Books - "literature"
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Ways of Going Home
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
Mystery on Southampton Water
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
Vanished
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
The Wrench
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
The London Embassy
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
The Vivisector
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
The Shadow Mountain
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
Discovered Isles: A Trilogy
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
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences With the Northmen in A.D. 922
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
Snake Charmers in Texas: Essays 1980-87
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
Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future
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
At Dead Low Water and Sonnets
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
New Zealand Trade Unions: A Bibliography (Second, Revised Edition)
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
Out of Chaos
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
The Lagoon and Other Stories
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
The Hostage
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
Skylight One: Fifteen Poems by Conrad Aiken
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
A Pocketful of Years: Another Mrs Kingi Book
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
This Mrs Kingi
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
Tui Street Tales
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