DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 317pp + catalogue to rear, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature spirituality religion travel history historical

KIRKHAM, RICHARD L

Super octavo, purple cloth boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 401pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear pastedown, sl creasing to some page corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Bradford / The MIT Press 1992

KEYWORDS: philosophy truth literature Richard L Kirkham

MORSE, ANTHONY P

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 130pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor general soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1965

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EDDINGS, DAVID

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, map of the kingdoms of the west and the Angaraks to prelims, 416pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutter of copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minor creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to flaps, publisher's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1988

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature David Eddings The Malloreon series

McADAMS, DAN P (Ed) & JOSSELSON, RUTHELLEN (Ed) & LIEBLICH, AMIA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 284pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: American Psychological Association 2007

KEYWORDS: psychology literature self first editions identity narration rhetoric

VAN DER WOUDEN, YAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 262pp, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired with prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Yael van der Wouden

CASEY, M A

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, coloured lettering to spine, xv + 149pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers & page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins, minor pencil annotation to rear pages)

PUBLISHER: Freedom Publishing Company 2001

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud Richard Rorty sociology

TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 64pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to verso of title page, occasional sm markings throughout- text & illus unaffected) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine with tidy archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor foxing to flaps, moderate horizontal crease to whole jacket)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions J R R Tolkien literature verse poetry poems illustrated Pauline Baynes

DALTON, TRENT

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, super octavo, pink illus boards, white & gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board also, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 338pp, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- som eminor surface loss, minor tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins 2021

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DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + 342pp, vol 2- vii + 342pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1926

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BARKER, CICELY MARY (Words & Pictures) & LINNELL, OLIVE (Music)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, blank blue buckram spine, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters, binding a little sloppy)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D (1927)

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LURIE, ALISON & BEISNER, MONIKA (Illus)

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: Jonathan Cape 1981

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BLYTON, ENID

LACKS D/W, quarto 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: L T A Robinson Ltd (Printer) N/D (c.1957?)

KEYWORDS: children's literature annuals Enid Blyton past years

MELLOR, REBECCA et al

LACKS CD & BOX COVER, square 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: Otago University Students' Association 1994

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LEE, JOHN A

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: T Werner Laurie Ltd 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature John A Lee

WALLACE, EYRE et al

Imperial octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy: 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: E W Cole N/D

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OAKESHOTT, MICHAEL

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: Basil Blackwell 1983

KEYWORDS: history literature essays Michael Oakeshott historiography tower babel religion

GORRA, MICHAEL

Super 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: Princeton University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Germany Michael Gorra

THOMAS, DYLAN & WATKINS, VERNON (Ed & Intro)

US FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: New Directions 1957

KEYWORDS: US first editions literature literary letters correspondence Dylan Thomas Vernan Watkins

MILNE, A A (Words) & FRASER-SIMSON, H (Music) & SHEPARD, E H (Decorations)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket v scruffy & loosely enclosed: 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 & Co 1925

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