STEBBING, L S

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1946

KEYWORDS: logic philosophy literature L S Stebbing

SMITH, NORMAN KEMP

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: philosophy Rene Descartes literature

GILMAN, ARTHUR

THE STORY OF THE NATIONS SERIES, ex-library, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1897

KEYWORDS: story of the nations series literature history saracens Arthur Gilman

TOOHEY, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Duffy & Snellgrove 2002

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature John Toohey

PARK, MUNGO & MILLER, RONALD (Ed & Intro)

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1969

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Africa Mungo Park history historical

SUE, EUGENE

6 VOL SET, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, teg, deckled/rough cut page edges, marbled eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spines & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedowns & ffeps- some label residue/scuffing to ffeps, sm section of ffep of vol 3 removed, occasional but moderate cracking to gutters throughout volumes, tissue guard of vol 1 frontispiece missing & frontis detached but present, some deckled edges of pages roughly cut at fore-edges, minor foxing and/or soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John C Nimmo Ltd 1903

KEYWORDS: Eugene Sue literature literary works novels fiction wandering Jew

DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR & MAGARSHACK, DAVID (Trans & Intro)

Otcvao, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 272pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing 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 & chipping/loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950

KEYWORDS: Russian literature short stories fiction English translations Fyodor Dostoevsky

FULLERTON, ALEXANDER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, unpaginated prelims + 297pp + postscript to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minor discolouration to prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing to flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1984

KEYWORDS: war military novels fiction literature modern first editions Alexander Fullerton

BIRCH, LUCINDA

LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, illus plate to front board, patterned eps, 86pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Lost in a Fog 2020

KEYWORDS: fantasy fictional islands art literature Lucinda Birch New Zealand signed first editions

BARKER, CICELY MARY (Words & Pictures) & LINNELL, OLIVE (Music)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, plain blue buckram boards, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining & scuffing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, minor foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: fantasy music flower fairies fairy stories songs children's books literature

BARKER, CICELY MARY (Words & Pictures) & LINNELL, OLIVE (Music)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, plain blue buckram boards, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep, minor foxing & soiling throughout, occasional sl closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: fantasy music flower fairies fairy stories songs children's books literature

LEE, STAN & STERN, ROGER (Writer) & MIGNOLA, MICHAEL et al (Artists) & MACCHIO, RALPH (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, black faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (minor bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels comics comic books literature Marvel Stan Lee Doctor Strange Doom

DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 317pp + catalogue to rear, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature spirituality religion travel history historical

KIRKHAM, RICHARD L

Super octavo, purple cloth boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 401pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear pastedown, sl creasing to some page corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Bradford / The MIT Press 1992

KEYWORDS: philosophy truth literature Richard L Kirkham

MORSE, ANTHONY P

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 130pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor general soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Anthony P Morse theory pure applied mathematics

EDDINGS, DAVID

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, map of the kingdoms of the west and the Angaraks to prelims, 416pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutter of copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, minor creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to flaps, publisher's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1988

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature David Eddings The Malloreon series

McADAMS, DAN P (Ed) & JOSSELSON, RUTHELLEN (Ed) & LIEBLICH, AMIA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 284pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: American Psychological Association 2007

KEYWORDS: psychology literature self first editions identity narration rhetoric

VAN DER WOUDEN, YAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 262pp, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired with prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Yael van der Wouden

CASEY, M A

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, coloured lettering to spine, xv + 149pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers & page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins, minor pencil annotation to rear pages)

PUBLISHER: Freedom Publishing Company 2001

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud Richard Rorty sociology

TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 64pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to verso of title page, occasional sm markings throughout- text & illus unaffected) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine with tidy archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor foxing to flaps, moderate horizontal crease to whole jacket)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions J R R Tolkien literature verse poetry poems illustrated Pauline Baynes