Books - "literature"
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New Zealand Country and People: An Account of the Country and its People
A LOVELY COPY! Quarto, maroon light card covers, illus plate to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, unpaginated prelims, 58pp + catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to cover edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's ink stamp to reverse of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1925
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture heritage customs history historical travel writing literature
New Zealand, as a Tourist and Health Resort with Supplement on South Sea Islands
Octavo, red cloth stiff card covers, black lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, printed eps, unpaginated illus prelims + 194pp + memoranda to rear, VG+ (sl fraying to cover edges, prev. owner's sm ex-libris plate to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son 1909
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical tourist travel writing literature guides history
The Secret Life of Puppets
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiv + 350pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism scifi science fiction puppets supernatural Victoria Nelson
The Voyage of the Hurunui: A Ballad
FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - holograph ownership symbol of NZ author Helen Shaw, super octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to cream buckram spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor patches of foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate cracking/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1956
KEYWORDS: first edtions New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse D'Arcy Cresswell association copies Helen Shaw
Mulga Bill's Bicycle
FIRST EDITION (4th PRINTING), square quarto hardcover (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 Collins 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature verse illustrated picture books A B Paterson
The Big Game and Other Stories
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW/HELLA HOFMANN), octavo hardcover (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 Caxton Press 1947
KEYWORDS: New Zealand short stories collections literature A P Gaskell
The Presocratics
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: Macmillan 1987
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature religion religious thought theology theosophy ancient Greece Greek
The Zigzag Way
FIRST 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: Chatto & Windus 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Anita Desai
A Brief Essay on the History of Maori Art in New Zealand
Folio stapled stiff card covers (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: Te Waka Toi N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history heritage Maori cultural essays literature
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
FIRST EDITION, imperial 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: Chatto & Windus 1992
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary biography biographies memoir Russian Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
FIRST EDITION, imperial 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: Chatto & Windus 1990
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary biography biographies memoir Russian Vladimir Nabokov
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
Imperial 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1981
KEYWORDS: literature literary letters correspondence Evelyn Waugh biographical
Funnymen
FIRST EDITION, 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: Scribner 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Ted Heller
Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scribner 2002
KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies literature religion religious Islam Egypt Egyptian culture faith
Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean
Super octavo hardcover (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: HarperCollins 2012
KEYWORDS: spirituality literature graphic novels via Amruta Patil
Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
Imperial 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 Derrydale Press 2000
KEYWORDS: sport fishing hobbies Zane Grey literature
The Biggles Omnibus: Air Detective Omnibus
Ex-school library, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1963
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels adventure fiction Biggles series Captain W E Johns omnibus
Comrades in Arms
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very tatty- spine completely missing; 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1951
KEYWORDS: children's literature adventure fiction Biggles series Captain W E Johns Worrals Gimlet
Three Soviet Plays: Kremlin Chimes ; Platon Krechet ; It Happened in Irkutsk
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: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D
KEYWORDS: Russian plays literature scripts drama stage theatre theater
The Boy and the Dog
FIRST EDITION, 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: Scribner 2022
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Seishu Hase Japanese English translations