AUSTER, PAUL (editor), ET AL

PARALLEL FRENCH-ENGLISH TEXT. Super 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: Vintage Books 1984

KEYWORDS: Poetry Dual Language anthology poetry literature french

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

17TH IMPRESSION. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Putnam 1955

KEYWORDS: seventeenth impression Vladimir Nabokov literature fiction novel

NEBENZAL, HAROLD

FIRST EDITION. Super 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: Bloomsbury 1993

KEYWORDS: first edition Nebenzal Harold fiction literature

YIU, ANGELA

Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. 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: University of Hawai'i 1998

KEYWORDS: literature analysis criticism history academia Angela Yiu Natsume Soseki

STEIN, GERTRUDE & HAAS, ROBERT BARTLETT (edited)

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: Black Sparrow 1974

KEYWORDS: literature academia Gertrude Stein writing collection

GERSTLE, C ANDREW (edited) & CLARK, TIMOTHY (edited)

THIS VOL ONLY, SPECIAL ISSUE. Imperial 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: International Research Centre for Japanese Studues 2013

KEYWORDS: academia literature art Japan Japanese history C Andrew Gerstle Timothy Clark sex humour illustrated photographs prints culture

ZUSAK, MARKUS

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: Alfred Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: literature novel fiction Markus Zusak

SWIFT, GRAHAM

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: Scribner 2015

KEYWORDS: short stories Graham Swift literature fiction

WALLIAMS, DAVID & ROSS, TONY (illus)

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: HaperCollins 2015

KEYWORDS: childrens literature David Walliams Tony Ross illustrated

TALKS, MARTIN

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: Martin Talks 2020

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction sci-fi Martin Talks

PENNAC, DANIEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, Ex-Library. 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: Gallimard 1992

KEYWORDS: text in French literature Daniel Pennac

GAIMAN, NEIL

DELUXE LIMITED NUMBERED, SIGNED FIRST EDITION (459/2000). Octavo, illius heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, VG+ ( minor adhesion to some pages, slight scuffing to boards) in olive cloth slipcase, VG ( slight soiling/fading & scuffing to cloth, cloth at base slightly coming off).

PUBLISHER: William Morrow 2013

KEYWORDS: signed first edition limited number Neil Gaiman literature fiction new young adult sci-fi science fiction fantasy

JOYCE, JAMES & BURGESS, ANTHONY (edited)

Octavo, red heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, VG (slight scuffing/soiling to spine and boards, minor foxing/tanning to page edges, moderste foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w G ( heaving chipping & loss to edges, 1cm open tear to spine, 8cm closed tear to flap, minor soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Viking Press 1967

KEYWORDS: James Joyce Anthony Burgess abridged finnegans wake literature Irish fiction modern novel

DICKENS, CHARLES

SCARCE IN SHORTHAND, sm octavo, written in shorthand, ownership stamp of art critic Ron Brownson, dark green buckram, gilt and black stamped lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp + 8pp publisher's ads to rear [dated July 1889], scarce, VG+ (light tanning to page edges, minimal bruising to extrems and minimal cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing spordically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman & Sons 1889

KEYWORDS: literature novels shorthand Phonetics Pitman's Phonography Charles Dickens

VAN VOGT, A E

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 231pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning and foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing to flaps and spine/rear cover, light creasing & chipping to egdes)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition science fiction literature novel scifi A E van Vogt

FELDMAN, GENE (ed) & GARTENBERG, MAX (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light grey boards, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning and foxing to page edges and eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional pencil underlining- very faint) in d/w, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing and chipping to edges, light chipping to lower edge of front flap, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions literature beat generation angry young men

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, 79pp, VG (light to moderate tanning and foxing to board edges and spine, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1943

KEYWORDS: poetry literature poems verse Lawrence Durrell

MOHANTY, GOURAV

LIMITED EDITION, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper, white and gold lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, 669pp, illus/decoration, VG+ (minimal bend in structure, minimal creasing to edges of pages 609-618)

PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2023

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novel India Mahabharata modern first editions fantasy limited uncorrected proof copies

KORNBLUTH, C M

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, VG+ (light tanning and foxing to page edges & eps, minimal tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing to rear cover & flaps, minimal scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel C M Kornbluth

KUTTNER, HENRY

UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 186pp, VG (light tanning to pages throughout, moderate tanning and light minimal foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (minimal soiling to rear cover and flaps, minimal scuffing and creasing to extrems, light chipping to edges, minimal closed tear to upper edge of rear flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1954

KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition science fiction novel literature scifi Henry Kuttner