RAHIMI, ATIQ & MAGUIRE, SARAH (trans) & YARI, YAMA (trans)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2007

KEYWORDS: afghanistani author atiq rahimi literature

DE GUERRY SIMPSON, HELEN & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Handheld Press 2022

KEYWORDS: helen de guerry simpson literature short story

MORDAUNT, ELINOR & CLOWES, EVELYN MAY & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Handheld Press 2021

KEYWORDS: elinor mordaunt evelyn may clowes literature short story

KAHO, SIMONE

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PUBLISHER: Saufo'i Press 2022

KEYWORDS: poetry moana pacific writers survivor simone kaho pasifika literature

NESBO, JO & BARTLETT, DON (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Harvill Seeker 2013

KEYWORDS: jo nesbo literature

JANES, PHIL

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PUBLISHER: Millenium 1993

KEYWORDS: phil janes science fiction literature

NESBO, JO & SMITH, NEIL (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2019

KEYWORDS: jo nesbo literature

DE GOLDI, KATE

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: kate de goldi literature christchurch new zealand

CATTON, ELEANOR

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PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023

KEYWORDS: eleanor catton new zealand author literature

MILLER, ALEX

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: alex miller literature

HAMMER, CHRIS

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: chris hammer literature

O'LOGHLIN, JAMES

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Echo Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: james o'loghlin literature

ELLIOT, DAVID

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Random House NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: childrens literature new zealand dunedin author illustrator david elliot

ARISTOPHANES & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & edges, heavy fading to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- glue is brittle & cracking)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1973

KEYWORDS: erotica classic literature Aristophanes illustrated plays drama

GRUBER, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to blue title plate on spine, illus eps & title page, x + 333pp, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with heavy soiling to page edges, light tanning to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature adventure expeditions exploration Soviet Russia Russian Arctic North Pole

MISHIMA, YUKIO & SPARLING, KATHRYN (Trans)

REVIEW COPY, UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature history culture Samurai English translation first UK editions Yukio Mishima Japan review copies

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/patterned eps, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions Jean Cocteau writings prose literature anthology collection English translations

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm gilt illus to front board, 76pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate tanning to spine & board edges, minor staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & water staining, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction French literature English translations semi autobiographical Jean Cocteau

JONES, JOHN P

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontnispiece, xvii + 448pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor scuffing to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters- particularly to rear, binding loose/sloppy, minor soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, plates either detached or loosened- not counted presumed all present, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1908

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture India Indian John P Jones

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Hone Tuwhare illustrated Ralph Hotere Maori graphics