MARRYAT,CAPTAIN

[first edition] 372pp ills.[b/w engravings] VG (blue cloth w.red/gilt/black dec.stamps,bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: george bell london 1887

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature captain marryat nautical

WEIL,JAMES L.

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 56pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.soiled and browned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on blank prelim.)

PUBLISHER: elizabeth press new rochelle [printed in verona] 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky james l.weil

HACKNEY,FRANCES

first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 40pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on prelim.,owner's inscr.to foot of prelim.)

PUBLISHER: william alfred cummins berowra 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky frances hackney

YING KO LIEN HUA; KEAN,VLADIMIR [TRANSL.]

first edition 432pp VG+ (red cloth,minor shelf wear,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature vladimir kean

GOODWIN,HELEN K.

first edition inscribed by author 96pp VG+ (cream cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: marshall,morgan london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature helen k.goodwin

JENS,WALTER

first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 119pp VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,mceldowney's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and foxed,minor wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walter jens

SHIPWAY,GEORGE

proof copy 400pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.ink scribble to front cover,sl.foxed/browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies george shipway

JOHNS,W.E.

first australian edition 157pp ills.[b/w by mendoza] VG- (beige cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to both pastedowns w.school stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,contents browned,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press melbourne 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biggles w.e.johns

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

second printing 314pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,sl.soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 192pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,owner's sign.and blind stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition p.g.wodehouse literature jeeves

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 249pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.4cm loss to head of spine and sl.loss to foot,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

first edition 213pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse

McBAIN, ED:

first edition, black cloth, 305pp, NF with vsl bumped spine foot, in VG+ d/w (v sl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ed mcbain

THOMAS, CRAIG:

first edition, black cloth, 495pp, VG+(v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owners inscr to fep, v sl foxing & soiling to text edges, v sl foxing to ep's) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl edgewear, v sl sunned & soiled, prev owners sign to rear)

PUBLISHER: Collins London 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition craig thomas

HORLER, SYDNEY:

first edition, orange cloth, 189pp, VG+(v sl bumped & worn spine head & foot, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, v sl wear to corners) d/w G+(sl wear, tears & insect eaten extrems, v sl chipped spine head & foot & upper rear cover, sl sunned & rubbed, sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins London 1941

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sydney horler

SEARLS, HANK:

first edition, red cloth, 256pp, VG+( vsl browned ep's, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG( v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl internal foxing, sl rubbed & soiled & v sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition hank searls

RYAN, DESMOND: & SHURKIN, JOEL:

first edition, red paper & black cloth spine, 240pp, VG+(v sl cocked, v sl edgewear, v sl soiled boards, ink markings to fep) d/w VG+(v sl wear, tears & chipped to extrems, price clipped, v sl sunned, rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Co New York 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition desmond ryan joel shurkin

FABER, MICHEL:

Signed by author, first edition, black cloth with pink title to spine and front, marbled eps, 835pp, MINT in mint d/w

PUBLISHER: Canongate, London, 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition michel faber

GIRARDI, ROBERT:

Proof copy, in pictorial magenta wrappers, 447pp, +6pp epilogue, VG+ with v sl wear to extrems

PUBLISHER: Sceptre, New York, 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof robert girardi

HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMES:

Uncorrected proof copy, in blue wrappers, 296pp, NF with v sl stain to front cover

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape, London, 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof james hamilton-paterson