CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, gilt motif to front board, top page edges stained red, 193pp, VG+ (light fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light discolouration & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Michael Crichton

JAMES, CLIVE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 373pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

KEYWORDS: first edition Clive James essays collection anthology literature social commentary humour

WAUGH, EVELYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt cherubian motif to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, illus half title page, 51pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sm teeth marks to upper spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings in ink to front eps, sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG-/tatty (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, ligth soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Evelyn Waugh

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on front board, 40pp, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand poets writers authors poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature

ROTH, H. O.

Octavo, beige light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade unions bibliography literature

CHALLONER, H. K. & NORTHOVER, ROLAND

SOME UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, aforementioned ink underlining to text & margins throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, roughly price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1967

KEYWORDS: philosophy psychology literature spirituality

FRAME, JANET

Sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 123pp, VG+ (sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, chafing & foxing, price clipped, light chafing & loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories collection literature New Zealand writers authors

BEHAN, BRENDAN

FIRST EDITION small 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: Theatre Workshop 1958

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AIKEN, CONRAD

FIRST EDITION 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: John Lehmann 1951

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse america american conrad aiken literature

CLEARY, FRANCES

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature youth frances cleary mrs kingi

CLEARY, FRANCES

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG, some foxing) 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: Collins 1971

KEYWORDS: frances cleary mrs kingi new zealand literature youth bay of islands

KAYES, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Scholastic 2017

KEYWORDS: childrens children's new zealand fiction literature anne kayes fitzgibbon award

MITCALFE, BARRY

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PUBLISHER: Seven Seas 1975

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TROTSKY, LEON

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PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1973

KEYWORDS: politics political science Russian revolution literature Leon Trotsky

COETZEE, J. M.

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PUBLISHER: Text Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: literature fiction J M Coetzee

DONALDSON, STEPHEN

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PUBLISHER: Gollancz 2004

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ALLUM, TOM

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PUBLISHER: Staples Press N/D

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DOYLE, RODDY

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, 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: Jonathan Cape 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian edition Roddy Doyle literature family violence

'SEA-LION'

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: Sea-Lion children's literature

LEAL, SUZANNE

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PUBLISHER: Scribe Publications 2006

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Suzanne Leal