BERESFORD, ELISABETH; WOOD, IVOR (illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Benn 1973

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BERESFORD, ELISABETH

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PUBLISHER: Friday Press 1963

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POWELL, HARRIET; WILLIAMS, BARBARA MORAY

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: A. & C. Black 1934

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DE HUFF, ELIZABETH

Water staining to boards and textblock. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace & Company 1924

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MULGAN, ALAN

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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1960

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KINROSS, ROBIN

Octavo, illus yellow card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light scuffing to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hyphen Press 2004

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BURKE, CHRISTOPHER

Lg quarto, teal soft boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, 335pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hyphen Press 2007

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TAHIR, BABA & HERON-ALLEN, EDWARD (Ed, Annotated & Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 72pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: The Octagon Press 1979

KEYWORDS: verse poems poetry literature Baba Tahir

LEONIS, SHEILA

LACKS D/W, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 112pp, VG (light to moderate foxing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light chafing, soiling & fading to boards & spine, light tanning & foxingto page edges & eps, moderate annotations to front eps in pencil, light occasional annotations to margins in pencil)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press (Printer) 1946

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RIZOS, LUCIEN (Photos) & SKINNER, DAMIAN (Essays) & WEDDE, IAN (Essays)

Oblong octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, inscription in ink to full title page, sl cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Rim Books 2011

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FOX, ALISTAIR

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & fading to cover edges, light tanning/staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2008

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DALLAS, RUTH

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 50pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name inlight pencil to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry collection Ruth Dallas

CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST EDITION IN 2ND ISSUE VARIANT D/W MENTIONING BOOKER PRIZE WIN; VUP EDITION PRINTING CONCURRENTLY WITH UK EDITION IN MUCH SMALLER (1000X) PRINT NUMBER, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edgeslight fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Eleanor Catton fiction New Zealand

BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FRONTISPIECE & TISSUE GUARD TORN OUT, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, xvi + 420pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape staining & cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, frontispiece & tissue guard roughly torn out, sm ink markings to lettering on full title page, moderate creasing to page edges of prelims & other pgs sporadically throughout, light foxing & gutter cracks to pgs throughout, moderate to heavy creasing/folding & various closed tears to folding map)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Book Depot 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France French literature history Akaroa T Lindsay Buick colonization colonisation

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black decorated cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 318pp + 16pp to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to hinges, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters, light foxing and/or soiling ot some pgs sporadically throughout, heavy creasing to corner pf pg 77)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature William le Queux

FLEMING, IAN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese characters to front board, patterned eps, 256pp, VG/VG- (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep completely missing) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light creasing to flaps, light pencil markings to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964

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ROBERTS, HEATHER

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 1989

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STEAD, C. K.

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PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz literature literary analysis litcrit history aotearoa

HALPERIN, JOHN

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: The Harvester Press 1986

KEYWORDS: literary biography Jane Austen memoir literature

KIRKPATRICK, KATHRYN (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2000

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