SCOTT, Sir WALTER

THIS VOL ONLY. ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALASIAN SUBSCRIPTION EDITION. Imp. 8vo hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Charles Stuart & Co. n/d

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Scott 19th century English literature Waverly Novels fiction

SCOTT, Sir WALTER

THIS VOL ONLY. ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALASIAN SUBSCRIPTION EDITION. Imp. 8vo hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Charles Stuart & Co. n/d

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Scott 19th century English literature Waverly Novels fiction

MURAKAMI, HARUKI; RUBIN, JAY (transl)

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2007

KEYWORDS: Haruki Murakami Japan Japanese literature 21st century fiction

BAILYN, BERNARD (Ed) & GARRETT, JANE N (Ed Assist.)

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front board, xvi + plates + 771pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, light chafing & soiling, 1cm little gauge to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions US America American revolution history literature 18th eighteenth century John Harvard Library series

MURATA, SACHIKO & WEIMING, TU (Fore) & CHITTICK, WILLIAM C (New Trans)

TIDY INSCRIPTION IN CHINESE TO FFEP, octavo, glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 264pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, ink inscription in Chinese to ffep)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2000

KEYWORDS: China Chinese spirituality Sufi Sufism Islam Islamic historical literature religion religious history

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black & red lettering with coloured illus to front board, frontispiece, 256pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light wrinkling to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate creasing to frontispiece, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, binding loosened/sloppy) in d/w, G+ (in proective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, heavy creasing & loss to spine & fore-edge corners/edges, light tanning & soiling, minor tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration with blind stamp decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 286pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & MACFARLANE, J (Illus)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board with blind stamp decoration also, 256pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, binding loose, light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters & foxing/soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & JOHNSON, A J (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board with blind stamp decoration also, frontispiece with tissue guard, 320pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & fading to spine, sl rubbing to board corners, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, gift inscription in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to pages & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: modern first editions illustrated literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board with blind stamp decoration also, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink with white-out to verso of half title page, moderate foxing to pages & cracking to gutters throughout, some pages to rear quite heavily foxed)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: modern first editions illustrated literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & MACFARLANE, J (Illus)

POSSIBLE FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board with blind stamp decoration also, 256pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, some illus pages partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (1909?)

KEYWORDS: modern first editions illustrated literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black & coloured lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1931

KEYWORDS: modern first editions illustrated literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, red & black lettering & coloured illus to front board, frontispiece, 256pp, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, presentation inscription in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

KOESTLER, ARTHUR & HARDY, DAPHNE (Trans) & BUKOVSKY, VLADIMIR (Intro) & BUDAY, GEORGE (Wood-Engravings)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo, grey & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, gilt/illus to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 267pp, illus/wood engravings, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light fading & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1980

KEYWORDS: folio society Arthur Koestler English translations literature illustrated novels fiction

CLARK, KENNETH

Sm folio, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontipsiece, 218pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges, moderate fading & light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: art history Sandro Botticelli Dante Divine Comedy literature literary

TOSCHES, NICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's initials to front board, unpaginated prelims + 387pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Nick Tosches

FRANZEN, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 517pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate peeling/surface wrinkling, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Jonathan Franzen

BAXTER, JAMES K & WEIR, JOHN (Ed & Intro)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus front boards, peach coloured spine & rear boards, black & purple gilt lettering to spines, printed front eps, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate fading to spines, sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate cracking & bruising of seams, clear tape repair/reinforcement to top edge)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors anthologies prose James K Baxter writings

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 255pp, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor rubbing & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light ink residue to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, minor foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

STOTT, R TOOLE & DISHER, M WILLSON (Fore)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 185pp + illus/plates to rear, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor patches of soiling to some terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Harpur & Sons 1958

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