ROBERTS, CECIL

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG-) cracking to some gutters; 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: William Heinemann 1927

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Cecil Roberts

SHAW, TINA & ROSS, JACK (Eds)

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: Reed Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction collection anthology short stories

FEARNLEY, LAURENCE & HERSEY, PAUL (Selected by)

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: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand prose literature collection anthology exploration

WELBY, T. EARLE

LACKS D/W, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1969

KEYWORDS: Algernon Charles Swinburne literary criticism literature verse poems poetry biography

ROBERTS, CECIL

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1933

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Cecil Roberts

ALACK, FRANK & QUARTERMAIN, LES B. (Ed)

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature autobiography memoir Frank Alack history

MACKAY, IAN

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: Oswald-Sealy N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori literature Ian Mackay myths legends

GORDON, JOHN (ED)

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: Shoal Bay Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems prose collection anthology

MARSHALL, OWEN

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: John McIndoe 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories collection Owen Marshall

GEE, MAURICE

REPRINT, 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: Auckland University Press 1976 (Reprint)

KEYWORDS: Maurice Gee New Zealand literature short stories collection

WALLACE, EDGAR

EX-LIBRARY, LARGE PRINT, 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: Dales Large Print Books 2007

KEYWORDS: large print literature fiction mystery Edgar Wallace

LOCKE, ELSIE & DAWSON, KEN & OATES, JEAN (Illus) & BROWN, CATH (Maps)

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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature Elsie Locke Ken Dawson

RYBAKOV, VLADIMIR & DORRELL, J. R. (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Flamingo/Fontana 1984

KEYWORDS: Russian literature fiction Vladimir Rybakov

HOLCROFT, M. H.

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Listener M H Holcroft editorials collection anthology

MACKAY, IAN

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: Oswald-Sealy [n. d.]

KEYWORDS: literature new zealand maori myth reimagined

UNKNOWN

EARLY & SCARCE, POSSIBLY FIRST EDITION (1788), LACKS TITLE PAGE & SOME OF INDEX, ALONG WITH PART OF LAST PAGE (NOT AFFECTING TEXT) TEXT COMPLETE. Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, raised bands to spine, 493pp, v scruffy but age appropriate wear & tear (v heavy cracking to hinges, v heavy scuffing to spine & boards/extrems with some surface loss, moderate staining to boards & spine, moderate tanning to page edges, all aforementioned flaws, fascinating historical annotations in ink to text, quaint light sketches/portraits in pencil to eps, v heavy cracking to some gutters) this is a delicate book but full of charm that will not disappoint!

PUBLISHER: Unknown- c.1788

KEYWORDS: literature essays collection psychology morality philosophy first edition (possibly!)

BELLAMY, FRANK

Quarto, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & scuffing to cover edges & extrems, light to moderate discolouration & staining to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: IPC Magazines 1974

KEYWORDS: Garth comic book literature fantasy scifi science fiction comics

DICKENS, CHARLES & REYNOLDS, FRANK (Illus)

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt embossed illus to front board, teg, printed eps, frontipiece with tissue guard, illus full title page, colour plates- all present & without foxing, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, paper residue & partially hidden script in ink to ffep) A beautiful decorative specimen of Dickens' work!

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D (c.1910s?)

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature Charles Dickens

PATTERSON, REBECCA

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 434pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to top of page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, usual library stamps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light foxing to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Voctor Gollancz 1953

KEYWORDS: literary biography Emily Dickinson poetry poems criticism literature poets

PRYNNE, WILLIAM

8 VARIOUS WORKS BY, OR ATTRIBUTED TO, WILLIAM PRYNNE, EX-LIBRARY, SCARCE! Octavo, brown leather boards, blind rule to board edges, page edges stained red, 287pp total- paginated separately, appropriately scruffy (spine completely missing, heavy scuffing & light crumbling to boards & leather which are detached but present, historical ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor historical library markings, heavy tanning to page edges, a number of sm ink scribblings to one title page) Photos highly recommended for this special item!

PUBLISHER: Robert Hodges, Michael Spark 1647-1650

KEYWORDS: collection anthology William Prynne literature 17th seventeenth century writings prose military war politics