PEARCE, BRIAN LOUIS:

limited edition #19 of 150, signed & inscribed by author, including a letter by author to NZ poet Helen Shaw dated 5.6.83, in beige wrappers, unpaginated, FINE

PUBLISHER: Woodruff Middlesex 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian louis pearce poetry

PEARCE, BRIAN LOUIS:

first edition, in yellow wrappers, unpaginated, FINE

PUBLISHER: Stride Publications London 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian louis pearce poetry

BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON:

first edition, blue cloth with black title to spine, col illus & blind stamped front board, 93pp col illus, G+(corners v sl bruised & scuffed, spine head & foot sl worn & v sl bumped, v sl edgewear, boards rubbed & soiled (possible water stain) with boards sl discoloured, shaky spine, sl sunned, ep's browned & v sl soiled, internal seperation at hinges, v sl stain to top of p13-17, v sl foxing to text edges, text & plates generally clean & bright)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne London 1907

KEYWORDS: modern first edition frances hodgson burnett childrens book

BROOKMYRE, CHRISTOPHER:

first edition uncorrected bound proof, in pink glossy wrappers, 390pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Little Brown London 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof christopher brookmyre

FISHER, LEONARD EVERETT:

first edition, glossy pictorial boards, unpaginated, illus, FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster New York 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition leonard everett fisher childrens book

DOWNES, QUENTIN:

First edition, red boards, 224pp, one textual illus on p121, VG (cocked, internal separation at joints, v sl corners sl scuffed, boards sl sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl foxed prelims & text edges) d/w VG (v sl chips wear & tears to extrems, v sl surface loss to folds, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate, London, 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition quentin downes

BUSCH, WILHELM:

131-135 edition, pictorial boards, cloth spine, 68pp, 99 textual illus, VG- (cocked, internal separation at joints, v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed & soiled, sl foxed prelims & text edges & spasmodically throughout) d/w VG (v sl chips wear & tears to extrems, v sl chipped spine head & foot, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Friedr. Bassermann'sche, Munich, 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition wilhelm busch

BUSCH, WILHELM:

Reprint, pictorial boards, limp binding, 56pp, col textual illus, lacks d/w VG- (front board attached along 1in of spine only, rest detached, mod rubbed & soiled, sl foxed prelims & text edges & spasmodically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Verlag von Brown und Schneider, Munich, 1925

KEYWORDS: modern first edition wilhelm busch

BUSCH, WILHELM:

159-162 edition, pictorial boards, 88pp, textual illus, lacks d/w, VG- (spine missing, mod rubbed & soiled, contents sl browned)

PUBLISHER: Verlag von Brown und Schneider, Munich, 1925

KEYWORDS: modern first edition wilhelm busch

CLEAVER, HYLTON:

first edition, beige cloth, 256pp, VG(sl bruised corners, v sl cocked, vsl rubbed & soiled, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co London 1940

KEYWORDS: modern first edition hylton cleaver

SENDAK, MAURICE:

first edition, tan paper boards, unpaginated, col illus, FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition maurice sendak childrens book

SHAW, BERNARD:

first edition, green cloth, 76pp, VG(v sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owners sign to ffep, v sl paste actin to ep's, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, marginalia p49 & 57 in pencil) d/w G+(sl wear tears & chuipped extrems, sunned, sl creased, sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable & Co London 1908

KEYWORDS: modern first edition bernard shaw play

HULME, KERI:

first edition, glossy pictorial wrappers, 512pp, VG( v sl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Klim Arhus 1987

KEYWORDS: modern first edition keri hulme

HULME, KERI:

first edition, beige cloth, 556pp, NF with v sl edgewear, VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl rubbed sunned & v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Pax Forlag Oslo 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition keri hulme

NASH, OGDEN:

first uk edition, orange & red cloth, unpaginated illus, VG+(v sl wear to top edges, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing throughout) d/w VG-(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl foxing internally & to flaps, rubbed & sl soiled, v sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons London 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ogden nash chuildrens book

GILLULY, SHEILA:

first edition, blue cloth with gilt to spine, 275pp, VG+(v sl soiled rear board, v sl soiled lower p45 & p3-p19, v sl soiled lower text edge, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, text edges v sl sunned) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing to edges, v sl wear to top edge, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Headline Publishing London 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sheila gilluly

FORBES, ROSITA:

first edition, blue cloth with black title to spine, 322pp, VG-(sl cocked, v sl edgewear with v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl rubbed & soiled boards, sl internal foxing to ep's & edges, sl foxing htroughout) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition rosita forbes

n/a

first edition in green pictorial wrappers, 95pp comic strip, VG-(v sl wear to extrems, covers sl rubbed sunned & soiled, foxing to edges, prev owners inscr to ffep)

PUBLISHER: World Distributions London 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition laramie childrens comic album

ROOK, TONY:

First edition, red boards, gilt title to spine, 190pp, VG (v sl cocked, v sl subbed, v sl foxed upper text edge, v sl edge wear) d/w VG (price clipped, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl creases & wear to extrems, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Milton House Books, London, 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition tony rook

LUTZ, GILES A.:

First UK edition, red boards, 160pp, VG+ (v sl subbed, v sl foxed upper text edge, v sl creased front corners) d/w VG+ (v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl creases & wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins, London, 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition giles lutz