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Torchwood: Another Life


ANGHELIDES, PETER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: BBC Books 2007

KEYWORDS: literature Wales

$10.00
xxpia157062

Little Brother Fate


ROBERTS, MARY-CARTER

FIRST EDITION, 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 1958

KEYWORDS: literature

$15.00
xxphi157095

A Slib of Lorey: A Bit of Folklore


SANDERS, EDNA L.

Octavo 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: Edna Sanders 1979

KEYWORDS: literature folk tales folklore America

$50.00
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The Sands of Kalahari


MULVIHILL, WILLIAM

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG+ (v. slight soiling to boards, light foxing to edges) in d/w VG+ (price clipped, light scuffing, soiling & slight foxing - a smart, atractive copy overall)

PUBLISHER: Longmans 1961

KEYWORDS: literature africa african

$40.00
ak1/5/115

The Tin Drum


GRASS, GUNTER & MANHEIM, RAPLH (transl.)

Octavo grey cloth boards, silver lettering & design to spine, 592pp, VG (moderate wear & scuffing to boards esp. spine, tanning to edges, soiling to edges, prev. owner's name to fep.), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1962

KEYWORDS: literature modern first german edition surrealist surrealism postmodern postmodernism

$30.00
ak1/5/129

Gallantin Canyon


MCGUANE, THOMAS

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harvil Secker 2006

KEYWORDS: literature proof modern first copy USA united states america american

$65.00
ak1/7/161

Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006


MARSH, ROSALIND

Octavo red, olive and tan light card covers, 594pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang, 2007

KEYWORDS: Russian Russia history soviet post post-soviet literature literary writers writting modern

$465.00
ak1/7/167

The Luminaries


CATTON, ELEANOR

TRUE FIRST EDITION, SCARCE octavo cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, 832pp VG (moderate foxing & tanning to edges, light foxing inside, v. sl. soiling to spine) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. scuffing & soiling, light foxing to reverse, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical literature Booker Prize modern first edition scarce

$100.00
ak2/1/228

The Letters That Passed Between Theodosius and Constantia; After She Had Taken the Veil


LANGHORNE, JOHN

Duodecimo, frontispiece engraving+ xxvi+182pp., G- (front board detached, heavy scuffing & wear, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, London 1766 (Fourth Edition)

KEYWORDS: epistolary literature european 18th eighteenth century

$40.00
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Solitude: A Poem


SACKVILLE-WEST, V.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 56pp+advertisments, VG (light scuffing and fading, soiling to boards; light tanning; light to moderate foxing within (heaviest to endpapers), prev. owner's bookplate)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1939 (second impression)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature womens virginia woolf poetry british english

$26.50
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John Clare by Himself


CLARE, JOHN; ROBINSON, ERIC & POWELL, DAVID (editors); LAWRENCE, JOHN (engravings)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mid Northumberland Arts Group Carcanet Press 1996

KEYWORDS: literature English poetry romanticism romantic writing essays

$25.00
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The Queen's Husband


PLAIDY, JEAN

FIRST EDITION, INSCIRBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1973

KEYWORDS: historical fiction queen victoria albert prince literature modern first edition signed

$40.00
ak2/3/261

Not Here, Not Now


DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION octavo dark green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 350pp VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges and contents, fep. clipped) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing, soiling and rubbing, 4cm closed tear to cover, light foxing and tanning)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

$40.00
ak2/3/235

Games of Choice


GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, navy blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 171pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges & contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, contemporary price sticker to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

$75.00
ak2/3/238

Good Morning, Midnight


BROOKS-DALTON, LILY

FIRST EDITION octavo purple/blue boards, silver lettering to spine, 256pp VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (ditto)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition united states america american US USA science fiction SF sci fi sci-fi

$425.00
ak2/4/244

The Luminaries


CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST EDITION IN SECOND STATE D/W (only 1000 printed in hardcover, but the LAST FEW of the run seem to have a VARIANT d/w mentioning the Booker Prize win), octavo pale cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, 828pp nr FINE in d/w nr FINE (variant, see above)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature historical astrological Man Booker Prize

$8.50
xxphi157099

For All The Tea In China


SHEPPARD, STEPHEN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Tudor Publishing Company 1988

KEYWORDS: Stephen Sheppard literature crime adventure 20th Century race

$10.00
xxphi157105

Roughtail: The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and other stories told by the Kukatja


GREENE, GRACIE & TRAMACCHI, JOE & GILL, LUCILLE

Imperial 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: Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation 1999

KEYWORDS: Joe Tramacchi Gracie Greene Lucille Gill aboriginal mythology legends literature history australian australia illustrated indigenous short stories

$16.50
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Remembering Babylon


MALOUF, DAVID

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: Random House Australia Pty Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: David Malouf literature novel australia aboriginal settlement aborigines indigenous

$23.50
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The War Hound and the World's Pain


MOORCOCK, MICHAEL

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: New English Library 1982

KEYWORDS: Michael Moorcock literature europe religious

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