KAZAN, ELIA & BEHRMAN, S N (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Elia Kazan

DESAI, ANITA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 157pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature ya youth young adult novels fiction Anita Desai

KOSUTH, JOSEPH & GUERCIO, GABRIELE (Ed & Intro) & LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS (Fore)

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1991

KEYWORDS: literature essays aesthetics conceptual art

ZWEIG, STEPHAN

DATED, SIGNED, INSCRIBED BY PETER KRAUS (PUBLISHER), slim quarto, lime green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & braille plate to front board, unpaginated, VG (moderate fading with light chaifng & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Kraus 1990

KEYWORDS: signed literature short fiction Stephan Zweig

CHEYNE, COLIN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 236pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: signed Colin Cheyne philosophy literature science platonism

GIBRAN, JEAN & GIBRAN, KAHLIL G & INTERLINK GIBRAN PROJECT & HAYEK-PINAULT, SALMA (Fore)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xix + 524pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2017

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Kahlil Gibran

HULME, KERI

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 240pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges- sl chipping also, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Australian modern first editions short stories literature fiction Keri Hulme New Zealand authors writers

MARRIOTT, MICHAEL

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 214pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minro fading to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1960

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Australia Michael Marriott

WITTEK, STEPHEN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 157pp, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil- otherwise still a very tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2015

KEYWORDS: English drama literature stage plays theatre theater history criticism

DEKKER, THOMAS & PENDRY, E D (Ed)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, ix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minro tanning & foxing to flaps, sm date ink stamp & publisher's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1967

KEYWORDS: literature prose collections anthologies Thomas Dekker

DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE (Ed) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Associate Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 547pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light foxing & soiling, sm annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical

BROWNE, COURTNEY

Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to spine, 158pp, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to cover edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sm adhesive label to front cover, moderate tanning & sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New English Library / NEL 1969

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Courtney Browne

SIMENON, GEORGES

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, v + 274pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals- occasionally throughout also, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Georges Simenon Maigret series

DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MAEDLINE (Ed) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 692pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling & foxing, heavy annotation in ink & pencil to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence

DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE (ED) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlvi + 744pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning/soiling/foxing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor general soiling, moderate annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Edition editions Charles Dickens literature literary letters correspondence

DICKENS, CHARLES & KINSLEY, JAMES (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, civ + 898pp + map of London to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine, minor annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

DICKENS, CHARLES & HORSMAN, ALAN (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lx + 871pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading & 1cm scuff to spine, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

DICKENS, CHARLES & CARDWELL, MARGARET (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 864pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light general soiling, minor annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

DICKENS, CHARLES & SUCKSMITH, HARVEY PETER (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxv + 835pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light soiling, minor scuff/surface loss to fore-edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

DICKENS, CHARLES & BURGIS, NINA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 781pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, G- (front cover & front flap completely missing, spine detached but present- all just loosley enclosed in book, moderate rubbing & tearing to spine, annotation to rear flap, other heavy scuffing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens