CRANE, STEPHEN & TULYSEWSKI, MICHAEL (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: D C Heath 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS literature Stephen Crane

INNES, HAMMOND

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) gift inscription in ink to ffep; 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 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Hammond Innes

PEARSON, EDMUND

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, decorative gilt tooling to boards, deckled page edges, x+298pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to spine extrems, minor bruising to corners of boards, minor soiling to boards, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to pastedown, minor tanning/foxing to prelims, light tanning to page extrems throughout), in d/w G+ ( heavy tanning/soiling & scuffing to spine, 2cm loss to head of spine, closed tears slong spine extrems, moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to wrappers, moderate chipping/light tears to extrems).

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran and Compant 1928

KEYWORDS: Edmund Pearson literature temperance propaganda american literary criticism anthology

JEROME, JEROME K (ed) & BARR, ROBERT (ed)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, 726pp, illus, VG- (spine slightly cocked, minor scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, previous owners name stamped to fep, light to moderate foxing/tanning throughout, pages 89-96 coming loose, minor cracking to some gutters throughout).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1893

KEYWORDS: Idler literature magazine omnibus collected stories

JEROME, JEROME K (ed) & BARR, ROBERT (ed)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, iv+682pp, illus, VG- (spine slightly cocked, minor scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, previous owners name stamped to fep, tape repair to damaged extrems page iii, light to moderate foxing/tanning throughout, pages 279-286 coming loose, minor cracking to some gutters throughout).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1893

KEYWORDS: Idler literature magazine omnibus collected stories

JEROME, JEROME K (ed) & BARR, ROBERT (ed)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, 660pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, lacks fep, light to moderate foxing/tanning throughout, minor cracking to some gutters throughout, minor cracking to rear gutter).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1894

KEYWORDS: Idler literature magazine omnibus collected stories

JEROME, JEROME K (ed) & BARR, ROBERT (ed)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, 668pp, illus, VG- (minor scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, owners name stamped to fep, sl adhesive damage to fep, light to moderate foxing/tanning throughout, sl cracking to some gutters throughout, minor staining & dampwrinkling to second half of volume).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1894

KEYWORDS: Idler literature magazine omnibus collected stories

N/A

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, Robert Louis Stevenson frontispiece, iv+800pp, illus, VG- moderate scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, owners name stamped to fep, light to moderate foxing/tanning throughout, minor cracking to gutter at frontispiece, sl cracking to some gutters throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1895

KEYWORDS: Idler literature magazine omnibus collected stories

PARKS, FRANCIS SLOCUM

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece (tissueguard), 121pp, VG+. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Privately Printed 1931

KEYWORDS: Francis Slocum Parks literature poetry essays

SEKOROVA, DAGMAR (ed) & HANAK, MIRKO (illus) & Et Al

FIRST US EDITION. Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative dragon to front board, 176pp. illus, VG+, in d/w VG- (tanning to spine & extrems of wrapper, two 2cm closed tears to foot of spine moderate scuffing and small tears to extrems of wrapper, light foxing throughout, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition childrens literature fairy tales Europe european illustrated folk folktales

AUSTIN, STELLA

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown cloth boards, black & yellow lettering to spine & boards, illus spine & boards, 184pp, illus/plates, VG (minor scuffing & soiling to spine, minor bruising/scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising to corners of boards, minor scuffing to boards, moderate tanning/foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter, light tanning/foxing sporadic throughout, sl cracking to some gutters throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co (N/D)

KEYWORDS: first edition illustrated childrens literature Stella Austin

GIDE, ANDRE & HOWARD, RICHARD (trans)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt tooling to front board, upper page edges stained purple, page edges deckled, xv+171pp, VG+ (prev owners name in pen to fep), in d/w VG+. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition Andre Gide Richard Howard literature modern fiction

CRAIG, CAIRNS (ed) ET AL

4 VOL SET, Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and blue lettering to front wrapper and spine, Vol 1: XI + 310pp, Vol 2: IX + 337pp, Vol 3: X + 471pp, Vol 4: XIV + 399pp, Near Fine (overall for all volumes) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Aberdeen University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Scotland history medieval literature

BAGNALL, CATHERINE & SAYLE, L JANE

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, illus, 77pp, FINE in d/w, FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2023

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction poetry

FRIEL, BRIAN & KELLY, HEMI

DUAL TEXT ENGLISH & MAORI, octavo, illus light card wrappers, 192pp, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: Dual Text English Maori New Zealand history theatre literature fiction plays

WALLACE, LOUISE

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, 159pp, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels

CAME, SHARRON

Octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, 256pp, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels

SWEET, MARK

Octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, 256pp, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history literature fiction novels

JONES, SUMIE (Ed) & INOUYE, CHARLES SHIRO (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, maroon lettering to spine, 507pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2017

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature anthology collection history

HART, CLIVE (Ed)

FIRST EDITIONS, ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, VG (usual library markings, light fading & bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, pencil underlining & markings) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, moderate adhesive staining & residue to fore-edges of flaps, minor creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1969

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism James Joyce Dubliners essays