The Plays of John Galsworthy by Galsworthy, John - 1929

London: George Routledge & Sons. Ltd., 1880. Some minor wear to the spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, but gilt titles on spine and front board are still bright, as are black illustrations of groups of sporting equipment. No publication date given, but ''New edition'' on title page, probably around 1880s or so. Some foxing to page edges and to outer pages, 1 page torn to top corner where an uncut page had been opened, the torn-away corner still being attached to opposite page. Some other small tears to a couple of pages,1 page with piece missing. Couple of tissue guards a little creased and torn. Tears to a couple on pages on outer edge. 291pp plus 1p adverts, 16 full-page colour drawings, all with tissue-guards.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Alken, Henry. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers, 1868. Paperback. Good. [2], 396, [2] p.; 25 cm. Original printed wrappers. Woodcut illustration on front wrapper drawn by Henry Anelay and engraved by H. Carter. Date of publication inferred from publisher's advertisement on first page following text: "Get up your clubs for 1869!" Printed wrappers and final leaf contain publisher's advertisements. Some unopened leaves. Very scarce in original illustrated wrappers. In Good Condition: wrapper fore-edges and lower edges chipped; wrapper separating from head of front joint for 3 cm. and from tail of back joint for 10 cm.; wrapper is slightly soiled; fore-edges of front wrapper and pages through p. 116 damaged, without loss of text; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

New York: Granta Books, 1995. Signed by the author on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Gold cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of the author's first book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award.

Black boards with silver writing on spine; front board has very small bump on bottom right corner. Small black mark on "P" of author's name on front dust jacket fold; slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $27.50 on front dust jacket fold.Avon Books First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" and complete number line on copyright page. True first printing as it contains known point of issue where, on page 480, a typo in the programming (eighth line) of Perl code is found where the line of code is missing a slash after the period.Stephenson's "breathtaking tour de force" that "leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

London, Oxford University Press, 1965, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription (non-authorial) to front endpaper, slight edge and corner wear, slight fading to board edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest of edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. An adventure story for young readers set in Roman Britain. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Charles Keeping

New York, Viking, 1986, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight tight and clean with no markings, slight corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, slight corner and edge bumps, two tiny spots to front panel, light rubs to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. Essays and opinions on various, wide-ranging subjects, from the actor's craft to old-time pool halls, and a lovely tribute to his favorite bitches. ISBN 9780670811403

Kingston ON, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973, trade paperback, 162 pp, First Edition, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light edge bumps, shallow creasing and faint smudging to covers. Contributions include; Steven J. Ingle-The Politics of George Orwell, Eric E. Lifton-"Machismo" and Prison Reform, E.F. Shields-Death and Individual Values in "Mrs. Dalloway", Tom Middlebro'-The Spirit and the Clay: the Poetry of Jack Clemo. Poetry and fiction by Nora Keeling, Carolyn Rosqui, Roy Fuller, Miriam Waddington and David Waltner-Toews, book reviews by Don Bailey. Appended: Notes on Contributors, Index of Book Reviews.

Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969, 4th edition. (Hardcover) 961pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Green leather decoratively stamped in gilt and green. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon page marker, appendices, tables. The spine is faded. Revised by Dorothy Eagle. (Reference).

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/good. [6], 101, [1] p.; 20 cm. Beige cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Paper labels on spine and front board printed in black with red borders. Dust jacket printed in red and black with advertisement for War Savings Stamps on back section. Advertisement for the YMCA on back flap. First edition. The first state with "recuiting depot" on p. 78, line 1. These stories framed as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. Contents: A Retired Gentleman -- The Fumes of the Heart -- The Private Account -- A Trooper of Horse. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Frank P. Hadley. Book is in Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; head of spine starting to fray; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed and soiled; old repair to inside; minor loss at ends of spine and flap folds.