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$85.00
2i46a/15

Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography


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

KEYWORDS: script typography lettering history literature art graphics

$150.00
2i46a/31

A Fool of God: The Mystical Verse of Baba Tahir


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

$40.00
2i48a/15

The Mystery of Iusa: A Tale of the God-Kings of Egypt


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

KEYWORDS: literature Sheila Leonis ancient Egypt history historical

$60.00
2i48a/34

A Man Walks Out of a Bar.....: Lucien Rizos: New Zealand Photographs 1979-1982


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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photograpy photos Lucien Rizos essays literature collection Ian Wedde Damian Skinner

$45.00
2i48a/35

The Ship of Dreams: Masculinity in Contemporary New Zealandd Fiction


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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary criticism psychology masculinity gender stereotypes men

$48.50
2i48a/38

Steps of the Sun: Poems by Ruth Dallas


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

$400.00
2i48a/73

The Luminaries


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

$40.00
2i51a/10

The French at Akaroa: An Adenture in Colonization


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

$100.00
2i51a/28

The Room of Secrets


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

$85.00
1w49a/3

You Only Live Twice


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

KEYWORDS: modern first edition James Bond 007 spy thriller espionage adventure literature

$15.00
xxsti172327

Where Did She Come From? New Zealand Women Novelists 1862-1987


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

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz aotearoa literature fiction literary analysis writers history women women's mary scott nelle scanlan jane mander robin hyde jow cowley janet frame

$19.50
xxsti172331

In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature


STEAD, C. K.

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: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz literature literary analysis litcrit history aotearoa

$15.00
xxsti172335

The Life of Jane Austen


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

$17.50
xxstj172337

Border Crossings: Irish Women Writers and National Identities


KIRKPATRICK, KATHRYN (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish writers literature literary criticism female women gender identity

$12.50
xxstj172338

South Pacific Sunrise


EGGLETON, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+) light cracking to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1986

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection New Zealand David Eggleton

$30.00
xxstj172340

Tall Tales and True


ANDERSON, RUSSELL McNEE

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 Greymouth Evening Star (Printer) N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories collection Russell Anderson Auckland Weekly News

$25.00
xxstj172346

The Non-Violent Militant: Selected Writings of Teresa Billington-Greig


BILLINGTON-GREIG, TERESA & McPHEE, CAROL (Ed) & FITZGERALD, ANN (Ed)

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987

KEYWORDS: gender women literature Teresa Billington-Greig collection

$15.00
xxstj172349

Doin Wildcat: A Novel Koori Script


NAROGIN, MUDROOROO

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: Hyland House Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: Australian literature fiction Mudrooroo Narogin

$32.50
xxstj172350

Re-Thinking Theory: A Critique of Contemporary Literary Theory and an Alternative Account


FREADMAN, RICHARD & MILLER, SEUMAS

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: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: literary criticism theory modern history literature

$9.50
xxstj172367

Words


SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL & CLEPHANE, IRENE (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1971

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Jean-Paul Sartre philosophy literature

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