MCILWRAITH, A K (ed.)

Sm octavo hardcover (VG-), lacking ffep, in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: English literature plays theatre Elizabethan anthology

RADCLIFFE, ANN; GARBER, FREDERICK (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Anne Radcliffe Frederick Garber 18th 19th century literature romantic romanticism

SCOTT, WALTER; CHRISTIE, J T (introd.)

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Scott 19th century literature

STRACHEY, LYTTON

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: France French literature anthology

MADAME DE SEVIGNE; BARNWELL, H T (ed.)

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1960

KEYWORDS: Madame de Sevigne 17th century French literature correspondence letters history

BALL, MURRAY

Obl super octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Inprint Limited 1989

KEYWORDS: Murray Ball New Zealand literature comic strip cartoon illustrated

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, heavy beige boards, orange and black lettering handwritten on spine, red and black lettering on front board, VG (ex library, minor fading/soiling to spine, minor wear and staining to extrems, minor tanning to boards, previous booksellers sticker to rear pastedown, minor tanning to page edges of eps).

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand nz literature Frank Sargeson caxton press

Murray, Eustace Clare Grenville

Sm octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine and front board, xxvii+259pp+32 pages of publisher ads, G-, (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: G Routledge and Co 1856

KEYWORDS: the roving englishman Eustace Clare Grenville Murray journalism history literature

RADCLIFFE, ANN & DOBREE, BONAMY (edited/intro)

Octavo, heavy red boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG (lacks fep, some annotations/underlining) in d/w VG (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press

KEYWORDS: literature fiction romance Ann Radcliffe Bonamy Dobree

WODEHOUSE, P G & GREFE, WILL (illus)

FIRST US EDITION, PUBLISHED JANUARY, PROCEDES FIRST UK EDITION AND DIFFERS IN CONTENT. Small octavo, black cloth boards, green lettering to spine, gilt lettering/tooling & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 300pp counted, 4 illus plates counted, VG- ( moderate scuffing/soiling to spine & boards, slight chipping to illus on front board, slight scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges, some moderate water staining to front pastedown, minor water staining to ffep & prelims, moderate foxing to eps, lower front gutter cracking, minor 3cm tear to upper rear gutter, minor staining/creasing throughout, 1cm loss to corner of page 21, plate no. 3 coming loose in lower half).

PUBLISHER: W. J. Watt & Company 1912

KEYWORDS: modern first US edition P G Wodehouse Will Grefe literature fiction illustrated romance

PEPYS, SAMUEL & WHEATLEY, HENRY B (edited)

8 VOL SET. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decorative stamp to spine, deckled page edges, teg, frontispiece in vol I, mixed pagination, VG (varying degrees of chafing/soiling & tanning - mostly quite minor, moderate scuffing/bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1904 / 1905

KEYWORDS: 8 vol set Samuel Pepys diary Britain british empire England politics great fire plague aristocracy politics 17th century literature Henry Wheatley

SPENSER, EDMUND

6 VOLS OF 8 VOL SET, VOL 1 & 7 MISSING. Duodecimo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, VG- (varying degrees of chafing & soiling to spine and boards, from minor to moderate, vol 2 front board/feps & title page detatched from binding, minor cracking to front hinges on vol 3 & 8, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, sporadic creasing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of all vols).

PUBLISHER: J. Bell 1787 / 1788

KEYWORDS: Edmund Spencer poetry verse literature

BELLOW, SAUL

Tired ex-library. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1965

KEYWORDS: Saul Bellow literature fiction

ELIOT, GEORGE

Octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

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KEYWORDS: literature George Eliot fiction

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT & PORTER, CHARLOTTE (intro) & CLARKE, HELEN A (intro)

Small octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1904

KEYWORDS: literature Elizabeth Barrett Browning fiction poetry prose

GUILLOT, RENE & LEDESERT, MARGARET (edited)

TEXT IN FRENCH, INCLUDES GLOSSARY. Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1965

KEYWORDS: text in french childrens literature fiction illustrated

ADAM, ANTOINE

TEXT IN FRENCH, THIS VOL ONLY. Octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: el Duca 1962

KEYWORDS: text in French history literature Louis XIII Antoine Adam

PENMAN, SHARON K

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus, VG+ (minor fading/discolouration and creasing to extrems and edges) in d/w, VG- (light fading to spine, minor creasing to edges/extrems, minor staning to upper edge of front wrapper, light soiling, heavy crease & closed tear to base of rear - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel fantasy Sharon K Penman

COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, burgundy/red heavy boards, light green lettering to front board and spine, decorated title page, 252pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor foxing to prelims and pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, moderate soiling to rear wrapper & spine, all corners lightly clipped, minor fading/discolouration to spine - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1956

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction James Courage

COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, DATED, OWNERSHIP OF DENIS MCELDOWNEY sm octavo, cyan buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (light tanning to pages throughout, minor fading/discolouration to head and base of spine, minor fading/discolouration and bruising and creasing to edges and extrems, light tanning to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name [Denis McEldowney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (loose protective cover, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate loss to head & base of spine, moderate soiling & foxing, sl faading to spine - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Constable 1948

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition Second Impression Denis Mceldowney literature fiction James Courage