DAVIE, DONALD

FIRST EDITION, octavo stapled 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: Fantasy Press 1955

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AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) foxing; 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 1972

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COHEN, LEONARD

Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained red (faded), x + 245pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, sl staining & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/foxing/chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

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WATERHOUSE, PETER & WALDROP, ROSMARIE (Trans)

SCARCE, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Burning Deck 2009

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ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 111pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2024

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FERTE, Monsieur HENRI & BASKERVILLE, Mrs GEORGE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, blue lettering & decoration to title plate to front cover, unpaginated prelims & terminals + 24pp/poems, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1948

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TOLKIEN, J R R (Poems & Decorations) & SWANN, DONALD (Music)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, ix + (3) + 68pp, illus/decorations, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, sm ink ticks to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing, 3cm closed tears to edges of front cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1968

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LANGLAND, WILLIAM & SKEAT, Rev WALTER W (Ed, Preface, Notes & Glossary)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, vol 1- viii + 628pp, vol 2- xciii + 484pp + 8pp to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, minor chipping to spine extrems of vol 1, heavy cracking to hinges of spine to vol 2, light tanning/fading to spines, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffeps of both vols, tidy pencil annotation to margins & text of vol 1, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, light cracking to hinges of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1886

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ERICSON, ARTHUR

Octavo stapled 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: Arthur Wm Ericson 1986

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