DIXON, FRANKLIN W

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1962

KEYWORDS: children's literature novels adventure fiction Hardy Boys series Franklin W Dixon

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

FIRST EDITION, 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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature novels fiction E C Eliott

MULLANEY, THOMAS S

Super octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 481pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to spine, minor separation at front gutter) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2017

KEYWORDS: history technology China Chinese literature communication typewriters language culture script

GOLON, SERGEANNE & BARISSE, RITA (Trans)

REPRINT, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 787pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Sergeanne Golon English translations

ALIGHIERI, DANTE & CARY, The Rev HENRY FRANCIS (Trans) & DORE, M GUSTAVE (Illus)

Folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to spine & boards, teg, modern eps & boards- rebound using original buckram, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 183pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & occasionally throughout, plate xxxiii & tissue guard of plate xxxiv neatly torn- would be an easy fix if so inclined, still a beautiful example of Gustave Dore's artwork)

PUBLISHER: Cassell, Petter & Galpin N/D

KEYWORDS: Dante's Inferno Dante Alighieri verse cantos literature illustrated Gustave Dore

GASKELL, PHILIP

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 484pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards)

PUBLISHER: St Paul's Bibliographies 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues The Foulis Press literature

DE CHARDIN, PIERRE TEILHARD & BLONDEL, MAURICE & DE LUBAC, HENRI (Notes & Commentary) & WHITMAN, WILLIAM (Trans)

Tidfy ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 174pp, VG (boards sl warped, jacket affixed to boards, usual library markings, light tanning & soiling to page edges, rear flap of jacket affixed to ffep, minor tape/adhesive staining to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive plastic cover- edges likely stained, rear flap detached & tipped in to ffep of book, front flap vertically clipped- text not affected)

PUBLISHER: Herder and Herder 1967

KEYWORDS: philosophy theology literature Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Maurice Blondel correspondence

WILLANS, GEOFFREY & SEARLE, RONALD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus front eps & title page, 106pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps- prelims & terminals also, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, moderate foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish and Co 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature humour humor Ronald Searle Geoffrey Willans

SMITH, ALEXANDER McCALL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, viii + 137pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, prev. owner's initials in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: signed Alexander McCall Smith literature

HORDEN, JOHN (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlviii + 271pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light tape residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired but edges likely stained, light tanning & soiling to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Longman Group 1980

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues historical literature anonymous pseudonyms

SHARP, DARYL (Compiled by)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine, 159pp, VG (light curling & moderate peeling/wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Inner City Books 1999

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Inner City Books literature

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & creasing/bruising to spine & covers/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, lg gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Maori verse songs Barry Brailsford

AGATE, JAMES (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards with black cloth spine, black lettering to front board, viii + unpaginated poems/pages, illus, VG (moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate soiling & foxing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor generalise soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Nott N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions art poetry poems verse literature Francyn

SUMMERS, JOHN

OWNERSHIP SYMBOL ON FEP OF HELEN SHAW, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, faded black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/rubbing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pisces Print 1982

KEYWORDS: association copies Helen Shaw signed John Summers New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature first editions

BURNELL, MARK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 370pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Mark Burnell

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 195pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor cracking to gutter at front & rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Brazillier 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers authors literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Janet Frame

MERSEREAU Jr, JOHN

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 165pp, G+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ardis Publishers 1989

KEYWORDS: Russian literature literary criticism

HAMBLETT, CHARLES

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN PENCIL, sm octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine- faded, frontispiece, 32pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light foxing to eps, light soiling & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press 1946

KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature poetry poems verse Charles Hamblett

DAMON, S FOSTER & EAVES, MORRIS (Fore & Annotated Biblio)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 532pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Dartmouth College Press 2013

KEYWORDS: art history William Blake literature literary criticism reference bibliography

CARON, DAVID

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, pink lettering to spine, ix + 204pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2001

KEYWORDS: AIDS hiv terminal illness sickness France French culture literature medicine