MARRYAT,CAPTAIN

[first edition] 372pp ills.[b/w engravings] VG (blue cloth w.red/gilt/black dec.stamps,bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: george bell london 1887

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature captain marryat nautical

BARBAGALLO,CORRADO

first edition rebound in half-leather 320pp [text in french] VG+ (rebound w.red cloth boards and tan half-leather,sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,some red pen underlining to contents,edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: payot paris 1927

KEYWORDS: history literature corrado barbagallo greece

SMILES,SAMUEL

first edition in half-leather 474pp VG (blue cloth boards w.blue half-leather,school gilt stamp to top board,gilt stamps and gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,marbled eps and edges,surface scuffing to front pastedown,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,tight)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1887

KEYWORDS: history literature sociology samuel smiles

WEIL,JAMES L.

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 56pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.soiled and browned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on blank prelim.)

PUBLISHER: elizabeth press new rochelle [printed in verona] 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky james l.weil

HACKNEY,FRANCES

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 40pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on prelim.,owner's inscr.to foot of prelim.)

PUBLISHER: william alfred cummins berowra 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky frances hackney

YING KO LIEN HUA; KEAN,VLADIMIR [TRANSL.]

first edition 432pp VG+ (red cloth,minor shelf wear,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature vladimir kean

GOODWIN,HELEN K.

first edition inscribed by author 96pp VG+ (cream cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: marshall,morgan london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature helen k.goodwin

CREELEY,ROBERT

first edition limited [750] unpaginated F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: hawk press christchurch 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry new zealand literature robert creeley

TALMAGE,T.DE WITT

[first edition] 204pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,stained and chipped spine,mod.wear to extrems.,green eps sl.soiled,content edges sl.foxed/browned,minor pencil marks to margins)

PUBLISHER: corrie johnston melbourne 1879

KEYWORDS: history literature theology t.de witt talmage

SMITH,PHILIP

[first edition] vols.1/2 only [of 3] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of both spines,splits to both hinges of vol.1,brown eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to head of title on both vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: james walton london 1868

KEYWORDS: history geography literature antiquity philip smith

MORISON,STANLEY;BARKER,NICOLAS

first edition inscribed by author [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 566pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,inscr.by author to mceldowney and his wife on ffep,te red,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography literature stanley morison nicolas barker dennis mceldowney

JENS,WALTER

first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 119pp VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,mceldowney's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and foxed,minor wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walter jens

SHIPWAY,GEORGE

proof copy 400pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.ink scribble to front cover,sl.foxed/browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies george shipway

N/A

rebound in vellum 365pp [text in italian] VG+ (modern rebind in vellum w.black titling to spine,sl.soiled,new eps,contemporary [?] drawings by owner to front and rear prelims.,contents printed on attractive handmade paper,untrimmed edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents clean,tight)

PUBLISHER: pasquali venezia 1800

KEYWORDS: history italy literature modo nuovamente ideato

JOHNS,W.E.

first australian edition 157pp ills.[b/w by mendoza] VG- (beige cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to both pastedowns w.school stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,contents browned,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press melbourne 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biggles w.e.johns

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

second printing 314pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,sl.soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 192pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,owner's sign.and blind stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition p.g.wodehouse literature jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 249pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.4cm loss to head of spine and sl.loss to foot,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

first edition 213pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse

RETINGER, J. H.:

ex lib, minimal markings, 292pp, maps in pocket at rear, VG- (sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, sunned & soiled, v sl rubbed, v sl edge wear, v sl internal separation at front hinge, sl foxing to eps and edges)

PUBLISHER: Minerva Publishing Co, London, 1941

KEYWORDS: history poland politics geography demography jews literature music