ZEPHANIAH, BENJAMIN

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: Bloomsbury ND

KEYWORDS: specials benamin zephaniah fiction literature

SPARKS, NICHOLAS

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: Sphere 2013

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PERRY, TASMINA

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: Harper 2012

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OSBORN, MARGARETA

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: Bantam 2013

KEYWORDS: specials margareta osborn fiction literature

ALEXANDER, NICOLE

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: Bantam Books 2012

KEYWORDS: specials Nicole Alexander Australian literature fiction novel

SMITH, EDWARD E. & DONNELL, A. J. (Illus)

First edition, octavo, black boards with silver lettering & silver spaceship motif to spine & front board, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges, some tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (tape repair to head of spine, creasing & small nicks to edges & corners, tape repair to rear lower edge, some browning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: TV Boardman & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition EE Smith literature science fiction fantasy

WELSH, IRVINE

First edition uncorrected proof copy, octavo, black & purple light card covers, unpaginated, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1995

KEYWORDS: first edition uncorrected proof copy Scottish literature Irvine Welsh novel

MASON, BRUCE

Uncommon first edition, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers with black lettering, 96pp, VG (light tanning to covers & page edges, light stain to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Theatre Federation 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Bruce Mason New Zealand literature drama play theatre

BEAN, C. E. W. (Ed)

Pencilled ownership name of AE Ward (an AE Ward was Captain (Adjutant) of 5th Battalion (Territorial) at Gallipoli but was listed as missing presumed killed), Trojan War article attributed to Arthur Adams, large quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blue lettering to front board, mounted illus by David Barker Gallipoli 1915 to front board, frontispiece, xv + 170pp, illus + 12 full-page plates + folding map, VG (large internal closed tear to illus at page 164 without loss of illus, heavy browning to page edges & to prelims & terminals, lighter browning elsewhere, some sellotape-residue staining to eps, some foxing, occasional light creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: Anzac Army Corps Gallipoli WW1 Australian New Zealand literature short stories poems poetry art drawings articles

GIBBS, MAY

Octavo, sewn brown light card wrappers, black lettering and mounted illus to front cover, frontispiece, 24pp (unpaginated), illus, VG- (light creasing & rubbing to covers, 6cm tear to lower spine, v slight soiling to covers, owner's inscription to f.e.p., v light tanning to page edges, 3cm closed tear to p14, v light foxing to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Ltd (undated but owner inscription dated 1918)

KEYWORDS: May Gibbs children's literature fiction illustration

GIBBS, MAY

Octavo, stitched brown light card wrappers, black lettering and mounted illus to front cover, frontispiece, 24pp (unpaginated), illus, VG- (disbound - thread missing, some creasing to covers, v slight soiling to covers, 4cm tear to lower spine, 1cm tear to upper spine, owner's insciption to f.e.p., v v light foxing, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Ltd (nd, circa 1917 - owner inscription dated 01/18)

KEYWORDS: May Gibbs children's literature fiction illustration

FERGUSON, JIM & KERMACK, ALISON & LEGGE, GORDON & WARNER, ALAN & WELSH, IRVINE & HUNTER, CAROLINE (Illus)

First edition, 300 copies only, octavo, stapled blue light card covers, black lettering & illus to front cover, 20pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing to front cover, small stain to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Clocktower Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Jim Ferguson Alison Kermack Gordon egge Alan Warner Irvine Welsh literature poetry prose short stories anthology limited first edition

WELSH, IRVINE

First edition, signed, octavo, stapled red light card covers, back illus & lettering to front cover, 16pp (unpaginated), illus, nr fine (slight rubbing to spine, slight fading o rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Clocktower Press (nd)

KEYWORDS: Irvine Welsh Scottish literature short stories fiction signed first edition

WEIR, J. E. & LYON, BARBARA A. (Eds)

Scarce, octavo, brown light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, 170pp, VG (light fading to covers & spine, light creasing to front cover corners, owner's name in ink to f.e.p., light foxing to f.e.p. & page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1979

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter Father JE Weir Barbara A Lyon New Zealand literature bibliography

BAXTER, JAMES K. & WEIR, J. E. (Ed)

First edition thus (first reprint with corrections), super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 656pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep,light bruising extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (some fading, bruising & creasing to covers, repairs to small tears at top of spine, light creasing & nicks to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zelaland literature poetry poems

WARNER, FRANCIS

Warmly inscribed, dated & signed on loosely enclosed sheet, imperial octavo hardcover (fine) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Colin Smythe Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Francis Warner literature poem poetry

HARDCASTLE, MICHAEL & HUNT, JAMES (Illus)

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 104pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light bruising & creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: Michael Hardcastle James Hunt children's literature sport soccer fiction first edition

KERINS, GORDON

First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Kerins New Zealand literature fiction novel first edition

ECO, UMBERTO & MCEWAN, ALISTAIR (Trans)

First edition, octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Inc 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Umberto Eco Italian literature essays politics sociology history first edition

MALOUF, DAVID

First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2007

KEYWORDS: specials David Malouf literature fiction novel first edition