WILSON, JACQUELINE

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: Corgi Yearling 2018

KEYWORDS: jacqueline wilson children's literature

ARNOLD, NICK

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: Scholastic 2008

KEYWORDS: horrible science children's literature brain

KINSELLA, SOPHIE

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: Puffin 2019

KEYWORDS: Mummy Fairy and Me children's literature

Brain Benders

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: Capella 2008,

KEYWORDS: horrible facts gross disgusting children's literature

FEE, Par A.- L. A.

COMPLETE ORIGINAL 1824 FIRST EDITION TOGETHER WITH MATCHING 1837 SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME, quarto, leather quarter bound marbled boards (rebound), gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled eps, coloured plates with tissue guards to prelims, civ + 167pp + colourd plates with tissue guards to rear (178pp + plates to rear of supplemental volume), VG (moderate sun fading to spines, light scuffing to board edges, moderate age appropriate tanning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to eps of both vols, light cracking to gutters of prelims, sporadic closed tearing to verso of half title page of supplmental vol with subtle tape repairs, moderate water staining to bottom corners of first 24 pgs of supp vol, pg xxxv of intro completely loose with pgs xxxvi & xxxvii of intro completely missing, age appropriate foxing & tanning to pages throughout both vols)

PUBLISHER: Firmin Didot Pere et Fils 1824

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McCARTHY, CONAL & STOCKER, MARK (Eds)

Lg quarto, illus glossy hard boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viictoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history illustrated essays literature Maori art Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

HUTTON, FREDERICK WOLLASTON

FIRST EDITION, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 169pp + unpaginated index & adverts, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & moderate scuffing to board corners & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, light discolouration & soiling to boards & edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy annotation in pencil to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth & Co 1899

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COLEY, SAM

FIRST EDITION, uncorrected proof copy, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hachette 2000

KEYWORDS: literature New Zealand family healing road-trip

LAING, SARAH

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, Super octavo softcover (Near 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: Vintage 2013

KEYWORDS: literature sarah laing modern first edition

BIGGAR, JOAN

FIRST EDITION, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W REED

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nz new zeland joan biggar

HILL, STUART

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: The CHicken House 2005

KEYWORDS: children's literature fantasy

BEAGLE, PETER S.

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 218pp, VG+ (light discolouration to spine & board edges, ghost lettering to spine from d/w, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fantasy fairy tale children's young adult

GAHAN, J. A. MAC

LACKS MAP, octavo, burnt orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, x + 438pp, plates with tissue guards, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, ligth chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to eps, light cracking to gutters, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1874

KEYWORDS: travel literature illustrated culture anthropology

WOLIN, RICHARD

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 307pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2006

KEYWORDS: literature essays collection anthology politics political science theory history

KRELL, DAVID FARRELL

Super octavo, glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 237pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: philosophy illustrated literature American European Derrida

RASCHE, ANDREAS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 345pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Physica-Verlag 2008

KEYWORDS: signed management Derrida philosophy theory literature

HASSEL, SVEN & O'HANLON, I. (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, VG (moderate bruising & creasing to spine & board edges/corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label & owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, with some tape repairs to internal sides, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate foxing all over)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1959

KEYWORDS: military literature first edition prose history ww2 second world war 2 two

MATHESON, RICHARD

FIRST UK EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bruce & Watson 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature horror ghosts

EDMUNDSON, MARK

Octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine, xii + 243pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, owner's name stamp to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory

CRESSWELL, D'ARCY & TAYLOR, E. MERVYN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering on title plates to spine & front board, top page edges stained green, illus title page, 97pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, tatty (v heavy chipping to spine & edges with significant loss, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Pelorus Press 1952

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