DENT, SUZIE

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PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2024

KEYWORDS: mystery thriller crime fiction literature

CLEEVES, ANN

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2023

KEYWORDS: crime fiction murder mystery literature detective Matthew Venn Two Rivers

CLEEVES, ANN

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2022

KEYWORDS: crime fiction murder mystery literature George and Molly Palmer-Jones

OLSON, CHARLES & CREELEY, ROBERT (ed.)

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1997

KEYWORDS: poetry literature

TURNER, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION 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: McIndoe 1992

KEYWORDS: first edtion poetry literature New Zealand

BEAR, ELIZABETH

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PUBLISHER: Roc / Penguin 2007

KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature

PHILBY, H St J B

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xvi + 771pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor creasing to ffep, minor cracking/tearing to gutter at title page, moderate cracking to gutter at index, minro soiling to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: geography travel journeys history historical Arabia Arabian literature H St J B Philby exploration

MORRIS, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 267pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgessl cracking to gutter of title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl staining to head of spine, other general sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2015

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature fiction Thomas Morris

SAINTSBURY, GEORGE (Selected, Annotated & Intro Essay by)

Octavo, maroon leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt school library insignia to front board, gilt rule to board edges/borders, marbled page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, xlvi + 367pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor tanning/soiling to top of page edges, minor foxing to prelims, sl water staining to bottom corner of terminals)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1885

KEYWORDS: English literature essays literary criticism prose style leather bindings

KAZAN, ELIA & BEHRMAN, S N (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Elia Kazan

DESAI, ANITA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 157pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature ya youth young adult novels fiction Anita Desai

KOSUTH, JOSEPH & GUERCIO, GABRIELE (Ed & Intro) & LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS (Fore)

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1991

KEYWORDS: literature essays aesthetics conceptual art

ZWEIG, STEPHAN

DATED, SIGNED, INSCRIBED BY PETER KRAUS (PUBLISHER), slim quarto, lime green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & braille plate to front board, unpaginated, VG (moderate fading with light chaifng & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Kraus 1990

KEYWORDS: signed literature short fiction Stephan Zweig

CHEYNE, COLIN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 236pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: signed Colin Cheyne philosophy literature science platonism

GIBRAN, JEAN & GIBRAN, KAHLIL G & INTERLINK GIBRAN PROJECT & HAYEK-PINAULT, SALMA (Fore)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xix + 524pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2017

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Kahlil Gibran

HULME, KERI

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 240pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges- sl chipping also, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Australian modern first editions short stories literature fiction Keri Hulme New Zealand authors writers

MARRIOTT, MICHAEL

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 214pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minro fading to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1960

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Australia Michael Marriott

WITTEK, STEPHEN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 157pp, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil- otherwise still a very tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2015

KEYWORDS: English drama literature stage plays theatre theater history criticism

DEKKER, THOMAS & PENDRY, E D (Ed)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, ix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minro tanning & foxing to flaps, sm date ink stamp & publisher's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1967

KEYWORDS: literature prose collections anthologies Thomas Dekker

DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE (Ed) & STOREY, GRAHAM (Ed) & TILLOTSON, KATHLEEN (Associate Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 547pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light foxing & soiling, sm annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Pilgrim Editions edition literature literary letters correspondence Charles Dickens autobiographical