SRI AUROBINDO

Super octavo, cream light card covers, green lettering to spine, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 91pp, VG- (light chipping & soiling to spine/extrems, 4cm closed tear to top of spine/front cover hinge, moderate water staining to base of spine & front cover, moderate to heavy foxing to covers, heavy insect damage to bottom corner of page block- some loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to prelims, minor water staining to base of front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Sri Aurobindo Ashram 1956

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Bengal Bengali

HOMER & HEWLETT, MAURICE (Trans)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to cream spine, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xiii + 228pp, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm hole to bottom corner of ffep, minor soiling to front & rear eps, a lot of pages remain uncut, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1928

KEYWORDS: classic literature Homer Iliad verse English translations

JACKSON, BRIAN ANDREW

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 236pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, sm patch of label residue to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining English miners oil exploration gas literature Brian Andrew Jackson

KHALDUN, IBN & ROSENTHAL, FRANZ (Trans) & DAWOOD, N J (Abridged & Ed)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, to page edges stained red- faded, xiv + 465pp, VG (light scuffing/chafing to board edges & extrems, 1cm crack to top of rear hinge, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in reversible d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate foxing/soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1967

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy history Ibn Khaldun

DEWEY, JOHN

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to spine, ix + 546pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, patch of white-out to ffep, moderate pencil annotation to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1938

KEYWORDS: logic philosophy literature John Dewey

ROWLING, J K & WILSON, ANDREW (Trans)

TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK! Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt train illus to front board, unpaginated prelims, 250pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading & soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2004

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK children's literature youth ya Harry Potter series J K Rowling novels fiction fantasy

ROWLING, J K & NEEDHAM, PETER (Trans)

TEXT IN LATIN, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt train illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2003

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN children's literature fantasy fiction novels J K Rowling Harry Potter series

BANNERMAN, HELEN & EULALIE (Pictures)

Octavo, blule heavy boards, black lettering & illus to front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prevl owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light to moderate cracking to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Platt & Munk Co 1955

KEYWORDS: classic children's literature picture books Helen Bannerman little black sambo

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR & POGANY, WILLY (Presented by)

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, coloured illus to front board, teg, deckled page edges, illus eps, illus/illuminated prelims, unpaginated, illus/plates- all but one present, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to front board, light to moderate staining to rear board, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing, single plate missing- page still present)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap 1910

KEYWORDS: illuminated illuminations illustrated literature Samuel Taylor Coleridge verse poetry poems

BARRIE, J M & THOMSON, HUGH (Illus)

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 235pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading & staining to spine, light soiling/discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D (c.1910s)

KEYWORDS: J M Barrie literature illustrated plays theatre theater

SYLVESTER, DAVID

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, x + 387pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: literature writings David Sylvester modern art critics criticism interviews artists

REAY, BARRY

Octavo, illus light card covers, pink & blue lettering to spine, xx + 282pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to covers, sl soiling & minor creasing/curling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: erotica sex art literature literary criticism history research

TOLKIEN, J R R

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained maroon, folding map to rear, 352pp, VG+ (light rubbing & adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- can be removed but jacket edges likely stained by adhesive, price clipped, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1984

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature lotr J R R Tolken lord of the rings trilogy fiction novels

ELLIOTT, E C & CORNWELL, A BRUCE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, vii + 196pp, illus, VG (minor warping to front board & first half of page block, light fading to board edges & spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, rear flap vertically clipped- text affected, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1957

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction children's literature novels E C Elliott Kemlo series modern first editions

FISHER, GARY & SEDGWICK, EVE KOSOFSKY (Ed & Afterword) & BELTON, DON (Intro)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 291pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: literature writings Gary Fisher gay lgbtq African American

SELWYN, DON et al

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Playmarket 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature stage plays playwrights theatre theater

SMITH, ANGELA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (7) + 238pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: first editions literary criticism literature Katherine Mansfield Virginia Woolf

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & BROWN, IVOR (New Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Nonesuch / Herbert Farjeon 1953

KEYWORDS: English literature plays tragedies William Shakespeare

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & BROWN, IVOR (New Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Nonesuch / Herbert Farjeon 1953

KEYWORDS: English literature plays comedies William Shakespeare

CLARKE, ISABEL C & LAWLOR, P A (Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Beltane Book Bureau 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature literary biography biographies memoir Katherine Mansfield