BICKNELL, PENNY & BICKNELL, JEREMY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Penny Bicknell 1983

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BAXTER, CHARLES

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PUBLISHER: Vintage 1998

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Charles Baxter

LAY, GRAEME

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PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel 1985

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SHADBOLT, MAURICE

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1984

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MIDDLETON, O E

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PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1979

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JOHNSTON, CHRISTINE

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PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed Christine Johnston short stories literature fiction

TANIZAKI, JUNICHIRO & SEIDENSTICKER, EDWARD G (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1970

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature English translations novels fiction Junichiro Tanizaki

MARKINO, YOSHIO

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1913

KEYWORDS: Yoshio Markino literature reflections

BEATON, MAUDE HILL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems & spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining/soiling to pages throughout, occasional closed tearing to base of pages)

PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing 1942

KEYWORDS: signed Maude Hill Beaton travel writing literature adventure

FOSTER, HARRY L

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical

FLEMING, IAN

REPRINT, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained black, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, patch of minor scuffing to verso of synopsis page) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with moderate adhesive staining also, light chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Ian Fleming cities global international

TUWHARE, HONE

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PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973

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

MOTION, ANDREW (Ed) & REGAN, STEPHEN (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2023

KEYWORDS: poetry anthologies collections poems verse literature

GRIMM, BROTHERS & CRANE, LUCY (Trans) & CRANE, WALTER (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1979 (Facsimile Reprint of 1882 version)

KEYWORDS: Brothers Grimm fairytales fantasy fantastical creatures illustrated children's literature classical

HUNT, SAM

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 69pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & chafing to spine & covers with light soiling & tanning also at edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1985

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Sam Hunt New Zealand poets poetry verse literature

WEINERSMITH, ZACH & BOULET (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Breadpig (Co-published) 2015

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels fantasy illustrated Zach Weinersmith

SANG, ANT

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PUBLISHER: Earth's End 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed Ant Sang graphic novels comics Dharma Punks

KURODA, IOU & OLSEN, LILLIAN (Trans) & PAUL, STEPHEN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, 428pp + unpaginated pages to rear, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Kodansha Comics 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature graphic novels Kodansha Comics Iou Kuroda

MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW & KRZYZANOWSKI, LUDWIK (Trans)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, jacket tidily affixed to boards) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- tidily affixed to boards, top corner of rear flap clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Bronislaw Malinowski literature literary anthologies anthropology

ROBERTS, MICHELE

INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO NZ AUTHOR MARGARET MAHY, 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 1998

KEYWORDS: signed Michele Roberts fiction novels literature