JOHNS, W.E.

Small octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: Johns biggles series childrens literature

TUROW, SCOTT

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Farrer, Straus and Giroux 2005

KEYWORDS: Scott Turow war literature

NESS, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Walker Books Ltd. 2010

KEYWORDS: Patrick Ness literature series

ALLENDE, ISABEL & PEDEN, MARGARET SAYERS (trans.)

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Flamingo 2001

KEYWORDS: Isabel Allende historical literature

GORDIMER, NADINE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1971

KEYWORDS: Nadine Gordimer romance literature

ELLROY, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo quarter bound heavy card boards, silver lettering to spine, 701pp, nr. VG+ in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature american america us usa james ellroy crime fiction

MITCHELL, DAVID & HANLY, PAT (illus.)

FIRST EDITON (SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION); tall imperial octavo silver lettering to front & spine, unpaginated, illus., VG (boards ever so slightly warped, light creasing and scuffing; occasional light tanning soiling & foxing within) in d/w VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stephen Chan 1971

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition poetry signed limited numbered stephen chan pat hanly art pipe dreams ponsonby david mitchell

VASCONCELOS, JOSE & CRAWFORD, W. REX (transl.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, tidy ex-library; octavo brown cloth boards, 288pp, VG- (usual stamps and markings, tape stains to eps., moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning and soiling within) NB this is an abridgement

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: mexican literature translation modern first editon mexico central america american latin autobiography jose vasconcelos literary

CARTER, ANGELA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 294pp, VG+ (light tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (a touch of sl. creasing & soiling, sl. fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & WIndus / Hogarth Press 1984

KEYWORDS: angela carter modern first edition literature english british fantasy

TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo illus. light card covers, 52pp, illus., VG+ (light creasing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jackstraw Press 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry maori modern first edition short stories hone tuwhare

HULME, KERI

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE; octavo maroon illus. light card covers, 469pp, VG (moderate creasing and scuffing to covers, light tanning, soiling and foxing to page edges and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Spiral 1983

KEYWORDS: keri hulme new zealand maori literature modern first edition man book prize

GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH & HAPGOOD, ISABEL F. (transl.)

FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, tidy ex-library binding (from the General Assembly of New Zealand ie. Parliament), half bound octavo maroon boards with gilt emblem of NZ General Assembly Library, leather spines with raised bands and gilt lettering & decoration, marbelled eps. & edges, illus. frontis to vol. 2 only, vol. 1: 364pp / vol. 2: 285pp (with table of Russian civil service/military ranks at end), VG (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing to leather, light tanning and occasional light foxing within, usual stamps and markings - a tidy set of a key work)

PUBLISHER: John and Robert Maxwell 1887

KEYWORDS: russian literature first edition in translation nikolai gogol russia dead souls serfdom satire satirical

FOXLEE, KAREN

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: Allen & Unwin 2018

KEYWORDS: literature family ya young adult

CLARK, ELIZABETH

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: Univeristy Of London Press 1938

KEYWORDS: literature short story stories collection

ADAMS, RICHARD

'SUPRESSED' FIRST EDITION (MAIN CHARACTER NAMED 'KATHE' NOT 'KARIN'), 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

SCITHERS, GEORGE (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: Dragon Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: literature scifi fantasy short stories story collection

WAGAMESE, RICHARD

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: Milkweed 2015

KEYWORDS: literature literary fiction coming of age

PRICE, REYNOLDS

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: Scribner 1988

KEYWORDS: literature literary womens

WATKINS, PAUL

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: Piccador 1995

KEYWORDS: literature literary fiction

HUGHES, RICHARD

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: Penguin Books 1950

KEYWORDS: literature adventure