Books - "literature"
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FIRST EDITION, 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: Vintage/Random House 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature modern first edition fiction novels
Bernard Shaw Volume II 1898-1918: The Pursuit of Power
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Chatto & Windus 1989
KEYWORDS: Bernard Shaw history biography memoir literary literature
Stonefish
FIRST EDITION, limited numbered edition (#402/1000), THIS COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w & removable protective wrapper, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2004
KEYWORDS: limited numbered editions New Zealand writers authors Keri Hulme collection short stories literature
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
LEATHER BINDING (SPECIAL GIFT EDITION), super octavo, black leather stiff card covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, aeg, red eps, red ribbon page marker, 417pp, VG+ (light soiling to covers, sl bruising to edges/extrems, sl water staining to rear page edges at base)
PUBLISHER: William Morrow 2007
KEYWORDS: fiction novels religion Christopher Moore literature
The Permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the First 50 Years
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system justice court of appeal history essays prose literature collection anthology
Girl, Woman, Other
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 452pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems with minor surface loss, light soiling to rear board, light water staining to top of front board, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems with minor surface loss, light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Bernadine Evaristo
We Free the Stars
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lion motif to front board, 583pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed young adult fiction youth readers literature novels fantasy Hafsah Faizal children's
The Sociology of Entrepreneurship (Research in the Sociology of Organizations Volume 25)
Super octavo, green glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, ix + 368pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing to boards, occasional light underlining to text in pencil)
PUBLISHER: JAI/Elsevier 2007
KEYWORDS: sociology social science business entrepreneurial literature
Peter Duck
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 432pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1932
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Arthur Ransome fiction novels
The Government Inspector and Other Plays
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine, deckled lower page edges, 314pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1926
KEYWORDS: first UK edition plays scripts stage drama theatre Gogol Russia Russian literature collection
Bonaparte
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, illus eps, 431pp, errata pg to pg 13, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters & damage/loss to upper rear pg edges- both with amateur attempts at repair- glue, paper etc)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1937
KEYWORDS: first edition Russia Russian literature Napoleon Bonaparte politics biography memoir
The Waves
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 325pp, scruffy (3cm crack to front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board extems, moderate soiling & fading to boards, heavy creasing & discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, sporadic light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Virginia Woolf
The Number We End Up With
First edition. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Counterpoint 2005
KEYWORDS: literature death love forgiveness father parent child
Tin Man
First UK edition. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Tinder Press 2017
KEYWORDS: literature painting kindness loss
Ravelstein
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/Penguin 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Saul Bellow
The Kingmaker's Daughter: The Cousins' War
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: Simon & Schuster 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction historical novels Philippa Gregory
Te Whenua Kauruki: Te Pukapuka Tautoru o te Korero Tapatoru mo Te-Uira-Mai-te-Rangi
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, 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: Huia 2001
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand children's literature
The Autobiography of Henry VIII; with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers: A Novel
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: St Martin's Press 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical ficiton novels Margaret George
The Possible World
First edition, uncorrected proof copy. 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: Hutchinson 2018
KEYWORDS: literature mystery thriller missing family love
Afterlands
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: Hamish Hamilton 2005
KEYWORDS: literature boats sailing ship history wreckage north pile