THOMAS, D. M.

Ex-library, 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: Victor Gollancz 1987

KEYWORDS: literature novel fiction

FOURIE, PIETER

First edition, octavo, grey heavy card boards with red & white lettering to spine & front board, white bird motif to front board, 72pp, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Longman 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama play

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

Complete in eight volumes, octavo, brown heavy card boards, leather spines with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule in red & black panels, page edges stained brown, xxxvi + 550pp, 586pp, 600pp, 676pp, 530pp, 584pp, 635pp, 704pp (vols.1 to 8 respectively), VG (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, crack to lower spine in four volumes, heavy scuffing, rubbing & wear to spines & boards, some browning & foxing.

PUBLISHER: T Longman, B Law, C Dilly et al 1797

KEYWORDS: literature drama plays

GOLDING, WILLIAM

First edition sixth impression (first published 1954, this edition 1961), octavo, red cloth boards with white lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (some puckering to rear board & its cloth due to exertion of heavy pressure or a strong knock, same effect but lighter to front board, light puckering to upper internal corner of text block due to same, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, some tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy staining, some tanning esp to spine & flap folds, small nicks & brusing to spine extrems & flap corners)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edtion literature novel

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges, owners name in ink to fep, booksellers stamp to fep,) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling to front, light creasing to rear, light rubbing with loss to spine, chipping & small tears to spine extrems & flaps, moderate foxing to inner)

PUBLISHER: John Calder 1963

KEYWORDS: literature novel modern first edition

HAYES, ALFRED

First edition, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, bookseller's stamp to fep, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to upper page edges and lighter to other page edges, some foxing to upper edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate browning to spine, some foxing elsewhere, light creasing & nicks to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

LONGRIGG, ROGER

First edition second impression, octavo, green cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, 230pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board upper edges, some tanning &foxing to page edges, date in ink to fep, v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (heavy tanning to spine, some soiling to rear, some creasing & nicks to spine base)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

STRAKER, J. F.

First UK edition, octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to sipne & front board, 206pp, VG- (some browning & fading to board edges, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & lighter to eps, occasional light foxing) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, two 2cm tears with loss to spine base, moderate creasing & nicks to spine head, 4cm closed to front upper edges, some browning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: literature crime fiction

STOW, RANDOLPH

First edition, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, VG+ (v light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (some light soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

AINSWORTH, W. HARRISON

First edition (published in France), octavo, brown heavy card boards with brown leather spine, marbled eps, viii + 350pp, VG (most of spine leather missing, book title handwritten in ink to spine, heavy browning to page edges, wear to boards, foxing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: A & W Galignani 1843

KEYWORDS: literature novel modern first edition

WUORIO, EVA-LIS & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (illus)

First UK edition, imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 61pp, illus, VG+ ( light bruising and rubbing to spine extrems, light rubbing to board edges, boards v.slightly warpped, v.slight foxing to eps) in d/w VG ( price clipped, repairs with tape to spine extrems, light foxing, light chipping to edges, minor soiling to front)

PUBLISHER: Dobson Books 1968

KEYWORDS: literature childresn stories kids story

EHLE, JOHN

First edition, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 314pp + 2pp adverts, VG+ (moderate foxing to page edges & prelims, light soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- ( heavy foxing & browning, light chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to front)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1958

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition novel

LEROUX, ETIENNE & STARKE, AMY (trans)

first edition, octavo, light purple cloth boards with purple lettering to spine & front board, purple eps, 175pp, VG (light foxing & light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, light rubbing, light soiliing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Co.1969

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

ONIONS, C. T.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) no d/w; 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

KEYWORDS: literary criticism anglo-saxon language linguistics literature

MCLEOD, DAVID (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+, torn); 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories prose diaries journals farming lifestyle agriculture biographies memoirs

POWELL-CHALMERS, JENNY

Octavo softcover, light card covers (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: HeadworX Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: literature New Zealand poems poetry Dunedin

PAISLEY, JOHN

Inscribed and signed by author to Peter Entwisle, octavo softcover, light card covers (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: Helicon Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry John Paisley

ENTWISLE, ROSEMARY (Ed)

Octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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: Hocken Library/University of Otago 1993

KEYWORDS: essays literature feminism women's rights sufferage arts New Zealand Rosemary Entwisle

MCCORMICK, MALACHI

Limited numbered signed edition, octavo softcover, string bound light card covers (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: The Stone Street Press 1989

KEYWORDS: literature letters correspondance family biography memoir Malachi McCormick

RALEIGH, LADY (Ed)

Ex-library, TWO VOLUME SET, super octavo hardcover (VG+) no d/w; 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: Methuen 1926

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Sir Walter Raleigh correspondance letters literature