BOOTHMAN, JOHN & BULMER, TIM (Illus)

LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED, FIRST EDITION IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt cartoon to front board, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to spine) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Red Label Books 2003

KEYWORDS: limited numbered signed first edition humour cartoon poetry poems verse literature collection anthology John Boothman Tim Bulmer

STRAUSS, BOTHO & CATTANEO, ANNE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, octavo, brown cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, small inscription in ink to half title page, light fingerprint soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition play script drama theatre stage literature

FINCH, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, blue lettering to spine, 309pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Minotaur 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL

CHARMING 8 VOLUME SET, small octavo, leather boards, gilt lettering on title plates & embossed lines to spines, xii (vol 1) + 328-396pp, VG- (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards, moderate cracks to some hinges, heavy tanning to page edges, names of previous owners in ink to feps, bookseller's labels to front pastedowns, frontispieces of vols 4+5 missing, light cracking to some gutters) These volumes have a delicious old book smell and will make you feel like you're sitting in an old stately home when you glance over and see them on your bookshelf!

PUBLISHER: B Law & Son et al 1792

KEYWORDS: literature fiction epistolary novel

MARSH, NGAIO & DUFFY, STELLA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, copper coloured lettering to spine, 328pp, Near FINE (v sl creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Collins Crime Club 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature crime fiction Inspector Alleyn mystery New Zealand

MISSLER, CHUCK

Super octavo, blue faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus title page, ix + 505pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & rear flap, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Koinonia House 1999

KEYWORDS: religion scripture literature ministry Koinonia Chuck Missler theology codes bible biblical

DE ROBERTO, FEDERICO & COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD (Trans & Intro) & BOSWELL, JAMES (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 625pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, tatty (moderate discolouration to spine, very heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss, light foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction illustrated

DEFOE, DANIEL & LEE, WILLIAM (Intro) & GRISET, ERNEST (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling with black decoration to spine, gilt decorative tooling & black decoration to front board, blind stamp motif to rear board, frontispiece, illus title page & prelims, xvi + 517pp + unpaginated adverts to rear, VG (light creasing & chippping to spine extrems, light discolouration to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards & edges, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, frontispiece quite loose but attached, sporadic light foxing to pages throughout, bookseller's label & owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sm numbering in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: John Camden Hotten circa 1869

KEYWORDS: literature first edition thus illustrated Robinson Crusoe fiction

EURIPIDES & LEE, K. H. (Ed, Intro & Commentary)

Small octavo, red heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, xxxiv + 299pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to top of page edges, minimal annotations in both pencil & ink sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Education 1976

KEYWORDS: classic literature Euripides Greek play Troades

HALL, MANLY PALMER & WOOKEY, HOWARD W. (Illus)

Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 522pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to spine & boards, light soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, bookseller's ink stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some archival tape repairs, heavy fading to spine & covers, price alteration in ink to rear cover, light soiling to covers, price clipped, moderate tanning to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Research Society 1947

KEYWORDS: philosophy lectures psychology literature

SOAMES, SALLY (Photos) & MORGAN, ROBIN & DRIVER, DAVID (Design) & EVANS, HAROLD (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, 125pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine extrems & cover corners, light chafing to covers, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition illustrated photos photography biographies entertainment literature collection anthology Sally Soames

NEWNHAM, TOM

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 339pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: signed Tom Newnham New Zealand literature culture illustrated

VASQUEZ, JUAN GABRIEL & McLEAN, ANNE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 298pp, VG (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof literature fiction

GREEN, JULIAN & STUART, HENRY LONGAN (Trans) & MAUROIS, ANDRE (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, heavily faded lettering to spine, red motif to front board, x + 312pp, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, heavy fading to spine, light bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label to front pastedown, bookseller's ink stamp to fep, sl mouldy smell)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature

JOKAI, Dr. MAURUS & BICKNELL, PERCY FAVOR (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, viii + 343pp + 15pp adverts, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, fep missing, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1901

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

MEMMI, ALBERT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy card boards with brown buckram spine, black lettering to spine, x + 342pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy sun fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Criterion Books 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

HERGE

Folio, illus light card covers, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light soiling to inside front cover, moderate water staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin humour illustrated pictorial cartoon posters adventure children's literature

GARFTON, SUE

Paperback (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: Pan 1994

KEYWORDS: crime mystery police literature kinsey millhone

HILL, REGINALD

Paperback (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: Harper Collins 1994

KEYWORDS: crime mystery police literature thriller

RUSSELL, RACHEL RENEE

Octavo 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: Simon & Schuster 2010

KEYWORDS: children's literature diary