KINGSTON,W.H.G.

new edition 371pp ills.[col.by webb] VG (red cloth w.col.plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown and stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton frowde london 1915

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kingston

SWIFT,JONATHAN;MACKENZIE,ROBERT [INTRO.]

first edition thus 316pp+ads.ills.[b/w incl.facsimiles of 1735 title page and frontis.portrait and maps] VG- (grey cloth w.burgundy/black dec.stamps and borders to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled w.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's stamp to ffep w.owner's inscr.to verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: nelson london 1883

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jonathan swift robert mackenzie gulliver

TEMPLE,RALPH;TEMPLE,CHANDOS

first edition 442pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.pink/blue/yellow/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,school prize bookplate to ffep,owner's bookplate to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1896

KEYWORDS: history science literature invention discovery temple

STODDARD,WILLIAM O.

first edition 309pp+10pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG (purple cloth w.blind/black borders and blind/black dec.stamp to top board,gilt to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine mod browned w.uneven sunning to boards,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,aeg)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1897

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william stoddard

N/A

first edition 328pp ills.[b/w] G+ (green cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,lacks prelims.up to title,title present,owner's inscr.to a prelim.that has been bound after table of contents,contents sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1873

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature robinson playfellow

HAMMERTON,JOHN

first edition 343pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macdonald london [nd]

KEYWORDS: literature biography john hammerton

KINGSTON,W.H.G.

448pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: nelson london 1888

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kingston

GOETHE;LEWES,GEORGE HENRY

second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]

KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes

PARLEY,PETER

384pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG- (red embossed cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained w.repairs to spine,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled w.some foxing to contents,cocked)

PUBLISHER: darton london 1852

KEYWORDS: literature arts peter parley

OUIDA

[first edition] 194pp+22pp ads.VG (green cloth w.green/roange dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,cocked)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1896

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ouida

KIPLING,RUDYARD

first reprint [december 1895] 240pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1895

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rudyard kipling jungle book

THOMS,WILLIAM JOHN

first edition thus unpaginated ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,minor soiling) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape repairs,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: johnson reprint new york 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william john thoms

BALLANTYNE,R.M.

first edition 400pp+8pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (burgundy cloth variant w.black dec.borders and lettering,gilt stamps to spine,rubbed and stained,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: james nisbet london 1878

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ballantyne

MUIR,PERCY

third impression 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.shelf wear,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: batsford london 1979

KEYWORDS: literature children's books percy muir history

GREENAWAY,KATE;ENGEN,RODNEY

first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.w.internal reinforcements)

PUBLISHER: schocken new york 1981

KEYWORDS: literature arts kate greenaway biography

IRVING,WASHINGTON;CALDECOTT,R.[ILLS.]

first edition thus 284pp+4pp ads.ills.[b/w by caldecott] VG (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1887

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature washington irving caldecott

ALDERMAN,NAOMI

first edition proof copy 268pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: viking penguin london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies naomi alderman

KILROY,CLAIRE

first edition proof copy 259pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies claire kilroy

MATHEWS,ADRIAN

first edition proof copy 664pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies adrian mathews

GREENBLATT,STEPHEN;SHAKESPEARE,WILLIAM

first edition proof copy 406pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies shakespeare biography stephen greenblatt