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Biggles and the Pirate Treasure, and Other Biggles Adventures
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
Sacred Dostoyevsky / Sakralnyy Dostoyevsky
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
Shkhotvoreniya Poems
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
Istoria Russkogo Literaturrogo Yazyka / History of the Russian Literary Language - Course of Lectures
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
New Essays Concerning Human Understanding, Together with an Appendix Consisting of Some of His Shorter Pieces
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
Milton's Paradise Lost
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
What is Living and What is Dead of the Philosophy of Hegel (Translated from the Original Text of the Third Italian Edition, 1912)
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
The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa and Licca) With Genoa
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
Zane Grey's Book of Camps and Trails
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
Tales of Lonely Trails
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
An American Angler in Australia
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
Don: The Story of a Lion Dog
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
Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
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
Adventures of a Deep-Sea Angler
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
Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing
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
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand
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
Enter the Dragon
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
Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New
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
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)
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
Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 2)
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