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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+. First of the South African mini-series tie-in paperback published by Penguin. 7.25" x 4.75", black paper covers. Good+ (used and worn; covers show creases to spine, some folds, particularly lower left corner of rear panel; pink circular sticker on spine and previous owner's sticker on rear panel; lightly toned;… Read more about this item

New York: The New York Herald Company, 1910. Disbound. Poor. Issued between 2 October and 27 November of 1910, these eight-page issues are the first appearance of H. Rider Haggard's novel RED EVE, later published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton and Grosset & Dunlap. The first 9 issues are included; the final 3 are missing. Includes full-color… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co., 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First edition, published October of 1911. 12mo, red cloth with gilt stamped title. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; boards bowed; board corners, spine ends bumped and worn; spine quite sunned; rear panel worn; cracked pp. 240-241, pp.272-273; toned, with a few small spots throughout not affecting text). 394pp.… Read more about this item

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. 1st American . Hardcover. Good+. First American edition, published 1913. 12mo, blue cloth with gilt and black stamped design. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; boards bowed; board corners, spine ends bumped and worn; spine quite sunned; shelfworn; toned throughout with some foxing on eps; edges toned. 336pp. with several pages… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, NAP. 12mo., green cloth boards with gilt design on spine. No jacket. Good (boards bowed; cocked; spine soiled and faded; spine ends, board edges and corners worn; cracked rear hinge; toned; some stains; previous owner's 1924 inscription on ffep; edges dutsoiled). 271pp. … Read more about this item

London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First edition, NAP. 12mo., dark green cloth boards with gilt title. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; boards bowed, wrinkled and dampstained; spine ends, edges, corners bumped and worn; foxed throughout, not affecting plates; previous owner's signature on half-title page; cracked after eps). 425pp. with an… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+. First edition, NAP. Rebacked with new hinges to the original cloth, marbled endpapers and a silk pagemarker. No jacket.12mo., brown-green cloth with gilt title. Good+ (boards bumped and worn; cocked; spine wrinkled a bit from binding; a few stains to panels; foxed throughout). 312pp. with an… Read more about this item

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First edition, published March, 1905 stated. 12mo., illustrated green boards. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; black stain on front panel; corners, spine ends bumped and worn; spine sunned; dustsoiled; previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown; cracked between signatures but all of a piece and intact; pages… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Soft cover. Good+. Advance Reading Copy of Run for the Trees, to be published in 1966, by James S. Rand - the pen name of Bernard George Attenborough. Black illustrated paper covers. Good+ (rubbed and worn, particularly the spine and especially at the head; toning and a bit handled, but pages… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. First edition stated. 12mo., blue cloth boards with white stamped title and design. Good+ (cocked; front board bumped at corners and edges; rear board corner bumped; toned and dustsoiled; original owner's notes written lightly in pencil on ffep) in a fair original unclipped dj (1.5"… Read more about this item

Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First thus, with a complete number line beginning at 1. Thin 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt titles. INSCRIBED by Woolf scholar Hermione Lee (to Christine) on title page. Very good (bottom of spine bumped; faint odor) in a vg dj (handled; faint stain on bottom… Read more about this item

Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Stated First Edition, limited to 75 numbered copies and 26 specially bound deluxe copies; this is lettered "PC," presumably printer's or publisher's copy. SIGNED by Oates on limitation page. Small, thin 12mo., with marbled boards, a leatherette spine, and a gilt "JCO" on the front panel.… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. vg-/G+. Hardcover, in dust jacket. 12mo, red cloth spine over black boards, gilt lettering on spine. vg-, (spine ends bumped, inner of both paste downs faded, corners of boards bumped) in g+ dj, heavy creasing at edges, fading around all sides, small tears around edges from wear)… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First edition, FPu 1971 stated. 8vo., purple cloth boards with gilt design on spine. Very good (lightly cocked; tiny mark to spine; spine ends bumped; top edge faintly dustsoiled and marked) in a good+ original paper dustjacket (spine sunned; chipped spine ends and at folds; 1/4" tear on… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good+. First edition, 1st prtg. in a second state dj ("bite" for "bight" on p.281). 8vo; light green cloth boards. Good (cloth torn at tail of spine, rear board hinge; lightly cocked; board edges rubbed and worn; spine faded, boards lightly marked; top edge toned, lightly marked… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Row, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing, stated with complete number line ending in 1. 8vo blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. INSCRIBED on ffep: "Para Mary Gabi 78" with a drawing of an arrow through a heart. Very good+ (corner of front board lightly… Read more about this item

New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1971. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Book club edition, first printing stated; square blindstamp on rear panel. 8vo. Red leatherette over boards with black and white title on spine and illustration on front panel. Vg+ (mild marks to edges, minute scuff to rear panel) in vg- original… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. First Edition, first printing stated. 8vo. Good+ in good+ dj. Blue cloth with faded yellow topstain. Significant wear to edges of boards, spine tail bumped, chip to rear board and text block. Fading top edge with slight water damage. Paul Elder's Books sticker affixed to inside… Read more about this item

New York: North American Review, 1915. Soft cover. Good. Complete serial of Mary Austin's The Man Jesus. Published in SIX issues of The North American Review: Nos. 715-720, June to November, 1915. 4tos, blue and white paper covers; overall good (cocked; covers soiled and stained; pencil 'R' on front cover of all, cannot be erased without removing blue… Read more about this item

Chicago: Privately Printed at the Sign of the Peacock / Peacock Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Donald Denton. Beautiful, privately printed edition featuring the art of Donald Denton; each Denton illustration has two plates, one in black and white and the other in color; 8vo, gilt decorated black cloth, MISSING dj, housed in a black slipcase; vg (boards… Read more about this item