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

DALTON, TRENT

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, super octavo, pink illus boards, white & gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board also, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 338pp, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- som eminor surface loss, minor tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins 2021

KEYWORDS: Australian first editions literature Trent Dalton relationships love anecdotes stories human connection

TERRY, PATRICIA & ROSENBERG, SAMUEL N & JAIDINGER, JUDITH (Wood Engravings)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, xxvii + 226pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl peeling to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: David R Godine 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Lancelot arthurian romance fiction adaptations

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + 342pp, vol 2- vii + 342pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature history spiritualism first editions physical psychic science esoteric

BEAGLEHOLE, ERNEST and PEARL

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, v + 419pp, 6x plates to rear, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to rear cover, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims, front gutter a little delicate)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions bulletins literature Ernest Pearl Beaglehole ethnology Pukapuka pacific historical history

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

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, blank blue buckram spine, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters, binding a little sloppy)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D (1927)

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

ISHIGURO, KAZUO

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 263pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2005

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions literature novels fiction Kazuo Ishiguro