GRENE, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1969

KEYWORDS: literature plays Ibsen Shakespeare Sophocles essays prose collection literary criticism

CULLER, JONATHAN

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987

KEYWORDS: theory literature structuralism philosophy

FREADMAN, RICHARD & REINHARDT, LLOYD (Eds)

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PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1991

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory literary modernism criticism analysis Freadman Reinhardt

BOX, EDGAR ( VIDAL, GORE )

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PUBLISHER: The Armchair Detective Library 1991

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BOX, EDGAR ( GORE, VIDAL )

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PUBLISHER: The Armchair Detective Library 1990

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COLETTE; WHITE, ANTONIA (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 1963

KEYWORDS: paris literature coming of age

BIDWILL, JOHN CARNE

LACKS D/W, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to title plates to spine & front board, illus title page, 128pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, notation glued in to ffep, publication inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title pages with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration John Carne Bidwill nature botany plants literature history

WESTRA, ANS

UNCOMMON, imperial octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, 57pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen Gov't Printer n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography Viliami education bulletin schools Ans Westra Pacific Islands people culture children's literature

SCHNOOR, CHRISTOPH & McCONCHIE, GRAEME (Eds)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 98pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to lower cover corner)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture Unitec 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings essays prose collection literature Auckland

WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG+ (sl chafing to board edges, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 15mm closed tear to base of front cover with tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature New Zealand Albert Wendt

HOFFMANN, E. T. A. & LABOCCETTA, MARIO (Illus)

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus title page, 207pp, illus, VG (light fading & bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 5cm closed tear to top front edge, moderate tanning to spine, moderate discolouration/foxing & chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1932

KEYWORDS: Hoffmann Laboccetta illustrated literature fantasy

SYDNEY, GRAHAME & FINDLAY, MICHAEL & TURNER, BRIAN & JONES, BELINDA & GRAHAM, REG

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to spine and edges of cover, light soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Grahame Sydney collection anthology compilation signed essays literature prose criticism

GRASS, GUNTER

LACKS D/W, FIRST EDITION, TEXT IN GERMAN, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 736pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems/edges, light soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hermann Luchterhand Verlag 1959

KEYWORDS: text in German literature modern first edition Gunter Grass The Tin Drum

DESCARTES & ADAM, CHARLES & TANNERY, PAUL (Publishers)

HEAVY SET (Extra shipping costs will apply), 13 BOOK SET, TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spines, most blocks of pgs uncut throughout each book, x-cv + 252-889pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light to moderate staining to some spines & covers, light cracking to some gutters, light chafing to some books, some separation at spine to some books, some pgs roughly cut, 1cm smudge to ffep of book VI) a beautiful set!

PUBLISHER: Libraire Philosophique J. Vrin 1982-1991

KEYWORDS: Descartes text in French philosophy literature essays correspondance letetrs meditations musings passion collection writings anthology

ORAGE, A. R.

Octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, 122pp, VG (light fading & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light pencil markings to margins throughout- text clean, sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine & edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Janus Press 1954

KEYWORDS: psychology Orage literature self help awareness development human

ALEXANDER, F. MATTHIAS & MAISEL, EDWARD (Selected & Intro) & DART, RAYMOND A. (Preface)

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, frontispiece, lii + 204pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light soiling & chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light markings in pencil to margins- text clean) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (moderate creasing & fading to edges & spine, price clipped, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University Books 1969

KEYWORDS: literature collection F Matthias Alexander anthology prose psychology psychiatry mind body health mental

O'TARA, MAC-ERIN

THIS VOLUME ONLY. Octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering, rule, & decoration to spine, speckled page edges, xxx + 372pp. VG- (moderate peeling of marbled cover from rear board, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges, moderate foxing + moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, 7cm open tear w/ heavy loss to fep, prev. owner's name stamped + pencil markings to fep, moderate foxing to both pastedowns & eps, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, mild foxing to pages sproadically throughout

PUBLISHER: A.K. Newman and Co. 1837

KEYWORDS: literature ireland irish historical fiction

BURTON, RICHARD; WALTON, ALAN (intro.)

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PUBLISHER: Panther Book 1966

KEYWORDS: literature love the erotic eros orientalism

EDWARDS, JAMES

Octavo softcover (VG, sl. stain to fep. and prelims); 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: Daisy Edwards 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature James Edwards broadcasting broadcasts

WICKES, FRANCES G.

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PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1976

KEYWORDS: psychology Carl Jung Jungian literature