TALKS, MARTIN

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Martin Talks 2020

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction sci-fi Martin Talks

PENNAC, DANIEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, Ex-Library. Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Gallimard 1992

KEYWORDS: text in French literature Daniel Pennac

DE BOTTON, ALAIN

Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Hamish Hamilton 2016

KEYWORDS: literature novel fiction Alain de Botton

GAIMAN, NEIL

DELUXE LIMITED NUMBERED, SIGNED FIRST EDITION (459/2000). Octavo, illius heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, VG+ ( minor adhesion to some pages, slight scuffing to boards) in olive cloth slipcase, VG ( slight soiling/fading & scuffing to cloth, cloth at base slightly coming off).

PUBLISHER: William Morrow 2013

KEYWORDS: signed first edition limited number Neil Gaiman literature fiction new young adult sci-fi science fiction fantasy

JOYCE, JAMES & BURGESS, ANTHONY (edited)

Octavo, red heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, VG (slight scuffing/soiling to spine and boards, minor foxing/tanning to page edges, moderste foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w G ( heaving chipping & loss to edges, 1cm open tear to spine, 8cm closed tear to flap, minor soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Viking Press 1967

KEYWORDS: James Joyce Anthony Burgess abridged finnegans wake literature Irish fiction modern novel

KING, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 912pp, VG- (spine warped & moderately creased, moderate cracking to front hinge at head & base, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl water staining to page edges, light soiling to eps, toning to pages) in d/w VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrapping, moderate to heavy creasing/wrinkling & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986

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DICKENS, CHARLES

SCARCE IN SHORTHAND, sm octavo, written in shorthand, ownership stamp of art critic Ron Brownson, dark green buckram, gilt and black stamped lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp + 8pp publisher's ads to rear [dated July 1889], scarce, VG+ (light tanning to page edges, minimal bruising to extrems and minimal cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing spordically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman & Sons 1889

KEYWORDS: literature novels shorthand Phonetics Pitman's Phonography Charles Dickens

TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (illus)

FIRST EDITION- seventh impression, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus title page, 64pp, illus, VG+ (minimal scuffing to upper edge of front board and spine, minimal bruising to lower edge of spine and extrems, sl tanning/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped flap, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1973

KEYWORDS: literature novel fantasy J R R Tolkien modern first editions [seventh impression] Tom Bombadil

VAN VOGT, A E

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 231pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning and foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing to flaps and spine/rear cover, light creasing & chipping to egdes)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition science fiction literature novel scifi A E van Vogt

FELDMAN, GENE (ed) & GARTENBERG, MAX (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light grey boards, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning and foxing to page edges and eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional pencil underlining- very faint) in d/w, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing and chipping to edges, light chipping to lower edge of front flap, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions literature beat generation angry young men

DURRELL, LAWRENCE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, 79pp, VG (light to moderate tanning and foxing to board edges and spine, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1943

KEYWORDS: poetry literature poems verse Lawrence Durrell

BORGES, JORGE LUIS & SIMMS, RUTH L C (trans) & IRBY, JAMES E (intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light lilac heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 205pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minimal foxing to eps, prelims and page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning all over, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1973

KEYWORDS: first edition history literary literature prose essays philosophy non-fiction Jorge Luis Borges

MOHANTY, GOURAV

LIMITED EDITION, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper, white and gold lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, 669pp, illus/decoration, VG+ (minimal bend in structure, minimal creasing to edges of pages 609-618)

PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2023

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novel India Mahabharata modern first editions fantasy limited uncorrected proof copies

KORNBLUTH, C M

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, VG+ (light tanning and foxing to page edges & eps, minimal tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing to rear cover & flaps, minimal scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel C M Kornbluth

KUTTNER, HENRY

UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 186pp, VG (light tanning to pages throughout, moderate tanning and light minimal foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (minimal soiling to rear cover and flaps, minimal scuffing and creasing to extrems, light chipping to edges, minimal closed tear to upper edge of rear flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1954

KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition science fiction novel literature scifi Henry Kuttner

HEINLEIN, ROBERT A

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 244pp, VG (moderate staining to lower edges of spine and boards, light soiling and tanning to spine, minimal bruising to edges of spine, light tanning, light damp staining to eps, prelims and pages 1-7, minimal foxing to prelims and terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanningn & foxing to spine & flaps, minor creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Gollancz 1963

KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition science fiction novel scifi literature Robert A Heinlein

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green and black lettering to front wrapper and spine, unpaginated prelims + 306pp, VG (moderate soiling & light foxing to wrappers, minor creasing to front wrapper and spine, light bruising to edges of spine, minor tanning and foxing/soiling to page edges, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to inside front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: John Calder 1984

KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition literature fiction novel American West William S Burroughs

MILNE, A A & SHEPARD, ERNEST H (Decorations)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE RARE FIRST ISSUE D/W, octavo, dark green buckram boards with gilt tooling and gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, teg, illus/map of Thousand Acre Wood to eps, sm Winnie the Pooh illus to full title page, illus prelims & terminals, 7/6 Net on spine and 117th Thousand on rear flap of jacket, xi + [5] + 158pp + [3], VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor soiling and tanning to page edges, light foxing & tanning to eps, sl cracking to gutter & minor foxing of pg48-49, occasional sl soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate splitting to spine with internal archival repair to base, small loss to head and tail of spine and extrems, light to moderate damp staining to cover edges and spine, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: modern first edition first issue rare first issue d/w children's literature fiction illustrated A A Milne Ernest H Shepard

REINTGEN, SCOTT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, 361pp, VG+ (minimal bruising to extrems and spine, minimal tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Crown 2019

KEYWORDS: science fiction scifi modern first editions novel Scott Reintgen literature Nyxia Triad

REINTGEN, SCOTT

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 392pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, light crack to gutter of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl cahfing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Crown 2017

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