IRVING,WASHINGTON;PARRISH,MAXFIELD [ILLS.]

first edition thus 299pp ills.[8 b/w ills.by maxfield parrish] VG+ (brown paper boards w.red cloth spine,b/w/gilt plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: john lane london 1900

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature washington irving maxfield parrish

MILTON,JOHN

first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history

CHEVALLIER,GABRIEL

first uk edition 340pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many losses incl.holes to sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gabriel chevallier

CHARTERIS,LESLIE

first edition 192pp NF (black cloth,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature leslie charteris

CHARTERIS,LESLIE

first edition 192pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor sunning to head/foot of spine,minor foxing to content edges) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature leslie charteris

KOHNER,FREDERICK

ex-lib.first edition 222pp VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards w.libr.mark to spine,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.label removed from rfep) in VG d/w (libr.marks to spine w.tape stains to upper/lower edges)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968

KEYWORDS: history biography literature kiki montparnasse frederick kohner

FORESTER,C.S.

first edition thus 158pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor foxing to eps) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature forester

CLINKARD,DOROTHY

first edition numbered [92 of a limited edition] 48pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,covers detached from text block but tidy)

PUBLISHER: kenwood publishing auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: history literature theology dorothy clinkard

HOBAN,RUSSELL

first edition 260pp F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature russell hoban

RICHARDSON,SAMUEL

first edition thus 2 vols.[mr.hogg's new novelists magazine vols.ii/iii] 928pp+2pp ads.ills.[b/w copperplates all appear to be dated 1793] G (possibly original marbled paper boards w.half-leather poorly rebacked,rubbed and stained w.adhesive tape applied to spines,chipping and wear to extrems.,labels removed from front pastedowns,contents sl.foxed/soiled,plates also sl.foxed,spines cracked)

PUBLISHER: alex hogg london 1793

KEYWORDS: literature samuel richardson hoggs new novelists

LAMB,CHARLES;TALFOURD,THOMAS NOON;FITZGERALD,PERCY [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [110/150] initialed by publisher [large paper edition] 291pp ills.[b/w portraits] VG (beige cloth w.gilt to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,browned spine w.some small holes,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,numbered colophon to prelims.)

PUBLISHER: gibbings london 1892

KEYWORDS: biography history literature charles lamb talfourd

FRAME,JANET

first edition numbered/limited [750 copies made] 206pp Near FINE in Near FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame

REDHILL,MICHAEL

first edition proof copy 282pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies michael redhill

SAMPSON,KEVIN

first edition proof copy 314pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies kevin sampson

SWINBURNE,ALGERNON CHARLES;LAFOURCADE,GEORGES

ex-lib.first edition thus 314pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual libr.stamps and labels o/w contents clean) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1967

KEYWORDS: literature history biography algernon charles swinburne lafourcade

N/A

first edition thus [facsimile collector's edition] numbered/limited [#5789] 119pp ills.[col.] Fine in Fine slipcase

PUBLISHER: pedigree books [1994]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rupert

MCNAB,ANDY;RIGBY,ROBERT

first edition proof copy 292pp NF (in glossy wrappers,ink date to top edge)

PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies andy mcnab robert rigby

OKRI,BEN

first edition proof copy 422pp VG+ (minor wear to extrems., sl foxing to page edges, pencil notes and underlining)

PUBLISHER: rider london 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ben okri

ADCOCK,FLEUR

first edition 37pp VG+ (red cloth,contents sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand fleur adcock

FARALLA,DANA

ex-lib.first edition 223pp VG (burgundy cloth,tape and gum stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps and labels,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.gum stains to upper/lower edges,lower edge sl.trimmed)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dana faralla