SANDERS, BEN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2022

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DAYTON, ARWEN ELYS

First edition, advanced reading copy. Imperial 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: Delacorte Press 2015

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GOLDSMITH, OLIVER & SAINTSBURY, GEORGE (Prefatory Memoir)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, black & gilt lettering & illus to spine & boards, teg, deckled page edges, illus title page & prelims, xvi + 291pp + 23pp publisher's ads, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners & edges, sl fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, light occasional cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: John C. Nimmo 1886

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Oliver Goldsmith illustrated

KOESTLER, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, 306pp, VG (light scuffing & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 2x 2cm closed tears to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins/Hamish Hamilton1952

KEYWORDS: first edition Arthur Koestler autobiography memoir literary literature

CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature modern first edition

MORRIS, WILLIAM & WILMER, CLIVE (Commentary) & GLADSTONE, W. E. (Trans)

#619 OF A NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 980, octavo sized book presented in a quarto sized clam shell presentation case, enclosed is the quarto sized commentary & translation, The Odes of Horace text is fully leather bound with raised bands & gilt lettering to spine, each of the 183pp are beautifully illustrated and/or decorated, the insert in which it sits is maroon velvet & has beautiful gilt decoration in its surroundings, the quarto sized accompanying commentary & translation sits atop the presentation text nicely and is of deep green heavy boards with gilt lettering to the front board, it also has a frontispiece & 63pp. With the exception of the clam shell case, both text & commentary are in Near FINE condition. The deep green clam shell case is with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & silver gilt decoration to front board & in VG+ condition (light chafing & soiling to case only) A truly magnificant addition to anyone's bookcase!

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014

KEYWORDS: Odes of Horace folio society limited numbered edition literature translated poems eulogy verses social commentary prose history

HAND, CYNTHIA & ASHTON, BRODI & MEADOWS, JODI

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, octavo, purple heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, partially deckled page edges, xi + 450pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges/extrems, sl staining & creasing/folding to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: HarperTeen 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature young adult fiction youth

LU, MARIE

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, aeg- silver, illus eps, 313pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020

KEYWORDS: historical fiction modern first edition signed literature young adult children's

WEBER, MARY

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, green lettering to spine, all edges stained blue, 321pp, Near FINE (light scuff to signature page) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 2019

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IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella

RAMAN, AKSHAYA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt mandala illus to front board, illus/map to prelims, 375pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Clarion Books/HarperCollins 2022

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ANGELES, JANELLA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, super octavo, black heavy boards, red & gilt lettering to spine, red & gilt lettering & decoration/illus to front board, patterned eps, illus/map to prelims, 452pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Wednesday Books 2020

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IHIMAERA, WITI & HOVELL, JOHN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 122pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional sl staining to pgs close to gutters) in d/w, VG (light tanning/discolouration, light scuffing & creasing to edges, prev. seller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori authors writers modern first edition Witi Ihimaera literature

MAY, TODD

Super octavo, black glossy light card covers, white & green lettering to spine, xi + 170pp, Near FINE, sl chafing to covers, fold to top corner of pgs 155/156)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2014

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Michel Foucault ethics criticism

LEAR, EDWARD & MAXEY, DALE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & staining to board edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1968

KEYWORDS: poems poetry Edward Lear children's literature modern first edition verse

LAWRENCE, T. E.

DE LUXE EDITION, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 672pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to some gutters sporadically throughout, sm annotation in ink to terminal page) in d/w, scruffy/delicate (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate to heavy staining, heavy cracking to folds of flaps, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Garden City Publishing 1938

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DIXON, FRANKLIN W.

Sm 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: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: Hardy Boys children's literature mystery adventure

PEARSON, HESKETH & INGRAMS, RICHARD (Intro)

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: Unwin Hyman 1987

KEYWORDS: literary biographies literature Bernard Shaw memoir 20th twentieth century writers

WOODWARD, GERARD

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: Picador 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first edtion literature fiction Gerard Woodward

DIXON, FRANKLIN 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: Collins 1971

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction Hardy Boys mystery adventure