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

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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

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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

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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

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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

TOLKIEN, J R R (Poems & Decorations) & SWANN, DONALD (Music)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, ix + (3) + 68pp, illus/decorations, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, sm ink ticks to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing, 3cm closed tears to edges of front cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1968

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NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY

FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue (faded) buckram boards, iv + 127pp + 24pp to rear, G+ (spine completely missing, front board detached but present, moderate discolouration to boards, moderate scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- historic, prev. owner's name in pencil to full title page, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor cracking to rear gutter, ffep & some prelims pgs detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green 1864

KEYWORDS: literature first editions John Henry Newman

LANGLAND, WILLIAM & SKEAT, Rev WALTER W (Ed, Preface, Notes & Glossary)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, vol 1- viii + 628pp, vol 2- xciii + 484pp + 8pp to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, minor chipping to spine extrems of vol 1, heavy cracking to hinges of spine to vol 2, light tanning/fading to spines, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffeps of both vols, tidy pencil annotation to margins & text of vol 1, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, light cracking to hinges of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1886

KEYWORDS: literature verse poetry satire William Langland middle English allegorical

SMITH, WILBUR & CHURCHILL, DAVID

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2025

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Wilbur Smith

PARKES, GEOFF

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2025

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Geoff Parkes

ADDISON, NIKKI

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kotare Press 2025

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature New Zealand Nikki Addison

MAXWELL, KAT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Makaro Press 2020

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