O'BRIAN, PATRICK (ed) & BURTON, JOAN (illus)

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2013

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FORESTER, C S & WYETH, N C ( illus)

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PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 1967

KEYWORDS: Horatio Hornblower historical adventure fiction literature

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA

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PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1977

KEYWORDS: first edition Patricia Highsmith short stories suspsense fiction literature

GALVAN, MANUEL DE JESUS & GRAVES, ROBERT (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollacnz 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition Latin American fiction literature Enriquillo

COOPER, EDMUND

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stougton 1973

KEYWORDS: speculative science fiction sci fi literature

TYLER, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition literature modern first edition

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1972

KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature

MURASAKI, LADY SHIKIBU & WALEY, ARTHUR (trans)

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PUBLISHER: The Modern Library / Random House 1960

KEYWORDS: early Japanese fiction literature in translation

WOLFE, THOMAS

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1971

KEYWORDS: autofiction literature Look Homeward, Angel sequel Eugene Grant

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

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PUBLISHER: Pocket Cardinal Editions / Phaedra 1966

KEYWORDS: play scripts drama literature

CARTMEL, ANDREW

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PUBLISHER: BL publishing / Simon & Schuster 2005

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GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER & MIGNOLA, MIKE (illus)

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PUBLISHER: Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster 2001

KEYWORDS: Hellboy franchise fiction literature

ROWLING, J K

UK FIRST EDITION, p99 eleven present on line 9, later corrected to ten, octavo, illus heavy boards, white & coloured leetering to spine, 607pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps, prev. owner's name [small lettering] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's literature fantasy wizards Harry Potter series J K Rowling novels fiction

GIPI & RICHARDS, JAMIE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, grey illus heavy boards, black/grey lettering to spine & boards, 126pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions graphic novels literature Gipi

GREY, ZANE

FIRST EDITION, FACSIMILE D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus plate to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 267pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy cracking & moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to front & rear gutters, minor foxing & soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1919

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TAYLOR, A J P

FIRST EDITION, archival repairs to jacket, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 262pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing/discolouration to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate loss & archival tape repairs to spine extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1952

KEYWORDS: literature first editions writings prose collections A J P Taylor war diplomacy politics

ROWLING, J K & KAY, JIM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial ocatvo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 451pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fantasy wizards J K Rowling Harry Potter series illustrated Jim Kay novels fiction

CHING, RAY

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus inside covers & prelims/terminals, 246pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to top of spine, sl creasing to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

KEYWORDS: literature illustrated Ray Ching nature Aesop New Zealand fables

SOSEKI, NATSUME & YU, BEONGCHEON (Trans & Intro)

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese lettering to front board, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 326pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling & tape residue to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (single library label to base of spine, in fully adhesive plastic cover, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Japanese novels English translations literature fiction Natsume Soseki

DE LA BRETONNE, RESTIF & BALDICK, ROBERT (Trans, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1966

KEYWORDS: art history Restif de la Bretonne writers art literature 18th eighteenth century