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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Christopher Fowler

PEKAR, HARVEY & WALDMAN, JT & BRABNER, JOYCE (Epilogue) & PRITCHETT, CHARLES (Lettering)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to spine, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels literature fiction Harvey Pekar

CAVANAGH, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 325pp, VG+ (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels David Cavanagh

BATAILLE, GEORGES / LORD AUCH & NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM (Trans)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, viii + 120pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy crack to front gutter- title & contents pgs partially detached) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- 3cm loss to rear, 4cm closed tear to top edge, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Urizen Books 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS novellas fiction literature Lord Auch Georges Batailles erotica

MAYER, MERCER

FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Four Winds Press 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature picture books fantasy trolls fairy tales Mercer Mayer

FORWARD, TOBY & WIJNGAARD, JUAN (Illus)

Lg quarto, hardcover illus pop-up book, black lettering to spine, full Globe Theatre pop-up arena/stage once rear board fully opened, fully attached envelope to inside front board containing pop-out charcters to use in stage arena- all characters intact still, also to inside front board are 2x booklets in their own little pockets containing scenes/scripts from each play that can be played out, also contains pull-out pages of history of The Globe and a bio of Richard Burbage, leading actor of the King's Men theatre company, all pop-ups & pop-outs are fully intact with no damage detected, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2005

KEYWORDS: literature pop-up books William Shakespeare The Globe plays children's interactive

McSWEENEY, TIMOTHY & CHABON, MICHAEL et al

Octavo sized flip-top cube/box of numerous sm. print literature in various forms, includes 7 booklets with other postcards & ephemera inc. a tiny mysterious scroll that is still sealed, all contents are in lovely VG+ condition, presentation box decorated as a human head is VG (moderate to heavy crack to left join at rear of flip-top lid, other minor cracking to joints of flip-top lid also)

PUBLISHER: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 2010

KEYWORDS: Timothy McSweeney box sets literature collections