GRASS, GUNTER & MANHEIM, RAPLH (transl.)

Octavo grey cloth boards, silver lettering & design to spine, 592pp, VG (moderate wear & scuffing to boards esp. spine, tanning to edges, soiling to edges, prev. owner's name to fep.), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1962

KEYWORDS: literature modern first german edition surrealist surrealism postmodern postmodernism

CATTON, ELEANOR

TRUE FIRST EDITION, SCARCE octavo cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, 832pp VG (moderate foxing & tanning to edges, light foxing inside, v. sl. soiling to spine) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. scuffing & soiling, light foxing to reverse, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical literature Booker Prize modern first edition scarce

HEYERDAHL, THOR

FIRST EDITION octavo hardover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1978

KEYWORDS: Modern first edition ocean oceans sea culture navigation sociology east island polynesia polynesian maritime history anthropology Pacific Atlantic voyage voyaging

LOMBARD-HOBSON, SAM & MONSARRAT, ANN (foreword)

FIRSTE 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime naval navy history royal world war 2 ww2 military nicolas monsarrat dunkirk mediterranean

SACKVILLE-WEST, V.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 56pp+advertisments, VG (light scuffing and fading, soiling to boards; light tanning; light to moderate foxing within (heaviest to endpapers), prev. owner's bookplate)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1939 (second impression)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature womens virginia woolf poetry british english

PLAIDY, JEAN

FIRST EDITION, INSCIRBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1973

KEYWORDS: historical fiction queen victoria albert prince literature modern first edition signed

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION octavo dark green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 350pp VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges and contents, fep. clipped) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing, soiling and rubbing, 4cm closed tear to cover, light foxing and tanning)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

GLEN, ESTHER & COALES, KATHLEEN W. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; octavo blue cloth illus. boards, dark blue lettering to spine & cover, illus., 256pp (VG-, moderate scuffing, fraying and rubbing to boards, boards slightly cocked, 1x illustration missing (Robin lay very still and white... facing page 156), light tanning and foxing throughout, prev. owner's name to fep. in pen, 2x bookplates to endpaper/fep.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature childrens Maoriland modern first edition

GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, navy blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 171pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges & contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, contemporary price sticker to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

BROOKS-DALTON, LILY

FIRST EDITION octavo purple/blue boards, silver lettering to spine, 256pp VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (ditto)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition united states america american US USA science fiction SF sci fi sci-fi

TOMPKINS, JANE & WIESE, KURT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, lacks fep., 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. [n/d., stated first edition]

KEYWORDS: childrens literature illustrated modern first edition

FRANK, LEANHARD & WILLARD R, TRASK (trans.)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1948

KEYWORDS: literature history modern first edition

SHATTUCK, JESSICA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy literature world war 2 two second historical

HUXLEY, ELSPETH

FIRST EDITION, octavo yellow cloth boards, viii+405pp+black&white photograpghs at rear, illus., VG- (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light fading and creasing to spine, moderate tanning and foxing to edges, light tanning & foxing within, moderate insect damge to fep. and heavy insect damge to last blank page (does NOT affect text/photograpghs), pen scribble and prev. bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature photography Kikiyu Africa African Kenya Kenyan

MAWER, SIMON

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: Little Brown 2012

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

BAKER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION inscribed and signed by author super 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: David Ling 2000

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition short stories

NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (NR FINE) 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: Egmont Books 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fantasy

BEHAN, BRENDAN & HOGARTH, PAUL (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ARTIST, olive/red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, illlus., 191pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges, v. slight tanning to pages) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing, chips and closed tears, price clipped, light soiling, still attractive copy)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Geis Associates 1962

KEYWORDS: Dublin Ireland Irish literature modern first edition signed Galway Aran Islands Borstal Boy

ASIMOVE, ISAAC & BELMORE, ROBERT (diagrams)

FIRST EDITION, review slips loosley enclosed, small octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG (light scuffing & soiling, tanning to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1964

KEYWORDS: Asimov Isaac maths mathematics algebra popular science modern first edition

DORSEY, CANDAS JANE

NUMBERED SIGNED EDITION, limited to 100 copies, FIRST EDITION, octavo illus. (dystopian city-scape) heavy card boards, illus. endpapers, 310pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: PS Publoishing 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed short stories science fiction speculative dystopian