WOOD, MICHAEL

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/creasing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, pgs13-20 partailly detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2023

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Du Fu poetry poets China Chinese history historical

POLLOCK, SHELDON (Ed)

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, patterned orange heavy boards, white & orange lettering to spine, xxix + [6] + 1066pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Mologhney] in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003

KEYWORDS: literature literary cultures history South Asia Asian politics Pali Indic India

GEIGER, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps, 336pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Disinformation Company 2005

KEYWORDS: first editions Brion Gysin literature literary biography biographies memoir

SPRING, JUSTIN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xv + 478pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010

KEYWORDS: first editions Samuel Steward biography memoir biographies literature literary

HERODOTUS & HOLLAND, TOM (Trans) & CARTLEDGE, PAUL (Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to black spine, xxxix + 834pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions classic literature antiquity Herodotus history histories

DONNE, JOHN & GARDNER, HELEN (Ed, Intro & Commentary)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, base of page block deckled, xcviii + 147pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims inc. frontis)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: classic literature poems poetry verse John Donne

SULLIVAN, ROBERT & BISHOP, GAVIN (Illus)

REPRINT, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, teal lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges, minor child's pencil scribble to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ myths legends te ao Maori culture illustrated children's Gavin Bishop literature

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

7 OF 8 VOLS PRESENT (VOL 7 MISSING), sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plates on spines, raised bands & gilt tooling to spines, gilt rule to board edges, frontispieces present to vols 2/4/6, mixed pagination, lovely charming vignettes announce the beginning of a new play, G (this is a very delicate set with either front or rear boards missing to vols 1/6/8, boards that are still present are heavily scuffed to a degree that is age appropriate but care will still be needed when handling, boards that are present are also sometimes detached, edges of the page blocks are heavily tanned/soiled, multiple historic prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, all vols are typically foxed and/or tanned with vol 3 being exceptionally mold stained to its eps & prelims, moderate cracks to gutters sporadically throughout all vols however binding is still quite firm and sound, spines are considerably scuffed but still very much intact, some minor insect damage- inactive) Photos are recommended for this charming set

PUBLISHER: J Tonson and the rest of the Proprietors 1635-1735

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare Theobald's works classic English literature plays apocryphal antiquarian books

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE & CHURCHWELL, SARAH (Intro) & HUNT, ROBERT (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black lettering/illus to spine, gilt lettering with gilt & black illus to front board, frontispiece, xiv + [4] + 390pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges & half title page) in VG+ slipcase (light bruising, chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: folio society classic American literature James Fenimore Cooper novels fiction illustrated

FENG, LINDA RUI

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. card boards; x + 197 pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2015

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature history criticism intellectual life

LI, WAI-YEE

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, patterned card boards; xii + 638 + [3 (advts)] pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; v sl adhesive cracking to fr gutter; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2014

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature trauma history criticism

HUNTINGTON, RANIA

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. card boards; xxvi + 275 pp.; VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2018

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature life lives biography 19th 20th century

AVIADO, VIRGILIO & CABRERA, BEN & YUSON, ALFRED A (eds.)

Imp. octavo, illus. card boards; illus., photos; 138 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some soiling to prelims).

PUBLISHER: Anvil 2001

KEYWORDS: erotic erotica Filipino Philippines art literature poetry

LUTGENDORF, PHILIP

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. light card covers; xiv + 434 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Hanuman Hindu literature Hindi history criticism

MILTON, JOHN

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, blue cl boards, label to spine lettered in gilt; xiv + 840 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG- (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping, some loss to spine at head; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: John Milton seventeenth century 17th literature

HUDSON, EMILY T

OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & white lettering to spine, viii + 268pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrapper edges, sl chafing & soiling to wrappers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Asia Asian religion literature ethics aesthetics India Indian criticism

HEINRICH, WILLI & WINSTON, RICHARD and CLARA (Trans)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 456pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, publisher's adhesive label details to copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine, general minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Noontide Press 1992

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Will Heinrich war German war and warriors series

BACHMAN, RICHARD (KING, STEPHEN)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 309pp, VG (light creasing & rubbing to spine, light rubbing to board edges, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to front & rear eps plus full title page, moderate cracking to gutter of full title page, occasional sl cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate tanning to pages throughout, vertical narrow tanned strips to terminals, sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, 3.5 cm open tear to front)

PUBLISHER: New English Library / NEL 1985

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions horror novels fiction literature Richard Bachman Stephen King

SINCLAIR, MARJORIE (Collected & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, cream heavy boards, lilac gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 216pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Polynesia Polynesian poetry poems verse anthology collection

OGAWA, YOKO; SNYDER, STEPHEN (transl.)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2011

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature fiction