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.

PUBLISHER:

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

HRABAL, BOHUMIL & HEIM, MICHAEL HENRY (trans)

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: Abacus 1993

KEYWORDS: literature czech fiction Bohumil Hrabal

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

MONCRIEFF, P

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor soiling to front board, minor bruising to head of spine, minor tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling to front and rear wrappers, light 1.5cm closed tear to base of front hinge, light chipping to edges and head of spine, minor creasing/rolling to edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Ambassador Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction New Zealand

BERGSON, HENRI & PEARSON, KEITH ANSELL (ed) & MULLARKEY, JOHN (ed) & MCMAHON, MELISSA (transl)

Super octavo, red and white light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (light pencil annotations throughout, minor soiling to front and rear wrappers, moderate fading to spine, previous owner's library plate and details to eps, minor creasing to extrems, light soiling and minor tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2002

KEYWORDS: writings Henri Bergson literature fiction essays creative writing

MARTINO, P

TEXT IN FRENCH. Sm 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: Librairie Armand Colin 1960

KEYWORDS: France French naturalism realism literature philosophy

CHERVET, MAURICE (ed.); DE LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE

TEXT IN FRENCH. Sm 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: Bordas 1965

KEYWORDS: Alphonse de Lamartine poetry French literature

MOLIERE

TEXT IN FRENCH. THIS VOL ONLY. Sm 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: A. Belin 1821

KEYWORDS: Moliere French literature theatre plays 17th century

NATSUME, SOSEKI; ITO, AIKO & WILSON, GRAEME (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, brown cl boards, white lettering to spine, illus. to fr board in silver gilt, VG+; in d/w VG+ (some rubbing & tanning, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Japan Japanese literature fiction 19th 20th century

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps); in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w moderate to heavy chipping, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition David Ballantyne New Zealand literature fiction