STELOFF, FRANCES & NEW DIRECTIONS

First edition, super octavo, beige cloth boards, beige lettering on black spear to spine, 604pp, illus with 4 photos at p193, VG (very light tanning to page edges and eps, minor bruising to extrems of spine and boards), in d/w VG- (repairs on inside with archival tape mending moderate tears with loss, minor rubbing and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: James Laughlin 1947

KEYWORDS: Anthology literature modern first edition American experimental writing fiction short stories collected

CLINE, ERNEST

first edition, signed by author, super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, silver lettering to spine edges, silver decoration to front board 349pp, VG (light bruising to spine, slight surface loss to board edges, v slight marking on front board, very light foxing to page edges) in d/w decorated with schematics on interior, VG (light bruising to edges, signed copy sticker to front)

PUBLISHER: Crown 2015

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction signed

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

first edition, octavo, orange cloth boards, orangey/brown writing and illustrations on spine and front board, a little scruffy but sound (light sunning/fading to spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board edges, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, some slight foxing to some pages, gutter starting to crack slightly at half-title) no d/w

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1922

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STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS & GUTERMAN, NORBERT & COONEY, BARBARA (illus)

First edition, text in French with English translation & glossary at rear, octavo, illus heavy card boards, illus eps, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, bookseller's stamp to half-title, slight foxing to some pages) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light-moderate foxing, moderate browning to spine, small closed tears to folds, slight surface loss to spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1965

KEYWORDS: Text in French language children's literature poetry modern first edition

GOLDING, WILLIAM

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: Faber and Faber 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

CHOI, MARY H. K.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Atom 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof literature fiction

KENEALLY, THOMAS

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: Collins 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

GUNN, THOM

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: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry poems literature collection anthology

CHOI, MARY H. K.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Atom 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

VIIRLAID, ARVED & LEHISTE, ILSE (Trans) & DIEFENBAKER, RT. HON. JOHN G. (Preface)

SIGNED & dated on half title page by author, first edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy): 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: Clarke, Irwin & Company 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition SIGNED literature fiction

SHARP, MARGERT

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy literature

MASTERSON, DAN

First edition, ex-library, 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: University of Illinois Press 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition collection anthology literature poems poetry Dam Masterson

DE HARTOG, JAN

Signed limited first edition, imperial octavo, tan leather boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, raised bands, xxiv + 280pp, FINE.

PUBLISHER: The Franklin Library 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

REID, STUART & EMBLETON, GERRY (plates)

first edition, folio, deep pink cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, illus, 128pp, VG+ (slight bruising and rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing on corners, slight fading on board edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising and rubbing, slightly soiled in a few places, some superficial scratches with no surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Windrow and Green 1994

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NORDEN, MARIKA

First edition, octavo, gold light card covers with french flaps, black lettering & decoration to front cover & spine, 352pp, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to covers, staining to rear cover, slightly cocked, slight reading crease to spine, owner's ex-libris label to inside front cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Obelisk Press 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature memoirs relationships sexuality gender

ELIOT, T. S

First Edition, First Impression, octavo, stapled wrapper with french flaps, black lettering to front wrapper, 15pp, VG- (moderate browning to spine, heavy fading to wrappers but title still v clear, light foxing to wrappers, light creasing to wrapper edges, publisher stamp to half title, v light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1941

KEYWORDS: t.s eliot poetry modern first edition literature

ELIOT, T. S

First Edition, First Impression, quarto light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 16pp, VG (moderate fading to either side of spine, light bruising to page edges, light soiling to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1942

KEYWORDS: t.s eliot poetry modern first edition literature

CURNOW, ALLEN

First Edition, original Southland Times book review loosely enclosed, octavo, heavy card boards, black lettering to front board, iv + 25pp, VG ( moderate fading to either side of spine, slight browing & foxing to boards, light tanning, slight foxing to eps, heavy bruise to bottom right front board)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1937

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry allen curnow modern first edition literature

BANKS, ANNA

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hardie Grant Egmont 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature poeidon mermaids greek mytgology

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

First Edition, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii+193pp, VG+ ( slight fading to top edge of boards/spine, dog ear crease to pp153, 'ifp' written in pencil to rear paste down, light browning to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to top edges, slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1972

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