REED, A H

Ex-library, 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: A H & A W Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders writers authors literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir A H Reed

GERAETS, JOHN

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 316pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling/staining to covers, sl soiling to page edges, light staining to rear eps, sl cracking at front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2019

KEYWORDS: John Graets literature verse collection anthology

HITE, SHERE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, light blue & white lettering to spine, 559pp, VG+ (light curling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Seven Stories Press 2005

KEYWORDS: sexuality sex literature writings sexual behaviour behavior homosexuality gay men women customs Shere Hite

SUAALII-SAUNI, TAMASA'ILAU et al (Ed & Compiled by)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, xii + 392pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, ffep neatly torn out)

PUBLISHER: The Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa 2008

KEYWORDS: Samoa Samoan literature society history criticism religion religious spirituality

ISHERWOOD, DAVID

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Book Guild 2004

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature David Isherwood

WHITE, ROGER (Ed) & WOLFE, JUDITH (Ed) & WOLFE, BRENDAN N (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 266pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (lighr creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: C S Lewis literature literary criticism appreciation essays collection

CHALLIS, GORDON et al

FIRST 4 ISSUES, octavo, illus light stapled light card covers, varying pagination, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover of issue 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University College c.1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Experiment past issues collection anthologies Victoria University College Literary Society

SCHMID, LE CHANOINE & BORDOT, A (Traduction Nouvelle par)

TEXT IN FRENCH, sm octavo, maroon patterned buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt decorative rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 144pp + catalogue to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Vermont N/D (c.1860s?)

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH literature short stories Canon Schmid

DE JULLEVILLE, L PETIT

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sl deckled page edges, 460pp, VG (minor bruising to spine with tanning & fading also, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of foxing & soiling to pages throughout- mostly quite light)

PUBLISHER: Alphonse Lemerre 1878

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH song of Roland literature verse poems poetry

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE & SHELLEY, Mrs (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDINGS, octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, vol 1- xxxii + 319pp, vol 2- viii + 360pp, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some moderate loss, moderate cracking to front hinge of vol 2, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards a little shaky, ex-libris labels to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Edward Moxon 1840

KEYWORDS: literature first editions original bindings essays letters correspondence Percy Bysshe Shelley

WELD, CHARLES RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt aristocratic illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + 351pp, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some minor loss, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of foxing to pages throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- v heavy to gutter of pgs 216/217 with some separation of binding) please feel free to ask for photos!

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1856

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings Charles Richard Weld adventure travel writing literature France French

SCOTT, JOHN

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, viii + 405pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & cracking to spine with some cracking at hinges, 2cm loss to base of spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing to boards with minor surface loss, heavy tanning/soiling to top page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to other page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing & tanning to pages throughout, binding v sound still)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: France French history travel writing literature John Scott Brussels Belgium battlefields Waterloo

GLOVER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, black buckram spine, red lettering to title plate on spine, illus eps, 60pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, heavy creasing to top edges of prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lg patch of adhesive residue to terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1945

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature New Zealand collection Denis Glover

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE & SHELLEY, Mrs (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDINGS, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp decoration to boards, mixed pagination, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol one only, VG- (moderate chipping to spine edges- heavy to vol 4 with some minor loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy discolouration to spines & boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, prev, owner's name in ink to full title pages, occasional light cracking to some gutters, occasional pencil annotation to margins, varying degrees of foxing to prelims & terminals- mostly light, minor water damage to front gutter of vol 4)

PUBLISHER: Edward Moxon 1899

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings literature poetry poems verse criticism appreciation Percy Bysshe Shelley

TODD, PENELOPE

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: Longacre Press 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature young adults ya youth fiction novels Penelope Todd

McFALL, LEAH

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: Luncheon Sausage Books 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Leah McFall journalism columnists

McGOVERN, IGGY

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: Dedalus Press 2005

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collections Iggy McGovern

CAMP, KATE

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: Victoria University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers authors literature poetry verse poems collections Kate Camp

JEPSEN, VIVIENNE (Ed)

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: The New Zealand Poetry Society 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems anthologies collections literature

PARKINSON, C NORTHCOTE & OSBORN (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: John Murray 1968

KEYWORDS: domestic life philosophy literature Mrs Parkinsons Law C Northcote Parkinson