BAILEY, ALICE COOPER & HOLLING, LUCILLE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION? Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to title page with lg scuff, child's sketch in pencil to dedication page & randomly throughout, 3cm closed tear & 1cm loss to pg 63/64, 2cm closed tear & 4cm loss to bottom corner of pg 65/66, some tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Wise-Volland Company 1928

KEYWORDS: children's literature Kimo Hawaii modern first edition (?)

LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W. P. (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, deep orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, 332pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: Pierre Loti first edition literature

LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W. P. (Trans)

Octavo, deep orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xi + 182pp, illus, VG (ligth bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: Pierre Loti literature travel exploration

LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W. P. (Trans)

Octavo, deep orange buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 212pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: Pierre Loti literature travel exploration

LOTI, PIERRE & ENSOR, LAURA (Trans) & ROSSI & MYRBACH (Illus)

Octavo, deep orange buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine, black lettering & illu to front board, frontispiece, 334pp, illus, VG- (moderate chipping & bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: Pierre Loti literature travel exploration

FREEMAN, WILLIAM

Complete 12 issues bound as one, super octavo, green cloth heavy card boards, gilt lettering and blind stamp rule to boards, black rule and decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, blue eps, iv + 730pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine and extrems, v slight foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1890

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand literature nzlit collection

COLLECTION

THE COMPLETE VOLUME ONE- Aug 1905 - Jan 1906, super octavo, red cloth heavy cardboards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, half bound red leather, speckled red page edges, illus eps, ii + 559pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine and boards, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Lankshears Printing Approx 1906

KEYWORDS: literature collection nz lit

LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE & SMOLLETT, TOBIAS (transl.)

REBOUND, 3 VOLUME SET. Otavo, black faux leather heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 1 = lx + 398pp, 2 = 395pp, 3 = 407pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning to page edges, v1 : heavy tan to prelims & tissue guard, v2 gutter cracked @ 390pp, sporadic moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: J. C. Nimmo & Bain 1881

KEYWORDS: literature gil blas french lit

MURAKAMI, HARUKI & GOOSSEN, TED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, fuschia hard cover, white lettering to spine and boards, marbled pattern eps, patterned and illus titles and prelims, 81pp, illus - heavy, VG+ (v. slight rubbing/fading to board corners, otherwise Nr FINE)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2014

KEYWORDS: literature murakami short story hottor mystery young adult magical realism fantasy illustrated

BRADBY, VIOLET & GOVEY, LILIAN A. (illus.)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, dark green lettering/decoration to spine, dark green stamp + illus plate to front board, frontispiece, vi + 100pp + 17 plates + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy bruising + scuffing to spine/extrems w/ upper 2cm of spine missing & some surface loss, moderate scuffing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning + foxing to page edges, gift inscription in black ink to fep, moderately heavy cracking to front gutter w/ upper 5cm detaching, moderate foxing throughout, crayon scribbles to rear eps,

PUBLISHER: Henry Frowde / Hodder and Stoughton 1914

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustated lilian govey violet bradby britain british

MELVILLE, HERMAN

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering + decoration to cover, marbled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, xxv + 320pp + 13 plates + 2 maps to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to spine + extrems w/ some fraying to foot of spine, spine cocked, light-moderate soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev owner's adhesive ex libris label to front pastedown, light-moderate foxing throughout, 1cm crack at bottom of rear gutter

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1893

KEYWORDS: literature america american herman melville sailing south seas pacific seafaring memoir whaling

COTTRELL, V.M.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering + decoration to spine, black stamped lettering + decoration to front board, frontispiece, 252pp + 3 plates, illus, VG- (light bruising + moderate fading to spine + extrems, spine cocked, mild discolouration to boards, light staining to rear board, light foxing + tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, mild foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. 1942

KEYWORDS: children's youth literature new zealand adventure v.m. cottrell first edition

WALDMAN, FRANK

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: Futura 1976

KEYWORDS: the pink panther diamond jewellery heist literature crime detective

DALLAS, RUTH

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: Magnet 1975

KEYWORDS: literature missing person children's adventure

MCCAFFREY, ANNE

Octavo 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: Corgi 1996

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature dragons the chronicles of pern destiny fort weyr origin origins

MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 432pp, scruffy (moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to rear board, 4cm crack to spine hinge, moderate tanning to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, boards v shaky, binding v loose, some hotch-potch attempts at tape repairs to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane Company 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history moden first edition Jane Mander literature

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

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: Pan Science Fiction 1957

KEYWORDS: science fiction literature pulp deep space horrors

FAULKNER, WILLIAM

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

KEYWORDS: william faulkner literature american southern united states religion prejudice

ANTHONY, MARK

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: Bantam / Spectra 2004

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature the last rune series parallel worlds universes magic

STOPPARD, TOM

small 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: Faber and Faber 1985

KEYWORDS: literature drama stoppard theatre england english comedy humour