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$50.00
ak4/12/2497

The Life and Times of A Good Keen Man


CRUMP, BARRY

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 237pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, a touch of foxing here & there) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Barry Crump Associates 1992

KEYWORDS: barry crump new zealand literature modern first edition signed inscribed memoir autobiography hunting deer bush

$60.00
ak4/12/2500

Wyndham Lewis the Artist: From 'Blast' to Burlington House


LEWIS, WYNDHAM

FIRST EDITION, square super octavo green cloth boards, 379pp., illus,, VG (light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Laidlaw & Laidlaw 1939

KEYWORDS: wyndham lewis modern first edition british art painting literature blast vorticist movemement vorticism modernism

$150.00
ak4/9/2379

2001: A Space Odyssey


CLARKE, ARTHUR C. & KUBRICK, STANLEY

FIRST EDITION THUS (1983 - based on screenplay by Clarke & Kubrick, with additional epilouge material by Clarke new to this editon); octavo cloth boards, lettering to spine, pp., VG- (tape stains to boards, moderate foxing and soiling within) in d/w VG+ (smart exterior, tape stains to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Inner Circle 1983

KEYWORDS: science fiction modern first edition thus stanley kubrick 2001 sci fi arthur c clarke

$65.00
ak4/9/2384

The Christopher Robin Verses (Being 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six', With a Preface for Parents)


MILNE, A. A. & SHEPARD, ERNEST H. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, square octavo blue cloth boards, gilt border and charming Christopher Robin design to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus., pp., VG (main 'detraction': 12 plates are in colour, but a large proportion of the black & white text decorations have been coloured by a prev. owner - generally, they have done so in a tidy manner; otherwise, light scuffing to boards - light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1932

KEYWORDS: modern first edition thus christopher robin poetry literature childrens a milne winnie the pooh

$140.00
ak4/9/2387

A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis


BERNE, ERIC ET AL.

FIRST EDITION THUS (revised & enlarged edition); octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 386pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within, moderate foxing to edges and light foxing within, occasional soiling throughout) in d/w VG (sl. fading to spine, light soiling, light scuffing, moderate foxing and spoiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1969

KEYWORDS: eric berne games people play transactional analysis psychology psychiatry psychoanalysis sociology science popular modern first edition thus

$25.00
ak4/17/2616

The Nondamsense ballads


REED, LANGFORD

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illustration poetry poems literature

$25.00
ak4/18/2637

PAX Britannica: The Climax of an Empire


MORRIS, JAMES [JAN]

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition british empire victorian colonial history

$28.50
ak4/18/2653

Reamde


STEPHENSON, NEAL

FIRST EDITION Imperial octavo (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: William Morrow, 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thriller

$100.00
1y96/8

Intimate Friends - Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928


VICINUS, MARTHA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, purple buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xxxii + 314pp., illus, NEAR FINE in d/w NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2004

KEYWORDS: history lesbian women sex sexuality photography modern first edition lgbt lgbtq

$35.00
ak4/18/2668

Amparo


MORTIMER, CHAPMAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition spain english expat tourist holiday

$32.50
ak4/19/2695

Business in Great Waters, The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945


TERRAINE, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper, 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition anglo-american submarine war military history

$25.00
ak4/19/2696

John Studebaker: An American Dream


CORLE, EDWIN

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-, very poor: flap detached, segments missing): 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: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first edition north american history west

$60.00
1y96/49

How Tom Beat Captain Najork And His Hired Sportsmen


HOBON, RUSSELL & BLAKE, QUENTIN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, illus titlepage, frontispiece, unpaginated, VG (heavy scuffing and wear to edges of boards and spine, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate foxing to boards, mild tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (heavy foxing to faces, moderate scratching and soiling to faces, heavy curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illus childrens literature

$52.50
ak4/20/2756

So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away


BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: richard brautigan usa us american literature modern first edition counter culture counterculture

$40.00
ak4/20/2762

Memoirs of a Geisha


GOLDEN, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCED READING COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 394pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature japan geisha advanced reading copy

$75.00
ak4/20/2763

Cloudslitter


BANKS, RUSSELL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (ADVANCED READING COPY); super octavo white illus. light card covers, 758pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: HarperFlamingo / Harper Collins 1998

KEYWORDS: russell banks signed modern first edition literature advanced reading copy

$40.00
ak4/20/2764

Dead Men's Trousers


WELSH, IRVINE

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 419pp, VG+ (sl. tanning within, a touch of soiling to edges, sl. scuffing to covers, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2018

KEYWORDS: ian banks scottish literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy

$245.00
ak4/20/2767

Jurassic Park


CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi+399pp, VG (moderate tanning and light foxing within, light foxing and scuffing to boards) in d/w VG (light soiling and scuffing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Century 1991

KEYWORDS: jurassic park modern first edition popular fiction speculative dinosaurs dinosaur

$175.00
ak1/16B/2781

Socialism Plus: Some Predictions


HASTINGS, JOHN P.

FIRST EDITION, c. 1936 (Bagnall H461); octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, xi+360pp, VG- (light creasing to spine, light scuffing rubbing and moderate soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within, occasional underscoring by prev. owner with newspaper clippings taped in)

PUBLISHER: J. P. Hastings c. 1936

KEYWORDS: john p hastings new zealand politics political modern first edition socialism socialist

$130.00
ak1/16B/2782

Einstein's Monsters


AMIS, MARTIN

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo red light card covers, black lettering to front, 127pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1987

KEYWORDS: british english literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy story short stories signed martin amis

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