LOCKE, ELSIE & DAWSON, KEN & OATES, JEAN (Illus) & BROWN, CATH (Maps)

Octavo hardcover VG (gift inscription to fep) 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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature Elsie Locke Ken Dawson

LOCKE, ELSIE

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsie Locke autobiography memoir

RYBAKOV, VLADIMIR & DORRELL, J. R. (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Flamingo/Fontana 1984

KEYWORDS: Russian literature fiction Vladimir Rybakov

HOLCROFT, M. H.

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Listener M H Holcroft editorials collection anthology

MACKAY, IAN

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: Oswald-Sealy [n. d.]

KEYWORDS: literature new zealand maori myth reimagined

UNKNOWN

EARLY & SCARCE, POSSIBLY FIRST EDITION (1788), LACKS TITLE PAGE & SOME OF INDEX, ALONG WITH PART OF LAST PAGE (NOT AFFECTING TEXT) TEXT COMPLETE. Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, raised bands to spine, 493pp, v scruffy but age appropriate wear & tear (v heavy cracking to hinges, v heavy scuffing to spine & boards/extrems with some surface loss, moderate staining to boards & spine, moderate tanning to page edges, all aforementioned flaws, fascinating historical annotations in ink to text, quaint light sketches/portraits in pencil to eps, v heavy cracking to some gutters) this is a delicate book but full of charm that will not disappoint!

PUBLISHER: Unknown- c.1788

KEYWORDS: literature essays collection psychology morality philosophy first edition (possibly!)

BELLAMY, FRANK

Quarto, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & scuffing to cover edges & extrems, light to moderate discolouration & staining to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: IPC Magazines 1974

KEYWORDS: Garth comic book literature fantasy scifi science fiction comics

DICKENS, CHARLES & REYNOLDS, FRANK (Illus)

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt embossed illus to front board, teg, printed eps, frontipiece with tissue guard, illus full title page, colour plates- all present & without foxing, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, paper residue & partially hidden script in ink to ffep) A beautiful decorative specimen of Dickens' work!

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D (c.1910s?)

KEYWORDS: illustrated literature Charles Dickens

PATTERSON, REBECCA

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 434pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to top of page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, usual library stamps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light foxing to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Voctor Gollancz 1953

KEYWORDS: literary biography Emily Dickinson poetry poems criticism literature poets

PRYNNE, WILLIAM

8 VARIOUS WORKS BY, OR ATTRIBUTED TO, WILLIAM PRYNNE, EX-LIBRARY, SCARCE! Octavo, brown leather boards, blind rule to board edges, page edges stained red, 287pp total- paginated separately, appropriately scruffy (spine completely missing, heavy scuffing & light crumbling to boards & leather which are detached but present, historical ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor historical library markings, heavy tanning to page edges, a number of sm ink scribblings to one title page) Photos highly recommended for this special item!

PUBLISHER: Robert Hodges, Michael Spark 1647-1650

KEYWORDS: collection anthology William Prynne literature 17th seventeenth century writings prose military war politics

HOMER & WAY, ARTHUR S.

SCARCE, 3 VOL SET, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, vols 1 & 2- 313pp total & vol 3- 335pp, VG- (heavy cracking & splitting to spines & hinges, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters- some separation at binding, prelims of vol 3 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1885-1888

KEYWORDS: classical classics literature Homer Iliad translation verse

WILCOX, ELLA WHEELER & TENNANT, DUDLEY (Pictured by)

Imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & green decoration to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, coloured plates- all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, ligth discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pgs throughout, light to moderate tanning to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Gay & Hancock 1914

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature collection anthology passion love romance illustrated

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE & SUTRO, ALFRED (Trans) & DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (Illus)

Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Gearge Allen & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: Maurice Maeterlinck bees nature history literature insects bee-keeping illustrated apiaries

SHRIVER, LIONEL

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: Fourth Estate/HarperCollins 2012

KEYWORDS: literature ficiton Lionel Shriver

DE BERNIERES, LOUIS

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: Secker & Warburg 2004

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Louis de Bernieres

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & McNEISH, HELEN (Ed)

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 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary biography romance love letters collection Katherine Mansfield John Middleton Murry

GIRTIN, THOMAS

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Harvill Press 1959

KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Town and Country clothing fashion history Thomas Girtin

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE

LACKS D/W, 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: Victor Gollancz 1938

KEYWORDS: literary biography Du Maurier literature

GADD, BERNARD

Octavo stapled light card 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: Hillary Press 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems poets literature collection Bernard Gadd

MITCHELL, ADRIAN

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: Cape Goliard Press 1976

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Adrian Mitchell humour humor