BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S. & HARRIS, OLIVER (ed.)

Super octavo quarter bound cream heavy card boards, black cloth to spine with gilt lettering, xl+472pp, VG+ (sl soiling and sunning to board extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing and soiling to covers, light creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Picador 1993

KEYWORDS: william s burroughs beat literature american literary biography letters

TOMPKINS, JANE & WIESE, KURT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, black border and bear illustration to front also, vii+112pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to edges of boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and light chipping, with minor closed tears, v. sl. fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Company 1954

KEYWORDS: childrens literature bear bears nature black jane tompkins modern first edition

LAWSON, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, fifth printing (in year of first publication); oblong octavo illius. brown cloth boards (bust and mouse illus. to front), illus. enpapers (reclining Franklin), illus., x+113pp, VG (light scuffing and fading, light soiling to boards, light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w G+ (substantially intact, with approx. 3 cm tall section missing to spine and front, and a very large segment of the rear missing (approx. 1/5th triangular section); moderate scuffing, creasing, chipping, tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1939 (fifth printing)

KEYWORDS: childrens literature robert lawson modern first edition american america us usa united states benjamin franklin

SHEPARD, DEBORAH (ed.)

SIGNED BY MANY NZ AUTHORS, incl. Peter & Sylvia Siddell, Gil Hanly, Peter Simpson, Deborah Shepard & others; illus. light card covers with French flaps, ix+246pp, VG+ (light soilign to edges and occasionally within, light fading to spine, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand biography history art arts literature painting film toss edith woolaston anne colin mccahon mary stanley kendrick smithyman frances hodgkins d k richmond rudell ramai hayward james k baxter j c sturm jackie pat gil hanly meg alistair te ariki campbell sylvia peter siddell

HUNTER, NORMAN & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; super octavo orange cloth boards, reading professor illus. to front corner, black lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (the professor's private telephone to the kitchen), xi+203pp+adverts. at rear, illus.,VG- (main fault is a crack of approx. 2cm. to the top of the spine, partially exposing sig's - asides from being very slightly cocked, binding otherswise sound; moderate to heavy soiling to boards, incl. miscellaneous black spatter (ink, perhaps?), with light scuffing and light fading; moderate tanning and very occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1933

KEYWORDS: william heath robinson modern first edition norman hunter humor humour literature

UNNERSTAD, EDITH; SEATON, LILIAN (transl.); & CLANTE, IBEN (illus.)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 194pp, VG (moderate tanning and occasional light foxing within) in d/w VG (removable plastic cover, light soiling and scuffing (both minor), price-clipped, light tanning esp. to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1962

KEYWORDS: childrens swedish literature iben clante sucepan spetecake holiday journey edith unnerstad translation

WELLS, H. G.

FIRST EDITION, first impression (Sept. 1917); octavo green cloth boards, black lettering and decorated border to front and spine, 320pp, VG (light scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and occasional light foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1917

KEYWORDS: h g wells british english literature modern first ediion

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

Octavo red cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to front & blind stamp emblem to rear, gilt lettering to spine, ix+394pp+16pp adverts. to rear, illus., VG (moderate soiling to boards, light rubbing and scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to edges and within, occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1906 (Bell's Indian and Colonial Library)

KEYWORDS: sir arthur conan doyle nigel historical fiction literature colonial editions

BERNER, JEFF (ed.)

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: Robert C. Spaan 1965

KEYWORDS: collection magasine journal short stories poetry literature

BRODYM HUGH & IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL

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: Faber & Faber 1985

KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction

FRANCIS, JOY

Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Blackie & Son ND

KEYWORDS: literature childrens illus illustration

MCBRATNEY, SAM & JERAM, ANITA (illus.)

Square 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 1998

KEYWORDS: childrens literature picture book pop-up

BROWNE, REGINALD

Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Gerarrd G. Swan 1957

KEYWORDS: literature scifi childrens ya

HILLIARD, NOEL

Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Robert Hale & Company 1976

KEYWORDS: short story literature collection

NATHAN , GEORGE JEAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1932

KEYWORDS: literature writer author memoir notebooks

ELSE, CHRIS

Inscribed By Author. 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: Voice Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literature short story compilation collection

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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: John Spencer & Co. ND

KEYWORDS: literature supernatural fantasy scifi collection short stories

KIDMAN, FIONA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 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: Vintage 1992

KEYWORDS: signed nz new zealand aotearoa literature

KIDMAN, FIONA

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 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: Vintage 1993

KEYWORDS: signed inscribed literature women

DOBBS, MICHAEL

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: Headline Book Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: churchill ww2 wwii historical fiction literature