CLEARY, JON

FIRST EDITION, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Jon Cleary

BUCHAN, JOHN

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1923

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature John Buchan

WOODRUFF, ELVIRA & DOOLING, MICHAEL (Illus)

Oblong quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press 1999

KEYWORDS: children's literature books illustrated Elvira Woodruff

MIGNACCA, OLMA

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: New Holland 1998

KEYWORDS: adventure maritime exploration Olma Mignacca circumnavigation travel writing literature

CROSS-SMITH, LEESA

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Grand Central Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Leesa Cross-Smith

MANTEL, HILARY

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Hilary Mantel

HOLGATE, D P

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: D P Holgate 2012

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature D P Holgate New Zealand writers authors

LAHIRI, JHUMPA

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: Houghton Mifflin Company 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Jhumpa Lahiri

NILES, STEVE & RUTH, GREG (Art & Lettering)

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: Dark Horse Books 2005

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fiction literature Steve Niles Greg Ruth

ANJALI, MANISHA

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: Witchcraft Press 2016

KEYWORDS: poetry verse literature poems Manisha Anjali

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE & PENDENNIS, ARTHUR & DOYLE, RICHARD (Illus)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, half leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plates to spine, gilt rule/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, vignettes with tissue guards to prelims, vol 1- viii + 380pp, vol 2- viii + 375pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spines, minor chipping to red leather title plates on spines, light to moderate scuffing/surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury & Evans 1855

KEYWORDS: literature modern first editions novels William Makepeace Thackerary

DOUGHTY, CHARLES M & LAWRENCE, T E (Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, brown buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained brown, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- 674pp, vol 2- 696pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light fading to spines, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, folding map to rear of vol 1 has end quarter missing & minor closed tearing, folding map (identical to vol 1) of vol 2 is complete)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1936

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS travel history writing literature Arabian desert C M Doughty adventure

BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT & CRUICKSHANK, GEORGE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, red leather spine- heavily scuffed, patterned eps, illus prelims, 48pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing to spine- surface loss, top & base of spine has minor loss, heavy scuffing & surface loss to board corners, heavy soiling & chafing to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, cloth reinforcement to some gutters, closed tearing to bottom half of pgs 11-14)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1882

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction illustrated Robert Bloomfield

SHERRINGTON, Sir CHARLES & DENNY-BROWN, D (Compiled & Ed by)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 532pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: writings prose literature Sir Charles Sherrington medical neurology

COLE, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 318pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & rear board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017

KEYWORDS: poetry poems literature verse Peter Cole

COOK, KENNETH

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 186pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/surface loss to edges, light tanning & foxing/chafing, moderate crease to top edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1972

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Kenneth Cook

CABELL, JAMES BRANCH & PAPE, FRANK C (Illus)

FIRST IMPRESSION OF ILLUSTRATED EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxv + 359pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters- boards sl shaky, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, minor tanning/foxing/pencil markings sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Robert M McBride & Company 1928

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature fiction comedy Lames Branch Cabell

KEROUAC, JACK & TIETCHEN, TODD (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 192pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature writings novellas Jack Kerouac

BINION, RUDOLPH & KAUFMANN, WALTER (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 587pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Frau Lou biography biographies memoir literature philosophy psychology Friedrich Nietzsche students

HIMES, CHESTER

FIRST UK EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edegs stained red, 240pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & tape residue to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & staining to page edges, moderate to heavy tape staining to front & rear eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- edges likely stained & damaged, moderate tape staining & tanning/foxing/soiling to flaps, other generalised soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition crime thrillers fiction novels literature Chester Himes