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The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg
poetry prose letters paintings and drawings
first edition 320pp.illus.(b/w+col.) VG(brown cloth,blue and gilt title to spine,sl.scuffed,v.small chip to rear board,v.sl.sunned,head and foot mod.shelf-worn,edges sl.foxed and soiled,small dealer label to front paste-down) in VG- d/w (mod.creased,scuffed and soiled with mod,shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.foxing to verso,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto london 1979
KEYWORDS: isaac rosenberg poetry literature art biography
Bywyd a Gwaith John Dyfnallt Owen
first edition 140pp one illus. (b/w) VG+( red cloth, gilt title to spine, spine, boards and extrems sl.scuffed, top edge sl.soiled,previous owners sign to ffep) in VG d/w ( mod.worn, mod shelf wear to extrems, price sticker on front board, verso sl worn and foxed top and bottom.)
PUBLISHER: ty john penry abertawe 1976
KEYWORDS: geraint elfyn jones wales music eisteddfod biography literature
MY PLACE IN THE BAZAAR
First edition, orange boards, 235pp, VG (sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed edges and spasmodically throughout, prev owner sign unobtrusive to ffep) d/w VG (sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl creases & wear to extrems, v sl tears to spine head, sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell, London, 1961
KEYWORDS: literature alec waugh
Angels All Over Town
ex-lib.first edition 292pp VG+ (blue paper boards w.lilac quarter cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and labels,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (libr.label to spine,tape stains to upper/lower edges w.spine sl.sunned,4cm cut to front cover)
PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature luanne rice
Fortune Like the Moon
first edition 242pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature alys clare
The Ship of Fools
first edition proof copy 278pp NF (in pictorial wrappers,sl.soiled w.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton sceptre london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gregory norminton
Budge and Betty at the North Pole
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.3 col.plates] VG- (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.lower hinge split full length,wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some soiling to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: renwick of otley london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ernest protheroe budge betty
Sheepshagger
first edition proof copy 265pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled w.dealer's label to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies niall griffiths
The Frog Prince
and other poems
first edition 195pp ills.[b/w by author] VG+ (green cloth,sl.stains to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears,1cm loss to head of spine and 3cm loss to foot,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: longmans london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature stevie smith poetry
Rupert
115pp ills.[col.] VG+ (in laminated boards showing rupert having picnic w.friends,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to 'belongs to' panel,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents clean,spine sl.cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: daily express london [1972]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rupert alfred bestall
Ash Wednesday
first edition proof copy 220pp F in pictorial wrappers
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ethan hawke
Red Eve
[early reprint] 296pp [col.frontis.] VG- (burgundy cloth w.col.plate mounted on top board,rubbed and stained w.sl.chipping to edges of col.plate,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown w.inscr.to blank prelim.,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature h.rider haggard
1914
first edition 315pp+ads. G+ (red cloth,rubbed and stained and sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some soiling to contents,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john oxenham
Sergeant Luck's Secret Mission
first edition 160pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/browned,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hulton press london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature geoffrey bond eagle
Under the Red Rose
a tale of the war of the roses
[first edition] 351pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth w.yellow/red/black dec.stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,rear board stained w.browned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.head of upper hinge starting,owner's inscr.to ffep [dated 1915],prelims.mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,frontis.detached but present,ae blue and sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky w.minor separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature escott lynn
The Man Without Qualities
vol.1
ex-lib.first edition 365pp VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,front flap only of d/w mounted on front pastedown,sl.soiling to content edges,spine cracked and sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature robert musil
Good in Bed
first edition proof copy 376pp NF (in glossy wrappers,minor crease to spine,review slip tipped-in to inside front cover,v.sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: pocket books london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies jennifer weiner
Saturn
first edition 434pp NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,spine cracked but tight) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ben bova scifi
Plays
beyond the horizon/the straw/before breakfast
first edition thus [3 plays in 1 vol.] VG (blue cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,owner's stamp and inscr.to ffep and rear pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: boni & liveright new york 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama plays eugene o'neill
The Poetical Works of Wm.Falconer
with the life of the author
cooke's edition [so stated] full-leather 108pp [b/w fold-out engraving of merchant ship] VG- (full-leather w.gilt stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso and sign.to title,contents mod.soiled/sl.foxed incl.engraving)
PUBLISHER: cooke london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry falconer william