- Good/ fine copy.
- A fine copy. = De Zilverdistel 11.
- Some sl. occas. foxing (last 2 lvs. somewhat worse); 2 vague numbers written in purple pencil on first free endpaper; otherwise fine.
= First use of the Zilvertype designed by S.H. de Roos. De Zilverdistel 12.
- Six vols. w. sl. faded spine. Otherwise fine.
= Comprising: EDDA; EURIPIDES, Alkestis. Medea; H.J.C. VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN, De avonturen van Simplicissimus; FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, De Joodse oorlog & Uit mijn leven; G. LEOPARDI, Zangen. I Canti; DE SAGA VAN GRETTIR; DE SAGA VAN NJAL; TACITUS, Historiën; Dialoog over de welsprekendheid. Argicola. Germania; Jaarboeken (3 vols.) and XENOFON, Anabasis. De tocht van tienduizend.
ADDED 7 others, all by classical authors, i.a. 3 vols. from the Baskerville series, all in orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around band (all fine): SUETONIUS, Keizers van Rome; TACITUS, Het leven van Agricola. De Germanen and VERGILIUS, Het verhaal van Aeneas.
- Without dustwr.; former ticket originally at foot of spine torn off leaving traces on spine and on backwr.; 3 sm. nibbled spots on edges of frontwr.; backstrip faded.
= The first edition, w. a green border on the title-p. and priced "Francs: 1.500" on the backwr. Kearney, The Paris Olympia Press 151.
- Four vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown. All fine copies.
- Occas. sl. foxed; owner's entry on upper pastedown. Dustwr. closed (w. conservation tape) tear at top of spine; dustwr. formerly horizontally folded and trifle duststained.
= Rarely found with dustwr.
AND 4 others, all 1st (Am./ Engl.) editions, all w. owner's entry on upper endpaper, i.a. M. MOORE, O to be a Dragon (New York, 1959, orig. hcl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. w. closed tear at foot of spine); L. DURRELL, Collected Poems (ibid., 1960, orig. (foxed) cl. w. (price-clipped) dustwr.) and W.H. AUDEN, Homage to Clio (ibid., 1960, orig. hcl. w. dustwr. Backwr. sl. foxed).
- White lettering on (sl. faded) spine flaked off; backcover trifle stained. Otherwise a very good copy.
= Second impression (w. "Published March, 1902, R" on verso of title-p.).
Christie, A. The Pale Horse. London, Collins, for the Crime Club, 1961, 1st ed., 256p., orig. boards, w. dustwr.
- Lower end of dustwr. strengthened; titles listed on folding flap of backwr. all ticked in ballpoint.
AND 2 others, i.a. R.H. VAN GULIK, The Chinese Maze Murders. A. Chinese detective story suggested by three original ancient Chinese plots (The Hague/ Bandung, 1956, 1st ed., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bookplate (w. stain on verso) on htitle; dustwr. sl. worn and stained on verso).
- Light green bookseller's stamp on folding flap of frontwr. Tiny nibbled spot at top of folding flap of backwr. Otherwise very fine.
= A fine copy of the first edition, with the publisher's price label showing 16s / 80p pasted over the original price of "10s.6d net" printed on inner flap of frontwr. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
= SIGNED on title-p.
Goldman, W. Marathon Man. New York, Delacorte Press, 1974, 1st ed., (8),309p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Two sm. closed tears at foot of spine of dustwr; spine sl. sunned.
AND 7 others, i.a. R. DUDLEY EDWARDS, Corridors of Death (London, 1981, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine) and a duplicate of the 1st edition of the first work of the lot (in orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine).
- With light green bookseller's stamp on folding flap of frontcover. Dustwr. trifle rubbed at top of spine.
= Fine copy of the first post-Ian Fleming Bond novel, in first edition with the dropped quad mark to the copyright page and vertical 'North' pointer on both endpapers..
Amis, K. The James Bond Dossier. Ibid., idem, 1963, 1st ed., 159p., orig. black boards w. dustwr. by JAN PIENKOWSKI.
- Dustwr. trifle rubbed at corners and spine-ends.
- Wrapper price-clipped; sm. tear in upper margin of frontwr. and spine-ends and corners of dustwr. sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= Second state of the first edition. Points: copy with 4-line colophon (earlier state has a 5 line colophon) and with author's note on backwr. stating i.a. that Dahl has 3 children and not listing any other children's books by him. This copy with a manuscript signed dedication (to "Dorothy Hanson") by the publisher in ballpoint on first free endpaper, dated "Oct. 12/74".
AND 2 others by the same: Esio Trot (London, Cape, 1990, ills. and orig. boards by Q. BLAKE) and The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (ibid., idem, 1985, col. ills. and orig. boards by the same, folio).
- Dustwr. 3 sm. tears at spine-ends. Otherwise a fine copy.
Idem. Someone like you. New York, A.A. Knopf, 1954, 1st Am. ed., (8),359.(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. sl. rubbed at top of spine and price-clipped..
- Binding partly faded.
Montague, C.E. Right off the Map. A Novel. Ibid., Chatto & Windus, 1927, 1st ed., VI,312,(4)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Edges sl. foxed. = With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED MOTTO on htitle.
AND 4 others by T.L. PEACOCK, all illustrated by F.H. TOWNSEND (London, 1895-1897).
- Bindings some sm. rubbed spots; corners sl. worn. Good copy. = This edition not in Vicaire.