ZIVKOVIC, ZORAN; COPPLE-TOSIC, ALICE & TOSIC, VUK (transl.)

Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt; vi + 600 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; sl bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Cadmus Press 2016

KEYWORDS: Zoran Zivkovic Serbian literature fiction

BUKOWSKI, CHARLES

First edition. Publisher's review request card (with misspelled title!) loosely enclosed. Octavo, illus. light card covers; 205 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some sl tearing to spine; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Charles Bukowski 20th century literature fiction modern first edition

FERDOWSI, ABOLQASEM; DAVIS, DICK (transl.); NAFISI, AZAR (forew.)

Super octavo, tan card boards, blue card spine lettered in gilt, device to front board lettered in gilt; frontis., illus.; xlii + 886 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges & eps); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing; moderate bruising to edges & extrems w curling & sl chipping; sl foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2006

KEYWORDS: Persia Persian history king kings Islam Islamic empire literature

TWAIN, MARK; BRANCH, EDGAR MARQUESS & HIRST, ROBERT H (eds.)

2 vol set. Super octavo, orange cl boards, black label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos; xxii + 789, xx + 763 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps).

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1979, 1981

KEYWORDS: Mark Twain literature fiction collected 19th century

TWAIN, MARK; ANDERSON, FREDERICK & FRANK, MICHAEL B & SANDERSON, KENNETH M (eds.)

2 vol set. Super octavo, tan cl boards, spine lettered in black & red; photos; xxii + 668, vi + 701 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, esp to spine; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps; stain to p. 431 (vol. 2)); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1975, 1981

KEYWORDS: Mark Twain literature collected 19th century notebook diary

SMITH, ALI

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 2014

KEYWORDS: Ali Smith modern first edition 21st century literature

WILLIAMS, BERNARD & BURNYEAT, MYLES (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 393pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl soiling to page edges, occasional light pencil markings throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to head of spine, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: history philosophy essays prose Bernard Williams literature

TOLSTOY, LEO & DILLON, E J (Trans)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, unpaginated prelims + 218pp, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine, moderate staining/soiling & rubbing to boards, light scuffing to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to half title page, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout, occasional minor sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Brotherhood Publishing Co 1895

KEYWORDS: Leo Tolstoy Russian literature translations fiction historical

PYNCHON, THOMAS

Sm octavo, illus stapled wrappers, illus title page, unpaginated, VG (light rusting to staples, moderate staining to wrappers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Aloes Books 1978

KEYWORDS: literature Thomas Pynchon

PYNCHON, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (NO CROSSES ON COVER), octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, unpaginated, VG (moderate soiling/foxing & light creasing to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside wrappers & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Aloes Books N/D (

KEYWORDS: modern first editions (second issue) literature Thomas Pynchon

KAFKA, FRANZ & BROD, MAX (Ed)

2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained yellow, vol 1- 345pp, vol 2- 343pp, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spines & board edges, minor chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, G+ (spine of vol 1 completely missing- covers & flaps still present, light to moderate tanning & soiling, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tape staining to front of vol 1- prev. failed attempt at tape repair, minor pencil annotation to front flap of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1948-49

KEYWORDS: Franz Kafka literature diaries journals literary

SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL & BARNES, HAZEL E (Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxvii + 636pp, VG (light fading & rubbing/soiling to board & spine extrems & edges, moderate tanning to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, heavy scuffed patch to ffep [prev.owner's name erased], other prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, related ephemera loosely enclosed) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing/chipping & yellow tape staining to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & rear, moderate staining, priceclipped)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions literature philosophy Jean-Paul Sartre phenomenology ontology prose essays

CHATTERTON, THOMAS & SKEAT, REV WALTER W (essay) & BELL, EDWARD (memoir by)

2 VOLUME SET. Super octavo, mustard buckram boards, black lettering to spines, occasional decoration to chapter headers, vol 1 cvii+379pp, vol 2 xlvi+346pp, VG (light tanning/soiling & bruising to spines, minor scuffing & soiling to boards of vol 1- moderate to vol 2, light soiling and foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, very light foxing throughout, occasional pencil annotations).

PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Thomas Chatterton poetry biography UK Britain collected works poems literature

LE GUIN, URSULA

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus pink eps, 319pp, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl fading to head & base of eps, minor foxing/discolouration to pages 16-21 - unobtrusive, sl crack to base of gutter at pgs254-255) in d/w, VG (price clipped, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & rubbing to edges, light tanning & discolouration to flap edges, light chafing, minro internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1974

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

SEYMOUR, GERALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 cost

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons and Co 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Gerald Seymour

RIORDAN, RICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Puffin / Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Rick Riordan youth ya young adult Percy Jackson series fantasy

JOYCE, RAE (Ed) & LAING, SARAH (Ed) & NEVILLE, INDIRA (Ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Beatnik 2016

KEYWORDS: Aotearoa New Zealand NZ literature literary anthology comics

SAVILLE, MALCOLM

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) jacket affixed to boards; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Children's Book Club / William Heinemann 1966

KEYWORDS: children's literature ficiton novels Malcolm Saville

EGGERS, DAVE

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature Dave Eggers novels fiction

BUCK, PEARL

Octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: Pearl Buck literature literary biography memoir history