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$25.00
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Ways of Going Home


ZAMBRA, ALEJANDRO; MCDOWELL, MEGAN (trans.)

First edition. 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: Fabbar Straus and Giroux 2013

KEYWORDS: home spanish literature translated chile past growing pinochet regime

$22.50
xxpfj175882

Mystery on Southampton Water


CROFTS, WILLS

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: Hodder & Stoughton 1937

KEYWORDS: literature mystery adventure river murder

$16.50
xxpfl175889

Vanished


MORRIS, MARY MCGARRY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Viking 1988

KEYWORDS: literature vermont kidnapping family

$35.00
xxpfl175891

The Wrench


LEVI, PRIMO; WEAVER, WILLIAM (trans.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1986

KEYWORDS: literature alaska russia undia italian travel coming of age life discoveries harsh truths

$25.00
xxpfl175892

The London Embassy


THEROUX, PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1982

KEYWORDS: paul theroux the consul's files consuls literature diplomat spy

$8.50
xxpfl175896

The Vivisector


WHITE, PATRICK

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: literature painter love seduction

$20.00
xxpgb175907

The Shadow Mountain


ROBERTS, GREGORY DAVID

First edition. Imperial 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: Picador 2015

KEYWORDS: shantaram literature australian fugitive forger crime bombay mafia india

$40.00
1y49a/59

Discovered Isles: A Trilogy


HOLCROFT, M. H.

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 281pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (chipping to edges & spine with some loss, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges, ligth foxing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950

KEYWORDS: M H Holcroft trilogy New Zealand first edition thus literature discovered isles history

$100.00
1y49a/61

Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences With the Northmen in A.D. 922


CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, gilt motif to front board, top page edges stained red, 193pp, VG+ (light fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light discolouration & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction Michael Crichton

$60.00
1y49a/62

Snake Charmers in Texas: Essays 1980-87


JAMES, CLIVE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 373pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

KEYWORDS: first edition Clive James essays collection anthology literature social commentary humour

$40.00
1y49a/72

Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future


WAUGH, EVELYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt cherubian motif to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, illus half title page, 51pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sm teeth marks to upper spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings in ink to front eps, sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG-/tatty (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, ligth soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Evelyn Waugh

$160.00
1y49a/73

At Dead Low Water and Sonnets


CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on front board, 40pp, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand poets writers authors poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature

$40.00
1y49a/75

New Zealand Trade Unions: A Bibliography (Second, Revised Edition)


ROTH, H. O.

Octavo, beige light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade unions bibliography literature

$50.00
1y51a/5

Out of Chaos


CHALLONER, H. K. & NORTHOVER, ROLAND

SOME UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, aforementioned ink underlining to text & margins throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, roughly price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1967

KEYWORDS: philosophy psychology literature spirituality

$60.00
1y51a/15

The Lagoon and Other Stories


FRAME, JANET

Sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 123pp, VG+ (sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, chafing & foxing, price clipped, light chafing & loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories collection literature New Zealand writers authors

$30.00
xxpgi175912

The Hostage


BEHAN, BRENDAN

FIRST EDITION small 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: Theatre Workshop 1958

KEYWORDS: brendan behan theatre workshop drama script ireland irish literature

$15.00
xxpgh175924

Skylight One: Fifteen Poems by Conrad Aiken


AIKEN, CONRAD

FIRST EDITION 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: John Lehmann 1951

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse america american conrad aiken literature

$16.50
xxpgk175932

A Pocketful of Years: Another Mrs Kingi Book


CLEARY, FRANCES

FIRST EDITION 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 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature youth frances cleary mrs kingi

$27.50
xxpgk175935

This Mrs Kingi


CLEARY, FRANCES

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG, some foxing) 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 1971

KEYWORDS: frances cleary mrs kingi new zealand literature youth bay of islands

$16.50
xxphb175951

Tui Street Tales


KAYES, ANNE

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Scholastic 2017

KEYWORDS: childrens children's new zealand fiction literature anne kayes fitzgibbon award

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