DICKENS,CHARLES

vol.xii only 620pp VG+ (burgundy cloth boards w.burgundy half leather,raised bands w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine mod sunned w.surface scratches,sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1874

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens

DICKENS,CHARLES

vol.x only 620pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather,raised bands w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,boards unevenly sunned w.spine sunned,surface scratches to spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1873

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens

DICKENS,CHARLES

vol.xi only 572pp+48pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather,raised bands and gilt-on-red title label to spine,sl.uneven sunning to boards w.spine sunned,surface scratches to spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,orange eps,prelims.and speckled edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1874

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens

RUSSELL,BERTRAND

first edition 138pp+ads. VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bertrand russell

ALLEN, WALTER:

ex lib, minimal markings, 64pp, VG(sl scuffed corners & spine head & foot, sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix House London 1956

KEYWORDS: history literature

LAWLOR,B.

first edition inscribed by author unpaginated ills.[col.] VG+ (in wrappers w.ribbon tie to spine,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,sl.browning to ep gutters,author's inscr.but not sign.to prelim.)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature b.lawlor poetry new zealand signed

CLIFFORD,MARTIN

first edition thus [reprint from original] 151pp NF (in wrappers,sl.sunned spine,v.sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: museum press maidstone 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature martin clifford

DE MUSSET,ALFRED

first edition limited/numbered [369/550] 57pp ills.[b/w w.2 hand-coloured plates] VG+ (burgundy cloth,mod.soiled w.spine sunned,minor foxing to fore-edge of contents w.some upper edges unopened,plates clean and bright)

PUBLISHER: the pleiad [np] 1927

KEYWORDS: arts drama alfred de musset literature

N/A [ADDISON, JOSEPH & STEELE, RICHARD]

vol.2 only 336pp+index VG- (in full leather w.gilt borders and raised bands,rubbed and soiled w.surface losses,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and prelims.,top board sl.shaky w.hinges starting,some minor foxing to contents w.edges soiled)

PUBLISHER: printed for tonson london 1744

KEYWORDS: literature spectator history

WILSON,JAMES

first edition proof copy 389pp NF (in wrappers,price in ink to half-title)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies james wilson

DEMOSTHENES

342pp G+ (full leatherw.raised bands,half of top board leather missing and half of spine, rubbed and soiled, chipping and wear to extrems., top board detatched, contents sl.foxed, spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: printed for tonson london 1744

KEYWORDS: literature demosthenes history

POST,MELVILLE DAVISSON

first edition thus 252pp VG+ (black cloth,minor wear to extrems.,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: tom stacey london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature melville davisson post

BECKFORD,WILLIAM

first edition thus limited numbered [25/75] 253pp ills.[b/w etchings by herbert nye] VG+ (full vellum w.gilt stamped border to top board and titling to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine w.some pinholes to spine,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges v.sl.soiled,last section unopened,spine sl.cracked but tight,plates clean w.tissue guards present)

PUBLISHER: lawrence & bullen london 1893

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mythology history arabian william beckford herbert nye

SCOTT,WALTER

fourth edition/second edition in full leather 182/164pp [2 vols.bound as 1] VG (full diced calf w.gilt borders and raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,top board attached only by binder's thread,marbled eps w.dealer's label to front pastedown,some v.minor foxing to contents,marbled edges,tight)

PUBLISHER: john sharpe london 1812

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry walter scott

McCORMICK, E. H:

ex lib, minimal markings, 170pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl soiled spine foot, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press London 1959

KEYWORDS: history new zealand literature

WARD, A. C:

vols 1&2 only, ex lib, minimal markings, vol 1 244pp illus, vol 2 261pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot & board edges, vsl rubbed & soiledsl internal seperation at front hinge vol 1 & v sl to rear hinge vol 2, vol 2 has front d/w flap to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Longamans Green & Co London 1953

KEYWORDS: history english literature

WARD, A. C:

ex lib, minimal markings, 239pp, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl rubbed & soield0

PUBLISHER: University paperbacks Methuen London 1964

KEYWORDS: history english literature

KIELY,BENEDICT

ex-lib.first edition 242pp VG (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,usual stamps w.label removed from ffep,tape stains to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.soiled w.tape stains to covers and flaps,mod.wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcing to upper/lower edges,libr.stamp to front flap)

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature benedict kiely

WELTY,EUDORA

first edition 140pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eudora welty

AIKEN,JOAN;BLAKE,QUENTIN[ILLS.]

first edition thus 141pp ills.[b/w by quentin blake] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.stain to lower edge,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.and stamp to ffep,content edges sl.browned o/w clean,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bbc/cape london 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joan aiken quentin blake