GEE, MAURICE

Super octavo softcover (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1998

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STRANG, HERBERT (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-, front hinge shaky), all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1922

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DICK, PHILIP K.

First UK edition, octavo, cream boards with gilt lettering to spine, 278pp, VG (slight fading patch to upper spine extrem, light tanning to board & spine edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, insect damage to flap folds, spine extrems & edges, 8cm diagonal closed tear to rear, some light browning esp to folds & edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1966

KEYWORDS: first UK edition Philip K Dick science fiction literature

THOREAU, HENRY D. & FOURNIER, GRACE (illus.)

RARE thus, illuminated by hand by Grace Fournier on first page & colophon page, a lovely production, quarto, half bound with dark brown leather & marbled paper, gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule between five raised bands to dark brown leather spine, teg, deckle fore & lower page edges, marbled eps, 37pp, VG (wear to spine sides & spine extrems, 6cm split to lower spine side, some chaffing & bruising to board edges & corners, some browning to page edges, light soiling to boards_)

PUBLISHER: Roycrofters 1903

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RODKER, JOHN

Duodecimo, maroon boards, cream title labels with black lettering mounted to spine & front board, 92pp + 12pp book adverts, VG+ (light tanning to spine label, slight browning to upper page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co (n/d but prob 1920s)

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STONIER, G. W.

First edition, ownership signature of K Jonsey, better known as NZ author Kevin Ireland, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering on black band to spine & front board, 93pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, bookseller's stamp to lower f.e.p., light foxing & soiling to eps & prelims, v light sporadic foxing throughout, light tanning to page edges) in d/w,VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning, light soiling, bruising & chipping to edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press Ltd (nd)

KEYWORDS: W Stonier literature first edition

CHARMAN-LOVE, LINDSAY

Octavo softcover (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Huia 2001

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EVANS, IFOR

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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1990

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MURDOCH, IRIS

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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1985

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ECO, UMBERTO

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Secker and Warburg 2005

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VERNE, JULES & CHAMPLIN, VIRGINIA (Trans)

First US edition (first edition in English), octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black rule to front board & spine, black lettering to front board, vi +271pp +9pp ads, VG- (some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards & spine, v slight foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edges, rear internal hinge cracked but sound)

PUBLISHER: Lee and Shepard 1880

KEYWORDS: Jules Verne Virginia Champlin French literature fiction first edition

MANTEL, HILARY

First edition, octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2014

KEYWORDS: specials Hilary Mantel literature short stories fiction first edition

STEAD, C. K.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

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DEL CASTILLO, MICHAEL & HARE, HUMPHREY (Trans)

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 93pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight soiling to rear board, owner's name in blue ink to f.e.p., v light foxing to pages & page edges) in d/w, VG- (1cm untidy tear with oss to upper spine, chipping to lower spine, light soiling & creasing to rear, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1959

KEYWORDS: Michael del Castillo literature fiction first edition

CONRAD, JOSEPH

p187 misprinted as 871, p480 correctly numbered, adverts at rear, this is is the earliest version of the 1st edition, dispatched to the colonies ahead of the local issue, SCARCE, octavo, red cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration to spine & rear board, blind lettering to front board, 480pp +16pp ads, G+ (rubbing soiling & fading to boards & spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, damp staining & damage to outer board edges, red staining from cloth dye to edges of eps, insect damage to lower eps prelims & boards (text not affected), light foxing to pages & page edges, light tanning to page edges, lower front hinge shaky but sound)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons and Bombay August 1904

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O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

Octavo softcover (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

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HANKEY, ROBIN & LITTLE, DOUGLAS

Octavo softcover (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 secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1985

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PRENTISS, MOLLY

First edition uncorrected proof copy, octavo softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Scout 2016

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ELLIOTT, WILL

Octavo softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Quercus 2007

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ZELAS, KAREN (ed)

Octavo softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Wily 2009

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