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Cherry Ames: Country Doctor's Nurse


Cherry Ames Nurse Stories

TATHAM, JULIE

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: World Distributor's Limited 1960

KEYWORDS: literature children's children nurse

$10.00
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Cherry Ames, Department Store Nurse


Cherry Ames Nurse Stories

WELLS, HELEN

octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: World Distributors Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: children children's literature

$10.00
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Cherry Ames at Spencer


Cherry Ames Nurse Stories

TATHAM, JULIE

octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+)

PUBLISHER: World Distributors Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: literature children's childrens

$22.50
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The Clue of the Screeching Owl


Hardy Boys Mystery Series

DIXON, FRANKLIN W.

FIRST UK EDITION hardcover octavo (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: Sampson Low 1962

KEYWORDS: childrens children's literature first edition giant owl

$75.00
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A Midsummer Night's Dream


SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (Illus)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, & illus prelims, xii + 185pp, illus/colour plates, scruffy, spine completely missing, front board completely detached but present, rear board attached but very shaky, v heavy staining & scuffing/bruising to boards, binding almost non-existent, ex-libris plate tofront pastedown) a very delicate but charming gem, photos strongly advised before buying!

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: literature Shakespeare midsummer night's dream illustrated

$90.00
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The Collected Poetry of Francis Thompson


THOMPSON, FRANCIS

LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PUBLISHER & PRINTER (#94/500), Quarto, cream soft card boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front cover, grey ribbon woven through covers, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 413pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light curling to front cover, moderate discolouration to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, grey ribbon to covers partially missing & slightly frayed) a charming copy!

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1908

KEYWORDS: literature signed poems poetry collection anthology Francis Thompson numbered

$60.00
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The Luminaries


CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG (light bruising & chipping to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, binding slightly loose) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Granta 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature

$245.00
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War of the Classes


LONDON, JACK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xix + 278pp + 3pp to rear, VG (ligth bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page egdesv sl cracking to gutter)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company 1905

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Jack London

$120.00
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The Restless Age


McCUTCHEON, JOHN T.

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & colour illus plate to front board, 218pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Bobb-Merrills Company 1921

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illustrated literature Chicago Tribune cartoon humour

$225.00
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Dickens and His Illustrators: Cruikshank, Seymour, Buss, Phiz, Cattermole, Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Frank Stone, Landseer, Palmer, Topham, Marcus Stone, and Luke Fildes


KITTON, FREDERIC G.

FIRST EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 256pp, plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light scuffing to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky- cracking to gutters, presentation plate to front pastedown, ex-libris plate to ffep, pgs 167-170 loose but still atatched)

PUBLISHER: George Redway 1899

KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Dicken illustrators literature

$16.50
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I Wish I Wish


VAN DEN BERG, ZIRK

Signed and inscribed. Softcover octavo (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: Cuba Press 2020

KEYWORDS: Literature Afrikaans

$600.00
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A Clash of Kings (Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire)


MARTIN, GEORGE R. R. & BURNS, JIM (Jacket Illustrator)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, decorative full title page, maps of the north & south to prelims, 741pp (inc. appendix of kings & their courts), VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Voyager/HarperCollins 1998

KEYWORDS: game of thrones fantasy literature modern first edition book 2 two song of ice and fire george r r martin

$225.00
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Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales


BROTHERS GRIMM & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, xi + 251pp, illus/plates- all present, scruffy but worth the effort! (heavy fraying & scuffing to extrems, 21cm crack to rear hinge, moderate chafing to boards, boards v shaky but attached, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, ffep completely missing, light foxing to pgs sporadically throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1917

KEYWORDS: brothers Grimm fairy tales Arthur Rackham literature children's modern first edition fantasy

$25.00
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Land of Our Fathers: A Central Otago Saga


RAMSAY, ISABEL; POLLOCK, J BURNS (illus.)

Folding map to front. Octavo softcover (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: Oamaru / Comet Print 1970

KEYWORDS: central otago new zealand aotearoa gold mining history hyde literature historical fiction

$16.50
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The Day the Music Died


SMITH, JOSEPH C.

Imperial 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: Grove Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literature fiction music musical history the 50s 1956 60s

$10.00
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Handle With Care


PICOULT, JODI

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2009

KEYWORDS: literature jodi picoult brittle bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta

$10.00
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The Storm Sister


RILEY, LUCINDA

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: Macmillan 2016

KEYWORDS: literature the seven sisters series norway

$12.50
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Those in Peril


SMITH, WILBUR

Super octavo (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: Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: thriller literature missing person mystery kidnapping kidnapped

$12.50
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Robert the Bruce: The Path of the Hero King, The Second of a Trilogy of Novels


TRANTER, NIGEL

This vol only. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1974

KEYWORDS: robert the bruce history historical fiction literature king kings norman lord celtic earl england early medieval scotland

$12.50
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Robert the Bruce: The Steps to the Empty Throne, The First of a Trilogy of Novels


TRANTER, NIGEL

This vol only. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1971

KEYWORDS: robert the bruce history historical fiction literature king kings norman lord celtic earl england early medieval scotland

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