BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 330pp, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor wrinkling to spine, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1899

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BECKE, LOUIS

COLONIAL LIBRARY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges deckled, vii + 331pp + catalogue to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1898

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

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 307pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (spine sl cocked, minor wrinkling to buckram by board hinges, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters, pgs223-234 partially detached but still all present)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1913

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

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, page fore-edges deckled, unpaginated prelims + 250pp + 14pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1901

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SHERARD, ROBERT H

UNCOMMON, octavo, green buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board- heavily rubbed/faded on spine, frontispiece, 270pp, b&w plates- all counted & present, VG- (moderate fading & rubbing to spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to ffep, moderate crack to front gutter- front board sl shaky, minor insect damage to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Greening & Co Ltd 1909

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HJORTSBERG, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & beige lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 852pp, VG (light rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Counterpoint 2012

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Richard Brautigan

DALTON, TRENT

US FIRST EDITION, super octavo, lilac heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, unpaginated prelims + 452pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/soiling to spine extrems, sl discolouration to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harper 2019

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MILLIGAN, SPIKE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, red & orange lettering to spine, coloured witchy illus to front & rear boards, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate discolouration to to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps, light to moderate soiling sporadically throughout, multiple 1-2cm closed tears to base & head of gutters)

PUBLISHER: M & J Hobbs 1973

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SIMENON, GEORGES & EUSTIS, HELEN (trans)

Text in French. Paperback softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1973

KEYWORDS: french language Simenon Georfes Helen Eustis literature biography text in french

LARUE, STEPHANE

Text in French. Paperback softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Le Quartanier c.2010

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RAY, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press

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MCKENZIE COOKE, KAY

Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2002

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CLARK, NAOMI

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Cleveland State University Poetry Center

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MARTIN, YVES

Text in French. Paperback softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Le Dilettante

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BLOOM, HAROLD

Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books

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NOVIK, NAOMI

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PUBLISHER: Voyager / Harper Collins Publishers 2006

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BASS, ELLEN

Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Copper Canyon Press 2007

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DUNN, KATHERINE

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf Publishers Inc 1993

KEYWORDS: novel Katherine Dunn literature

SIMENON, GEORGES & READ, EMILY (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1984

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IONESCO, EUGENE & GARY BISHOP, HELEN (trans)

Octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Grove Press 1974

KEYWORDS: play literature Eugene Ionesco Helen Gary Bishop translated