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$50.00
2g38/36

Biggles and the Pirate Treasure, and Other Biggles Adventures


JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD, LESLIE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering & illus to spine, blind stamp illus to spine & boards, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG (light bruising/staining & moderate fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown & full title page, occasional sl foxing & soiling to pages throughout- v minor) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & loss to edges- tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, minor staining, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction stories W E Johns Biggles series adventure

$40.00
2g38/42

Sacred Dostoyevsky / Sakralnyy Dostoyevsky


IVANOV, V V

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering & portraits to front & rear covers (spine blank), 518pp, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edgesprev. ownership inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Petrozavodsk Petrgu 2008

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN literature Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dostoevsky literary criticism appreciation V V Ivanov

$65.00
2g38/43

Shkhotvoreniya Poems


FET, AFANASIY AFANASYEVICH

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, 559pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light soiling0

PUBLISHER: Fiction 1970

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN literature poems poetry verse Afanasiy Afanasyevich

$45.00
2g38/44

Istoria Russkogo Literaturrogo Yazyka / History of the Russian Literary Language - Course of Lectures


EFIMOV, A I

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, 431pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to board extrems/edges, moderate soiling & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscription in ink to ffep, prev. owner's ink markings ot rear pastedown, v heavy crack to rear gutter, binding sloppy with rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Moscow University 1954

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN first editions literature literary lectures history

$125.00
2g38/45

New Essays Concerning Human Understanding, Together with an Appendix Consisting of Some of His Shorter Pieces


LEIBNITZ, GOTTFRIED WILHELM & LANGLEY, ALFRED GIDEON (Trans & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled/rough-cut page edges, xix + 861pp, VG (light fading & staining to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems & edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ffep missing, minor water staining to edges of rear pages, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1896

KEYWORDS: first editions essays prose literature Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz psychology

$140.00
2g39/8

Milton's Paradise Lost


MILTON, JOHN & DORE, GUSTAVE (Illus) & VAUGHAN, ROBERT (Intro)

Quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine, black & gilt lettering & illus to front board, marbled page edges- very faded & tanned, frontispiece, 311pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & fading to marbling on page edges, old school presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps & throughout, 1x sm single patch of library notation/marking to title page- no others detected, minor chipping/closed tearing to som epage edges, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Publishing Company N/D (c.1890s?)

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature poetry epic poems verse John Milton Gustave Dore paradise lost

$50.00
2g39/12

What is Living and What is Dead of the Philosophy of Hegel (Translated from the Original Text of the Third Italian Edition, 1912)


CROCE, BENEDETTO & AINSLIE, DOUGLAS (Trans)

ENGLISH FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 217pp, deckled page edges, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing/bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy scuff to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil underlining & annotation)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1915

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Hegel criticism

$40.00
2g39/36

The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa and Licca) With Genoa


DUFFY, BELLA

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, map of Tuscany to prelims, xix + 456pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor cracking to gutters at prelims)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1892

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Italy Italian Bella Duffy

$425.00
2g39/44

Zane Grey's Book of Camps and Trails


GREY, ZANE & MATHIEWS, FRANKLIN K (Fore) & TOWNSEND, LEE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, ix + 211pp, illus/photos, VG (light soiling & moderate rubbing to spine, light bruising to extrems, minor chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, some pages remain uncut) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1931

KEYWORDS: first editions hunting Zane Grey literature

$65.00
2g39/45

Tales of Lonely Trails


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION, IN FACSIMILE JACKET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/photographic plate to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 394pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy rubbing to gilt on spine, moderate soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light sporadic soiling throughout, moderate cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sm gouge to rear flap, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions travel adventure literature Zane Grey

$185.00
2g39/46

An American Angler in Australia


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, vi + 115pp + illus to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy fading & scuffing to spine, usual library markings, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, blurb/synopsis from original jacket glued in to front pastedown, occasional light soiling throughout) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in palstic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure hunting angling fly fishing flyfishing Zane Grey literature

$325.00
2g39/47

Don: The Story of a Lion Dog


GREY, ZANE & WIESE, KURT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, b;ack dog illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, v + 69pp, illus, VG (light rubbin g& scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor patches of soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions literature adventure Zane Grey animals dogs

$395.00
2g40/1

Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas


GREY, ZANE & SMITH, LILLIAN WILHELM (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION WITH FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, quaint sm illus of fisherman to half title page, other sm illus to prelims also, vii + (3) + 216pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling/discolouration to spine with gilt rubbed off, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey

$325.00
2g40/2

Adventures of a Deep-Sea Angler


GREY, R C (ZANE)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxvii + (3) + 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor water damage/wrinkling to base of front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey R C deep sea angling

$245.00
2g40/3

Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing


GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION WITH FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, deep green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, publishers blind stamp motif to borttom corner of front board, top page edges stained red- faded, illus eps, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 277pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters- rear board sl shaky, light foxing to prelims) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions adventure literature fishing hobbies Zane Grey fresh water angling

$345.00
2g40/4

Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand


GREY, ZANE & PHARES, FRANK E (Photos)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp publisher's motif to bottom corner of front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, viii + (2) + 228pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand angling fishing Zane Grey adventure literature hobbies

$45.00
2g40/12

Enter the Dragon


ROOTE, MIKE & ALLIN, MICHAEL (Original Screenplay)

Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, page edges stained yellow, 158pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & creasing with some surface loss also to spine & covers, minro foxing to page edges & throughout, minor red ink staining to top edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: Award Books / Universal-Award House Inc 1973

KEYWORDS: novels fiction martial arts Bruce Lee literature Mike Roote

$65.00
2g40/15

Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New


O'SULLIVAN, SIMON (Ed) & ZEPKE, STEPHEN (Ed)

Super octavo, blue & white light card wrappers, black & white lettering to spine, ix + 245pp, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2011

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Gilles Deleuze Felix Guattari

$995.00
2g40/18

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments [with Supplemental Nights] (10 Vol Set + 6 Vol Supplement - 16 Vol Set, Complete)


BURTON, RICHARD F (Trans & Annotated)

16 VOL SET, COMPLETE (10 VOLS + 6 VOLS SUPPLEMENT), super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & silver gilt lettering to spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing to board edges, moderate chafing& soiling to spines & boards, heavy rubbing & loss to gilt on several vols, moderate tanning to page edges & sporadically throughout, minor foxing, heavy cracking to some gutters- page block separated from spine to some vols) still a beautiful collection to have on the shelf, photos recommended

PUBLISHER: Privately Printed by the Burton Club N/D (c.1880s?)

KEYWORDS: arabian nights Richard F Burton literature Arabic Middle East Eastern Arab stories

$40.00
2g40/19

Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 2)


WEIS, MARGARET & HICKMAN, TRACY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blu eheavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, maps to unpaginated prelims, 367pp + unpaginated music score to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & fading)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy literature novels fiction death gate cycle series Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman

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