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A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
first edition, green decor. cloth, gilt title to spines and front boards, 450pp, G (sl water-damage to board edges affecting prelims and rear eps, sl bruised corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, sl foxed eps, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann, London, 1900
KEYWORDS: russian literature k waliszewski catherin ii karamzine joukovski pouchkine doctrinaires lermontov gogol tourgueniev herzen chtchedrine dostoievski dostoyewski tolstoi tolstoy
Fever Grass
first edition 255pp VG+ (yellow cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: putnam's new york 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john morris
The Hanged Man
first edition 248pp VG+ (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: headline london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kate sedley
True Witness
first edition 263pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jo bannister
Ruby and Rouge
first edition signed by author 80pp VG+ (red cloth w.green cloth spine,mod.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,inscribed and signed by author on title -dated 1980,spine cracked w.minor separation at some sections) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: diparun brothers madras 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry amal ghose
Games at Twilight and other stories
first edition 138pp NF (blue cloth,eps and edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anita desai
Walt Whitman
a study
first edition 160pp [frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed fore and lower edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents,teg)
PUBLISHER: john c.nimmo london 1893
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walt whitman poetry john addington symonds
Kahil Gibran A Self-Portrait
first edition [proof copy] 94pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's sign.to front cover,browned spine w.covers unevenly browned,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.foxing to content edges)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography kahil gibran proof copies
If I Die in a Combat Zone
first edition 199pp VG+ (tan cloth,uneven sl.sunning,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to prelims.,tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: calder & boyars london 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature tim o'brien
The Breitmann Ballads
complete edition
first edition 291pp. VG-(brown cloth,gilt decor.to front board and spine,bevelled edges,spine torn and repaired, heavy wear to spine and extrems.,boards mod.soiled,front gutter cracked, rear starting,eps.and contents sl.soiled, owners sign.to both sides ffep.,contents sl.foxed,binding weak but no pgs.loose)
PUBLISHER: trubner london 1881
KEYWORDS: charles g leland modern first edition literature poetry
The Long March
first edition ex-library 95pp.VG-(blue cloth,usual lib.stamps to prelims.,edges and contents sl.foxed,tears to rear paste-down where lib.cards were pasted,sl.remnants of lib.paper at rfep.) in VG-d/w(affixed to boards,browned tape full length of both edges,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,rear flap cut short)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1962
KEYWORDS: william styron modern first edition literature
The Fallen Curtain and other stories
first edition ex-library 182pp.G(black cloth,cocked,tape stains to boards and eps.,shelf-wear to extrems.,edges soiled and mod.foxed,usual lib.stamps and labels to eps.,prelims.and edges,small ink scribble to contents page) in G+d/w(tape stains to spine and edges, mod.worn, mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1976
KEYWORDS: ruth rendell modern first edition crime literature
The Good Doctor Guillotin and His Strange Device
first edition proof copy 224pp.VG+(sl.shelf-wear and browning to edges,prelims.mod.foxed, draft of meredith money's review tucked in rear) in VG wraps(tape repair to top edge at spine,sl.foxed,soiled and browned,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london 1964
KEYWORDS: andre soubiran modern first edition literature proof copy
The Corn is Green
a comedy in three acts
reprint signed by author 125pp VG+ (teal cloth,v.sl.sunned spine,minor bumps to extrems.,author's dated sign.to ffep - 1939,paste action to eps,edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature emlyn williams
The Five Gates of Hell
proof copy first edition 368pp VG+ (in wrappers,publisher's labels to front/rear covers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.creasing to spine,content edges sl.browned)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies rupert thomson
Perkin
a story of deception
proof copy first edition 534pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ann wroe
The Ship
first australian edition 193pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and cocked) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled,spine/rear cover/rear flap blank,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1943
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nautical c.s.forester hornblower
It Could Have Been You
proof copy first edition 177pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned spine and edges,owner's label to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: virago london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography true crime merlyn nuttall sharon morrison
In Stony Places
first edition 204pp F in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kay mitchell
The Smoke Jumper
first australian edition signed by author 432pp F (signed by author on title) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled w.autographed by the author label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: bantam press london [printed in australia] 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nicholas evans