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

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

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

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

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

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

MACDONALD, FINLAY (DODD, LYNLEY)

FIRST EDITION, quarto blue-grey boards, white lettering to cover & spine, illus. endpapers, illus., 207pp, VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for some light scuffing to spine), in d/w VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, sl. tanning)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature childrens illustration art biography Lynley Dodd Hairy Maclary Donaldson's Dairy Slinky Malinky

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

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

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

GLEN, ESTHER & COALES, KATHLEEN W. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; octavo blue cloth illus. boards, dark blue lettering to spine & cover, illus., 256pp (VG-, moderate scuffing, fraying and rubbing to boards, boards slightly cocked, 1x illustration missing (Robin lay very still and white... facing page 156), light tanning and foxing throughout, prev. owner's name to fep. in pen, 2x bookplates to endpaper/fep.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature childrens Maoriland modern first edition

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

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

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

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

SMITH, WILBUR

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: Pan Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Wilbur Smith literature love conspiracy 20th Century war conflict colonialism

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

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

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

BUCHAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1935

KEYWORDS: John Buchan literature classic