ELIOT, GEORGE & BRETT, SIMON (Engravings)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, deep burgundy iridescent textured cloth boards, burgundy lettering on gilt to spine, 759pp, illus/engravings, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: folio society fiction literature novels George Eliot

JOYCE, JAMES & JOYCE, STEPHEN JAMES (Preface) & PALADINO, MIMMO (Engravings)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & white/black illus to front board, 735pp, illus/engravings, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society illustrated James Joyce literature fiction novels

KENEALLY, THOMAS & LAING, TIM (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus with charcoal lettering to front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece 363pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Thomas Keneally novels illustrated

MARKS, LEO & MAWER, SIMON (Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering to cream cloth strip to front board, printed eps, 579pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013

KEYWORDS: folio society literature soe special operations executives military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 wwii

STEINBECK, JOHN

IN SLIPCAE, super octavo, illus blue heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013

KEYWORDS: folio society John Steinbeck literature military history

CARROLL, LEWIS & GARDNER, MARTIN (Ed)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black illus & rule to front board, frontispiece, decorated full title page, 364pp, illus, VG+ (page block sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2015

KEYWORDS: children's literature Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland illustrated annotated fantasy novels

ROWLING, J K & KAY, JIM (Illus)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 451pp, illus, VG+ (some prelim & terminal pgs appear water stained but is deliberate by publishers) in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019

KEYWORDS: children's literature ya young adult Harry Potter series illustrated J K Rowling fantasy novels fiction

LE GUIN, URSULA K

UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+, in d/w, VG (in loose plastic wrapper, price clipped, moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl soiling, light creasing to spine & edges, sl discolouration & foxing to front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1977

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Ursula K le Guin

SCOTT, WALTER

Octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, blind stamp & gilt rule to borders of boards, marbled page edges & eps, vignette/frontispiece, [14] + 433pp, illus/engravings, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to spine, moderate cracking to hinges- front board sl shaky, minor scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Sharpe, Piccadilly 1811

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books full leather bindings Walter Scott poems poetry verse literature

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST & TOIBIN, COLM (Intro) & JONES, ANNE-MARIE (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, super octaco, red heavy boards, cream & black lettering to spine, illus front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015

KEYWORDS: folio society Ernest Hemingway novels fiction literature illustrated

CHRISTIE, AGATHA & DAVIDSON, ANDREW (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to front board, frontispiece, 214pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2016

KEYWORDS: folio society Agatha Christie crime thrillers novels fiction literature illustrated

HART, JAMES D

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: Oxford University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: American literature anthology introduction companion

HOWATSON, M C (ed.)

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: Oxford University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: classical ancient literature anthology introduction companion

LEE, LAURIE; HASKETT, DANIEL (illus.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: Lauire Lee 20th century literature fiction

KINGSLEY, MARY; WHEELER, SARA (illus.); HUXLEY, ELSPETH (ed.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: Mary Kingsley travel literature writing tavelling West Africa 19th century

LI, YIYUN

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and red lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2008

KEYWORDS: Uncorrected Proof Copy Modern First Edition literature fiction novels

EARL OF BEACONSFIELD

6 VOL SET, Vol 1, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, VII + 477pp +10pp ads VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor bruising to extrems, sm gift inscription in ink [historic] to verso of half title page, light cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing) Vol 2, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, VII + 474pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, light cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) Vol 3, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 485pp VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor tanning & foxing throughout) Vol 4, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 487pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, moderate cracking to gutters, minor tanning & foxing throughout) Vol 5, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 487pp VG- (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, moderate chipping to head of spine, minor soiling to spine, minor scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) Vol 6, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 382pp + 2pp ads, VG- (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to rear board, minor losses to rear hinge, minor tanning & foxing throughout - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co (c.1887)

KEYWORDS: Earl of Beaconsfield literature novels short stories

WARNER, MARINA

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light tanning to page edges and pages throughout, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to front hinge) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2002

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novels short stories

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION. 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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: first edition Vincent O'Sullivan poetry New Zealand literature poems

CRUICKSHANK, UNA

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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: Una Cruickshank New Zealand literature fiction