WILSON, COLIN

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Octavo hardcover (VG-), lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Arthur Barker 1966

KEYWORDS: Colin Wilson fiction literature modern first edition

DURAS, MARGUERITE; BRAY, BARBARA (transl.)

FIRST US EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Pantheon Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Marguerite Duras France French literature modern first edition

BATES, H E

FIRST US EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Little, Brown and Company 1952

KEYWORDS: H E Bates short stories fiction modern first edition

SOSEKI, NATSUME; COHN, J (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Kodansha International 2005

KEYWORDS: Satsume Soseki 20th century Japan Japanese literature fiction modern first edition

BUTOR, MICHEL; STEWART, JEAN (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Sm octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 and Faber 1958

KEYWORDS: Michel Butor French literature fiction modern first edition

CURNOW, TREMAYNE M; BEEGEE (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo hardcover (VG-), lacking ffep, in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: The Evening Star Company 1945

KEYWORDS: Tremayne M Curnow modern first edition children's literature

DUGGAN, EILEEN

FIRST EDITION, 2nd impression. Ex-library. Sm octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 and Unwin 1939

KEYWORDS: Eileen Duggan New Zealand literature modern first edition

HARRISON, CRAIG

FIRST EDITON. Ex-libary. Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; spine cocked; adhesvie residue from tape to boards & eps; library stamps & pasteins throughout); in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; soiling; adhesive residue from tape).

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Craig Harrison New Zealand literature modern first edition

STARRS, ROY (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, illus. card boards, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems; light rubbing & scuffing to covers; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: Roy Starrs modern Japan Japanese political social religious history religion politics first edition

ADAMS, ARTHUR H

Sm octavo, cream cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, teg, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate soiling & scuffing to boards; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; some foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front gutters; light cracking to central & rear gutters; bookplate to ffep; prev bookseller sticker to rear pastedown).

PUBLISHER: The Bulletin Newspaper Company 1899

KEYWORDS: early 19th century New Zealand literature poetry poet modern first edition

TASKER, MICHAEL CALEB

FIRST EDITION, uncorrected proof copy. Super octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Allen & Unwin 2026

KEYWORDS: Michael Caleb Tasker fiction modern first edition

LE GUIN, URSULA K

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Victor Gollancz 1980

KEYWORDS: Ursula K Le Guin fantasy fiction thriller modern first edition

WRIGHT, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Harper & Row 1940

KEYWORDS: Richard Wright literaute fiction modern first edition

FALUDY, GEORGE; SKELTON, ROBIN (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: McClelland and Stewart 1985

KEYWORDS: George Faludy Canadian poets poety literature modern first edition

MURAKAMI, HARUKI & GABRIEL, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, VG+ (minor scuffing and creasing to extrems, minor bruising, scuffing and creasing to heads and bases of hinges and spine, minor scuffing to lower board edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling and creasing to edges of flaps, minor creasing to wrapper edges, heads and bases of spine and hinges and extrems, minor chipping to head of spine, minor soiling to wrappers) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2024

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novel Haruki Murakami

ALINGTON, CYRIL

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, VG- (moderate tanning & cracking to spine - spine flapping loose at front hinge, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims, minor foxing & cracking to gutters throughout - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first edition second impression literature fiction cricket novels Cyril Alington

MURAKAMI, RYU & McCARTHY, RALPH (Trans)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lime green lettering to spine, 185pp, VG+ (minor foxing and tanning to page edges, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2007

KEYWORDS: UK modern first edition literature fiction novels Ryu Murakami English translations Ralph McCarthy

KAVENNA, JOANNA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, glossy black lettering to spine, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges and spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to upper edges of flaps, upper edges of wrappers, head and base of spine and extrems, minor soiling to wrappers) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2019

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novels

CALASSO, ROBERTO & DIXON, RICHARD (transl)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light grey heavy boards, stamped black lettering to spine, VG+ (minor tanning to page edges, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges and spine, minor scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG (minor creasing to edges of flaps, edges of wrappers, heads and bases of hinges and spine and extrems, moderate soiling to rear wrapper, minor scuffing to edges of wrappers, heads and bases of hinges and spine and extrems, minor chipping to extrems, minor soiling to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2020

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novels

MCCARTHY, CORMAC

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, orange heavy boards quarter bound in black heavy boards, gilt copper lettering to spine, deckled page edges, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (minor warping to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2006

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novel