ROSS JR, DAVID O

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to navy section on spine, xii + 255pp, VG+ (slight rubbing & brusing to spine & board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate insect damage to hinges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & tanning to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: virgil physics poetry georgics classics classical literature david o ross jr

YEATS, W B

SECOND IMPRESSION, POEMS SELECTED BY YEATS, SOME PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED, octavo, blue heavy boards, blind stamped decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges gilt, illus title page, x + 203pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sporadic cracking to gutters, previous owners' names in ink to fep, previous owner's own verse to rep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co, Limited 1930

KEYWORDS: w b yeats poems poetry literature

OLDS, PETER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper & spine, xiv + 272pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2014

KEYWORDS: peter olds new zealand poetry prose literature christchurch dunedin

WESLEY, MARY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, quarter bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 297pp, VG (light bruising, rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's stamp to lower page edges, slight soiling to fep) in d/w VG- (light to moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling, 1cm section loss to top & bottom of spine)

PUBLISHER: Summit Books 1984

KEYWORDS: mary wesley literature first edition

ACRES, AVIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black text to wrapper, illus title page, unpaginated, delightfully illustrated, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges, v slight foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand children's literature avis acres picture book

LONDON, JACK & GOODWIN, PHILIP R (illus) & LIVINGSTON BULL, CHARLES (illus)

Octavo, green buckram illus boards & spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 233pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & brusing to spine & boards, fep & 'all manner of dogs' plate missing, front gutter fully cracked, light to moderate tanninig & foxing to page edges, occasional slight foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company

KEYWORDS: jack london north american classic literature philip r goodwin charles livingston bull

JOYCE, JAMES

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 628pp, VG- (light fading to spine, light soiling & scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, front gutter moderately cracked, slight soiling & foxing to pages, moderate foxing to rep & rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: james joyce irish literature

SWIFT, JONTAHAN & BAWDEN, EDWARD (Lithographs)

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction novels Jonathan Swift

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (Drawings)

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Robert Louis Stevenson

MOJGANI, ANIS

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: Write Bloody Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Anis Mojgani

JEROME, JEROME K & CONNOLLY, JOSEPH (Intro)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Jerome K Jerome autobiography memoir

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & WILSON, A N (Intro) & PENDLE, ALEXY (Illus)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Anthony Trollope novels fiction

RAPHAEL, FREDERIC & RAPHAEL, SARAH (Paintings)

Imperial 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: Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Frederic Raphael

SETH, VIKRAM

SIGNED & NUMBERED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION PROOF COPY, super 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: Phoenix House 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies signed Vikram Seth novels fiction literature

BOLT, RODNEY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarpeCollins 2004

KEYWORDS: literature literary history biography biographies memoir Christopher Marlowe

CHILVERS, HEDLEY A & PALMER, ALFRED (Illus) & WINDER, H E (Maps)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) frontispiece loose but present; 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: Cassell and Company 1930

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Africa exploration history Hedley A Chilvers historical

RANSOME, ARTHUR

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: Australian Publishing Company / Jonathan Cape 1949

KEYWORDS: children's literature Arthur Ransome novels fiction illustrated

SOPHOCLES & MARCH, JENNY (Ed, Intro, Trans & Commentary)

INCLUDES GREEK TEXT, super octavo softcover (VG+) occasional pencil annotation; 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: Aris & Phillips 2001

KEYWORDS: ancient classical literature Greek Sophocles

GARY, ROMAIN (AJAR, EMILE) & MANHEIM, RALPH (Trans) & LAUGHLIN, JAMES (Afterword)

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: New Directions 1986

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Romain Gary Emile Ajar

THIONG'O, NGUGI WA

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: Heinemann Educational Books 1987

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature African writers Ngugi Wa Thiong'o