ALCOTT, LOUISA M & WHEELHOUSE, M V (Illus)

SCARCE, sm octavo, beige buckram boards, yellow lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, vii + 316pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to spine & board edges, moderate fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor tanning to ffep, minor foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: G Bell & Sons Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: classic children's literature Louisa M May Alcott novels illustrated

HOBBES, THOMAE [THOMAS] & MOLESWORTH, GULIELMI (Ed)

TEXT IN LATIN, THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, VG- (usual librarty markings, moderate to heavy chipping & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising to board edges & corners, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling/staining to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl soiling & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Londini: Apud Longman Brown Green at Longman, Paternoster-Row 1845

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN Thomas Hobbes literature philosophy

CROMBIE, I M

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION (VOL 1), super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp + catalogue to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 1, sl chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of both vols) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines, moderate chafing & soiling, sm scuff to front cover of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-67

KEYWORDS: philosophy criticism Plato literature I M Crombie first editions International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method series

SHERRY, VINCENT (ED.)

Super 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: Cambridge University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: first world war literary guide criticism history WW2 literature

WALLACE, JENNIFER

Super 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: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: tragedy literary guide criticism history literature

JARRY, ALFRED & MCLEISH, KENNETH (TRANS.)

Duodecimo 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: Nick Hern Books 2006

KEYWORDS: French drama in translation play scripts theatre literature

YATES, DORNFORD

FIRST EDITION small octavo hardcover (VG- cracking at gutter); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1925

KEYWORDS: first edition fiction literature

YATES, DORNFORD

FIRST EDITION ex-library small octavo hardcover (VG- cracking at gutter); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1924

KEYWORDS: first edition fiction literature

WILLIAMSON, HENRY & FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (INTRO.)

Octavo 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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1928

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

YATES, DORNFORD

FIRST EDITION octavo 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: Ward, Lock & Co. 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition fiction literature

JACKSON, ROSEMARY

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: Methuen 1981

KEYWORDS: literary criticism history theory fantastic literature psychoanalytical

BATE, JONATHAN & THORNTON, DORA

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked & faded, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The British Museum Press 2012

KEYWORDS: theatre theater stage history William Shakespeare literature

PATRICK, SIMON

SECOND EDITION, LACKS FRONT BOARD, duodecimo, black leather boards, raised bands to spine, gilt decoration/tooling to spine & rear board, aeg, marbled eps, (18) + 268pp + (8), G (front board & front & rear eps missing, moderate scuffing to spine & rear board edges, heavy soiling to gilt edges of page block, moderate soiling to eps, ink & pencil scibbles/annotation to rear eps- historic, moderate crack to rear gutter, moderate creasing & chipping to fore-edge of prelims, age appropriate soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: London, Printed for R Royston, Book-seller to His Most Sacred Majesty, at the Angel in Amen-corner, MDCLXXIV (1674)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings second edition literature Simon Patrick religious theological

STEWART, CHARLES W (Selected & Illus)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xv + 319pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light foxing to page edges & prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: folio society supernatural ghost stories literature anthology anthologies

MILLER, JONATHAN & GREAVES, IAN (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & orange lettering to spine, printed inside covers, xxiv + 431pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light creasing/curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oberon Books 2017

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Miller literature writings collections arts critics criticism

FLEMING, IAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, white line/illus to front board, 288pp, VG ( spine sl cocked, sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light tanning & fading to spine, moderate foxing & soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1963

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WECKER, HELENE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 472pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor bruising to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Helene Wecker

SAID, SF & McKEAN, DAVE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt illus to boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 291pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to base of page block) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: David Fickling Books 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed SF Said youth young adult ya fiction novels literature

ANDERSON, M T

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 220pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl chafing, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction M T Anderson

LYNN, JOHN A (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 326pp, VG+ (minor creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, minor foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1993

KEYWORDS: essays literature history warfare military war logistics conflict