WHITE, PATRICK

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novel

BAXTER, JAMES K. & MCNAUGHTON, HOWARD (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, mottled blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 336pp, VG (slight tanning & foxing to page edgews & eps) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to rear upper edge, light bruising to spine head, some fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University PRess 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature plays drama

BELLOC, HILAIRE & B. Y. B (Illus)

Oblong quarto, illus white heavy card boards with blue & red lettering to front, red monster illus to front board, beige cloth spine, 48pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy staining & soiling to boards, some chaffing to board edges & corners, heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing, occasional crease to page edge)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold (n/d)

KEYWORDS: children's literature verse rhyme humour

RUSHDIE, SALMAN

First edition, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 370pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing to spine extrems small stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Hamish Hamilton 2017

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

PHILLIPS, HARRY (Story & Music) & PHILLIPS, FRANK (Narrator) & PAUL, H (Illus)

RECORD CRACKED Vinyl record (78) in original sleeve in pocket at rear, very large quarto, brown boards with darker brown lettering to spine & front board, colour illus of castle scene mounted to front board, spiral bound text block, 16pp of colour illus, 78rpm vinyl record at rear, VG- (light staining to boards, some moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son n/d

KEYWORDS: children's literature songs music fairy tales

BLACK, BENJAMIN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 331pp, VG+ (light tanning to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, nr fine (v slight creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

O'BRIEN, FLANN

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 157pp, VG ( light brusing to spine extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to pages & eps) in d/w Tatty ( 4cm closed tear to front flap fold, chipping to spine extrems, heavy soiling, surface loss to spine & flap folds, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1961

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition novel comedy comic humour

GOLDING, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 223pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light creasing to edges, 2x3cm tape stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

BANKS, IAIN

Limited numbered (143/150) signed first edition uncorrected proof copy, super octavo, cream light card covers with red & black lettering, 357pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, limited to 75 numbered copies, signed by author, small square duodecimo, patterned light card covers, blue light card eps, unpaginated, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The Holloway Press 1994

KEYWORDS: signed modern first edition New Zealand literature poetry poems

STEIG, WILLIAM

First UK edition, quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, blue lettering to white spine, unpaginated but aprox 28pp, illus, VG (v slight foxing to eps & page edges, scribble in crayon to front board)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1987

KEYWORDS: children's literature

GIBBS, MAY

Small quarto, illus green cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 219pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy staining & browning to boards & spine, 6cm tatty split to lower spine side, moderate browning to page edges, some tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, creasing to occasional page corner)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1959

KEYWORDS: Australian children's literature

DUN, AIDAN ANDREW

First edition, signed by author, imperial octavo, white light card covers with no lettering, 163pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Goldmark Uppingham Rutland 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature epic poem poetry

HIGGINS, AIDAN

First edition, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing) in tatty d/w, (4cm x 8cm portion missing from lower spine/rear, heavy creasing & nicks to edges, some soiing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Calder & BOyars 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg, 103pp, VG (light browning to spine, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name in pencil to fep, moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals & page edges)

PUBLISHER: F Sidgwick 1908

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama play

HOFF, H. S.

First edition uncorrected proof copy, RARE, octavo, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 294pp, VG- / tatty (heavy browning & foxing, owner's name in ink to front cover, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, relevant newspaper review of book glued to title page)

PUBLISHER: WIlliam Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

ESTRIN, JERRY

First edition, very slim quarto (10cm x 25cm), white light card covers with black lettering to front, stitched, red light card eps, unpaginated but two fold-out pages, VG (slight creasing to cover corners & edges, some foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: De Kooning 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry poems

EGGLETON, DAVID (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: poetry poems short stories fiction literature New Zealand essays prose anthology collection landfall

SMART, PETER (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry short stories anthology collection essays prose landfall

SUMMERS, JOHN

Super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Pisces Print 1991

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir John Summers literature books New Zealand