WOLFE, TOM

FIRST UK EDITION, PHOTOGRAPHER GARY BAIGENT'S COPY, octavo, pink heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 339pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & moderate tanning to spine & board extrems/edges, light fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (Gary Baigent) in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, minor foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (all corners clipped, light fading & heavy scuffing & chipping to spine, some heavy scoring & creasing to covers, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, errata slip tipped in to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1966

KEYWORDS: collections Tom Wolfe literature first UK editions

WICKRAMASINGHA, MINEKA P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 171pp, VG+ (sl soiling & peeling to covers, light tanning to page edges, light soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Samayawardhana Printers 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Mineka P Wickramasingha literature fiction novels

CARTER, BRUCE

Sm octavo, cream/beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light bruising/soiling/tanning to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1959

KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction Bruce Carter

DICKENS, CHARLES & SEYMOUR, R (Illus) & PHIZ (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, LATER IMPRESSION, super octavo, marbled heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on black faux leather spine, frontispiece/vignettes to prelims, xiv + (2) + 609pp, illus/plates, lacks most early state issue points: 'E' present at bottom pp25, 'holding' pp260, '7' in p 276 same level as other numbers i.e. normal, pp341 line 1 inbe-licate, line 5 inscriptino, pp342 S.Veller uncorrected, pp400 his friends line 21, lacks plate opp. pp69 and 74, frontispiece reads Weller not Veller, VG (moderate tanning to title plate on spine, light tanning to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing/marking to prelims & other pages sporadically throughout, pgs 3 - illus opp. pg 4 detached but present, pgs 43-48 misbound out of sequence, minor cracking to front & rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1837

KEYWORDS: first editions (rebound, later impression) classic English literature Charles Dickens novels illustrated

THOMAS, DYLAN & BOX, SYDNEY (Fore) & BOX, LEONORA (Illus)

SECOND IMPRESSION, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 54pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning/scuffing & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Triton Publishing Company 1966

KEYWORDS: literature Dylan Thomas illustrated

NEWALL, OLIVE

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, blue tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: PEN (New Zealand Centre) / H H Tombs 1943

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BUZZATI, DINO & LOBB, FRANCES (Trans)

FIRST US EDITION, quarto, orange heavy boards, purple/grey lettering to spine, purple/grey illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, 147pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, minro bruising to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to front & rear eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light tanning to spine, price clipped, otherwise still a tidy jacket)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions children's literature illustrated Dino Buzzati

CONRAD, JOSEPH & McFEE, WILLIAM (Intro) & MUELLER, HANS ALEXANDER (Wood Cuts)

Comprising short stories & short novels, quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey cloth spine, to page edges stained grey - faded, x + 713pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards & edges, moderate soiling & foxing to spine, moderate fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & glue staining to eps, moderate cracking to front gutters, verso of title page partially detached, moderate water staining to edges of page block, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1942

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NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Collected by) & HURINUI, PEI TE (Trans)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spines, Maori design/illus band to spine & boards & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxxii + 327pp, vol 2- lii + 319pp, VG (moderate fading to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of each vol)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature verse te reo Maori Sir Apirana Ngata songs

GALLANT, MAVIS

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & stars to front board, publisher's motif to ffep, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, vG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/soilng & tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1988

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ROSS, P & PENETITO, C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, 23pp, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, 0.5cm scuff to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front eps, sm scuff to top edge of ffep, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature P Ross illustrated New Zealand writers authors

SYDNEY, GRAHAME (Painter) & TURNER, BRIAN (Poet) & MARSHALL, OWEN (Writer) & NEILL, SAM (Intro)

SIGNED & DATED BY OWEN MARSHALL & GRAHAME SYDNEY, oblong quarto, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1995

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand art literature Grahame Sydney Brian Turner Owen Marshall poetry

WAHL, ELIZABETH SUSAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 358pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl curling & creasing to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, occasional discreet pencil underlining)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1999

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DAHL, ROALD & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super 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: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction Roald Dahl Quentin Blake illustrated

GRAHAM, JORIE & MACFARLANE, ROBERT (Intro)

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: Copper Canyon Press 2022

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Jorie Graham

CORIN, LUCY

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: McSweeney's 2016

KEYWORDS: literature short stories Lucy Corin

HOEFLER, KATE & JACOBY, SARAH (Art)

FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial 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: Chronicle Books 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature picture books Kate Hoefler

WHITE, E B & GUTH, DOROTHY LOBRANO (Originally Collected by) & WHITE, MARTHA (Revised & Updated) & UPDIKE, JOHN (Fore)

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: Harper Perennial 2007

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BOOKER, CHRISTOPHER

FIRST EDITION, 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: Gambit 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions literature social history Christopher Booker

GAYFORD, MARTIN

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: Thames & Hudson 2019

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