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Collected Poems
first edition 160pp [frontis.portrait] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled,te blue)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry william h.davies
The Devil Comes to Bolobyn
first edition 255pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.losses and closed tears,1cm hole to front cover at fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: percival marshall london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sydney horler
The Elwood Wager
first edition 198pp VG+ (grey cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denys roberts
The Persians Are Coming
first uk edition 150pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: knopf london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bruno frank
Jealous Woman
first edition 224pp VG+ (black cloth,v.minor soiling,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,2cm closed tear to rear cover,dealer's stamp to front flap)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james m.cain
Tallulah
my autobiography
first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.sunning to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine w.lower 4cm missing,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1952
KEYWORDS: biography history literature tallulah bankhead
Letters From New Zealand 1857-1911
first edition 357pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,creasing to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, light tanning to spine, owner's inscr.to ffep, prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: hugh rees london 1914
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature henry w.harper biography
The Unknown Shore
first edition 256pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled w.minor bumps to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.amd content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned as usual,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: hart-davis london 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature patrick o'brian
Katheryn,the Wanton Queen
first edition 223pp VG+ (green cloth,minor crease to spine,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maureen peters
Six Engravings in Illustration of St.Ronan's Well
first edition unpaginated ills.[6 b/w engravings] VG+ (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp and titling to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,yellow eps sl.soiled,sl.stain to margins of plates but not affecting the images,some minor soiling but again no damage to the images)
PUBLISHER: royal association for promotion of the fine arts in scotland [np] 1882
KEYWORDS: literature arts walter scott st.ronan's well
I Am The Clay
first edition 211pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature chaim potok
Low Man on a Totem Pole
first edition 192pp VG (pale green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,uneven sunning,mod.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: arthur barker london 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature h.allen smith
A Long Way Down
first edition 186pp VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.browned,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth fenwick
The Big Why
first edition [review copy] 376pp NF (ill.paper boards,review label to front pastedown) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: anansi toronto 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael winter
Tupelo Nights
first edition 239pp NF (blue cloth,minor soiling/foxing to content edges) in NF d/w (minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john ed bradley
Eloise at Christmastime
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w/red by hilary knight] VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to prelims.and content edges,owner's inscr.to prelim.) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.closed tears to upper/lower edges,sl.loss to foot of rear cover,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: max reinhardt london 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kay thompson hilary knight
The Frog-Prince
and other stories
[first edition thus] 57pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.2 col.plates by attwell] VG- (green paper boards w.col.plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and contents sl.foxed,col.frontis.and other col.plate present and clean,3 of the b/w ills.have been coloured in by amateur,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: raphael tuck london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature brothers grimm mabel lucie attwell
Writing on the Water
first edition proof copy 256pp NF (in glossy wrappers,remains of sticky label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: black swan london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies jane slavin
The Skull Mantra
first edition proof copy, octavo light card covers, 397pp VG (sl.soiling and creasing to covers, owner's inscr.to half-title, missing 4x3cm lower section of half-title,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: century london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eliot pattison proof copies
Born with the Dead
three novellas
first edition 267pp NF (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor surface scuffs to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature robert silverberg