SABOR, RUDOLPH

5 VOL SET. 8vo, light card covers, french flaps, frontis., Die Walkure: 198 pp., Gotterdammerung: 208 pp., Siegfried: 230 pp., Der Ring: 254 pp., Das Rheingold: 183 pp., illus., scores, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light creasing to joints (esp Das Rheingold), sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in plastic slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1997

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Ring cycle Opera literature music history libretto

BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed & introd)

2 VOL SET. Super 8vo, illus. heavy card bds, spine lettered in purple gilt & black, vol. 1: [8] + 783 pp., vol. 2: [8] + 833 pp., plates to vol. 2, NF (light to moderate bruising to spine extems, light wear to joints, minor scuffing & soiling to bds, sl soiling to vol. 2 fore-edge), in slip case, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand author poet poetry literature letters correspondence

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

4 VOL SET. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. 8vo, black leather bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt white, frontis. (vol. 1 only), vol. 1: 416 pp., vol. 2: 447 pp., vol. 3: 478 pp., vol. 4: 480 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate soiling to rear board (vol. 4), light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to pg edges, rear turn in at board extrem sl torn (vol. 4), light fraying to headband (vol. 3), light tanning & soiling to eps, front gutter sl cracked (vol. 1 & 3), central & rear gutters lightly cracking (vol. 3)).

PUBLISHER: Pravda 1990

KEYWORDS: Vladimir Nabokov 20th century author literature collected works

OUTKA, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising & fading to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: first editions history criticism modernism English literature consumption economics psychology commerce marketing

GUHA, RAMACHANDRA & MARTINEZ-ALIER, J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 230pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Earthscan Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: environment environmental essays literature prose economics economy politics movements

BARKER, MARGARET

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 166pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: T&T Clark 1996

KEYWORDS: theology reilgion religious literature writings history Jesus Christianity

ROWLING, J K & GRANDPRE, MARY (Illus)

FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, brown/rust coloured heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to black buckram spine, illus title page, xi + 734pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Arthur A Levine / Scholastic Press 2000

KEYWORDS: children's fantasy literature wizards Harry Potter series J K Rowling illusrated fiction novels ya youth readers young adult modern first US editions

WAITE, ARTHUR EDWARD

Super octavo, brown & maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxiii + 624pp (main pagination begins at p15), VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing, light soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: University Books 1961

KEYWORDS: historical literature King Arthur arthurian legends Galahad holy grail criticism interpretation

LACKEY, MERCEDES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 433pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front & rear)

PUBLISHER: Baen Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions Mercedes Lackey ya young adult youth readers children's fantasy literature novels fiction

TATSUMI, YOSHIHIRO & ALLEN, JOCELYNE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 278pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Drawn + Quarterly 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS graphic novels comic books comics literature fiction Japanese Yoshihiro Tatsumi

PFEIFFER, EHRENFRIED

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, white light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 126pp, VG+ (sl soiling to covers, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page, 1cm closed tear to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Mercury Press N/D (modern copy)

KEYWORDS: articles literature gardening farming agriculture biodynamic soil

PODOLINSKY, ALEX

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 174pp, illus, Near FINE (blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Gavemer Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: lectures literature gardening farming agriculture biodynamic

KIRBY, W F (Trans) & GRUNDY, J B C (Intro)

2 VOL SET, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- viii + 327pp, vol 2- vi + 285pp + 8pp to rear, VG (heavy bruising/warping to boards & page block of vol 2, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sm inscription in red ink to ffep of vol 2, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to prelims of both vols, sm numerals in red ink to rear pastedowns of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy wrinkling to jacket of vol 2, moderate tanning to spines, minor soiling, price clipped, bottom portion of front flaps crossed out in ink, original price on front flap of vol 2 obscured- black ink)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons / Everyman's Library 1969-70

KEYWORDS: kalevala verse poems poetry literature English translations medieval

MATTHEWS, CAITLIN & MATTHEWS, JOHN (Intro) & FALCONER, MEG (Pictures)

Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Gothic Image Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: King Arthur arthurian legends holy grail medieval literature historical history

BANTOCK, NICK (Written & Illus)

Square 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: Pan Macmillan 1992

KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Nick Bantock

BANTOCK, NICK (Written & Illus)

Square 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: Pan Macmillan 1996

KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Nick Bantock

HOPKINSON, MARTIN

Square 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: The British Museum Press 2011

KEYWORDS: bookplates books literature ex-libris labels plates art decoration

MASTERS, ANTHONY

Ex-library, 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: Basil Blackwell 1987

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies espionage spies spy novels

GEARE, MICHAEL & COOPER, JILLY (Fore)

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1981

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Michael Geare

VOLKART, EDMUND H

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: Franklin Watts 1986

KEYWORDS: Ambrose Bierce literature dictionaries