ORCZY BARONESS

Unto Caesar

London, Hodder. 1914, Second Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red cloth faded with gilt dec cover and spine. corners bumped and frayed,spine corners splitting (minor). lacks fep. binding opening between frontis and title. tissue guard present. top edge dusty, looks like laid paper. foxing to closed page edges. some corners have been folded but now flat. I have spotted a couple of pencil notations to margins. Colour frontis, 331pp Historical novel set in Imperial Rome. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012415

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Scarlet Pimpernel Orczy Rome Caesar Fiction Novel

ORCZY BARONESS

I Will Repay, a Romance ( Scarlet Pimpernel )

London, Greening & Co. 1907, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red cloth rubbed to edges, black illustrated and titled cover and spine, spine slightly sunned, rear panel a little soiled, lacks fep, front hinge open and loosening, 4pp adverts followed by half title and another advert, then folding frontis, then title with printing history of verso ( this being the sixth impression of the popular edition), dedication, advert, pp vii -viii (contents) +4pp of adverts, then signature A being pp9 and onwards, cheap paper stock browning, otherwise good but aging copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009077

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Scarlet Pimpernel French Revolution Historical Fiction Baroness Orczy Early Edition

SINGER ISAAC BASHEVIS

The Slave

London, Contemporary Fiction. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Book Club, Faber's Book Club edition in the Contemporary Fiction imprint, some minor browning to DW and page edges, 311pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004533

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Modern Literature Fiction Contemporary Fiction Series

SINGER ISAAC BASHEVIS

The Spinoza of Market Street

London, Secker. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book has small name to fep otherwise VG, DW is unclipped, spine slightly faded, light rubbing to top edge of DW, reverse of DW has water stain which does not show throught to the front panel and only slightly to the rear panel at the bottom of the spine corner, near VG, eleven stories from American yiddish culture. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002038

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Jew Jewish Fiction Short Stories Yiddish

KAZANDZIS BASIL

The Good and the Beautiful

London, Anthony Blond. 1968, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Galley/Proof, Uncorrected proof copy, sewn sheets in buff paper wrapper with green title label, minor light soiling, comes with full size 8vo dustwrapper with wrap around art by Timothy Widbourne, the book is 12mo the DW 8vo and some associated creasing to wrapper at head where not supported by book below, light vertical crease to front panel (invisible), one tiny hole top right corner from silverfish, most of the wear is on the reverse (blank) side of the DW, slipped in is a small typed not, initialled AB noting the author intention of publishing with a new ending and given some details, 232pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004550

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Modern First Edition Uncorrected Proof Advanced Reading Copy Ancient Greece Hellene Historical Fiction

HOBART BAYNE

Arizona Outlaw

London, Muller. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) ex-lending library with stamps to closed edges, partail stamp to fep, issuing slip to fep, book tidy apart from fep, DW complete and unclipped but has had brown paper reinforcing pasted to the reverse of the wrapper along edges and spine, and folded over onto the top and bottom edges which shows as 5mm overlap over the front of the DW, marker pen price top corner otherwise tidy DW, 160pp. Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003716

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Sombrero Western Series Western Hard Cover British Edition

STERCHI BEAT

Blosch

London, Faber. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571149340) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket, very tidy copy, some dust soiling to closed top edge, first English translation, 353pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005597

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: German Literature Modern Fiction in English Translation Modern First Edition 0571149340

STOWE HARRIET BEECHER

The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine

New York, A L Burt. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) green cloth gilt titled, small tear at head of title, frontis a scene from the photoplay, 353pp + adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006715

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Maine Historical Fiction New England

WRIGHT HAROLD BELL

Helen of the Old House

New York, Appleton. 1921, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. slightly rubbed to spine ends and corners, ink inscription to fep ' Mona McRae "Waituna" 23/2/22 ', closed edges browned, vi 372+5pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009916

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: American Fiction Early Twentieth Century Wild West Frontier Pioneer Pioneering Copy Belonged to Mona Mcrae Waituna 1922 New Zealand

WRIGHT HAROLD BELL

Helen of the Old House

London, Hodder. 1921, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. DW has circular hole clipped to backstrip and rubbing and wear to edges, some chipping loss and short tears, book has some foxing mainly to closed edges, undated lists 3 other titles by the author, assumed first UK edition. Good/Good.

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Book number: 010433

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: American Fiction Early Twentieth Century Wild West Frontier Pioneer Pioneering

BALZAC TRANSLATED BY CLARA BELL

Ursule Mirouet

London, MacMillan. 1896, First Thus. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, ex lending library with stamp to fep, partially erased stamp to title has caused some thinning of the paper, cloth covers scuffed, MacMillan's Colonial Library in gilt to foot of spine and printed at head of title page, title has stock number 'No. 255', xi pp intro by George Saintsbury, 259pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue ( dated 20.12.95 ). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012262

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: French Literature in English Translation Nineteenth Century Balzac First English Translation

WRIGHT HAROLD BELL

The Winning of Barbara Worth

New York, A L Burt. 1911, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: F Graham Cootes. dark green cloth with pasted portrait vignette and titling to cover, spine titling illegible, tidy ink inscriptions to paste down dated 1917, fep and small name to reverse of frontis, book is 1911, soiled closed edges, 510pp + 2pp adverst, rear hinge cracked, some age soiling / spotting to prelims, good reading copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004466

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: American Fiction Early Twentieth Century Wild West Frontier Pioneer Pioneering F Graham Cootes

MACKENZIE COMPTON ASSOCIATION COPY LEO BENSEMANN AND LAWRENCE BAIGENT

Sinister Street ( Leo Bensemann Bookplate )

London, Secker. 1930, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Leo Bensemann. blue cloth, rubbed joints, minor ink mark to closed bottom edge, soiled spine, paste down has a tidy BOOK PLATE by Leo Bensemann (unattributed but cataloged as "LEO BENSEMANN A Weird Bookplate c. 1932-33 drawing, 70 x 53 mm, Collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library" and is viewable on the Art New Zealand website at w w w.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/leob.htm ) fep has ink inscription 'Lawrence Baigent May 1930' with "When we were very young!" in pencil underneath, Baigent was a friend and the literary executor of the New Zealand poetess Mary Ursula Bethell, the book itself= Complete Edition 1930 first reprint, xii 1132 +6pp adverts on rice or 'bible' paper. Good/No Jacket. association copy.

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Book number: 005406

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Leo Bensemann New Zealand Graphic Art Bookplate Book Plate Design Designer Lawrence Baigent Mary Ursula Bethell Rare Collectable Association Copy New Zealand Literature Poetry Leo Bensemann

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

London, Constable. 1932, First Edition. Decorative Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: John Farleigh. (500 gram rate) excellent copy, slightest wear to corner tips showing as white to the black, clean decorative endpapers, slight foxing or browning to prelims, uncommonly tidy copy in the pictorial papered boards, 75pp socialist allegory (500 grams). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003611

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: George Bernard Shaw Allegory Modern First Edition John Farleigh Engravings John Farleigh

CORNWELL BERNARD

Battle Flag

New York, Harper Collins. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0060176342) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. excellent near fine in same DW. Map end papers , 356pp, by the author of the Sharpe books, third vol. in the series. US printing stated first edition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000881

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Starbuck Chronicles Volume Three American CIVIL War Fiction Sharpe First Edition 0060176342