Books - "literature"
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Phineas Redux
first edition thus [single volume edition] 339/329pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm splits to head of hinges,sl.shaky hinges w.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,one section detached but all present,spine cracked and sl.shaky) scarce
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anthony trollope
'e iti noa ana, na te aroha' Two Maori Legends and The Colony of New Zealand 1872
first edition numbered/limited [346/650] 29pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (in wrappers,eps sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: private print auckland 1972
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history literature mythology
Silly Verse For Kids
Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually obviously secondhand. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Penguin / Puffin
KEYWORDS: spike milligan specials children's literature humour humor
Z
first edition FINE in glossy laminated boards (inlayed digital countdownclock battery is flat)
PUBLISHER: plutonium pyrmont 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nader
Murder Isn't Private
first edition 240pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john garden
Challenge of the Firebrand
first edition 221pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] octavo hardcover VG-, lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elleston trevor
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow
second printing 360pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1898
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
John Ingerfield and other stories
[first edition] 220pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked w.separation at gutter of middle section) scarce in hardcover
PUBLISHER: mcclure london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Told After Supper
first edition 169pp+publisher's catalogue ills.[b/w by Kenneth M. Skeaping] GOOD (red cloth.w.black dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters w.binding loosening,printed in dark blue on light blue paper,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sl.soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: leadenhall press london 1891
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Sheep Station, N.Z.
first edition 181pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.scuffed out on ffep surface) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: george ronald oxford 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand barns-graham
The Life of Thomas Chatterton
first edition 213pp GOOD (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's initials to front pastedown w.white label to ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: partridge & oakey london 1851
KEYWORDS: literature biography poetry thomas chatterton dix
The Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow
reprint 172pp GOOD- (beige cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown and stamp to ffep,contents mod.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1890
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jerome
Before Adam
reprint 242pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD- (beige cloth w.black/white footprint stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to front pastedown and title page,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1907
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jack london
Particularly Cats
first edition proof copy 121pp VERY GOOD (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy doris lessing
The Opinion Shop
second edition 79pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VERY GOOD (purple cloth,rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: gay and hancock london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature hildric davenport
Twenty-Six South Sea Stories
[first edition] 252pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VERY GOOD (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: boy's own paper office london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arthur russell
Send Somebody Nice
first edition 191pp NEAR FINE (blue cloth,content edges sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand noel hilliard
The Knife of Never Letting Go
first edition 479pp FINE in FINE glassine dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: walker books london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature patrick ness
Critical Essays on George Eliot
reprint 218pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1970
KEYWORDS: literature biography george eliot barbara hardy
A History of the Introduction and Spread of the International, Auxiliary Language, Esperanto in New Zealand
first edition 332pp VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps andcontent edges sl.foxed) scarce
PUBLISHER: new zealand esperanto association wellington 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand esperanto linguistics literature king