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London: Pan Books, 1958. First Pan Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. A cracking pulp copy of Steinbeck's famous war novel. First Thus [Pan Books, London, 1958]; 142pp + 2 pages publisher's ads at rear; illustrated card covers, pages a little age-toned, an excellent, clean copy. Steinbeck's propaganda novel distributed in Europe during WW2 tells of a Norwegian town standing up to an occupying force.

London: Penguin Books, 1976. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Cool vintage paperback of this short story collection. First Penguin Printing [Penguin Books, London, 1976]; 106pp+5 pages publisher's ads; pictorial card covers, a little creased & rubbed, a very good copy. Collection of short stories by the great South American author. Cover illustration by Peter Goodfellow. ISBN: 0 14 00 4057 9 / 0140040579

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Spiegelman, Art. First Printing [Pantheon Books, New York, 1991]; 136 pages; papered boards over black cloth, white titling to spine & front board, a little rubbed with some fading at top & bottom, dustjacket missing. ISBN: 0-394-55655-0 / 0394556550

London: Gollancz, 2012. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Special printing of the first "Rivers Of London" book. First Thus [Gollancz, London, 2012]; [viii], 392 pages + 16 page bonus story; illustrated card covers, slightly bumped at corners, block a little darkened, publisher sticker to front advertising bonus short story, a very good copy. Published with additional short story "The Home Crowd Advantage". Full number line. First book in the increasingly popular series starring Peter Grant as a police officer in a "Special Branch" of London's Metropolitan Police. ISBN: 978-0-575-13260-3 / 9780575132603

London: The Folio Society, 2006. First Thus 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Holder, John. One of the great American travelogues. Third Printing [The Folio Society, London, 2006]; xviii, 241pp; illustrated boards, blue illustrated endpapers, a fine copy; no slipcase. Introduction by Jay Parini. With 12 plates & numerous in-text illustrations by John Holder. Follows the text of the 1962 William Heinemann edition [1st UK]. Steinbeck's journey around the USA with his dog, Charley.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1974. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Morris. Scarce First UK Edition of this Lucky Luke adventure. First English Edition [Brockhampton Press, London, 1974]; 48 pages; illustrated papered boards over red cloth spine, a couple faint yellow marks, else excellent. Illustrated by Morris [Maurice de Bevere], the original Belgian creator of Lucky Luke. Translated by Frederick W Nolan. ISBN: 0 340 17717 9 / 0340177179

London: New English Library, 1978. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First paperback printing of Pratchett's second novel. First Softcover Printing [New English Library, London, 1978]; 158 pages + 2 pages publisher ads; illustrated card covers, lightly rubbed on spine edge, saw-tooth [remainder?] cut at base, an excellent copy. Long before Pratchett's Discworld novels, he published a small number of fantasy works, including this, his second novel. ISBN: 450 03298 1 / 0450032981

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Danube Edition [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1970]; black boards, silver titling & motif, front board has a little mottling at top, an excellent copy; in very good illustrated dustjacket, trifle rubbed at extremities, crease on rear inner flap. Uniform Danube Edition of two essays originally published in 1955.

London: Penguin, 1971. First Penguin Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. Beautiful vintage copy of this Japanese master's two best novels. First Thus [Penguin Books, London, 1971]; 206pp + 2 pages publisher's ads; illustrated card covers, spine a little rubbed along edges, creased & slightly faded, top rear corner creased, an excellent, bright copy. Kawabata's best known novels collected & published by Penguin for the first time. Winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature [first person from Japan to win]. ISBN: 0 14 00 3336 X / 014003336X

London: Millennium, 1994. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. Excellent early edition of Goodkind's first novel. First UK Trade Paperback [Millennium, London, 1994]; illustrated card covers, an excellent copy. Goodkind's first book and first in his long-running, classic SF series, "The Sword Of Truth". ISBN: 1 85798 231 2 / 1857982312

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Kemble, Edward Windsor. Beautiful deluxe edition of this American classic. First Thus [The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1979]; [xvi], 410 pages; quarter-leather over green cloth, gilt decorations, gold titling to spine, three raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, green marker ribbon, a fine copy. With illustrations from the 1885 First Edition by Edward Windsor Kemble.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. First UK printing of an intriguing title from this award-winning Japanese author. First UK Edition [Secker & Warburg, London, 1980]; [x], 182 pages; tan papered boards over black cloth, Japanese characters on front board, gold titling to spine [in English], slightly darkened top edge, an excellent copy; in like, unclipped [$8.95] illustrated dustjacket, Secker & Warburg sticker over ISBN at rear [jacket is the original US version, modified thus for the UK market], price sticker residue on front. Kafkaesque postmodernist novel where a man's wife is taken to hospital & disappears. Translated by Juliet W Carpenter. SBN: 436 00021 0 / 0436000210

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1987. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Clarke, Harry. The classic dark tales with iconic Harry Clarke illustrations. Deluxe Edition [The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1987]; black cloth boards, gilt design & titling, leather spine, 3 raised bands, marbled endpapers, front board loss of gilt design; an excellent copy. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. Includes "The Murders In The Rue Morgue". Part of the "Franklin Mystery" series.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2004. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. In-depth study of the voyages of Matthew Flinders & Nicolas Baudin around Australia. Subtitled: "The Australian Voyages Of Nicolas Baudin & Matthew Flinders". First Edition [Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2004]; 412 pages; blue cloth boards, gold titling to spine & front, fine copy; in the excellent illustrated dustjacket, barely discernible fade to spine. Copious illustrations, maps, etc. Traces the separate voyages of Flinders & Baudin [unusually focussing on the latter] as they traced the Australian coastline. Winner of the Frank Broeze Maritime History Prize. ISBN: 1 86254 625 8 / 1862546258

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Liepke, Malcolm. Fine binding of this first book in Proust's epic meanderings. Deluxe Edition [The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1983]; xviii, 486 pages; dark red leather spine over cloth, gilt design on front & rear, titling on spine, 4 raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker, v. slight rubbing at corners, an excellent copy. The first volume in Proust's "Remembrance Of Things Past". Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrief. Illustrated by Malcolm Liepke.

New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1979. Book Club Edition [BCE] 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Viskupic, Gary. Wonderful edition of this classic from Niven's "Known World" universe. Book Club Edition [Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1979*]; vi, 314 pages; blue boards, red titling on spine, slight lean, some spots to block top, an excellent copy; in like unclipped illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed & chipped along edges, slightly sunned on spine. Jacket illustration by Gary Viskupic*. Winner of the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo & Locus Awards. *Book Club editions are notoriously difficult to date - this book is printed with a 1977 date but we understand Viskupic to have provided his artwork in 1979 [information from Internet Speculative Fiction Database - www.isfdb.org]

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1982. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Piranesi, Giovanni. Handsome binding of this ancient history. First Thus [Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1982]; [viii], 376 pages; quarter-leather over blue cloth, gilt design to boards, titling to spine, five raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, blue ribbon marker, a fine copy. A history of Rome under three emperors - Tiberius, Claudius & Nero - covering the years 14 to 66AD. With four illustrations by Giovanni Piranesi. Translated by Alfred Church & William Brodribb.

London: WH Allen & Co, 1977. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Scarce early edition of this classic of Feminist SF Literature. First UK Edition [W.H. Allen & Co, London, 1977]; illustrated card wraps, front cover creased down middle, a few other creases, rubbed & marked, a very good copy. Classic of feminist SF Literature. Uncommon early copy, only preceded by the Bantam [US] paperback in 1975. ISBN: 0 352 39730 6 / 0352397306

Milan: Skira Editore, 2011. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. O'Keeffe, Georgia. Beautiful book published to accompany a touring European exhibition. First Edition [Skira Editore, Milan, 2011]; 176 pages; blue laminated boards, white titling to spine, a fine copy; in the excellent illustrated dustjacket, a little bumped at edges. Published to coincide with a touring European exhibition [Rome, Munich, Helsinki] in association with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Also looks at O'Keeffe's relationship with Alfred Stieglitz. ISBN: 978-88-572-1232-6 / 9788857212326

London: Panther Books, 1960. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First appearance of this Beat novel in the UK. First UK Edition [Panther Books, London, 1960]; illustrated card covers, a trifle rubbed at extremities, lightly creased spine, slight age-toning, an excellent paperback copy. First published in the US in 1959, this is the true First UK Printing [a hardcover printing didn't appear in the UK until Andre Deutsch published one in 1974]. This copy with cover printed for Australian market [3/9 price]. Semi-autobiographical book of Kerouac's youth & teenage love Mary Carney.