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$45.00
2g40/20

Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3)


WEIS, MARGARET & HICKMAN, TRACY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, maps to unpaginated prelims, 364pp + unpaginated music score to rear, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/chipping & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1991

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

$225.00
2g40/21gc

It


KING, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION (JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED), super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 912pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to spine extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, binding a little sloppy, minor horizontal tan lines to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (NOT price clipped, light creasing to edges, light generalised tanning, light vertical crease to rear flap, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first editions horror novels fiction literature classics Stephen King It

$40.00
2g40/24

The City Park: A Reproduction of an Antique Stand-Up Book


MEGGENDORFER, LOTHAR

Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, unpaginated concertina card leaves, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges of front & rear boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, all cut-outs in good condition with no tears or missing parts detected)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: stand-up stand up books reproductions literature picture books Lothar Meggendorfer

$45.00
2g40/25

The Quentin Blake Book


UGLOW, JENNY

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to red cloth spine, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to top edge of rear board)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2022

KEYWORDS: children's literature artists artwork Quentin Blake anthology biography literary art

$45.00
2g40/37

The Advenures of Pinocchio


COLLODI, CARLO & INGPEN, ROBERT (Illus)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus of carpentry tools to front board, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & surface loss to board edges, sl fading to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2014

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction fantasy Pinocchio Carlo Collodi illustrated

$50.00
2g40/38

The Wind in the Willows


GRAHAME, KENNETH & INGPEN, ROBERT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, turquoise heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sm patch of label residue to base of spine- on protective cover only)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2007

KEYWORDS: illustrated children's literature fiction classic novels Kenneth Grahame modern first editions

$70.00
2g40/41

Love in the Time of Cholera


MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA & GROSSMAN, EDITH (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/flap join, light to moderate foxing to flaps, light general soiling & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Gabriel Garcia Marquez

$45.00
2g40/42

Tapu


CORBALIS, JUDY

FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED (TWICE) BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, printed eps, x + 340pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping top edges- sl surface loss, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Sinclair-Stevenson 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Judt Corbalis New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Maori

$100.00
2g40/43

Nationalism and Culture


ROCKER, RUDOLF & CHASE, RAY E (Trans)

Super octavo, green/brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 614pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, 4cm crack to front flap fold/crease)

PUBLISHER: Michael E Coughlin 1978

KEYWORDS: social philosophy Rudolf Rocker literature

$60.00
2g40/44gc

Never Let Me Go


ISHIGURO, KAZUO

US FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, light green lettering to dark green spine, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 288pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & rear flap, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions literature fiction novels Kazuo Ishiguro

$75.00
2g40/45

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower


GODDEN, RUMER & PRIMROSE, JEAN (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, oriental illus to front board, illus eps & title page, unpaginated prelims + 82pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling & discolouration to boards, heavy scuff to length of rear hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front gutter, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to half title page, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Rumer Godden illustrated

$50.00
2g41/5

Come to Me My Melancholy Baby


JENNINGS, KATE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, VG- (moderate scuffing/surface loss & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor soiling to prelims & to base of some pages, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Outback Press 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Kate Jennings

$75.00
2g41/7

Spinoza


CAIRD, JOHN

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, unpaginted prelims + 315pp, VG- (light scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, quite heavy cracking to gutters throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate underlining to text in pencil throughout- unobtrusive, heavy pencil markings & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1888

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Spinoza

$450.00
2g41/9gc

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (3 Vol Set in 2 Slipcases)


DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN & KLINGER, LESLIE S (Ed, Fore & Notes) & LE CARRE, JOHN (Intro)

3 VOL SET PRESENTED IN 2x SEPARATE SLIPCASES, vols 1 + 2 are his shorter works with vol 3 comprising of novels, imperial octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spines, frontispieces, decorated title pages, mixed pagination, illus, Near Fine, in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling) in slipcases, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2005

KEYWORDS: Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle novels short cases literature famous detectives fiction

$125.00
2g41/21

Cujo


KING, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 345pp, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to prelims & terminals, sl mould smell- no mould visibly present) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to edges, light tanning & light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Stephen King classic horror novels fiction literature

$140.00
2g41/22

White Corridor


FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Christopher Fowler

$40.00
2g41/23

Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me


PEKAR, HARVEY & WALDMAN, JT & BRABNER, JOYCE (Epilogue) & PRITCHETT, CHARLES (Lettering)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to spine, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels literature fiction Harvey Pekar

$40.00
2g41/24

The Death of Bunny Munro


CAVE, NICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chiping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Canongate 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Nick Cave

$175.00
2g41/29

Music for Boys


CAVANAGH, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 325pp, VG+ (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels David Cavanagh

$125.00
2g41/32

Story of the Eye


BATAILLE, GEORGES / LORD AUCH & NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM (Trans)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, viii + 120pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy crack to front gutter- title & contents pgs partially detached) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- 3cm loss to rear, 4cm closed tear to top edge, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Urizen Books 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS novellas fiction literature Lord Auch Georges Batailles erotica

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