CAIN,JAMES M.

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

BANKHEAD,TALLULAH

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

HARPER,HENRY W.

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

O'BRIAN,PATRICK

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

PETERS,MAUREEN

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

SCOTT,WALTER

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

POTOK,CHAIM

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

SMITH,H.ALLEN

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

FENWICK,ELIZABETH

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

WINTER,MICHAEL

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

BRADLEY,JOHN ED

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

THOMPSON,KAY

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

GRIMM,BROTHERS;ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE[ILLS.]

[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

SLAVIN,JANE

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

PATTISON,ELIOT

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

SILVERBERG,ROBERT

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

FINDER,JOSEPH

first edition proof copy 423pp VG (in wrappers w.reading copy label to front cover,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and creasing to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: orion london 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies joseph finder

GOULD,STEPHEN JAY

first edition proof copy 405pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.creasing to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies stephen jay gould science natural history

DE BERNIERES,LOUIS

reprint 388pp NF (black cloth,sl.crease to foot of top board and first section) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature louis de bernieres

ANSCOMBE,RODERICK

first edition proof copy 471pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,rolled spine,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies roderick anscombe