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xxyla179200

Essex Dogs


JONES, DAN

First edition, uncorrected proof copy. 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: Head Zeus 2022

KEYWORDS: essex dogs literature hundred years war

$77.50
1y84a/8

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems


COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR & HOLMES, RICHARD (Ed & Intro) & MACGREGOR, MIRIAM (Engravings)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to blue faux leather spine, top page edges stained blue, xxxv + 372pp, illus/engravings, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to spine, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: literature poems folio society collection anthology Samuel Taylor Coleridge poetry English

$100.00
1y84a/9

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight


ARMITAGE, SIMON (Trans) & SUDYKA, DIANA (Illus)

Lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xiii + 114pp, illus/engravings, Near FINE (v sl soiling to boards, v sl foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: Simon Armitage translation Sir Gawain Green Knight folio society verse literature historical

$45.00
1y84a/15

The Complete Hutu and Kawa


ACRES, AVIS

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, red/brown/green lettering to spine, illus full title page, unpaginated, illus, VG; includes "The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa", "Hutu and Kawa Meet Tuatara" and "Hutu and Kawa Find an Island"

PUBLISHER: Little Mammoth 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature Avis Acres hutu kawa short stories collection anthology NZ Herald

$40.00
1y84a/22

Kainga Tahi Kainga Rua: Maori Housing Realties and Aspirations


CRAM, FIONA & HUTCHINGS, JESSICA & SMITH, JO (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 281pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover extrems)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori housing community communities prose literature essays collection

$65.00
1y84a/31

The Fly


CHOPPING, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION (EX-LIBRARY- LIBRARY LABEL TO FEP ONLY, OTHERWISE NO LIBRARY MARKINGS AT ALL), octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & boards, black ink C to spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm numerals in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 1 cm loss to lower spine extrem, price clipped, heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to covers, in protective removable clear plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels literature fiction Richard Chopping

$70.00
1y84a/37

Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: The Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad's Fiction


O'HANLON, REDMOND

Super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Humanities Press 1984

KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature Joseph Conrad Charles Darwin science philosophy

$40.00
1y84a/43

Orwell and the Left


ZWERDLING, ALEX

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 215pp, VG (sl scuffing to board/spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate highlighting & annotations to text) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first edition George Orwell philosophy politics literary politics political analysis criticism literature

$55.00
1y84a/47

Journalese


HYDE, ROBIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 230pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to front gutter- heavy cracking to some other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The National Printing Company 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Robin Hyde Iris Guiver Wilkinson first edition literature

$65.00
1y84a/49

The Iron Hand: New Zealand Soldiers' Poems From World War II


CLEVELAND, LES (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red stapled light card covers, 56pp, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry verse collection anthology literature New Zealand soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two

$10.00
xxylb179238

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates


GOFFMAN, ERVING

Paperback (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: Penguin Books

KEYWORDS: mental health literature essays collection prose psychiatry psychology asylums social science patients

$32.50
xxylb179240

Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963


PLATH, SYLVIA & PLATH, AURELIA SCHOBER (Selected, Ed & Commentary)

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: Faber and Faber 1975

KEYWORDS: literary autobiography memoir letters correspondence Sylvia Plath literature

$10.00
xxylb179243

Phases of Gravity


SIMMONS, DAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Headline 1990

KEYWORDS: literature science fiction fantasy Dan Simmons novels

$14.50
xxylb179245

The Mottled Lizard


HUXLEY, ELSPETH

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: The Reprint Society 1964

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Elspeth Huxley literature literary

$30.00
xxylb179246

The Blood of the Air


LAMANTIA, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION, 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: Four Seasons Foundation 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition poetry poems verse literature collection Philip Lamantia

$25.00
xxylb179247

Meadowlark West


LAMANTIA, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION, 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: City Lights Books 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition poetry poems verse literature collection Philip Lamantia

$25.00
xxylb179259

Te Kopua Pohatua The Rock Pool


WAIARIKI, KEREHI & GRACE, PATRICIA & BISHOP, GAVIN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo stapled wrappers (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: Pacific Foundation New Zealand 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors Patricia Grace Kerehi Waiariki Gavin Bishop pacific island

$25.00
xxylb179260

The Last Place


MULLEN, ELIZA

Octavo soft cover (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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Eliza Mullen fiction literature

$22.50
xxylb179263

The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interview


KUHN, THOMAS S. & CONANT, JAMES (Ed) & HAUGELAND, JOHN (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) light water staining to top of page corners; 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: University of Chicago Press 2000

KEYWORDS: essays philosophy collection anthology literature prose history

$14.00
xxylc179301

One of Us


CRUMP, BARRY & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-, torn); 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: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors Barry Crump literature

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