FRAME, JANET

first edition, rare, octavo, off-white boards with light blue decoration motif and blue cloth spine, red lettering with red and blue frame to front board, blue lettering to spine, 130pp, VG (tape residue approx 2cm on top and bottom of both boards, moderate fading to spine, small red crayon mark to lower rear board, slight wear to board edges, cracking to front hinge paper) in d/w VG- (d/w has backing paper and is partly adhered to boards, slight soiling to wrappers, heavy fading to spine, 2 x 10cm tears on spine sides, chips to corners)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories anthology new zealand literature first edition

BLAVATSKY, H. P.

3 VOLUMES OF 4 (LACKS INDEX VOLUME), VOLS 1 & 2 ARE 3rd REVISED EDITIONS, VOL 3 IS FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt theosophical motifs & blind stamp rule to front boards, xvii-xxii + 594-842pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to extrems, 3cm paper residue to front board of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, reinforcing paper/card affixed/glued to eps of each vol, front gutters of vol 1 heavily cracked & firmly mended with cloth & card- prelims removed & re-attached in same manner, minor yellowing tape repairs & heavy creasing to edges of prelims, rear gutters to vol 1 also moderately cracked & reinforced with card, light to moderate cracking to gutters of other vols, occasional sm blue pencil markings to text throughout- unobtrusive, rear eps of vol 3 moderately annotated)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing Society 1893-97

KEYWORDS: theosophy religion esoteric philosophy science Blavatsky cosmic evolution symbolism

JANSSON, TOVE & WARBURTON, THOMAS (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, 165pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly light except at prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some patches of loss, heavy rubbing to flap edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature classics Tove Jansson moomins fiction novels illustrated

N/A

first edition [first 9 volumes bound in 5 books] ills.[b/w and duotone] VG- (bound in full green calf w.gilt ruled borders and gilt stamp to boards,gilt/raised bands to spines,lower board of book1 barely attached,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,all vols.rebacked w.spines sl.browned,marbled eps,prelims.and some margins sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,a few plates are detached but present,occasional pen/pencil notes and underlining to text but not too distracting,spines cracked and sl.shaky,aeg mod.rubbed) heavy set - scans available on request - the first 9 volumes of this journal bound in 5 books

PUBLISHER: archer belfast 1853-1862

KEYWORDS: history arts archaeology ulster journal ireland

MANKOWITZ, GERED

AUTOGRAPHED BY GERED MANKOWITZ, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#344/950) oblong folio, illus black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, internally spiral bound, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in presentation box with camera lense insert at base, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: signed special editions Gered Mankowitz photography photos art The Rolling Stones archives collections rock bands

MILNE, A A & SHEPARD, ERNEST H (Decorations)

ONE OF 1500 BLUE LEATHER DELUXE EDITIONS, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue soft leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling/illus & rule to front board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece xi + 178pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/surface loss to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light fading to base of front board, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title & dedication pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: special leather editions deluxe modern first editions children's literature novels fiction A A Milne illustrated Ernest H Shepard Winnie the Pooh bear

KING, STEPHEN

First UK Edition 439pp super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning/ foxing to page edges and eps) in VG d/w (light creasing to edges, light rubbing and soiling to covers, foxing to inner side)

PUBLISHER: New English Library London 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition horror

VELLEKOOP, MARIJE (Commentary) & SUIJVER, RENSKE (Commentary) & McKAY, DAVID (Trans)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#60/1000), oblong quarto, this is a beautiful set of facsimile sketch collections of Vincent van Gogh formatted in 4x notebooks and an envelope with an accompanying commentary booklet in its own little pocket, all presented in a beautiful brown buckram clamshell case. The slipcase has gilt lettering to its spine & black lettering to a cream coloured title plate to its front with only some very minor bruising to the lower corner of it's rear/base, the title plate has some sl scuffing to its top edge but still very clean & tidy. There is also an A4 sized envelope which contains more facsimile sketches which has been tidily opened at its fore-edge, the contents of this lovely set are all immaculately presented with no visible signs of wear or tear

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society / Van Gogh Museum 2013

KEYWORDS: special limited numbered editions folio society art history appreciation Vincent van Gogh sketches collections facsimiles sketchbooks

GULLY, JOHN

first edition elephant folio deep green buckram boards with blindrule and gilt lettering, a.e.g, illus, 15 mounted colour plates with new tissue guards. VG ( original binding with cracked gutters, hinges weakening, moderate wear to corners and spine but essentially sound, light foxing thorughout not affecting plates). RARE in original binding - especially given it has been popular to strip for the plates. Bagnell 2377

PUBLISHER: marcus ward 1877

KEYWORDS: new zealand art illustration john gully chromo-lithography landscapes

FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed