STEPHENSON,NEAL

first uk edition [bookplate signed by author] 892pp MINT in MINT d/w [bookplate signed by author loosely inserted]

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature neal stephenson signed

LIFFNER,EVA-MARIE

first uk edition proof copy 199pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: harvill london 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies eva-marie liffner

WOODWARD,GERARD

first edition proof copy 437pp VG+ in ill.wrappers

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gerard woodward

DESAI,ANITA

first edition proof copy 182pp VG+ in ill.wrappers

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies anita desai

LONG,MAX FREEDOM

first edition inscribed by the author 288pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to ffep - to mel ward - my friend by proxy through shack and george,max freedom long laguna beach 1936,inscr.to ffep verso - best wishes mel - from shack dec.1936,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: rider london 1936

KEYWORDS: literature history signed max freedom long magic occult

FOUQUE,DE LA MOTTE

192/172pp [two parts bound as one] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,paste action to eps,contents sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1877

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature de la mott fouque

DANBY,MARY

first edition signed by author 234pp VG+ (brown cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,internal foxing,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mary danby signed

GILBERT,W.S.

third edition 564pp ills.[b/w by author] VG- (beige cloth w.red/gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1898

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts gilbert bab

SARGESON,FRANK

first edition 279pp octavo, blue cloth boards, VG- (light scuffing and bruising to spine extrems and board coners, adhesive tape marks to edges of boards, moderate wrinkling to cloth on rear board and light wrinkling to edges of front board, moderate scuffing with small hole to cloth on rear board, prev owners name in ink to fep, light tanning to eps) in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing with patches of loss to rear cover (repaired with backing paper), covered in protective plastic wrap)

PUBLISHER: john lehmann london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature frank sargeson new zealand

GRIFFITH,T.GWYNFOR

first edition 147pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1955

KEYWORDS: literature history bandello gwynfor griffith

CUSTINE,MARQUIS DE

half leather 532pp VG (marbled paper boards w.black half leather,gilt bands and stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green london 1855

KEYWORDS: russia history literature marquis de custine

MERIMEE,PROSPER;JOHNSON,A.E.[TRANSL.];BULL,RENE [ILLS.]

203pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,teg,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: carmen prosper merimee opera literature

GOLDSMITH,OLIVER;THOMAS,GEORGE [ILLS.]

[first edition thus] 133pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt border and dec.stamp to top board,bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1861

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature oliver goldsmith george thomas

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES C.

first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head/foot of spine,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry johannes andersen

LAWLOR,PAT

first edition 20pp octavo stapled wrappers VG (mod. rubbed and soiled, sl. foxed,dealer's label to title)

PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1951

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature bibliography pat lawlor

MARRIS,C.A.

[first edition] 98pp VG (in paper wrappers over card boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned,chipping to edges,sl.foxing to prelims.and content edges)

PUBLISHER: tombs wellington [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature marris new zealand poetry

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES

first edition inscribed by author 63pp VG (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled,losses of paper to margins of both covers probably due to insects,chipped yapp edges,author's dated inscr.and sign.to ffep verso - 1945)

PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed johannes andersen

IWEALA,UZODINMA

first edition proof copy 140pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: john murray london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies uzodinma iweala

LATHROP,DOROTHY P.

first edition thus unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG+ (col.ill.paper boards,v.sl.wear to extrems.,paste action and minor foxing to eps) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: world's work kingswood 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dorothy lathrop

PATTERSON,JAMES

first edition 365pp NF (grey paper boards w.beige cloth spine,remainder stamp to foot edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james pattersn