LI, YIYUN

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and red lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2008

KEYWORDS: Uncorrected Proof Copy Modern First Edition literature fiction novels

EARL OF BEACONSFIELD

6 VOL SET, Vol 1, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, VII + 477pp +10pp ads VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor bruising to extrems, sm gift inscription in ink [historic] to verso of half title page, light cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing) Vol 2, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, VII + 474pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, light cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) Vol 3, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 485pp VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor tanning & foxing throughout) Vol 4, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 487pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor chipping and bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, moderate cracking to gutters, minor tanning & foxing throughout) Vol 5, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 487pp VG- (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, moderate chipping to head of spine, minor soiling to spine, minor scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) Vol 6, sm octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in midnight blue buckram, blind stamped rule and gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, 382pp + 2pp ads, VG- (moderate tanning to page edges, minor scuffing to edges of boards, minor bruising to head and base of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to rear board, minor losses to rear hinge, minor tanning & foxing throughout - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co (c.1887)

KEYWORDS: Earl of Beaconsfield literature novels short stories

WARNER, MARINA

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light tanning to page edges and pages throughout, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to front hinge) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2002

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction novels short stories

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: first edition Vincent O'Sullivan poetry New Zealand literature poems

CRUICKSHANK, UNA

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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: Una Cruickshank New Zealand literature fiction

MULGAN, JOHN & WHITEFORD, PETER (ed)

Very tidy ex-library. 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: Victoria University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: John Mulgan Peter Whiteford letters memoir biography New Zealand literature

WAGNER-MARTIN, LINDA

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: Rutgers University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Linda Wagner-Martin Gertrude Stein biography literature feminism

WARREN, ROBERT PENN

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 464pp, VG+, in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning & fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to edges - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS novels fiction literature Robert Penn Warren

HARRISON, MARGUERITE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, peach coloured cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, deckle dpage fore-edges, 664pp, VG (moderate fading & light soiling to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light to moderate cracking & staining to gutters, multiple page corners folded/creased)

PUBLISHER: Farrar & Rinehart 1935

KEYWORDS: first editions literature autobiography memoir Marguerite Harrison

SHAKSPERE [SHAKESPEARE], WILLIAM & KNGHT, CHARLES (Ed) & COPE, C W et al (Illus)

2 VOL SET, HEAVY ITEM (OVER 10KGS), elephant folio, half leather bound teal buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering & coat of arms to front boards, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vignette to prelims, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 810pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 778pp, illus/plates, G+ (top half of spine of vol 1 flapping loose but present, 3cm loss to base of vol 1 spine, heavy scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate soiling, some plates loose but present, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims, very heavy scuffing & surface loss to leather work of vol 2 inc. spine- cracking to front hinge, patches of moderate water staining to boards & page edges, prev. owner's inscription in pencil to vol 2) Photos advised.

PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: imperial edition William Shakespeare literature plays sonnets verse collections antiquarian books

SINBAD

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, ocatvo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 200pp, VG (spine cocked & lightly faded/foxed, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sm ink marking to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Sinbad

FORSTER, E M & HARTE, GLYNN BOYD (Lithographs)

IN SLIPCASE, 2008 RE-ISSUE WITH NEW BINDING, super octavo, plum cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus to full front board, frontispiece, 292pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: folio society illustrated novels fiction literature E M Forster

REICH, WILLHELM; STEIG, WILLIAM (illus.); WOLFE, THEODORE, P (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: Souvenir Press 1972

KEYWORDS: children children's literature fiction cartoon

ELKIN, STANLEY

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: Jonathan Cape 1980

KEYWORDS: Stanley Elkin literature fiction novel

BOND, MICHAEL; FORTNUM, PEGGY (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, third impression. Ex-library. Octavo hardcover (G) in d/w (G); 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: Collins 1964

KEYWORDS: Paddington Bear children children's literature books

SAVILLE, MALCOLM; BUCHANAN, LILIAN (illus.)

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: George Newnes 1959

KEYWORDS: Malcolm Saville children chilren's literature books

RUDZINSKI, CARRIE & IWASHITA-TAYLOR, GRACE (eds.)

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: Auckland University Press 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems performance

THOMPSON, FLORA; SCULLARD, SUE (illus.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: Flora Thompson Folio Society literature

WALKER, DAVID

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: Collins 1965

KEYWORDS: David Walker novel literature fiction

TAN, SHUAN

FIRST EDITION. Quarto 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: Lothian Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Shaun Tan children children's books literature