BERNANOS, GEORGES & MOURLOT, MAURICE (Lithographie Originale)

TEXT IN FRENCH, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, cream light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 370pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to covers & spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, some page edges remain uncut) with glassine cover, in slipcase, VG (moderate tanning & bruising to edges/corners, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Andre Sauret, Editeur 1936

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CELINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND & MANHEIM, RALPH (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 359pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing & rubbing to board & spine edges/extrems, minor tape staining/residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges with moderate staining also, light tanning & foxing/staining to eps, terminal page removed/missing, numerous patches of correction fluid to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, fore-edge of rear flap clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- moderate tape reinforcement also, moderate general staining & foxing, moderate staining)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first editions English translation novels fiction literature Louis Ferdinand Celine Ralph Manheim

BALLARD, J G

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 126pp, VG (usual library markings, minor bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling & tape staining/residue to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to occasional pages) in d/w, VG (light to mderate creasing to edges & spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Voctir Gollancz 1986

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature modern first editions J G Ballard

MANKELL, HENNING & THOMPSON, LAURIE (TRANS.)

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: The New Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Swedish fiction in translation literature

LANCASTER, OSBERT

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: Readers Union 1968

KEYWORDS: Osbert Lancaster cartoonist architectural historian stage designer memoir autobiography literature b&w illustrations

MANNIN, ETHEL

Small 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: The Book Club, n/d (c. 1953?)

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

PETERS, LUDOVIC

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: Abelard-Schuman 1961

KEYWORDS: war thriller fiction literature

MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA & GROSSMAN, EDITH (TRANS.)

REPRINT 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: Jonathan Cape 2005

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

CLINE, ERNEST

FIRST EDITION, SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY; 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: Crown Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: first edition science fiction sci fi literature

DOHERTY, PAUL

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: Headline / Hodder 2004

KEYWORDS: historical detective fiction literature Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries

KAY, GUY GAVRIEL

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: Harper Voyager / HarperCollins 2011

KEYWORDS: historical fantasy fiction literature

NESBIT, E & MILLAR, H R (ILLUS.)

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: Virago Press / Little, Brown 2017

KEYWORDS: Psammead series book two children's fiction literature

GRAYLAND, VALERIE & LINTON, ANNE (ILLUS.)

Ex-library 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: Blackie & Son Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's fiction literature

BALLARD, J G

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, moderate tape staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tape staining to flaps & covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions short stories literature fiction J G Ballard

SOETOMO, Dr & VAN DER VEUR, PAUL W (Ed, Annotated, Trans & Intro) & SOEMARMO, SUHARNI (Trans)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed inside covers, frontispiece, lxxix + (5) + 283pp + index to rear, VG (moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor general foxing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Ohio University Center for International Studies 1987

KEYWORDS: Indonesia literature Dr Soetomo anthropology history culture

CASANOVA, JACQUES DE SEINGALT & MACHEN, ARTHUR (Trans)

6 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to boards/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & staining to edges & flaps, minor general soiling)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons / Elek Books N/D

KEYWORDS: Giacomo Casanova literature historical memoirs autobiographical

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & LAMB, CHARLES and MARY & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine, moderate scuffing & chipipng to spine extrems, light to moderate scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to front gutter, minor occasional cracking to gutters, sporadic moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Co / E P Dutton & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare tales illustrated classic literature Arthur Rackham

TOLKIEN, J R R

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION THUS (READERS UNION EDITION), UNCOMMON, FOLDING MAP TO REAR OF EACH VOL, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top of page edges stained brown- faded, decorated title pages, mixed pagination, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & moderate to heavy adhesive staining to eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of all 3 vols, moderate cracking to prelim gutters of vols 1 + 2, folding maps at rear have sl tanning & foxing- otherwise very tidy still, minor discolouration to terminals) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained with removal likely to cause more damage, fore-edges of front flaps of all vols clipped to accomodate ex-libris plates of prev. owner, heavy tape remnants & staining to fore-edges of flaps of all vols)

PUBLISHER: Readers Union / George Allen & Unwin 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS readers union series lotr J R R Tolkien classic fantasy literature novels lord of the rings trilogy

BALLARD, J G

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, VG (minimal library markings, spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, sl soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (no library markings detected, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sm adhesive staining to base of spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions essays reviews literature J G Ballard collections anthologies

LOS BROS HERNANDEZ (GILBERT and JAIME HERNANDEZ)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 141pp + illus to rear, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books 2004

KEYWORDS: graphic novels cartoons literature Los Bros Hernandez Gilbert Jaime love and rockets collection