Recent Arrivals from Hard To Find Books

Hodder Moa Beckett 1995. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MURRAY BALL, oblong super octavo, glossy stapled light card covers, printed eps, 80pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps)

Sargon SRL, Padova 1990. Super octavo, mustard yellow stiff card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 313pp, VG+ (light staining & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

Reed Books 1996. SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

Allen & Unwin 2009-11. 2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xi + 628pp, vol 2- xiv + 449pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spines & board extrems, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to… Read more about this item

The Educational Book Company 1956-58. 4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, top pages stained blue, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 3)

Harper & Brothers 1962. FIRST US EDITION, LACCKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to black cloth spine, 335pp, VG- (lg crack to top spine extrem, light scuffing to board edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm… Read more about this item

G Bell & Sons 1919. Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xix + 326pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light staining & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

The Caxton Press 1952. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, beige stapled light card covers, 20pp, VG (moderate tanning & light creasing/curling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing sporadically throughout)

Ward, Lock & Co N/D (Early Edition). EARLY EDITION, imperial octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate, gilt decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 890pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & boards, 2cm crack/loss to top spine extrem, boards soilied, heavy… Read more about this item

Brockhampton Press 1955. Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering & dog illus to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters & sl foxing, 1cm closed tear to base of title page) in d/w,… Read more about this item

Routledge and Kegan Paul 1975. Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 181pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate bruising to board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate… Read more about this item

Llewellyn Publications 1996. Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & white lettering to spine, 242pp, illus, VG (light chafing & wrinkling to covers & edges- minor soiling also, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

Brassey's 1998. Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 372pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

William Blackwood & Sons 1953. THIRD EDITION, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt NZ illus to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 444pp, illus/photos, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to terminals & folding… Read more about this item

William Heinemann 1969. THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

G P Putnam's Sons 1902. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & boards, 409pp total, VG- (heavy rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, varying degrees of foxing & soiling to pages- mostly quite light, pencil annotations throughout- mostly… Read more about this item

Routledge and Kegan Paul 1978. Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 161pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges-, price clipped, light to moderate chafing & tanning/soiling)

Spiral 1983. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (name not highlighted on cover), octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 469pp, G+ (heavy creasing to spine & covers/edges, heavy cracking/closed tearing to spine hinges- binding sl loosened to rear, moderate chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sm annotation… Read more about this item

H E Chamberlain 1995. Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum 1986. Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 327pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & light fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG… Read more about this item