHN; BARBER, RICHARD (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Book Clubs Associates 1983

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