HALES, A G

Octavo hardcover (VG) moderate to heavy foxing, but still tidy: 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: Hodder and Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature A G Hales

HALES, A G

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1917

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature A G Hales

VON GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG & PRIEST, GEORGE MADISON (Trans) & SIEBERTZ, ENGELBERT (Illus)

Super octavo, quarter leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, marbled eps, decorated title page, unpaginated prelims, 415pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library 1984

KEYWORDS: classic literature plays Faust Goethe attractive bindings illustrated

IBSEN, HENRIK & GASSNER, JOHN (Intro) & MATHESON, FREDRIK (Illus)

Super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, iridescent peach cloth eps, frontispiece, xii + 325pp, illus, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: attractive full leather bindings classic literature plays Henrik Ibsen illustrated

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD & HIM, GEORGE (Drawings)

Super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, iridescent brown cloth eps, frontispiece, xxxiv + 215pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: attractive full leather bindings classic literature plays illustrated George Bernard Shaw

CHEKHOV, ANTON & GIELGUD, JOHN (Intro) & SZALAY, LAJOS (Illus)

Super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, iridescent burnt orange cloth eps, colour frontispiece, xxii + 153pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1977

KEYWORDS: attractive full leather bindings classic literature plays illustrated Anton Chekhov

ROSTAND, EDMOND & UNTERMEYER, LOUIS (Trans & Intro) & BRISSAUD, PIERRE (Illus)

Super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, iridescent brown cloth eps, colour frontispiece, xiii + [3] + 210pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing/soiling to spine & boards)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004

KEYWORDS: attractive full leather bindings classic literature plays illustrated Edmond Rostand

GREENE, GRAHAM & LYALL, DENNIS (Illus)

Octavo, light brown full leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, iridescent brown cloth eps, colour frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 288pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light staining to eps)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000

KEYWORDS: attractive full leather bindings classic literature novels fiction illustrated Graham Greene

SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE CERVANTES & JARVIS, CHARLES (Trans from Original Spanish) & ROBINSON, W H [HEATH] (Illus)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxii + 614pp, illus/plates [1x missing], VG- (moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. pg151 missing, plate opp. pg600 detached but present, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Bliss, Sands & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: classic literature Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra novels fiction illustrated

RUPESINGHE, KUMAR & VERSTAPPEN, BERTH & PHILIP, ANTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, MISBOUND- PAGE BLOCK UPSIDE DOWN, super octavo, green & white heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, xv + 298pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards & page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Hans Zell Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Sri Lanka politics government human rights literature conflict

WINTON, TIM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, glossy illus boards, white & orange lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims, 513pp, VG (moderate bruising & light chafing/soiling to boards & spine/extrems, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter) in d/w, VG (moderate chafing/bruising & soiling, moderate creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top of rear cover, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Tim Winton

LANIER, STERLING E

FIRST EDITION THUS, sm octavo, grey/green heavy boards, lilac coloured lettering to spine & boards, 348pp + unpaginated The War for the Lot, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, binding sloppy, occasional heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS scifi science fiction Sterling E Lanier novels literature

SARGESON, FRANK & SHIEFF, SARAH (Selected & Ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR, super octavo, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxix + 631pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing/soiling & discolouration to rear board, minor soiling & tanning to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Vintage / Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: Frank Sargeson New Zealand authors letters correspondence literature literary signed Sarah Shieff

KUKAFKA, DANYA

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, grey light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 329pp, VG+ (light creasing to wrapper edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl creasing to top page corners)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Books 2022

KEYWORDS: fiction modern first edition thriller crime novels literature Danya Kukafka uncorrected proof copies

ORWELL, GEORGE (Ed) & REYNOLDS, REGINALD (Ed) & TAYLOR, J P (Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- 264pp, vol 2- 302pp, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1) in d/w, VG- (vol 2 price clipped, minor fading & soiling to spines, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, light to moderate tanning & soiling, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1948-51

KEYWORDS: first editions history English pamphleteers literature literary historical

BRISLEY, JOYCE LANKESTER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, peach heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 95pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink markings/name to front eps, minor foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine & edges, failed attempt at archival repair to head of spine, general moderate foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature milly molly mandy series illustrated Joyce Lankester Brisley

Dr SEUSS

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing/bruising to spine extrems, minor bruising to board corners, light tanning to rear board, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill 1960

KEYWORDS: modern UK first editions children's literature Dr Seuss illustrated rhymes

HUGHES, TED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 54pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, sl tanning to spine, prev, bookseller's/publisher's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1992

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary tributes poets T S Eliot

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & balck lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 254pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1925

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 246pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature