READING, JACQUELINE

Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, illus, unpaginated, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, moderate insect damage with surface loss to boards, moderate foxing to boards, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate tanning throughout, occasional creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Jons Productions N/D (c.1954?)

KEYWORDS: old children's books literature picture readers Jacqueline Reading

BROWNING, ROBERT & SERKIN, AMALIA (Dolls Designed & Made by) & McFADYEAN, MARION (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, square octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, 36pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, superficial creasing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light closed tearing to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1944

KEYWORDS: first modern editions children's books literature Robert Browning Grimm Brothers illustrated

PALAHNIUK, CHUCK (Story) & STEWART, CAMERON (Art)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2016

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fight club literature Chuck Palahniuk

SPAIN, NANCY

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title pages, 36pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems/edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1957

KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Nancy Spain illustrated

ESPINOZA, ESTEBAN & TALER, FIONA (Trans)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, POETRY IN ENGLISH, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hallard Press 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chilean poetry poets poems verse signed Esteban Espinoza literature

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., octavo, blue cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 250pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Lawrence Durrell

JOHNSTON, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (moderate bend/crease to top corner of front board, light bruising to other board corners, light bruising & rubbing to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels George Johnston

VERNE, JULES & EVANS, I O (Trans)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light smattering of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light tanning & foxing, light fading to spine, minor soiling to rear, adhesive residue to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Arco Publications 1962

KEYWORDS: posthumous literature works Jules Verne fiction novels The Survivors of the Jonathan

KITCHER, PHILIP

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, viii + 287pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: mathematics philosophy Philip Kitcher literature

BERNANOS, GEORGES

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 136pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, heavy foxing, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1945

KEYWORDS: first UK editions literature writings Georges Bernanos philosophy Christianity

KINGFISHER, T

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 159pp, VG+ (light curling to covers, light chafing to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Titan Books 2024

KEYWORDS: signed T Kingfisher modern first editions literature scifi science fiction novels fantasy horror

ATIG, JOHN C (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 185pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies John Locke literature catalogues catalogs

LEWIS, WYNDHAM (Ed) & MORROW, BRADFORD (Fore)

Quarto, pink light card covers, black letteringt o spine & covers, viii + 160pp + 12pp to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & fading to spine & covers/edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literature Wyndham Lewis publications Blast

ARBERRY, A J (JALAL AL-DIN, R)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 276pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, pgs 269-272 detached but present) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1961

KEYWORDS: Jalal al-Din Rumi A J Arberry Islam poetry poets literature writings discourses

BOOTH, ANNE (Ed) & McCAWLEY, PETER (Ed)

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 329pp, VG+ (usual library markings, light bruising to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps, sm ink stain to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian economy economics politics political leaders General Soeharto essays history literature research

HUME, DAVID & IKEDA, SADAO (Intro)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/peeling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Chuo University Library 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature literary David Hume history historical 18th eighteenth century

BIRNEY, ALICE L

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxv + 187pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to rear board, minor creasing to frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues religion religious theology Jesus Christian Christianity literature literary

BERKOVITS, ELIEZER

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 248pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges, sl tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House 1974

KEYWORDS: theology religion Judaism criticism literature literary

GOODRICH, LUTHER CARRINGTON

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 275pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, some minor creasing/folding to bottom corners pof some pages, some minor pencil annotations)

PUBLISHER: Waverly Press 1935

KEYWORDS: first editions literature criticism Ch'ien-Lung Chinese historical texts

GROGAN, EWART S & SHARP, ARTHUR H & McCORMICK, A D (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black & white lettering & illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 377pp, folding map to rear, G+ (v heavy scuffing/cracking & fraying to spine & board edges, som eminor loss to spine extrems, light wrinkling & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, presenteation plate & ex-libris plate to front eps, heavy cracking to front gutter with tidy tape reinforcement, sm patches of glue staining to ffep & rear eps, minor foxing throughout, heavy cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1900

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure Africa historical Egypt travel writing literature