HEYER, GEORGETTE

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, sm octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 271pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, shadow of jacket illus to front board, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning to pages, prev. booksellers' adhesive labels to both pastedowns) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with some reinforcement to internal sides, light foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian edition literature fiction novels Georgette Heyer

VIRGIL & DRYDEN, JOHN (Trans)

TEXT IN LATIN AND ENGLISH, sm octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 175pp, VG (sl staining to board edges, boards sl warped, light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, ink numerals to ffep, ownership ink stamp to full title page) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & loss to edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Euphorian Books 1949

KEYWORDS: text in Latin English Virgil classics classical literature georgics

BRASCH, CHARLES

Octavo pamphlet, black lettering, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & tanning/foxing to edges & rear cover, minor occasional tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Press Room, University of Otago 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Charles Brasch poetry poems verse literature

MAGNUS, OLAUS & FISHER, PETER (Trans) & HIGGENS, HUMPHREY (Trans) & FOOTE, PETER (Ed) & GRANLUND, JOHN (Annotation & Commentary)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, illus, mixed pagination, Near FINE (some sl loose cotton to boards) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1996-98

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions history Olaus Magnus literature northern people 16th sixteenth century

MORTFORT, FRANCIS & LETTS, MALCOLM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xxxiv + 216pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl creasing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1925

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N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, olive green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, blind lettering & decoration to rear board, folding frontispiece, xii + 508pp, illus, scuffy (moderate scuffing to spine, extrems & boards, heavy staining to rear board, v heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards v shaky, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout, terminals completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1907

KEYWORDS: journal of handicrafts collection anthology periodicals 1907 literature

CORMIER, ROBERT

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine, 189pp, VG (moderate curling/bending to whole copy, light foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy fiction novels literature Robert Cormier

KIPLING, RUDYARD & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (Illus)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems with heavy loss to top extrem, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & cracking to hinges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to front eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing to edges of some plates)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Rudyard Kipling literature verse poetry illustrated W Heath Robinson

CRUMP, BARRY

SCARCE! AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 152pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & light creasing to spine & covers with some surface loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & som eminor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Gold Star Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Barry Crump humour humor bastards literature social commentary first Australian edition

VON ARNIM, ELIZABETH & GREENAWAY, KATE (Illus)

Oblong octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, page edges stained red, 74pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, tatty (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to spine & boards, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout, several pages detached but present- potentially some missing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1903

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WHEATLEY, DENNIS

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition dennis wheatley britian british england english fiction literature

ANSLEY, BRUCE

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: HarperCollins 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Bruce Ansley tracks history historical wild journeys

NIEMI, MIKAEL & BRAGAN-TURNER, DEBORAH (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Maclehose Press 2020

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature crime thriller Swedish Mikael Niemi

HART, ERIN

FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Scribner 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Irish

JOHNSON, ROGER A.

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: Collins Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: religion religious theology faith Christianity liturgy literature

COLLODI, C. & EINSEL, NAIAD (Illus) & FADIMAN, CLIFTON (Afterword) & CHIESA, CAROL DELLA (Trans)

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: Macmillan 1966

KEYWORDS: children's literature Pinocchio Italian fiction

BAERLEIN, HENRY

Duodecimo 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: John Murray 1910

KEYWORDS: wisdom poetry verse philosophy Arabian criticism appreciation literature literary

CLARE, ALYS

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder & Stoughton 2000

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CLUNE, FRANK & MILLER, SYD (Illus)

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: Angus and Robertson 1951

KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea png anthropology history culture customs travel literature

MEULENBELT, ANJA

TEXT IN DUTCH, SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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: Van Gennep 1996

KEYWORDS: text in Dutch literature signed Anja Meulenbelt