CRUMP, BARRY

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 152pp, illus, VG (light brusing & tanning to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top corner of ffep missing, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1971

KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature New Zealand humour humor comedy Barry Crump

SELBY Jr, HUBERT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, minor foxing)

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Hubert Selby Jr

ISHIGURO, KAZUO

FABER MEMBERS COLLECTOR'S EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to gold coloured cloth spine, illus eps, (8) + 345pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber / Faber Members 2015

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Kazuo Ishiguro faber members editions collectables

PIERCY, MARGE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 173pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Marge Piercy

CAMUS, ALBERT & HOWARD, RICHARD (Trans) & SAROCCHI, JEAN (Afterword & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, VG+ (sl tanning to top edges & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & surface loss, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Albert Camus English translations French authors writers

DE GONCOURT, EDMOND & DE GONCOURT, JULES

TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Andre Versaille Editeur 2010

KEYWORDS: jules edmond de goncourt french literature

DE GONCOURT, EDMOND & DE GONCOURT, JULES

TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Andre Versaille Editeur 2010

KEYWORDS: jules edmond de goncourt french literature

MORELAND, A MAUD

REAR MAP DETACHED (BUT PRESENT), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, index & map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout- some plates may be loose)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure travel writing literature historical history Westland Haast Mount Mt Aspiring A Maud Moreland

DAY, DAVID

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus prelims, 288pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 2019

KEYWORDS: literature literary art illustrations creatures fantastical J R R Tolkien fantasy

DR SEUSS

First UK edition. Imp 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: Dr Seuss children's book juvenile literature fiction 20th century modern first edition

SMITH, BELYNDA & VINICOMBE, DOROTHY DUDEK

Imp 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: children's book juvenile literature fiction collection short stories

MAHY, MARGARET; GARDINER, DEIRDRE (illus.)

Super 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: Wendy Pye Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's books juvenile literature fiction

WALTON, IZAAK; LANG, ANDREW (introd)

Sm 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1944

KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton 17th century literature fishing fish angling angler history sport game

KIPLING, RUDYARD

Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Rudyard Kipling The Folio Society children's book juvenile literature fiction short stories

DICKENS, I E

TYPED LETTER TO REED SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., sm ocatvo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, envelope containing aforementioned typed letter tipped in to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & occasionallly throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lakes district southern alps Milford Sound travel writing literature

DE TERAN, LISA ST AUBIN

SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 195pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, minor wrinkling & chafing/soiling, light to moderate fading/discolouration, prev. bookseller's labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1989

KEYWORDS: signed travel writing literature Lisa St Aubin de Teran rail trains transport Europe

CORNWELL, BERNARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, map to prelims, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor soiling to rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Collins Sons & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Richard Sharpe series Bernard Cornwell

AUSTIN, A B (Collected by) & WILKINSON, NORMAN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ATTRACTIVE REBIND, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with rasied bands to spine, base of page block deckled, merbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 168pp, illus + tissue guards, VG+ (sl staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Country Life Limited 1931

KEYWORDS: fly fishing flyfishiing angling anthologies first editions literature writings

CH'ENG-EN, WU & WALEY, ARTHUR (Trans)

LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained yellow, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 305pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to half title page1cm chip to base of pg71)

PUBLISHER: The John Day Company 1943

KEYWORDS: Chinese literature English translations novels fiction Wu Ch'eng-en

FITZPATRICK, Sir PERCY & CALDWELL, E (Illus)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & reverse of frontispiece, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1934

KEYWORDS: literature Sir Percy Fitzpatrick illustrated E Caldwell