WOOD, BARBARA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen 1978

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COOK, ROBIN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Leisure Circle 1979

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COHEN, LEONARD

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 248pp, VG (light bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing to edges with ugly sellotape repairs, light scuffing to spine, all corners clipped, moderate wrinkling to front flap, light soiling & foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition semi autobiographical memoir literature fiction Leonard Cohen

RICHLER, MORDECAI

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, 419pp, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps/prelims, 8cmx8cm corner of pgs 215/216 missing- including text) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, bookseller's label to front flap, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1990

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BRASON, GILL

FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy, octavo softcover (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1978

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WAEREA, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, small octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated, illus, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature illustrated James Waerea New Zealand Maori

HARDIE, TITANIA

FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Advance Reading Copy, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Headline Review 2008

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LURIE, ALISON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1998

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COBEN, HARLAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Dutton/Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

PELECANOS, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) no d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

BRAENNE, BERIT

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction

TCHEKOFF, ANTON & FELL, MARIAN (trans) [CHEKHOV, A. P.]

octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; 318pp, deckled page edges, VG (bruising, rubbing, & fading to covers; gilt has worn off lettering; sl. cocked; page edges & eps. sl. foxed & browned)

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons n/d

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Russian Russia text in English

PRIESTLEY, J. B.

octavo, deep blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine & front cover; 167pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to boards; page edges & eps. lightly foxed & browned)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1949

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LEWIS, MICHAEL

first edition-Australian; imperial octavo; black cloth boards; silver lettering on spine, black eps; 266pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing to covers, with sl. chipping to edges; sl. browning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. sunning, chipping & rubbing; 1.5cm closed tear on bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2010

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TRANTER, NIGEL

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1963

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

TRANTER, NIGEL

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

TRANTER, NIGEL

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1962

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

TRANTER, NIGEL

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1957

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

JOSEPH, M. K.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing/Hallard Press 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction New Zealand

ELLROY, JAMES

first edition ; super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; 342pp, VG+ (covers sl. rubbed & v. sl. bruised; light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl. faded, partic. spine, with sl. chipping & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Allison & Busby 1982

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