MCLEOD, JANET & LOCKERBIE, LESLIE J. (Notes/Illus)

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PUBLISHER: A. H.& A. W. Reed (nd)

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KINGSTON, W. H. G.

Super octavo hardcover (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: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials WHG Kingston literature fiction

SINCLAIR, IAIN

First edition, octavo, illus light card covers, 165pp + 6pp book ads, VG (moderate tanning to page edges & prelims)

PUBLISHER: Paladin Grafton 1989

KEYWORDS: first edition Iain Sinclair literature poetry poems verse

JOHNSON, B. S. & GHOSE, ZULFIKAR

First edition, octavo, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, VG (some foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, occasional foxing) in d/w, VG- (some tanning & soiling, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge, light creasing)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition BS Johnson Zulfikar Ghose literature short stories

FENNEL, ALAN & WOOD, G & CAULDWELL, H. J (Illus)

Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering, illus eps, illus prelims, 92pp, illus, VG- (chipping & damage to spine extrems, 8cm surface loss to upper spine, light foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep verso, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: AP Films &B ATV / William Collins 1963

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MASEFIELD, JOHN & HILDER, ROWLAND (Illus)

First edition thus (illustrated), quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece with captioned tissueguard, ii + 283pp, illus, VG- (heavy vertical crease to front board, light fixing to spine, slight bruising & fraying to spine extrems, front hinge cracked, some foxing to page edges & prelims, owner's name & date in ink to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1931

KEYWORDS: first edition thus John Masefield Rowland Hilder children's literature adventure fantasy

FRANCIS, DICK

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG ( light bruising to upper spine extrem, light foxing & small stain to page edges, v v light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG ( light foxing, light soiling to rear, light creasing to upper spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1965

KEYWORDS: Dick Francis crime thriller literature fiction novel first edition

N/A

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, illus eps, 125pp, illus, VG ( light bruising to spine & board corners, light rubbing & soilingto boards)

PUBLISHER: World Distributors 1966

KEYWORDS: James Bond spy espionage fiction short stories cartoons comics literature annual

GILBERT, SIR W. S. & FLINT, W. RUSSELL (Illus) & BROCK, CHARLES E. (Illus)

First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, vi + 96pp, illus, VG (light bruising to upper front board corner, light rubbing to boards, owner's bookplate to f.e.p., light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1928

KEYWORDS: Sir WS Gilbert W Russell Flint Charles E Brock literature theatre drama play first edition

RIEV, E. V. (ed) & LEWIS, GEOFFRY (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1974

KEYWORDS: specials short stories historic thirteenth century pre- islamic literature

CLUNE, FRANK

slim 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: Hawthorn Press 1945

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Clune New Zealand Maori Literature

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT (ed) & BETHELL, URSULA

FIRST EDITION, 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 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Vincent O'Sullivan Ursula Bethell New Zealand Poetry Literature first edition

BLANCHFIELD, PADDY

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: New Zealand Books 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Paddy Blanchfield Literature poetry Music Balllards songs Verse New Zealand

SANDYS, ELSPETH

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: Vintage New Zealand 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Elspeth Sandys Otago New Zealand historical novel literature romance drama

CLEGG, BILL

Limited signed first edition with interview booklet loosely enclosed, in slipcase, issued by Powell's Bookshop, octavo, orange heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, green patterned eps, 293pp, nr fine, in orange d/w, nr fine, with duodecimo interview booklet enclosed, nr fine, all in matching orange slipcase, fine

PUBLISHER: Scout Press /Simon & Schuster 2015

KEYWORDS: first edition Bill Clegg literature novel

GILBERT, SIR W. S. & FLINT, RUSSEL & BROCK, CHARLES (Illus)

First edition, imperial octavo, red cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 102pp, illus VG+ (light tanning to page edges, owner's ex libris label to fep) in d/w, VG (some tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: Sir W S Gilbert music musical drama literature theatre

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (Illus)

Lacks plates at p50 & p54, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt illus to spine & front board, tipped-in frontispiece with tissue guard, decorated title page, xxiv + 144pp, illus with tipped-in colour plates (38 of 40 plates) all with captioned tissueguards, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some chaffing to board edges, light staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep, some foxing to page edges & lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton (n/d) but gift inscription to fep dated 1910

KEYWORDS: W Heath Robinson William Shakespeare literature drama theatre play

KEENE, CAROLYN

First edition first printing (Harold Hill on lower spine), octavo, turquoise cloth boards with purple lettering to spine & front board, purple girl detective silhouette to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, upper page edges stained dark blue, 210pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some creasing to edges & spine extrems, light soiling to upper edges, 2cm closed tear to lower front/flap fold, light soiling to flap folds)

PUBLISHER: Harold Hill & Son 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition Carolyn Keene children's literature Nancy Drew mystery stories

DUNCUM, KEN

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Ken Duncum New Zealand literature theatre drama play playscript first edition

HYDE, ROBIN & BODDY, GILLIAN (Ed) & MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991

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