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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955. 224pp. Or red cloth in jacket. Piece torn from margin of pp127/128 not affecting text, light even toning to page edges, slight fading to spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. 306pp. Blue cloth, no jacket. A few small light spots to jacket with some very small wear spot s to cloth fore-edge. Sporadic light to moderate foxing, small neat bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Early printing of a 20th century classic.. Fourth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Paris: Jules Rouff et Cie, 1884. 1240pp, num bw ills. Contemporary maroon boards with leather spine (quarter leather). Worn at corners, several pages with small areas of loss to margins not affecting text, moderate foxing. No date-c1884. Text in French/en Francais.. Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None, as Issued.. Small 4to.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1916. viii, 254pp. Brown cloth in jacket. Page edges foxed with occasional internal foxing. Jacket with minor edge wear and several short edge tears, 2/ price label affixed to spine. Humorous colour illustration to front panel of jacket. No date-c1916. A fictionalised account by a Highlander from the Regulars based on and paying tribute to the… Read more about this item

Canberra: Australian National University, 1980. 23pp. Orange stapled car. Tiny bump at top edge, small silverfished patch on rear cover. Address given by former Australian Prime Minister on Italian and English literature.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

London: The Folio Society, 1959. VERY HEAVY (will require additional postage to most destinations). 4 volume set in slipcase. Gold blocked red boards with parchment (faux-vellum)spines, in slipcase. Minor rubbing to slipcase, books with light foxing to page edges. English translation by Powys taken from the French translation by Mardrus.. Second Folio Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Illus. by Fraser,… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. x, 377pp, index, sources, biographical dictionary, chronology. Pictorial card. Near new. English translation of the correspondence of two of the most influential and respected women in 20th century Latin America. Mistral, a self-educated Chilean woman of the mountains who was apoet, journalist and educator became Latin America's first Nobel Laureate. Ocampo, an Argenine women… Read more about this item

London: Nonesuch Press, 1930. Volume 5 only. HEAVY. 410pp, notes, bw ills. Brown cloth beveled boards with paper spine title label (extra label at rear), printed on Arches paper. Offset toning to endpapers, small prev owner name etc on front free endpaper. Limited to 1050 copies for sale in England. This volume includes Aratus, Galba, Otho, Annibal, Scipio African, Epaminondas,… Read more about this item

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. x, 309pp, index, bw ills. Cloth backed boards in jacket. Red remainder line on top edge otherwise near new. The unique friendship and collaboration of composer-performer David Amram and beat author Jack Kerouac giving an ccount of their adventures from 1956 until Kerouac's death in 1969.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981. xviii, 332pp. Cloth backed boards in jacket. A couple of very small chips to edge of jacket, page edges evenly toned.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Toronto: ECW Press, 1997. pp, 24 bw ills. Pictorial card. Slight cover laminate wrinkling at bottom front, slight crease bottom front corner. The author writes engagingly about the man, the myth and his work. Features 24 photos taken by Bukowski's confidante and drinking buddy Claude Powell.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Powell, Claude (photography). 12mo.

New York: Viking, 1993. xl, 472pp, index, notes. Cloth backed boards in jacket. Remainder line to bottom edge. The correspondence of Beat great William Burroughs with the majority being with Ginsberg and Kerouac.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Grove Press, 1977. xxx, 302pp, bw ills. Black cloth in jacket. Sticker remnant to front, small red remainder mark to bottom.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Warner Books, 1990. viii, 294pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. Biography of Lawrence Ferlighetti-a leading light in the San Francisco literary scene and a major beat poet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. xviii, 118pp, index, notes, few bw ills. Cloth backed boards in jacket. Some fading at spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: La Perouse Festival of Australian Poetry., 1970. 87pp. Red and cream card. Short tear to front cover near bottom staple, page edges and prelims. 15 signatures inside front cover of which at least some are those of contributors. Original compositions by children aged from under seven to seventeen years.. Signed by Several Contributors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus.… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Currawong Publishing Company, 1943. 250pp. Green cloth, no jacket. Slight wear at corners, prev owner name on front free endpaper, light even toning to page edges and margins. Novel set in New Guinea.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Fanfrolico Press, 1927. HEAVY. viii, 151pp, 100 bw ill. Marbled boards with maroon leather spine and corners (half leather), top edge gilt. Spine sunned as usual, light foxing to endpapers, some light even toning to pages. SIGNED by Javk Lindsay on limitation page. Edition limited to 650 copies of which this #88. 100 full page illustrations by Norman Lindsay..… Read more about this item

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1981. vi, 520pp, bw ills. Pictorial pink boards, white cloth spine in jacket. Several tears to jacket, otherwise light edge wear, small stamp of university department on front free endpaper. Selection of 20 popular Chinese stories from the 10th to the 17th centuries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Faber & Faber, 1947. xxix, 288pp, bw ills. Decorative boards in jacket. Several very small chips to jacket, minor foxing to endpapers, prev owner name on front free endpaper. Published to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Lear's Book of Nonsense, this volume collects all of Lear's nonsense books in one book including A Book of Nonsense (1846);… Read more about this item