COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, burgundy/red heavy boards, light green lettering to front board and spine, decorated title page, 252pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor foxing to prelims and pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, moderate soiling to rear wrapper & spine, all corners lightly clipped, minor fading/discolouration to spine - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1956

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction James Courage

COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, DATED, OWNERSHIP OF DENIS MCELDOWNEY sm octavo, cyan buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (light tanning to pages throughout, minor fading/discolouration to head and base of spine, minor fading/discolouration and bruising and creasing to edges and extrems, light tanning to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name [Denis McEldowney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (loose protective cover, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate loss to head & base of spine, moderate soiling & foxing, sl faading to spine - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Constable 1948

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition Second Impression Denis Mceldowney literature fiction James Courage

MONCRIEFF, P

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor soiling to front board, minor bruising to head of spine, minor tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling to front and rear wrappers, light 1.5cm closed tear to base of front hinge, light chipping to edges and head of spine, minor creasing/rolling to edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Ambassador Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction New Zealand

BERGSON, HENRI & PEARSON, KEITH ANSELL (ed) & MULLARKEY, JOHN (ed) & MCMAHON, MELISSA (transl)

Super octavo, red and white light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (light pencil annotations throughout, minor soiling to front and rear wrappers, moderate fading to spine, previous owner's library plate and details to eps, minor creasing to extrems, light soiling and minor tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2002

KEYWORDS: writings Henri Bergson literature fiction essays creative writing

MARTINO, P

TEXT IN FRENCH. Sm 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: Librairie Armand Colin 1960

KEYWORDS: France French naturalism realism literature philosophy

CHERVET, MAURICE (ed.); DE LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE

TEXT IN FRENCH. Sm 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: Bordas 1965

KEYWORDS: Alphonse de Lamartine poetry French literature

MOLIERE

TEXT IN FRENCH. THIS VOL ONLY. 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: A. Belin 1821

KEYWORDS: Moliere French literature theatre plays 17th century

NATSUME, SOSEKI; ITO, AIKO & WILSON, GRAEME (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, brown cl boards, white lettering to spine, illus. to fr board in silver gilt, VG+; in d/w VG+ (some rubbing & tanning, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Japan Japanese literature fiction 19th 20th century

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps); in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w moderate to heavy chipping, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition David Ballantyne New Zealand literature fiction

DAVIN, DAN

Octavo, orange cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG- (fading, scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping/tearing & heavy loss to spine extrems, attempted repair to spine at tail). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1949

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand literature fiction

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning, light to moderate cracking to fr & rear hinge, bdg sl sloppy, bookseller sticker to ffep); in d/w, G (heavy scuffing & soiling, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping/tearing & loss to spine extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Nicholson and Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition

MCCLENAGHAN, JACK

FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to eps); in d/w, VG (light soiling, light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: Jack McClenaghan New Zealand literature modern first edition

NAKAYAMA, CHINATSU; HARCOURT, GERALDINE (transl.)

Ex-library. Super 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: Virago 1990

KEYWORDS: Chinatsu Nakayama Japanese literature fiction

CARRARD, PHILIPPE

Super 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: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: France French history historiography historians literature philosophy

YOSHIKICHI, FURUI; STOREY, DONNA GEORGE (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. 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: Centre for Japanese Studies 1997

KEYWORDS: Yoshikichi Furui Japan Japanese literature short stories

MISHIMA, YUKIO; BESTER, JOHN (transl.)

FIRST EDITION. Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. 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 1989

KEYWORDS: Yukio Mishima Japanese literature fiction short stories

BRAZELL, KAREN (transl.)

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: Stanford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Lady Nijo Japanese literature history love

SHUICHI, KATO; CHANG, CHIA-NING (transl.)

Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. 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: University of California Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature authors life lives biography

BANERJEE, RON D K (transl.)

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: Forest Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Bengal Bengali literature poetry poems

COPELAND, REBECCA L

Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. 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: University of Hawai'i Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature women Meiji period