PONSONBY, D.A.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson1952

KEYWORDS: modern literature romance D A Ponsonby

SANDYS, ELSPETH

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: Upstart 2017

KEYWORDS: Literature

SETON-WATSON, MARY

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: BBC 1986

KEYWORDS: Soviet Russia literature culture sociology society intellectuals history nostalgia religion writers

ROBBINS, LOUIS

Lg quarto, black heavy card boards with red buckram spine, white lettering & photo plate to front board, frontispiece & illus title page, 23pp, illus, scruffy (VG-, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout, some pgs partially loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1904

KEYWORDS: illustrated photos photography literature humour

STENHOUSE, WILLIAM M.

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, 194pp + 7pp publishing list to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl cracking to central gutters but still very soundly attached)

PUBLISHER: Paisley: Alexander Gardner 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems verse songs collection anthology

HAMID, MOHSIN

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF, Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to cover and spine, 184pp, VG+ (crease to cover edge, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 2007

KEYWORDS: Mohsin Hamid novelist novel pakistan literature modern first edition monologue

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, VG (moderate foxing to page edges, slight soiling to boards) in illus d/w VG (moderate foxing and chipping) illus d/w VG- (light/moderate chipping and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1965

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame modern first edition literature nzlit novelist

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, silver lettering to spine, 239pp, VG (moderate foxing to page edges, slight soiling to boards) in illus d/w VG (moderate foxing and chipping) illus d/w VG- (moderate tanning and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitecombe & Tombs 1963

KEYWORDS: David Ballantyne modern first edition literature nzlit novelist

FINLAYSON, RODERICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, cream heavy card boards, quarter bound in brown cloth, small title plate to spine, 86pp, VG (slight soiling to covers, slight bruising to spine and board extrems) , d/w complete open tear, no loss, placed inside book.

PUBLISHER: The Unicorn Press 1938

KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson moder first edition literature maori nz new zealand

COLLINS, CHURTON & BALDRY, ALFRED LYS & WAUGH, ARTHUR. & MORE

Folio, illus light card covers, black text to spine, illus title page, illus prelims, heavy illus throughout - plates, advertisements, portraits, frontispiece, xlii + 51pp + 64pp, Poor (moderate/heavy chipping to covers, heavy soiling and foxing, gutter/hinge split almost complete fore edge)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1906

KEYWORDS: Bookman Christmas vintage advertisements illustrations plates sea serpent literature

n.a.

Folio, illus light card covers, black text to spine, illus title page, illus prelims, heavy illus throughout - plates, advertisements, portraits, frontispiece, xxviii + 56pp + 188pp, VG- (moderate chipping to covers, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1926

KEYWORDS: Bookman Christmas vintage advertisements illustrations plates literature

ADCOCK, SIR JOHN & AAS, L. & GREY, ROWLAND & MORE!

Kay Nielsen portfolio missing, Folio, illus light card covers, green text to spine, illus title page, illus prelims, heavy illus throughout - plates, advertisements, portraits, frontispiece, xxxiv + 81pp + 208pp, G+ (moderate chipping to covers, heavy chipping to spine, moderate soiling and foxing to pages, 8cm tear to front top hinge, without loss)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1925

KEYWORDS: Bookman Christmas vintage advertisements illustrations plates literature

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, orange flame decoration to spine, 279pp, VG (light/moderate rubbing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate/heavy foxing to page edges and pages to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1949

KEYWORDS: Frank Sargeson modern first edition literature

DU PONTET, E. D.(ed) & MCCALLION, A. J. (ed)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine and boards, 91pp + 2pp index, illus, VG (usual library markings, heavy tanning to covers, 1cm chip with loss to lower back cover)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ literature E D Du Pontet A J McCallion short stories history

HALEY, RUSSELL

Octavo softcover stapled (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: Hawk Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Russell Haley short-story literature

MUSCATINE, CHARLES

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: University of California Press 1957

KEYWORDS: Charles Muscatine french literature analysis chaucer medieval

WALLACE, GAVIN (Ed.) & STEVENSON, RANDALL (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (nr 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: scotland scottish literature studies realism

RICHARDSON, HENRY HANDEL

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 Group 2009

KEYWORDS: Henry Handel Richardson english literature

MCEWAN, IAN

FIRST AUSTRALIAN 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 2007

KEYWORDS: Ian McEwan literature english first edition

PEARSALL, D.A. (ed.)

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: Manchester University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Pearsall medieval old english england literature analysis