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$65.00
2g39/45

Tales of Lonely Trails


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION, IN FACSIMILE JACKET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/photographic plate to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 394pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy rubbing to gilt on spine, moderate soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light sporadic soiling throughout, moderate cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sm gouge to rear flap, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions travel adventure literature Zane Grey

$185.00
2g39/46

An American Angler in Australia


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, vi + 115pp + illus to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy fading & scuffing to spine, usual library markings, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, blurb/synopsis from original jacket glued in to front pastedown, occasional light soiling throughout) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in palstic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure hunting angling fly fishing flyfishing Zane Grey literature

$325.00
2g39/47

Don: The Story of a Lion Dog


GREY, ZANE & WIESE, KURT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, b;ack dog illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, v + 69pp, illus, VG (light rubbin g& scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor patches of soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions literature adventure Zane Grey animals dogs

$395.00
2g40/1

Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas


GREY, ZANE & SMITH, LILLIAN WILHELM (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION WITH FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, quaint sm illus of fisherman to half title page, other sm illus to prelims also, vii + (3) + 216pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling/discolouration to spine with gilt rubbed off, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey

$325.00
2g40/2

Adventures of a Deep-Sea Angler


GREY, R C (ZANE)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxvii + (3) + 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor water damage/wrinkling to base of front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey R C deep sea angling

$245.00
2g40/3

Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION WITH FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, deep green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, publishers blind stamp motif to borttom corner of front board, top page edges stained red- faded, illus eps, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 277pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters- rear board sl shaky, light foxing to prelims) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey fresh water angling

$45.00
2g40/12

Enter the Dragon


ROOTE, MIKE & ALLIN, MICHAEL (Original Screenplay)

Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, page edges stained yellow, 158pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & creasing with some surface loss also to spine & covers, minro foxing to page edges & throughout, minor red ink staining to top edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: Award Books / Universal-Award House Inc 1973

KEYWORDS: novels fiction martial arts Bruce Lee literature Mike Roote

$65.00
2g40/15

Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New


O'SULLIVAN, SIMON (Ed) & ZEPKE, STEPHEN (Ed)

Super octavo, blue & white light card wrappers, black & white lettering to spine, ix + 245pp, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2011

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Gilles Deleuze Felix Guattari

$995.00
2g40/18

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments [with Supplemental Nights] (10 Vol Set + 6 Vol Supplement - 16 Vol Set, Complete)


BURTON, RICHARD F (Trans & Annotated)

16 VOL SET, COMPLETE (10 VOLS + 6 VOLS SUPPLEMENT), super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & silver gilt lettering to spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing to board edges, moderate chafing& soiling to spines & boards, heavy rubbing & loss to gilt on several vols, moderate tanning to page edges & sporadically throughout, minor foxing, heavy cracking to some gutters- page block separated from spine to some vols) still a beautiful collection to have on the shelf, photos recommended

PUBLISHER: Privately Printed by the Burton Club N/D (c.1880s?)

KEYWORDS: arabian nights Richard F Burton literature Arabic Middle East Eastern Arab stories

$33.50
2g40/19

Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 2)


WEIS, MARGARET & HICKMAN, TRACY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blu eheavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, maps to unpaginated prelims, 367pp + unpaginated music score to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & fading)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature novels fiction death gate cycle series Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman

$45.00
2g40/20

Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3)


WEIS, MARGARET & HICKMAN, TRACY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, maps to unpaginated prelims, 364pp + unpaginated music score to rear, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/chipping & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature novels fiction death gate cycle series Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman

$40.00
2g40/24

The City Park: A Reproduction of an Antique Stand-Up Book


MEGGENDORFER, LOTHAR

Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, unpaginated concertina card leaves, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges of front & rear boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, all cut-outs in good condition with no tears or missing parts detected)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: stand-up stand up books reproductions literature picture books Lothar Meggendorfer

$45.00
2g40/25

The Quentin Blake Book


UGLOW, JENNY

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to red cloth spine, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to top edge of rear board)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2022

KEYWORDS: children's literature artists artwork Quentin Blake anthology biography literary art

$70.00
2g40/41

Love in the Time of Cholera


MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA & GROSSMAN, EDITH (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/flap join, light to moderate foxing to flaps, light general soiling & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Gabriel Garcia Marquez

$45.00
2g40/42

Tapu


CORBALIS, JUDY

FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED (TWICE) BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, printed eps, x + 340pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping top edges- sl surface loss, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Sinclair-Stevenson 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Judt Corbalis New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Maori

$100.00
2g40/43

Nationalism and Culture


ROCKER, RUDOLF & CHASE, RAY E (Trans)

Super octavo, green/brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 614pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, 4cm crack to front flap fold/crease)

PUBLISHER: Michael E Coughlin 1978

KEYWORDS: social philosophy Rudolf Rocker literature

$75.00
2g40/45

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower


GODDEN, RUMER & PRIMROSE, JEAN (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, oriental illus to front board, illus eps & title page, unpaginated prelims + 82pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling & discolouration to boards, heavy scuff to length of rear hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front gutter, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to half title page, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Rumer Godden illustrated

$50.00
2g41/5

Come to Me My Melancholy Baby


JENNINGS, KATE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, VG- (moderate scuffing/surface loss & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor soiling to prelims & to base of some pages, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Outback Press 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Kate Jennings

$75.00
2g41/7

Spinoza


CAIRD, JOHN

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, unpaginted prelims + 315pp, VG- (light scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, quite heavy cracking to gutters throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate underlining to text in pencil throughout- unobtrusive, heavy pencil markings & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1888

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Spinoza

$450.00
2g41/9gc

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (3 Vol Set in 2 Slipcases)


DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN & KLINGER, LESLIE S (Ed, Fore & Notes) & LE CARRE, JOHN (Intro)

3 VOL SET PRESENTED IN 2x SEPARATE SLIPCASES, HEAVY SET, extra shipping required. Vols 1 + 2 are his shorter works with vol 3 comprising of novels, imperial octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spines, frontispieces, decorated title pages, mixed pagination, illus, Near Fine, in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling) in slipcases, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2005

KEYWORDS: Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle novels short cases literature famous detectives fiction

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