HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering & decoration to spine, red illus to front board, VG ( heavy tanning & moderate soiling/scuffing to spine, minor scuffing to spine extrems, minor tanning to board extrems, light scuffing to boards, light tanning/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1952

KEYWORDS: first edition Ernest Hemingway literature fiction

LEWIS, C S

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii+197pp, VG (sl chaffing to spine, minor tanning & bruising to spine extrems, minor scuffing/bruising to board extrems and corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, slight warping to boards, previous booksellers sticker to lower corner of pastedown, minor foxing & soiling to eps, moderate wrinkling throughout) in d/w VG- (in protective plastic sleeve, moderate tanning to spine with sl creasing, 1cm loss to upper & lower spine, 3.5cm closed tear on outer upper spine, moderate tanning & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1939

KEYWORDS: first edition C S Lewis literature essays

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & THOMSON, HUGH (illus)

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo, blue heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, ueg, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus title page, 170pp, 39 illus plates with tissueguards (counted), VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to spine, minor creasing/fraying to spine extrems, slight chafing/bruising to board edges & corners, moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, moderate dampstaining to rear pastedown, sl cracking to rear gutter, moderate scuffing to lower page edges, moderate foxing/tanning throughout, some annotation/underlining in pencil early on

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1910

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SCHNEEWIND, J B

Octavo, blue heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Near FINE, in d/w VG+. Photos available upon request.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Henry Sidgwick J B Schneewind ethics morality

CLARKE, ARTHUR C

FIRST EDITION, delightful note with Clarke association loosely enclosed, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl discolouration to spine, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing/soiling to prelims/terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- occasional sl closed tearing,minor discolouration to flaps & rear, minor general chafing & soiling, 1cm closed tear to upper edge of front wrapper - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1955

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CALVINO, ITALO & COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD (transl)

ENGLISH FIRST EDITION, D/W NOT PRICE CLIPPED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing to base of spine, minor bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to prelims and pages throughout) in d/w, VG (minor tanning and light foxing to flaps, minor fading to spine, moderate foxing and minor tanning to rear wrapper, minor chipping to extrems/edges, minor scuffing to base of spine - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1956

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CALVINO, ITALO

ENGLISH, FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor creasing to head and base of spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling and foxing to edges of flaps, minor foxing to rear wrapper, minor soiling and foxing to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Italo Calvino literature fiction novels

RAVEN, SIMON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG+ (minor soiling to front and rear boards, minor soiling to head of spine, minor bruising to head and base of spine) in d/w, VG (minor chipping and scuffing to extrems and head of front hinge, minor soiling, creasing and scuffing to head and base of spine, minor soiling to front and rear wrappers) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Blond & Briggs 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Simon Raven literature fiction

HULL, ELEANOR & REID, STEPHEN (illus)

Octavo, light brown heavy boards, handsomely rebound and half bound in reddish brown leather, gilt decoration to front board, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, teg, illus, VG- (heavy tanning and foxing to page edges, light tanning and foxing to pages throughout, minor scuffing and creasing to hinges, minor chipping to head of rear hinge, light scuffing to extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Company

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novel

WILSON, COLIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (moderate tanning to page edges, minor staining to upper page edges, minor creasing to extrem and heads of hinges, minor highlighting to pages 123pp and 127pp) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing and light 2.5cm open tear to front wrapper, minor 0.8cm open tear to front wrapper, light soiling and chipping to rear wrapper, light chipping to head of spine, minor scuffing to base of spine, minor creasing to spine, minor highlighting and pen annotation to front flap, minor soiling and creasing to flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker 1969

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MILOSZ, CZESLAW

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: Harvard University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: poetry lecture literature Czeslaw Milosz academia

DIEMBERGER, KURT & MERRICK, HUGH (trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) previous owners tape repairs to 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: George Allen & Unwin LTD 1971

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ECO, UMBERTO & WEAVER, WILLIAM (trans)

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) d/w price clipped; 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1984

KEYWORDS: first edition Umberto Eco William Weaver literature postscript

OBRIEN, COLETTE

Super octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Wheatmark 2008

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MORRISON, MADISON

Sm octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Crane 1999

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UGLOW, JENNY

Super 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: Faber 2021

KEYWORDS: Cyril Power Sybil Andrews Jenny Uglow art culture literature biography

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN & HAINING, PETER (ed/intro)

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: Castle Books 1981

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SMITH, ALEXANDER MCCALL

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: Borough Press 2015

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Alexander McCall Smith

CORRIGAN, TIMOTHY

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: Prentice Hall 1999

KEYWORDS: film cinema literature academia media studies Timothy Corrigan

EDWARDS, OWEN DUDLEY

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: Penguin Books 1983

KEYWORDS: biography Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Owen Dudley Edwards literature