ST AUBYN, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 864pp., VG+ (light tanning and sl. creasing to spine) in d/w VG+ (sl. soiling fading & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Picador 2014

KEYWORDS: edward st aubyn british literature patrick melrose modern first edition never mind bad news some hope mother's milk at last

COUNT POTOCKI OF MONTALK

Numbered, limited pirated first edition; textured heavy cream boards with black lettering, grey cloth with black lettering to spine, 36pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Shack Press 1972

KEYWORDS: polish poland literature powys violet powsyology count potocki montalk new zealand modern first edition limited

MARSHALL, OWEN

FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 115pp, VG+ (light tanning and occasional light foxing) in d/w VG (heavy fading to spine, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern short stories owen marshall first edition

GREENE, GRAHAM

6x vol. set; octavo blue cloth boards with black lettering, black & yellow illus., comprising Stamboul Train, A Gun For Sale, The Confidential Agent, The Ministry of Fear, The Third Man and Our Man in Havanna, all illus., all nr. FINE (a touch of sl. fading to spines and sl. scuffing) in slipcase nr. FINE (some sl. soiling within, and light scuffing to exterior, both minor)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1996

KEYWORDS: graham greene folio society literature entertainments crime espionage thriller

LEWIS, WYNDHAM

FIRST EDITION, square super octavo green cloth boards, 379pp., illus,, VG (light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Laidlaw & Laidlaw 1939

KEYWORDS: wyndham lewis modern first edition british art painting literature blast vorticist movemement vorticism modernism

ADAMS, DANIEL ET AL. [D. C. THOMAS & CO.]

Large quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus. eps., illus., 352pp, nr. FINE (sl. tanning to edges) in d/w nr. FINE (sl. scuffing)

PUBLISHER: D. C. Thomas & Co. / Waverley Books 2008

KEYWORDS: the beano history comics childrens literature comic british dennis the menace bash street kids

DICK, PHILIP K. & TIPTREE JR., JAMES (intro.)

FIRST EDITION THUS; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+380pp., VG+ (tidy ex-library: the ONLY marking is a stamp to the fep; other flaw are small pen markings to the contents, otherwise very tidy: light tanning to pages) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and creasing, a touch of fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1990

KEYWORDS: collected stories of philip k dick hardcover science fiction american literature sci fi modern first editon

MACANSH, ALEXANDER

Octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 294pp, VG (light to moderate tanning and foxing within, prev. seller's stamps to front pastedown, light scuffing to boards

PUBLISHER: William Clark 1866

KEYWORDS: scottish anthology essays lectures poetry literature working

AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR [HASEK, JAROSLAV]

Reprinted from an illegal pamphlet in occupied Czechoslovakia; small octavo black red & white illus. light card stapled wrappers (Svejk's mug with a city skyline with Nazi flag), 32pp, G+ (covers detached with moderate scuffing and chipping, moderate tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: The Czechoslovak n/d c. 1940's

KEYWORDS: good soldier svejk czech literature scarce world war one first great ww1 1 military comedy humour satire czechoslovakia

DOBSON, AUSTIN & THOMSON, HUGH (illus.)

Octavo maroon cloth boards, charming gilt decoration & lettering to front, 89pp., VG- (frontispiece loose, light scuffing to boards, light tanning within, occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892

KEYWORDS: beau brocade poetry literature hugh thomson austin dobson

HOOD, THOMAS

Slim octavo heavy card illus. boards, maroon leather with gilt lettering to spine, gilt edged, illus., xvi+174pp., VG+ (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Charles Tilt 1833

KEYWORDS: thomas hood comic annual humour verse light poetry literature anthology

MILNE, A. A. & SHEPARD, ERNEST H. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, square octavo blue cloth boards, gilt border and charming Christopher Robin design to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus., pp., VG (main 'detraction': 12 plates are in colour, but a large proportion of the black & white text decorations have been coloured by a prev. owner - generally, they have done so in a tidy manner; otherwise, light scuffing to boards - light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1932

KEYWORDS: modern first edition thus christopher robin poetry literature childrens a milne winnie the pooh

BURNINGHAM, JOHN; SENDAK, MAURICE (forew.); & ALDERSON, BRIAN (intro.)

FIRST EDITION THUS; quarto illus. white light card laminated covers with French flaps, illus., 223pp., nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Red Fox 2013

KEYWORDS: john burningham art illustration childrens books literature maurice sendak british english

BREBNER, JOHN & ALLISON

Rare (limited edition of 100 copies) (...Take Two is for established readers... Take One is for beginning... This book is printed especillay for fluent readers), from the library of Betty Gilderdale; oblong super octavo illus. heavy card boards, cloth to spine, illus., VG (cloth coming partially loose to rear (minor), light tanning to boards and contents, with light foxing occasionally also)

PUBLISHER: Homeprint Fielding 1981

KEYWORDS: john allison brebner linocut lino-cut childrens literature new zealand rare scarce limited watercolour water colour illustration

MITFORD, NANCY; VICKERS, HUGO (intro); & PYM, ROLAND (illus.)

Octavo illus. cloth boards, xv+202pp., illus., VG+ (light foxing to edges, otherwise nr. FINE) in grey cloth slipcase VG (light fading and scuffing to extremeties)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1991

KEYWORDS: folio society nancy mitford british english literature

HIGGINS, AIDAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, 275 pp, Near Fine ( v slight bruising to board corners & spine edges, v slight fading to upper board edges, v slight creasing to a few pages ) in d/w VG- ( 1 cm + 3 x 5 mm closed tears without loss to upper & lower spine of cover, light soiling to cover spine, light creasing & chipping to cover edges, v slight chaffing to covers )

PUBLISHER: Grove Press Inc 1966

KEYWORDS: literature Aidan Higgins Ireland Irish hopeless love affair pre ww2 world war 2 two

DICKENS, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, POINTS OF ISSUE - Cuttles left arm a 'hook' on frontispiece but NOT on page 239, the word 'if' is missing on page 426 line 9, word 'delight' instead of 'joy' on page 284 5th lowest line, word 'capatin' instead of 'captain' last line of page 324, 'fidgetty' used page 26 line 11, word 'shew' instead of 'show' on page 40 line 20, no full stop on last line of page 582, blue cloth boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, illust title page with tissue guard, xvi + 624 pp, illust, TATTY ( heavy fading to spine, moderate bruising to spine edges & board corners, boards exposed at corners & lower spine edges, slight chaffing to boards, heavy cracking to rear hinge, front gutter & page 607, slight cracking to front hinge, medium sized ex libris sticker to front pastedown, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout especially to illustrations & to page edges )

PUBLISHER: Bradbury & Evans 1848

KEYWORDS: literature classic Charles Dickens illustrated

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light card boards, black printed lettering to front board & spine, 91 pp, VG ( 3 mm closed tear without loss to top of spine, light bruising, creasing, tanning & chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges, small bookshop sticker to fep, v slight foxing to front & rear eps ) in d/w VG- ( 5 mm closed tear with loss to top of spine & 1 cm closed tear with loss to top of rear cover, light soiling, chipping, bruising & tanning to outside & inside of covers )

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Frank Sargeson adventure small town boy meets girl

FOWLER, H.W.

UNCOMMON, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, 186 pp + unpaginated adverts, VG ( slight bruising to spine edges & board corners, moderate fading to spine, light foxing & tanning to page edges, slight sporadic foxing throughout especially at prelims, light cracking of spine at page 144, v slight pencil markings on preface )

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1929

KEYWORDS: literature H W Fowler poems short stories

REED, LANGFORD

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (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: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illustration poetry poems literature