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$100.00
ak5/21/28

Transposition, and Other Addresses


LEWIS, C S

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, light card wrappers, red lettering to spine- faded, 64pp, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light tanning/fading & rubbing to spine, light tanning & foxing to rear cover & page edges, sm ink stamop to half title page, sl crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions theology C S Lewis religion literature

$40.00
ak5/21/29

The Philanderer


KAUFFMANN, STANLEY

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 300pp, VG+ (minor fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm loss to base of spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1956

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Stanley Kauffmann

$40.00
ak5/21/34

Elephant and Castle: A Reconstruction


HUTCHINSON, R C

Super octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 692pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth 1969

KEYWORDS: literature R C Hutchinson

$40.00
ak5/21/36

A Ladder to the Sky


BOYNE, JOHN

US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH LOOSELY ENCLOSED BOOKLET, INDIESPENSIBLE SERIES, super octavo, grey heavy boards, grey on black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 362pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: Hogarth 2018

KEYWORDS: special editions signed John Boyne US first modern editions IndieSpensible series literature novels fiction

$40.00
ak5/21/37

Mostly Dead Things


ARNETT, KRISTEN

US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH BOOKLET LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, hot pink heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (minor water staining to rear board & top edges of rear pages, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl soiling) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: Tin House Books 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions signed novels fiction literature Kristen Arnett

$40.00
ak5/21/38

The Thrid Hotel


VAN DEN BERG, LAURA

US FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, IN SLIPCASE WITH LOOSELY ENCLOSED BOOKLET, octavo, blu eheavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 212pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions signed Laura van den Berg novels fiction literature

$65.00
ak5/21/41

What Darkness Was


PAREI, INKA & DERBYSHIRE, KATY (Trans)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 128pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Seagull Books 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature novels fiction Inka Parei

$150.00
ak5/21/44

Steve Jackson's Sorcery: The Shamutanti Hills ; The Sorcery Spell Book (2 Vol Boxed Set)


JACKSON, STEVE

2 VOL BOXED SET, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minor curling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1983

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature Steve Jackson hero quests rpgs roleplaying games sorcery

$550.00
ak5/21/45

The Game


LONDON, JACK & HUTT, HENRY (Illus) & LAWRENCE, T C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (no magazine stamp on copyright page), octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering to front board, illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps & prelims, frontipsiece, 182pp, illus, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, moderate tanning & soiling to prelims, light soiling throughout, moderate cracking & foxing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1905

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Jack London literature novels fiction illustrated

$245.00
ak5/21/46

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


LEWIS, C S & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, 3rd IMP., octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 173pp, illus, VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor soiling/staining sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first editions 3rd impression early editions children's literature novels fiction C S Lewis

$100.00
ak5/21/47

Perelandra


LEWIS, C S

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light to moderate fading to top edges of boards & spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, considerable loss to top edge of spine & front cover- sturdy but ugly tape repairs, light fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to rest of edges, moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1951

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels C S Lewis

$225.00
ak5/21/48

Out of the Silent Planet


LEWIS, C S

FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, s octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, (8) + 264pp, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing to spine & board corners/extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, sm crack to base of gutter at title page)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first editions second printings children's literature novels fiction C S Lewis

$17.50
xxhxb216361

The Mad Women's Ball


MAS, VICTORIA & WYNNE, FRANK (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Doubleday 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Victoria Mas

$30.00
xxhxb216362

The Mother: Archetypal Image in Fairy Tales


BIRKHAUSER-OERI, SIBYLLE & VON FRANZ, MARIE-LOUISE (Ed) & MITCHELL, MICHAEL (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Inner City Books 1988

KEYWORDS: fairy tales history literature literary criticism women folklore psychoanalysis

$15.00
xxcdd216367

Shades of Mercy


BORGOS, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION, super 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: Minotaur Books 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Bruce Borgos Porter Beck mysteries thrillers

$35.00
xxcdd216368

In the Spirit of Hegel: A Study of G W F Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'


SOLOMON, ROBERT C

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: G W F Hegel criticism philosophy literature

$16.50
xxcdd216370

The Secret Raven: Conflict and Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka


SHARP, DARYL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Inner City Books 1980 (?)

KEYWORDS: jungian psychology Franz Kafka literature biography

$20.00
xxcdd216373

The Archaeology of Knowledge


FOUCAULT, MICHEL & SMITH, A M SHERIDAN (Trans)

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1994

KEYWORDS: history literature philosophy Michel Foucault archeology archaeology

$30.00
xxcdd216381

The Vertical Harp: Selected Poems of Li He


JOHNSON, MIKE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2006

KEYWORDS: medieval Chinese poetry poets verse literature Li He T'ang dynasty

$9.00
xxckb216389

The Challenge (Classics #23)


MACDONNELL, J E

Paperback (VG-) heavy cracking to gutters- parts of page block may be detached, but present; 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: Horwitz Publications 1971

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature J E Macdonnell classics 23

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