BENSON, STELLA

Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w: 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: MacMillan and Company 1935

KEYWORDS: stella benson poetry literature

SARGESON, FRANK & CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN (selected and ed)

EX LIBRARY octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w: 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: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press

KEYWORDS: frank sargeson new zealand literature

STONEMAN, M B

Octavo threadbound softcover (NR): 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: M B Stoneman 2017

KEYWORDS: hiruharama jerusalem james k baxter new zealand literature m b stoneman poetry

GRIMM, BROTHERS & ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN & ANDERSON, ANNE (Illus)

ARCHIVAL REPAIR TAPE TO SPINE, sm quarto, blue buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G+ (v heavy cracking to front & rear hinges- heavy archival tape repairs, heavy tanning/discolouration & creasing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & heavy fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. ownership ink markings to front eps, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some partial detachment)

PUBLISHER: The Children's Press N/D

KEYWORDS: Grimm Grimm's Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales stories fantasy classics children's literature illustrated Anne Anderson

KINGSOLVER, BARBARA

FIRST EDITION, SPECIAL EDITION WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, super octavo, mustard yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 559pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2022

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature special edition modern first editions Barbara Kingsolver

LIN, TAN & JACKSON, LAURA RIDING (Fore)

Octavo, blue light card wrappers, maroon lettering to spine, 222pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing /soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: literature Tan Lin poetry poetics

SMITH, WILBUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 231pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller' ssm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & scuffing with minor tanning also to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

SMITH, WILBUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 310pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional patches of minro foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light tanning & heavy scuffing to spine- minor loss, heavy scuffing to folds/hinges of flaps, heavy tape reinforcement to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

SMITH, WILBUR A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 459pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to spine & board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initial in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, minor water damage to top edge of rear board) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy chipping/tearing to spine & jacket edges, moderate water sataining to rear, minor tanning & foxing, moderate rubbing & scuffing to folds of flaps, prev. owner's initial in ink to front)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

NGATA, APIRANA TURUPA & KAA, WIREMU and TE OHORERE (Trans)

TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 394pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui / Victoria University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand articles literature Apirana Turupa Ngata

CHURTON, TOBIAS

Super octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 358pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Watkins 2015

KEYWORDS: art literature biography biographies memoir William Blake literary

BISSETTE, STEPHEN R & DORMAN, DAVID (Illus)

Super octavo, olive green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, illus prelims, 72pp, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to top edges of prelims, pgs 34-40 bound out of sequence, pgs 32-25-32 bound out of sequence plus upside down) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to top edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics 1992

KEYWORDS: graphic novels scifi science fiction Alien Aliens saga literature

WRIGHTON, ROGER

Octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, ii + 53pp, VG+ (light foxing & sioling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Zylberberb bliss Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poems poetry verse Roger Wrighton

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY & KEEPING, CHARLES (Illus)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 215pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, light tanning to spine, light to moderate creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Rosemary Sutcliff illustrated

COOPER, PAUL FENIMORE & COOPER, MARION ERSKINE (Illus)

Ex-library, octavo, yellow illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & tape staining to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (2cm scuff & light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to rear cover, price clipped, moderate tape staining to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1963

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels illustrated Paul Fenimore Cooper

CHURCH, Rev ALFRED J

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus plates to spine & front board, gilt high school decal to rear board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 308pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, school award plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor staining to ffep, moderate foxing & staining to prelims, occasional light foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: children's literature classics Homer Odyssey illustrated

NGATA, Sir APIRANA

1972 EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, maori pattern/illus to spine & boards & eps, xxxii + 327pp, VG (moderate soiling to fore-edge of front board, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: H & A W Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand verse te reo Maori Sir Apirana Ngata literature

BLACKMORE, R D & ARMSTRONG, Mr F (Illus) & SMALL, Mr W (Illus) & BOOT, Mr W H J (Illus)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, black leaf decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, xvi + 527pp, illus, VG (light soiling & rubbing/fading to spine, 1cm scuff to base of spine, light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, contemporary eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crack to central gutter, occasional minor foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company N/D (c.1869)

KEYWORDS: literature novels Lorna Doone illustrated R D Blackmore

BACON, N G et al

REBOUND, sm quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 832pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine & board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light fading & tanning to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear gutters, other occasional minor cracking to gutters, light foxing throughout, remnants of presentation plate & prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to prelims)

PUBLISHER: William Clowes and Sons N/D (c.1900s)

KEYWORDS: children's literature stories girl's girls own annuals

PERRY, MARK (MARK P) & DEMPSEY, MICHAEL

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, minro soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & inside covers, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Big O Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: punk rock n roll literature Mark P Perry