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London: Macmillan, 1966. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Uncommon First Edition [Macmillan, 1966] of one of Australian Literature's great books, printed in UK for Australian market [hence $3.15 intact on front flap]. Navy cloth boards with silver title on spine; pink & purple dustjacket; some minor bumps and chips to extremities; a little rubbed but an excellent copy overall. Harrower's fourth and finest novel is a psychologically harrowing portrayal of domestic abuse.

First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. First trade hardcover appearance of this landmark graphic novel. First Thus [DC Comics, New York, 2008]; black leatherette boards, yellow titling, stated First Printing, a fine copy; in the excellent illustrated dustjacket, a little bumped at extremities. With additional sketches & promo illustrations by Moore. One of Time Magazine's 100 best novels. ISBN: 978-1-4012-1926-0 / 9781401219260

New York: AMMO Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. White, Wayne. First Printing [AMMO Books, New York, 2009]; 384 pages; illustrated laminated boards [oblong quarto 31cm wide x 24cm high], some dents & scratches, internally excellent. "The weirdest landscape painter in America". ISBN: 978-1-93-442911-2 / 9781934429112

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK Printing [Jonathan Cape, london, 1970]; 285pp; grey cloth, black topstain, gold titling to spine, 1cm tears at head, library sticker residue near base, ex-library [South Australian Institute Of Technology] with stamps on foredge, ffep, title page & copyright page, jacket blurb taped to inside front board, bookseller sticke, tape marks, library card pouch at rear. A solid, albeit vandalised, copy. Translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Introduction & Bibliographical note by Michael Glenny. We has a complicated publishing history but, in short & to place this edition in context: Written in 1920, the manuscript was sent to Zamyatin's Berlin publishers who made it available for translation by Gregory Zilboorg into English & published by Dutton, New York in 1924. Also translated into Czech & French in 1927 & 1928. First published in original Russian by the Chekhov Press [NY, 1952].… Read More

First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Mammoth tome from the Sapiens range of Bullipedia books, signed by Ferran Adria. First English Edition* [Phaidon, London, 2020]; illustrated boards [33cm x 22cm], mint condition. Signed by chef Ferran Adria on blank preliminary page. The el Bulli Foundation explores the relationship between humans and food preparation. ISBN: 978 1 83866 186 1 / 9781838661861. *First published in Spanish in 2019

London: Methuen, 1971. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Very Good. Shepard, E[rnest] H. The classic adventure tale with EH Shepard's iconic illustrations appearing in full-colour for the first time. First Thus [Methuen, London, 1971]; 262 pages; brown cloth, gold titling to spine, embossed Toad on front, lightly flecked, 100-Acre Wood map endpapers, an excellent copy; in very good unclipped, illustrated dustjacket, a little bumped at extremities, scratches to front [a child has written their name & scribbled in ink, which has been cleaned but the etching remains], front flap creased, sticker ghost over price on front flap. Ernest Shepard's iconic drawings appear in full-colour for the first time. Book measures 24 x 16cm [h x w]. ISBN: 0 416 16980 5 / 0416169805

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

London: Methuen & Co, 1959. 1st Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Shepard, E.H.. First complete combination of "When We Were Very Young" & "And Now We Are Six" in the one book. First Thus [Methuen & Co, London, 1959]; 243pp; orange boards, gold titling on spine, illustrated endpapers, mild rubbing at base, a couple black finger marks, else fine; in the excellent, unclipped [21s net] illustrated dustjacket, rear panel marked, spine bumped at top with 1cm tear. First publication of the Pooh poetry books: "When We Were Very Young" plus "And Now We Are Six" in full. With numerous decorations & eight full-page colour plate illustrations by E.H. Shepard. A beautiful copy of a much-cherished book.