WENTWORTH, PATRICIA

Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Coronet / Hodder & Stoughton 1973

KEYWORDS: Miss Silver series crime fiction novels literature Patricia Wentworth

MORTON, J B & INGRAMS, RICHARD (Ed)

Quarto 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: Frederick Muller 1974

KEYWORDS: literature collection anthologies J B Morton humour humor

JAMES, P D

Otavo 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 and Faber 2009

KEYWORDS: detective fiction crime commentary essays literature literary criticism

WENDELL, SARAH & TAN, CANDY & RENAUD, JOANNE (illus) & MAIN, CAROL (illus)

Otavo 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: Fireside/ Simon & Schuster 2009

KEYWORDS: romance novels humour humor guide love stories history criticism literary literature

ROIPHE, KATIE

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: Virago Press 2008

KEYWORDS: married life marriage literary circles literary figures Katie Roiphe Twentieth Century literature

HUXLEY, LAURA ARCHERA & HUXLEY, ALDOUS (fore)

FIRST UK 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964

KEYWORDS: Laura Huxley Aldous Huxley literature guide recipes twentieth-century

RACINE

COMPLETE WORKS, TEXT IN FRENCH. Super octavo hardcover (VG-), pencil annotation throughout; 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: Editions du Seuil 1962

KEYWORDS: Racine french literature complete works seventeenth-century drama

NEWCOMB, REV H

Small octavo hardcover (G+); 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: T. Nelson and Sons 1870

KEYWORDS: christianity juvenile children's literature young adult religion

UPFIELD, ARTHUR W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 246pp, VG (light bruising & moderate soiling to board edges/extrems, spine cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur W Upfield

UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 326pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light fading & staining to spine & board edges, sl soiling to rear board, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sm ink annotations to verso of title page) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges with sturdy but ugly tape reinforcement, moderate fading & chipping/closed tearing to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur W Upfield

MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 221pp, VG- (spine cocked, moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to central gutters)

PUBLISHER: Fontana Books 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 254pp, VG- (moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Fontana Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

SMITH, WILBUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges with obvious heavy tape reinforcement to edges, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 252pp, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Fontana Books 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 288pp, VG- (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy staining to spine, moderate staining/discolouration to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges- moderately sized ink stain also, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, G (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & flaps- rear flap hanging with sm ink stain, moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN NEW ZEALAND, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with minor loss to spine & extrems, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & light foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers

UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 245pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light foxing/discolouration to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking & foxing to gutters) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges with obvious heavy tape reinforcement also, heavy scuffing/chipping & moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning/foxing & tape staining)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield

UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, obvious heavy tape reinforcement to edges with adhesive staining also, heavy chipping & creasing/scuffing to spine, tanning)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield

UPFIELD, ARTHUR W

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing to pages, 1cm closed tear to top edge of pg97, minor vertical wrinkling to some page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges with obvious heavy tape reinforcement to edges- moderate tape staining also, heavy chipping & tearing to spine, moderate foxing & soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield