McGRATH, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus black light card wrappers, white & silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 314pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies fiction novels literature Patrick McGrath

EGAN, BERESFORD & ALCOCK, C BOWER

SIGNED NUMBERED (#335/500) FIRST EDITION THUS, quarto, green patterned heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, 142pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & minor scuffing to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Sophistocles Press / T Werner Laurie Ltd 1929

KEYWORDS: signed numbered special editions first edition THUS art literature Beresford Egan C Bower Alcock

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY NZ HISTORIAN JOHANNES ANDERSEN, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, photos tipped in, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (G C Petersen) in ink to ffep with inscription in ink by Petersen on title page, minor wrinkling & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Johannes C Andersen N/D

KEYWORDS: unpublished manuscripts Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand history Johannes C Andersen National Library literature literary academic

EGAN, BERESFORD & DE SHANE, BRIAN

LIMITED FIRST EDITION (ONE OF 1600), MORALIST PLATE IS PRESENT, quarto, plum buckram boards (possibly early issue), gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges to base, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional creasing & chipping to some page edges/corners) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/loss & moderate soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays sadism Marquis de Sade

LUPTON, THOMAS

Sm octavo, brown leather boards, spine missing, 371pp + unpaginated prelims & terminals, G- (boards completely detached but present, many signatures of text block detached, pages 189-200 missing (misbound?), spine completely missing- binding tanned, soiled & exposed, heavy scuffing to boards with some surface loss, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, page edges very brittle & chipped, numerous pencil & ink annotations throughout- historic)

PUBLISHER: London Printed for M Wright at the Kings-head, in the Old Bailey 1660

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books 17th seventeenth century Thomas Lupton literature

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & GARNETT, CONSTANCE (Trans) & ROSSEM, VAN (Lithographs)

FIRST FOLIO EDITION (NO SLIPCASE), super octavo, red & black illus cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red (faded), frontispiece, vi + 454pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first (FOLIO) editions folio society literature Russian novels fiction Fyodor Dostoevsky

COHEN, LEONARD

Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained red (faded), x + 245pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, sl staining & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/foxing/chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Leonard Cohen

POUND, EZRA (Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, light brown/orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 135pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS literature philosophy Confucian teachings wisdom oriental asian

LIVELY, PENELOPE & SMY, PAM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to s[ine, white lettering & whie & blue illus to front board, illus eps, xi + 153pp, illus, Near FINE, in slicpase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS folio society children's literature fiction novels illustrated ya young adult youth Penelope Lively

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY & SAVESCU, ALEXANDRU (Illus)

FOLIO FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + (5) + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl fading to spine), in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first (folio) editions folio society literature fiction novels Margery Allingham

WILBER, KEN

COMPLETE 8 VOL SET- VOL 1 IS SIGNED BY KEN WILBER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, vol 8 still sealed in plastic wrap, sl soiling to page edges, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear board of vol 5) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear cover of vol 5)

PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1999-2000

KEYWORDS: signed Ken Wilber collected works philosophy literature consciousness subconsciousness psychology self-perception

GUERBER, H A

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 405pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate chipping to edges- tape reinforcement, light soiling & moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1926

KEYWORDS: literature art myths legends mythology history historical middle ages

GUERBER, H A

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xvi + 397pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to spine, moderate general tanning & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1929

KEYWORDS: myths Norsemen vikings viking culture literature art norse mythology folklore lore

NEMIROVSKY, IRENE & SMITH, SANDRA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & grey lettering to spine, vi + 214pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies novels fiction literature Irene Nemirovsky

JONSON, JOHAN & GORANSSON, JOHANNES (Trans)

Square octavo, illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, unpaginated, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Displaced Press 2009

KEYWORDS: literature Johan Jonson

WATERHOUSE, PETER & WALDROP, ROSMARIE (Trans)

SCARCE, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Burning Deck 2009

KEYWORDS: scarce literature Peter Waterhouse literary speech poetry novels

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 111pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2024

KEYWORDS: UK first editions literature poetry poems verse Michael Ondaatje

LIN, TAN

SCARCE, octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Zaesterle 2007

KEYWORDS: at literature Tan Lin

LEWIS, C S & LEWIS, W H (Ed & Memoir)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, V G(light to moderate creasing/chipping & rubbing to edges & spine, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary autobiography letters correspondence C S Lewis

FERTE, Monsieur HENRI & BASKERVILLE, Mrs GEORGE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, blue lettering & decoration to title plate to front cover, unpaginated prelims & terminals + 24pp/poems, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry poems verse Monsieur Henri Ferte