CARROLL, LEWIS

Duodecimo, light blue light card wrappers quarter bound in oxford blue heavy boards, black lettering to front wrapper, III + 154pp + 12pp ads, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to wrappers, minor chipping to head and base of spine, minor creasing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons nd

KEYWORDS: pitman's shorthand literature fiction novels children Lewis Carroll

ORBERG, HANS H

TEXT IN LATIN, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white and black lettering to front wrapper, black and orange lettering to spine, illus/maps/diagrams, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Focus Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: Text in Latin languages education poetry literature fiction Roman Rome

HACKFORTH-JONES, GILBERT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (price clipped) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1974

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature novels

TOLSTOY, LEO; MAUDE, LOUISE & AYLMER (transl.); BARRETT, ANGELA (illus.)

Super octavo, brown cl boards, spine & front board lettered & decorated gilt, 745 pp., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light soiling & scuffing, some bruising). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012

KEYWORDS: Leo Tolstoy Russia Russian literature Folio Society

BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL; PEVEAR, RICHARD & VOLOKHONSKY, LARISSA (transl.); SUART, PETER (illus.)

Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board & spine decorated in gilt., 375 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG (light soiling & scuffing, light bruising). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2016

KEYWORDS: Mikhail Bulgakov 20th century Russia Russian literature Folio Society

STARRS, ROY (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, illus card boards, 358 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl rubbing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Global Oriental 2014

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture social cultural history religion anthropology literature natural disasters

NAGASHIMA, YOICHI

FIRST EDITION. Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, yellow card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, 240 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & fading to boards, light soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate scuffing, moderate fading). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Yoichi Nagashima Iwano Homei Japan Japanese literature literary criticism history

BOSCARO, ADRIANA & CHAMBERS, ANTHONY HOOD (eds.)

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, tan cl boards, spine lettered in black, 191 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing to boards), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate fading, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Center for Japanese Studies 1998

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese studies literature criticism history

ROTH, JOSEPH; HOFMANN, MICHAEL (transl.); LAING, TIM (illus.)

Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black, 334 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG+. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015

KEYWORDS: Joseph Roth literature novel Folio Society

ABE, KOBO; MORI, MARYELLEN TOMAN (transl.)

FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, 183 pp., VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some soiling & scuffing, soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing, fading). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1996

KEYWORDS: Kobo Abe Japanese literature modern first edition novel

HOFFMANN, YOEL (ed.)

Octavo, grey cl boards, spine lettered in black, 366 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate rubbing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1988

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature poetry poems anthology

PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER; FALEN, JAMES E (transl.); BALBUSSO, ANNA & ELENA (illus.)

Imp octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in red & white, illus to front board, 243 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012

KEYWORDS: Alexander Pushkin Russian literature Folio Society

UTTLEY, ALISON; KENNEDY, A E (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, grey card boards, spine lettered in red, 144 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, some foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960

KEYWORDS: Alison Uttley A E Kennedy Sam Pig children children's literature modern first edition

UTTLEY, ALISON; KENNEDY, A E (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in red, 184 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, some foxing throughout), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1955

KEYWORDS: Alison Uttley A E Kennedy Sam Pig children children's literature modern first edition

UTTLEY, ALISON; KENNEDY, A E (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in red, 168 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep, some pen markings & some foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping & tearing with some loss, moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1942

KEYWORDS: Alison Uttley A E Kennedy Sam Pig children children's literature modern first edition

UTTLEY, ALISON; KENNEDY, A E (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in red, 182 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to front pastedown & ffep, some foxing throughout), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1951

KEYWORDS: Alison Uttley A E Kennedy Sam Pig children children's literature modern first edition

UTTLEY, ALISON; KENNEDY, A E (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, grey card boards, spine lettered in red, 255 pp.,VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep, moderate tearing to front hinge, some foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1941

KEYWORDS: Alison Uttley A E Kennedy Sam Pig children children's literature modern first edition

SWANN, THOMAS E & TSURUTA, KINYA

Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 341 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing/rubbing to boards, ownership inscription to ffep, ffep torn at fore-edge), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate fading esp to spine). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Waseda University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history literary criticism

RUARK, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 528 pp.,VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, bookseller sticker to front pastedown), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1962

KEYWORDS: Robert Ruark literature novel modern first edition

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR; GARNETT, CONSTANCE (transl.)

Sm octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, 617 pp.,VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate scuffing & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, bookseller sticker to front pastedown, light cracking to front & rear gutters), in d/w, VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate tanning & foxing, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1946

KEYWORDS: Russian literature Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky