SMILES,SAMUEL

first edition in half-leather 474pp VG (blue cloth boards w.blue half-leather,school gilt stamp to top board,gilt stamps and gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,marbled eps and edges,surface scuffing to front pastedown,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,tight)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1887

KEYWORDS: history literature sociology samuel smiles

WEIL,JAMES L.

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 56pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.soiled and browned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on blank prelim.)

PUBLISHER: elizabeth press new rochelle [printed in verona] 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky james l.weil

HACKNEY,FRANCES

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 40pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on prelim.,owner's inscr.to foot of prelim.)

PUBLISHER: william alfred cummins berowra 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky frances hackney

YING KO LIEN HUA; KEAN,VLADIMIR [TRANSL.]

first edition 432pp VG+ (red cloth,minor shelf wear,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature vladimir kean

GOODWIN,HELEN K.

first edition inscribed by author 96pp VG+ (cream cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: marshall,morgan london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature helen k.goodwin

CREELEY,ROBERT

first edition limited [750] unpaginated F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: hawk press christchurch 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry new zealand literature robert creeley

TALMAGE,T.DE WITT

[first edition] 204pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,stained and chipped spine,mod.wear to extrems.,green eps sl.soiled,content edges sl.foxed/browned,minor pencil marks to margins)

PUBLISHER: corrie johnston melbourne 1879

KEYWORDS: history literature theology t.de witt talmage

SMITH,PHILIP

[first edition] vols.1/2 only [of 3] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of both spines,splits to both hinges of vol.1,brown eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to head of title on both vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: james walton london 1868

KEYWORDS: history geography literature antiquity philip smith

MORISON,STANLEY;BARKER,NICOLAS

first edition inscribed by author [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 566pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,inscr.by author to mceldowney and his wife on ffep,te red,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography literature stanley morison nicolas barker dennis mceldowney

JENS,WALTER

first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 119pp VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,mceldowney's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and foxed,minor wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walter jens

SHIPWAY,GEORGE

proof copy 400pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.ink scribble to front cover,sl.foxed/browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies george shipway

N/A

rebound in vellum 365pp [text in italian] VG+ (modern rebind in vellum w.black titling to spine,sl.soiled,new eps,contemporary [?] drawings by owner to front and rear prelims.,contents printed on attractive handmade paper,untrimmed edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents clean,tight)

PUBLISHER: pasquali venezia 1800

KEYWORDS: history italy literature modo nuovamente ideato

JOHNS,W.E.

first australian edition 157pp ills.[b/w by mendoza] VG- (beige cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to both pastedowns w.school stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,contents browned,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press melbourne 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biggles w.e.johns

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

second printing 314pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,sl.soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 192pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,owner's sign.and blind stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition p.g.wodehouse literature jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 249pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.4cm loss to head of spine and sl.loss to foot,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

first edition 213pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse

RETINGER, J. H.:

ex lib, minimal markings, 292pp, maps in pocket at rear, VG- (sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, sunned & soiled, v sl rubbed, v sl edge wear, v sl internal separation at front hinge, sl foxing to eps and edges)

PUBLISHER: Minerva Publishing Co, London, 1941

KEYWORDS: history poland politics geography demography jews literature music

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

359pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (half leather and marbelled boards, wear and scuffing to extrems, marbelled eps and foredges, spine beginning to spilt at ffep gutter, minor paste action to tp, v sl soils to some contents.)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black, edinburgh, 1867

KEYWORDS: sir walter scott, waverly novels, literature

BINGHAM, CLIFTON

unpaginated, ills(col) G+ (stiff decorative paper wrappers, bumps and wear to extrems, some minor surface losses to extrems, binding beginning to separate at lower front hinge, minor surface scratches and soils, browned extrems to front paste down, ffep has insrciption and small pencil drawings, binding barely attached at ffep gutter, small closed tear to lower tp and following page, contents sl browned, creased and foxed with some small pencil markings, some sections loose/beginning to loosen, plates all present and clean, binding shaky.)

PUBLISHER: ernest nister, london, [1890]

KEYWORDS: clifton bingham c h thompson childrens literature