MARSH, NGAIO

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: Book Club Association 1978

KEYWORDS: literature crime mystery ngaio marsh

LUSTIG, T. J.

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: Fourth Estate 1990

KEYWORDS: literature

CHRISTENSEN, LARS SAABYE

Super octavo, soft cover (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: Arcadia Books Ltd 2003

KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 113pp, VG- (light bruising to board extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x 1cmx9cm sections removed from fep edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature Frank Sargeson

GLOVER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal light card covers, 46pp, VG (light tanning & scuffing/creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration to spine & edges, light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Denis Glover collection anthology New Zealand

RHODES, H. WINSTON (Selected) & GLOVER, DENIS (Selected)

Small octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 38pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout- text still clean)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poems poetry literature collection anthology Beaglehole Fairburn Curnow Glover Milner Julian

FAIRBURN, A. R. D.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey light card covers/boards, 45pp, VG (light tanning to spine & cover edges, poems lettering to rear cover in pencil, moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w & protective mylar cover, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to edges, 4cm closed tear to top spine edge)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1943

KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry literature New Zealand Fairburn colelction anthology

HUGO, VICTOR & JOYCE, T. H. (Trans) & LOCKER, ARTHUR (Trans)

Small octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling with black decorative rule to spine & boards, vii + 413pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, moderate discolouration to spine, light to moderate staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky but attached, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879

KEYWORDS: literature Victor Hugo essay France history

KING, JONATHAN

Imperial octavo, soft cover (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: Gecko Press 2020

KEYWORDS: literature nz lit comic strip adventure

STOKER, BRAM

FIRST EDITION, TWO VOL SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front boards, gilt portrait to front boards, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xii + 372pp, vol 2- vi + 388pp, illus/plates- not counted but presumed all present, VG-/scruffy (heavy bruising to spines with vol 1 spine loose but attached, heavy cracking to hinges, moderate to heavy scuffing/chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, some tissue guards missing & plates loose but attached, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, faint library ink stamps to rear pastedowns of both vols)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1906

KEYWORDS: Henry Irving biography memoir actor English illustrated literature Bram Stoker first edition

OWEN, WILFRED & OWEN, HAROLD (Ed) & BELL, JOHN (Ed)

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, olive green boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, 629pp, illus/photo, VG (usual library stamps, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, light underlining & notations to text in pencil & ink - unobtrusive & subtle) in d/w & plastic mylar cover, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to extrems, light fading to spine, price clipped, d/w attached to boards)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Wilfred Owen letters correspondence collection literature

LABUTE, NEIL

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: Faber & Faber 2003

KEYWORDS: literature play theatre drama neil labute

SZALAY, DAVID

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: Jonathan Cape / Vintage 2016

KEYWORDS: literature short stories canada

HALLIDAY, MICHAEL

Paperback (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 1960

KEYWORDS: literature murder crime

CREASEY, JOHN

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: Pan Books 1962

KEYWORDS: literature murder crime

KENT, HANNAH

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: Picador / Pan MacMillan 2017

KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction

O'CONNOR, FLANNERY

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: Harcourt Brace & Company 1983

KEYWORDS: literature short stories southern gothic horror

NORDAN, LEWIS

Small octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) 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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1997

KEYWORDS: literature coming of age humour

DELERM, PHILIPPE

Small octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) 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: Phoenix House / Orion 1998

KEYWORDS: literature short stories fench lit poetry

JOHNS, Capt. W. E.

FIRST EDITION, small octavo, red heavy card boards, black lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG (light chafing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chipping to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1956

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction Biggles Johns adventure modern first edition