SMART, ELIZABETH

Paperback (VG) pencil annotatons; 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: Granada Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

POWELL, ANTHONY

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PUBLISHER: Fontana Books 1977

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

TYLER, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1983

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

GARNER, ALAN & KEEPING, CHARLES (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: British children's fantasy fiction literature

BLANTON, MARGARET GRAY

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PUBLISHER: Rudo S. Globus 1961

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

KURTEN, BJORN & GOULD, STEPHEN JAY (intro.)

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PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1980

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

CHEVALIER, TRACY

Octavo 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: Dutton 2004

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

SANSOM, CLIVE & LEVETUS, MARGARET (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Methuen 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition children's poetry literature b&w illustrations

BROOK-SHEPHERD, GORDON

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PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1966

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

BELL, NELL

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PUBLISHER: Alvin Redman 1959

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature

CUVIER, Baron G [GEORGES] & JAMESON, Professor (Geological Illus)

FIFTH EDITION, FRONTIS LOOSE, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate on spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 16pp + xxiv + 550pp, VG- (leather title plate on spine heavily cracked, moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine, moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to eps, prev. owners' names/details in ink to ffep, moderate soiling to prelims, ffep detached but present, moderate foxing & age appropriate staining to pages throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T Cadell, Strand, London MDCCCXXVII (1827)

KEYWORDS: natural history literature essays Baron Georges G Cuvier

PAULIN, ROBERT

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to front board, frontispiece, viii + 121pp, G+ (bottom half of spine partially detached & flapping loose, moderate to heavy chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership embossed to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- tape reinforcement to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to verso of half title page, top corner of title page missing [text affected] with repairs, numerous tears with tape repairs to pages throughout, prev. owner's minor ink markings sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, large crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Thoburn & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel literature Robert Paulin south west

SHLOSS, CAROL LOEB

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xvii + 324pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Ezra Pound Mary de Rachewiltz

DOMINIK, W J (Ed) & GARTHWAITE, J (Ed) & ROCHE, P A (Ed)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 539pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & boards, lighth chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brill, Leiden 2009

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity literature Rome imperial politics political writing classics classical

HARKER, ALFRED

Octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 130pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear board, light to moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, some page edges remain uncut, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1889

KEYWORDS: literature essays geology bala volcanic series rocks

LUCRETIUS & BAILEY, CYRIL (Ed, Prolegomena, Critical Apparatus Trans & Commentary)

3 VOL SET, INCL. POEM IN LATIN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND SCHOLARLY MATERIAL, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, 175pp total, VG (moderate fading to spines & some boards, moderate chafing/soiling & bruising/scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, occasional pen & pencil underlining/annotation, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: classic literature classics Lucretius philosophy poems poetry ancient philosophers Roman latin

HOGG, COLIN

SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, imperial octavo, turquoise heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 'ghost' lettering from Sam Hunt's signature to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Sam Hunt Colin Hogg biography literature poems poetry verse

BROTHERS DALZIEL (Engravings) & DULCKEN, H W (Text Revised & Emendated Throughout by)

FRONT BOARD DETACHED BUT PRESENT, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gren lettering & gilt/black illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xvi + 822pp, illus, G- (front board detached but present, spine flapping loose- binding exposed, heavy scuffing & fraying to board edges, heavy tearing & fraying to spine extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to rear board, gilt on page edges tarnished, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims with som eprelims partially detached but still hanging on, 45mm closed tear to bottom half of prelims, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink sporadically throughout- text unaffected, other pages partially detached at gutter)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Tyler N/D (c.1870s?)

KEYWORDS: classic literature Arabian Nights illustrated Dalziel Brothers

DE QUATREFAGES, A & OTTE, E C (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vii + 375pp, VG- (heavy water damage & staining to boards & eps, moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts 1857

KEYWORDS: exploration history historical travel literature Europe France Spain Sicily

Mrs GILL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decoration to boards, frontispiece, liv + 285pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, VG (spine cocked, moderate bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking & tearing to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink & sl foxing/soiling to prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878

KEYWORDS: first editions Ascension historical travel writing literature expeditions exploration Mrs Gill