MUMFORD, LEWIS et al & MANUEL, FRANK E (Ed)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 321pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1973

KEYWORDS: philosophy essays literature prose collection anthology

MATAIRA, KATERINA

SCARCE. Oblong 4to, illus. heavy card bds, illus. tp, unpaginated, [33] pp., illus., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping--esp to spine, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Te Ataarangi Publications n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori language children's book illustrated child kids literature

BYRD, RICHARD E

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, xi + 302 pp., VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling & moderate to heavy foxing to pg edges, prev owner's incription to bottom pg edge in blue ink, heavy foxing to prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1938

KEYWORDS: first edition Richard E Byrd 20th century literature

n/a

Oblong 4to, red leather bds lettered in gilt & decorated in blind, textured eps, frontis., illus. tp, [4] + [192 (photos)] + 22 pp., G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing to bds with some loss of colour--esp at joints, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate tearing to spine at head & tail, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, ffep & frontis. partially detatched, light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep, moderate creasing to pgs at rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature 19th century photos photographs photography travel countryside nature wildlife

STACK, J W & E; REED, A H (ed); AVERILL, ARCHBISHOP (forew)

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE EDITIOR. Sm 8vo, red cl bds, spine & front board lettered & rolled in black, illus. eps, frontis., xv + 255 pp. + [5] pp. advts., VG+ (light scuffing & creasing tobds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, prev ownership inscription to front pastedown, light soiling & foxing to prelims/terminals, signature (A. H. Reed) to tp, light soiling & foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing.fading & soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, archival repairs to head/tail spine folds & front/back flap extrems).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: Maoriland adventures discoveryexploration A H Reed J W E Stack early New Zealand literature

BATTEN, MARIEDA

8vo, white heavy card bds, white cl spine, front board lettered in black, 120 pp., G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev ownership inscription to front pastedown, two 1.5 cm wormholes to front pastedown & ffep, wormholes continue from ffep to p. 119., moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals, light tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Harry H. Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori stories fiction 20th century poetry poem literature

MITCHELL, DAVID; HANLY, PAT & KING, RICHARD (design)

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo, black light card covers, front cover lettered in white, photograph to rear cover, unpaginated, illus., VG- (light to moderate scuffing to covers, archival repairs to spine, moderate bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & prelims.terminals, light to moderate cracking to front gutter).

PUBLISHER: The Association of Orientally Flavoured Syndics 1972

KEYWORDS: David Mitchell New Zealan author poet poetry literature 20th century modern first edition

NORMAN, GURNEY

SCARCE. Paperback, illus. light card covers, xii + 302 pp. + [2] pp. advts., VG- (moderate scuffing to covers with some loss of colour, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems, sm closed tear to rear extrem at head, heavy tanning to pg edges, moderate to heavy tanning throughout).

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1972

KEYWORDS: Norman Gurney 20th century literature 1970s

SABOR, RUDOLPH

5 VOL SET. 8vo, light card covers, french flaps, frontis., Die Walkure: 198 pp., Gotterdammerung: 208 pp., Siegfried: 230 pp., Der Ring: 254 pp., Das Rheingold: 183 pp., illus., scores, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light creasing to joints (esp Das Rheingold), sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in plastic slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1997

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Ring cycle Opera literature music history libretto

BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed & introd)

2 VOL SET. Super 8vo, illus. heavy card bds, spine lettered in purple gilt & black, vol. 1: [8] + 783 pp., vol. 2: [8] + 833 pp., plates to vol. 2, NF (light to moderate bruising to spine extems, light wear to joints, minor scuffing & soiling to bds, sl soiling to vol. 2 fore-edge), in slip case, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand author poet poetry literature letters correspondence

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

4 VOL SET. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. 8vo, black leather bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt white, frontis. (vol. 1 only), vol. 1: 416 pp., vol. 2: 447 pp., vol. 3: 478 pp., vol. 4: 480 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate soiling to rear board (vol. 4), light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to pg edges, rear turn in at board extrem sl torn (vol. 4), light fraying to headband (vol. 3), light tanning & soiling to eps, front gutter sl cracked (vol. 1 & 3), central & rear gutters lightly cracking (vol. 3)).

PUBLISHER: Pravda 1990

KEYWORDS: Vladimir Nabokov 20th century author literature collected works

OUTKA, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising & fading to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: first editions history criticism modernism English literature consumption economics psychology commerce marketing

GUHA, RAMACHANDRA & MARTINEZ-ALIER, J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 230pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Earthscan Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: environment environmental essays literature prose economics economy politics movements

BARKER, MARGARET

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 166pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: T&T Clark 1996

KEYWORDS: theology reilgion religious literature writings history Jesus Christianity

ROWLING, J K & GRANDPRE, MARY (Illus)

FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, brown/rust coloured heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to black buckram spine, illus title page, xi + 734pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Arthur A Levine / Scholastic Press 2000

KEYWORDS: children's fantasy literature wizards Harry Potter series J K Rowling illusrated fiction novels ya youth readers young adult modern first US editions

WAITE, ARTHUR EDWARD

Super octavo, brown & maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxiii + 624pp (main pagination begins at p15), VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing, light soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: University Books 1961

KEYWORDS: historical literature King Arthur arthurian legends Galahad holy grail criticism interpretation

LACKEY, MERCEDES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 433pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front & rear)

PUBLISHER: Baen Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions Mercedes Lackey ya young adult youth readers children's fantasy literature novels fiction

TATSUMI, YOSHIHIRO & ALLEN, JOCELYNE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 278pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Drawn + Quarterly 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS graphic novels comic books comics literature fiction Japanese Yoshihiro Tatsumi

PFEIFFER, EHRENFRIED

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, white light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 126pp, VG+ (sl soiling to covers, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page, 1cm closed tear to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Mercury Press N/D (modern copy)

KEYWORDS: articles literature gardening farming agriculture biodynamic soil

PODOLINSKY, ALEX

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 174pp, illus, Near FINE (blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Gavemer Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: lectures literature gardening farming agriculture biodynamic