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Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.921pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in Vg d/ws (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,1cm loss to foot of spine of vol.1,some internal tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dante gabriel rossetti biography letters doughty wahl
A Brief Memoir of Christina G.Rossetti
ex-lib.facsimile reprint in libr.rebind 85pp [b/w frontis.] NF (burgundy cloth,usual libr.stamps)
PUBLISHER: [np,facsimile reprint of 1895 s.p.c.k.edition]
KEYWORDS: biography literature poetry christina rossetti ellen proctor
The Pilgrims of Hope and Chants for Socialists
first public edition 81pp+ads. VG+ (green cloth w.blind stamp to top board and gilt.dec.to spine,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1915
KEYWORDS: arts literature politics socialism william morris
Incense to Idols
first edition inscribed by author 312pp VG (cream paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine/hinge area,sl.rubbed w.rear boards stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown,author's inscr.to bill moore [g.w.moore on the bookplate] dated dec.15.60 on ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxedte red,spine cracked but tight) in G d/w (in 2 pieces separated at lower hinge,rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed sylvia ashton-warner
Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
2 vols.
ex-lib.[first edition] 2 vols.512/493pp ills.[b/w w.40 gravure plates] VG (green cloth w.gilt prb stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels incl.stamps to content edges,vol.2 lacks title page,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some foxing to gravure plates but generally to margins and not affecting images)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1905
KEYWORDS: arts pre-raphaelite holman hunt history literature
The Digressions of V
first uk edition 521pp ills.[b/w] VG- (olive cloth,rubbed and stained,spine sl.browned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1911
KEYWORDS: history literature biography elihu vedder
Rossetti
[deluxe edition?] in suede 80pp ills[col.] NF (green suede w.black dec.stamp to top board,minor foxing to prelims.,teg) in VG- 2 piece box (green card,rubbed and soiled,lacks 1 edge)
PUBLISHER: jack london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts literature rossetti lucien pissarro biography
Letters of Frances Hodgkins
first edition 584pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (green cloth,sl.bruise to coner.) in NF d/w (sl bruise to corner, spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1993
KEYWORDS: arts biography literature frances hodgkins linda gill new zealand
Autumn
[first uk edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w/green/brown] VG- (ill.paper boards w.green cloth spine,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,text block loosening in binding,owner's inscr.to ffep,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: augener london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rie cramer frederick martens
Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field
first edition 331pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (yellow cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled,te yellow,spine cracked and cocked) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained,spine browned,some surface losses,chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1937
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eleanor farjeon
Lord of the Underworld
jung and the twentieth century
first edition 160pp NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: aquarian press wellingborough 1984
KEYWORDS: literature biography sociology jung colin wilson
Jimmie Higgins A Story
first edition,ex lib, 282pp, G+ (maroon cloth, fading to extrems and spine, moderate soils and bumps, ink marking to spine, foxing and soils to eps and contents, usual lib markings, spine cracked.)
PUBLISHER: upton sinclair, california, 1933
KEYWORDS: upton sinclair literature modern first edition
The Prisoner of Sex
first edition, 234pp, VG+ (green cloth, minor foxing to prelims and foredges.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing and wear, price clipped, very minor internal foxing.)
PUBLISHER: little, brown, toronto, 1971
KEYWORDS: norman mailer politics sociology modern first edition literature
A Shadow of Dante
being an essay towards studying himself, his world and his pilgrimage
292pp, VG (maroon cloth with gold stamps, spine sunned, minor rubbing to top borad, decorative eps, ink stamp to half tp, owners inscription to tp, minor foxing to prelims and foredges.)
PUBLISHER: longmans, green & co, london, 1896
KEYWORDS: maria francesca rosstti dante biography literature poetry
A Scandalous Woman and Other Stories
first edition, 151pp, VG- (blue cloth soils to both boards, minor fading to lower extrem of top board, sl foxing to prelims and foredges.) in VG- d/w (soils and minor creasing.)
PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich, new york, 1974
KEYWORDS: edna o'brien modern first edition literature
The Gift
64pp, F (blue cloth as new.) in VG+ d/w (minor soils.)
PUBLISHER: creative education, minnesota, 1993
KEYWORDS: john steinbeck modern first edition literature
Queenmaker
first edition, 376pp, F (crimson cloth as new.) in VG+ (gum remains to top cover.)
PUBLISHER: st martin's press, new york, 2002
KEYWORDS: india edghill modern first edition literature
Infanta
first edition, 424pp, F in NF d/w (minor surface wear.)
PUBLISHER: harvill london 1992
KEYWORDS: bodo kirchhoff modern first edition literature
Long Voyage Back
first edition, 495pp, VG (orange cloth, sl foxing to prelims and foredges, contents browned, sl cocked.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing to extrems, internal foxing.)
PUBLISHER: granada, london, 1983
KEYWORDS: luke rhinehart modern first edition literature
Death and Faxes
first edition signed by author 216pp, NF (black cloth, minor foxing to foredges, signed by author at tp.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing and discolouring to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: st. martin's press, new york, 1996
KEYWORDS: leslie o'kane modern first edition literature signed