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$15.00
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BOOK, 6: A Miscellany


BENSEMAN, LEO & CURNOW, ALLEN & FAIRBURN, A. R. D. et. al

Octavo staplebound 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: Caxton Press 1942

KEYWORDS: articles fiction poems satire criticism engraving literature anthology collection short stories poetry new zealand

$17.50
xxpoh176310

The Slow Train to Milan


DE TERAN, LISA ST AUBIN

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: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: literature paris milan nomad exile love danger

$150.00
1y55b/3

Unto Caesar


VOIGT, F. A.

FIRST U.S. EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, xii + 303pp, VG (light bruising to extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising with light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: G. P. Putman's Sons 1938

KEYWORDS: first US edition literature philosophy marxism economics social science sociology communism politics political history

$48.00
1y55b/7

The Cardinal's Mistress


MUSSOLINI, BENITO & MOTHERWELL, HIRAM (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, black & green lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 232pp, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, boards sl shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy closed tearing with archival tape repairs to pgs 177/178, 4cm loss to lower corner of pg 177/178, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Albert & Charles Boni 1928

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition Benito Mussolini fiction

$100.00
1y55b/8

Ekstasis


LAMANTIA, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine & front cover, unpaginated, VG- (sturdy tape repair/reinforcement to spine- rear cover completely detached but present/reapired, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: The Auerhahn Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry Philip Lamantia collection literature

$40.00
1y55b/21

The Children Act


McEWAN, IAN

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 214pp, VG (1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, light to moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof Ian McEwan literature

$75.00
1y55b/28

Time Probe: The Sciences in Science Fiction


CLARKE, ARTHUR C. (Collected by & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 242pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink stains to bottom of prelim pgs, ink annotations & markings to eps & text sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate discolouration to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition literary criticism science fiction literature Arthur C Clarke anthology collection

$70.00
1y58a/4

How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo


GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, DUAL LANGAUGE - ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature te reo Maori language mythology legends Maui gods goddesses folklore lore New Zealand

$70.00
1y58a/5

How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone


GOSSAGE, PETER

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning/foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Maui Maori mythology myths legends folklore lore New Zealand

$58.50
1y58a/6

Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa


TE PUIA, JASON

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Reed Children's Books 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature folklore lore mythology Maori Maui gods goddesses

$26.50
xxyaa176335

The Horse's Mouth


CARY, JOYCE & BRATBY, JOHN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcover (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: The Folio Society 1969

KEYWORDS: literature england english ireland irish joyce cary john bratby

$16.50
xxyaa176346

Foundation's Edge


ASIMOV, ISAAC

LACKS D/W, super 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: Granada 1983

KEYWORDS: isaac asimov science fiction literature

$25.00
xxyaa176355

Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century


MANN, SUSAN

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: Stanford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: china history women women's high qing era literature society sociology gender chinese

$15.00
xxyab176376

Griffith Review 59: Commonwealth Now


SCHULTZ, JULIANNE & CAMENS, JANE (eds.)

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: Griffith University 2017

KEYWORDS: griffith review commonwealth fiction essay reportage memoir poetry literature postcolonial postcolonialism british empire

$15.00
xxyab176402

The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places


ATKINS, WILLIAM

LACKS FEP, 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: Faber & Faber 2018

KEYWORDS: desert travel memoir literature geography empty quarter australia aral sea arabian peninsula burning man sand seas egypt topography symbolism travelogue nonfiction

$18.50
xxyab176414

Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium


INGLIS, LUCY

LACKS FEP, 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: Macmillan 2018

KEYWORDS: opium opiate opiated drugs narcotics history fentanyl america afghanistan economics economic trade war literature medicine medical

$39.50
xxyab176415

Modern Chinese Poetry: Theory and Practice Since 1917


YEH, MICHELLE

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: Yale University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: china chinese poetry literature modern modernity verse lyric

$25.00
xxyac176425

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1944 (2 Vol Set)


RUSSELL, BERTRAND

2 VOL SET, 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: Little, Brown and Company 1967-68

KEYWORDS: literary autobiography literature Bertrand Russell history

$35.00
xxyac176429

The Pilgrim's Progress; From This World to That Which is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream


BUNYAN, JOHN & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (Illus)

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: Faber and Faber 1953

KEYWORDS: John Bunyan pilgrim's progress literature

$15.00
xxyac176432

Benjamin Franklin on the Art of Eating; Together With the Rules of Health and Long Life and the Rules to Find Out a Fit Measure of Meat and Drink


FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

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: American Philosophical Society/Princeton University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: Benjamin Franklin food drink recipes history American philosophy essay prose literature

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