THOMPSON, KAY & KNIGHT, HILARY (Drawings)

Quarto 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: Simon & Schuster N/D (c.1990s?)

KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Kay Thompson

HARRISON, JUDY & HENSHAW, DAVID (Illus)

Oblong super 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: David Bateman 1986

KEYWORDS: children's literature humour rural farming Judy Harrison

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL & BASTIN, JOHN (Intro)

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: Oxford University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Malay Archipelago anthropology nature Alfred Russel Wallace

BENNETT, JOE

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: Hazard Press 2004

KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Joe Bennett prose

SWIFT, JONATHAN & BENSEMANN, LEO (Drawings & Lettering)

Super octavo, green heavy boards- white loose weave cloth covering, black lettering to title plate on front board, deckled page edges, 25pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate foxing & warping to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1954

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature Jonathan Swift

TOLKIEN, J R R

THIS VOL ONLY, SECOND EDITION THIRD IMP., MAP TO REAR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, folding map to rear, unpaginated prelims + 423pp, VG (moderate bruising & chafing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, 1cm crack to base of spine/rear hinge, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & fading to page edges & eps, minor yellowing tape residue to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing/tearing to base & head of spine area- yellowing tape residue/repair to internal side, other minor creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning, light tanning to spine & flaps)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1968

KEYWORDS: fantasy classic literature J R R Tolkien lotr lord of the rings novels fiction early editions

CASELBERG, JOHN (Ed)

Square duodecimo, black buckram boards, black lettering to yellow title plate to front board, 53pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & edges/folds, light to moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history historical writings literature European colonialism culture

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black rule to spine, black decorative rule to boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + (4) + 363pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- binding partially exposed, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1889?)

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Amazon Alfred Russel Wallace history

BARTH, HENRY

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black decorative rule to spine & boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxii + (2) + 608pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate crack to gutter of prelims- title page partially detached [nothing missing])

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Central Africa Henry Barth history

CRUMP, BARRY & MAHONY, WILL (Illus)

SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, pink gilt lettering to spine, 172pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked & lightly tanned, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to boards & page edges, light foxing to front eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature signed Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors

BUCKLAND, A R (Ed) & BANKS, Mrs G LINNAEUS et al

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 384pp, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, multiple prev. ownership markings in ink to front & rear eps, moderate soiling to eps, moderate patch of yellowing tape residue to front eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, multiple plates detached but presumed all present)

PUBLISHER: Unwin Brothers / The Gresham Press N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand annuals historical empire literature

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS- 1x IN REAR POCKET PRESENT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, folding frontispiece, x + 687pp + 8pp to rear, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to spine, minor wrinkling to buckram/cloth on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate soiling to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutter of title page, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical travel writing literature David Livingstone South Africa

HEARN, LAFCADIO & ERSKINE, JOHN (Selected, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 393pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, half title page partially detached at gutter- still fully present, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D (c.1922?)

KEYWORDS: literature reading literary social history criticism prose Lafcadio Hearn

KRASZNAHORKAI, LASZLO & MULZET, OTTILIE (Trans)

Octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 558pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl fading/tanning to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: New Directions 2019

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Laszlo Krasznahorkai

HEARN, LAFCADIO & ERSKINE, JOHN (Selected, Ed & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, xiv + 408pp, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light surface wrinkling to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout, minor water staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1916

KEYWORDS: UK first editions literature poetry verse literary criticism appreciation Lafcadio Hearn

CORNWELL, BERNARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 348pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, general light to moderate tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, sm label residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction literature novels Bernard Cornwell Richard Sharpe series

FALCONER, DANIEL (Text) & CUMBERBATCH, BENEDICT (Fore)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt & beige lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to boards, 2x unidentified signatures in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2014

KEYWORDS: fantasy film companions Smaug The Hobbit literature literary Weta Workshop cinema movies J R R Tolkien

ARATO, ANDREW (Ed) & GEBHARDT, EIKE (Ed) & PICCONE, PAUL (Intro)

Super octavo, green light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xxi + 559pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & covers, light creasing to covers/edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 1995

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy literary anthologies essays Theodor W Adorno Walter Benjamin Erich Fromm

NIX, GARTH

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 777pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: SFBC 2003

KEYWORDS: fantasy omnibus Abhorsen trilogy fiction novels literature Garth Nix

BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE & ROSS, Sir E DENISON (Memoir)

RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history