TOLSTOY, NIKOLAI

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PUBLISHER: Arrow Books 2005

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir Patrick O'Brian literature

CORNWELL, BERNARD

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Bernard Cornwell Richard Sharpe series

CORNWELL, BERNARD

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2001

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Bernard Cornwell Richard Sharpe series

CORNWELL, BERNARD

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Bernard Cornwell Richard Sharpe series

CORNWELL, BERNARD

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PUBLISHER: Fontana / Collins 1991

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Bernard Cornwell Richard Sharpe series

CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 400pp, VG (light creasing to spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, 2cm closed tear to lower edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Random Century 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Michael Crichton

LOWES, JOHN LIVINGSTON

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 639pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some discolouration to spine & covers, heavy annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy John Livingston Lowes Xanadu criticism appreciation

EGGLESTON, F. W.

Octavo, red heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine, patterned eps, 360pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light atnning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate pencil scribbles to rear)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1941

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature F W Eggleston social science ethics

VANIER, JEAN

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PUBLISHER: Paulist Press / House of Anansi Press 2008

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Jean Vanier

MACLEAN, CHRIS

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PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writing publishing Chris Mclean literature literary autobiography memoir

BOHAN, EDMUND

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PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023

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FURST, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Alan Furst

CAREY, PETER

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Peter Carey

BORG, MARCUS (Ed) & KORNFIELD, JACK (Intro) & RIEGERT, RAY (Co-Editor)

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PUBLISHER: Ulysses Press 1999

KEYWORDS: religion faith Jesus Buddha spirituality teachings gospels literature

BAXTER, JAMES K. & WEIR, JOHN (Ed)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 658pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to top page edges, slight sticky residue to page edges with some minor adhesion) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/curling to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature James K Baxter poems poetry verse collection

FREEMAN, KATHLEEN

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 162pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading & foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm yellow label to ffep) in d/w, VG (sl creasing to edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: philosophy classical literature history historical writings criticism translations

BERGMANN, MICHAEL (Ed) & MURRAY, MICHAEL J. (Ed) & REA, MICHAEL C. (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 337pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose religion theology Christianity philosophy old testament Hebrew bible

BRUCE, Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. C. G.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt military insignia to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 307pp, folding map to rear, plates/illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to both pastedowns, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, occasional plate loose, some terminal pages removed)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature exploration Himalayas Kulu Lahoul adventure

HAMILTON, A. M. & ROWAN-ROBINSON, Major-General (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMP., octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 331pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to board & page edges) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, circular patch removed from front flap, heavy creasing & chipping with som eloss to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1942

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature A M Hamilton Kurdistan first editions culture

HEDIN, SVEN

2 VOL SET, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled lower page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 442pp, vol 2- vii + 450pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards with some minor surface loss to rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling to pages sporadically throughoutmoderate tanning to pgs 188-189 of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909

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