CORNWELL, JOHN (Ed)

Super 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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: philosophy science literature

BURTON, RICHARD F

STUNNING 17 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt & black decoration to spines & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, frontispieces with lettered tissue guards, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings special collectors editions literature Richard F Burton thousand arabian nights

RUSKIN, JOHN & MORRIS, JAN (Ed & Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration/illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, xlvi + 350pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: folio society John Ruskin literature illustrated Venice Venetian art architecture culture history historical Byzantine Gothic Renaissance buildings

AUSTEN, JANE & CHURCH, RICHARD (Intro) & HASSALL, JOAN (Wood-Engravings)

7 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, illus heavy boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate scrape to single edge)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: English literature classics Jane Austen folio society boxed sets fiction novels

GOODMAN, JIM

IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs

MERTON, THOMAS & SPEAIGHT, ROBERT (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse collections Thomas Merton

LE GUIN, URSULA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to prelims, 160pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels scifi science fiction Ursula le Guin

AMIS, KINGSLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Kingsley Amis

BELLOW, SAUL

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 536pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl staining to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet reinforcement to internal sides, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Saul Bellow

MACNEICE, , LOUIS (Abridged & Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 306pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light tanning to spine & edges, moderat ecreasing & light chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Goethe Faust English translations classical

MANVELL, ROGER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 206pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Roger Manvell

NIVEN, LARRY & POURNELLE, JERRY

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, 537pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi sciencce fiction novels literature Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle

LE GUIN, URSULA K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 273pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light ceasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature science fiction short stories scifi Ursula K le Guin

TRAVEN, B

RE-ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 1959, sm octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 388pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & epslight foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & discolouration to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1959

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature B Traven re-issues

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, all corners lightly clipped, light creasing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions literature radio plays scripts Louis Macneice

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling/staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse Louis Macneice cantos

MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 60pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1957

KEYWORDS: first edtions poems poetry verse literature Louis Macneice

FALCONER, WILLIAM & CARRUTHERS, ROBERT & FOSTER, BIRKETT (Illus)

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, xxxvi + 153pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine & boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, odd pagination- some pgs may be missing at begining- please feel free to contact us for more information)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black, North Bridge 1858

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse William Falconer illustrated

DICK, PHILIP K

FIRST UK EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering on red patch to spine, 160pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning/discolouration/soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Science Fiction Book Club 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions scifi science fiction novels literature Philip K Dick