CARTER, ANGELA

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: Picador 1985

KEYWORDS: angela carter literature specials

ISHIGURO, KAZUO

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: King Penguin 1987

KEYWORDS: kazuo ishiguro literature specials

MELVILLE, A D (Trans) & VESSEY, D W T (Intro & Notes)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, lv + 373pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature Statius

WILLIAMS, CRAIG A (Ed, Intro, Trans & Commentary)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, xii + 303pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, rear flap of jacket glued to rear board/pastedown, minro soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (2x library labels, heavy creasing & tearing/loss to head of spine, other minor creasing & chipipng to edges, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature classics Latin English translations Marcus Valerius Martialis Martial

SULLIVAN, J P

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, xxv + 388pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & tearing to top edge, large closed tear to base of front cover, moderate fading & chafing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature classics Latin English translations Marcus Valerius Martialis Martial

ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER & GROSZ, GEORGE (Drawings) & WHITFORD, FRANK (Selected by)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo, illus buckram boards, dark grey lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to spine & page edges, sl foxing to boards, sl foxing to prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (minro chafing/bruising & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1989

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Christopher Isherwood

NEWLANDS, CAROLE E

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & flaps, sl tanning to spine & top edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature Statius Latin

TIBULLI [TIBULLUS], ALBII & LENZ, FRIDERICUS WALTHARIUS (Ed)

TEXT IN LATIN, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 177pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1964

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN classic studies literature poetry verse Tibullus

MADAURENSIS, L APULEIUS & VAN DER PAARDT, R T (Ed)

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 218pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & staining to page edges, minor creasing to bottom corners of pages)

PUBLISHER: Adolf M Hakkert 1971

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature Latin prose Apuleius philosophy

PLATO & COOPER, LANE (Trans, Intro & Prefatory Notes)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 200pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards, minor staining to front board, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, underlining to text in ink & pencil)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature philosophy Plato

THUCYDIDES & GOMME, A W

3 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffeps of all vols) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning to spines, moderate tanning to front of vol 3, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate discolouration, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: classical studies literature Thucydides Greek

RICHARD, SON OF NIGEL & JOHNSON, CHARLES (Trans, Intro & Notes)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, lxiv + 144pp [some double pagination], VG (heavy bruising to bottom corners of front & rear boards, only minor bruising to other exterms, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1950

KEYWORDS: classical literature Latin English translations medieval classics dialogus de scaccario

CHRISTIAN, CATHERINE

Sm octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 240pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ink stain to pg98) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, minor tanning & soiling, sl creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Huchinson & Co N/D (c.1948)

KEYWORDS: literature historical novels fiction Catherine Christian

WALSER, MARTIN & ELLIS-JONES, BARRIE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 283pp, VG+ (sl fading to base of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling/foxing, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Martin Walser

STURGEON, THEODORE & CONKLIN, GROFF (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 276pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction fantasy short stories Theodore Sturgeon

POUND, EZRA

Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frotnispiece, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, sl wrinkling to rear board, light tanning& foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other 'ghost' lettering to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, general minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Directions / Jams Laughlin 1948

KEYWORDS: literature Ezra Pound poetry verse cantos

GOUDGE, ELIZABETH & HODGES, C WALTER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to bottom corner of front board, maps/illus to front & rear eps, colour frontispiece, vi + 286pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, minor general tanning & soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of London Press 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first editions classic children's literature novels fiction Elixabeth Goudge illustrated C Walter Hodges

COLONNA, FRANCESCO & GODWIN, JOSCELYN (Trans & Intro)

Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, xix + 474pp, illus, VG (jacket fully affixed to boards- cannot be removed with damage, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl staining/rubbing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (aforementioned sealing to boards- cannot be removed without damage, moderate wrinkling to adhesive covering, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999

KEYWORDS: classic literature English translations Francesco Colonna renaissance

JOSEPH, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, (10) + iii + 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutter of title page, minor vertical folding to title page)

PUBLISHER: Punkhouse Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Joseph literature punk culture Bloodclot autobiography memoir New York

BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH & RUTER, MARTIN (Trans) & TODT, ILSE (Trans) & DE GRUCHY, JOHN W (English Ed) & BAX, DOUGLAS STEPHEN (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front & rear gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1996

KEYWORDS: religion theology Dietrich Bonhoeffer literature Christianity