HOMER & WAY, ARTHUR S.

SCARCE, 3 VOL SET, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, vols 1 & 2- 313pp total & vol 3- 335pp, VG- (heavy cracking & splitting to spines & hinges, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters- some separation at binding, prelims of vol 3 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1885-1888

KEYWORDS: classical classics literature Homer Iliad translation verse

WILCOX, ELLA WHEELER & TENNANT, DUDLEY (Pictured by)

Imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & green decoration to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, coloured plates- all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, ligth discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pgs throughout, light to moderate tanning to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Gay & Hancock 1914

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature collection anthology passion love romance illustrated

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE & SUTRO, ALFRED (Trans) & DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (Illus)

Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Gearge Allen & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: Maurice Maeterlinck bees nature history literature insects bee-keeping illustrated apiaries

SHRIVER, LIONEL

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: Fourth Estate/HarperCollins 2012

KEYWORDS: literature ficiton Lionel Shriver

DE BERNIERES, LOUIS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 2004

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Louis de Bernieres

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & McNEISH, HELEN (Ed)

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 & Stoughton 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary biography romance love letters collection Katherine Mansfield John Middleton Murry

GIRTIN, THOMAS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harvill Press 1959

KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Town and Country clothing fashion history Thomas Girtin

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE

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: Victor Gollancz 1938

KEYWORDS: literary biography Du Maurier literature

MITCHELL, ADRIAN

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: Cape Goliard Press 1976

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Adrian Mitchell humour humor

BULLOCK-MORRELL, JOAN

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: Bronze Publishing N/D

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Joan Bullock-Morrell humour humor New Zealand poets

SITWELL, SACHEVERELL

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: Faber and Faber 1943

KEYWORDS: Sacheverell Sitwell autobiography memoir literature literary

THURBER, JAMES

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Hamish Hamilton 1952

KEYWORDS: James Thurber literature anecdotes collection social commentary

RIVES, JOHN & STRECKER, JAMES (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mini Mocho Press 1989

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection John Rives

SCHOEMPERLEN, DIANE

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: Quarry Press 1986

KEYWORDS: literature collection short stories Diane Schoemperlen Canadian

WILSON, H. C.

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: H C Wilson 2010

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature H C Wilson New Zealand poets

NASH, ROGER

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PUBLISHER: Quarry Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Roger Nash literature Canadian poems poetry collection

SPENDER, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Faber and Faber 1942

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection Stephen Spender first edition

MACNEAL, ELIZABETH

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: Picador 2019

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Elizabeth Macneal

IHIMAERA, WITI

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: Penguin Books 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction Witi Ihimaera

STEAD, C. K.

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 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction C K Stead short stories collection