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The Champion


GEE, MAURICE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, paperback (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: Puffin / Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: signed Maurice Gee New Zealand authors writers children's literature novels fiction

$16.50
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The Quantity Theory of Insanity


SELF, WILL

Sm 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: Bloomsbury 1993

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Will Self

$47.50
2w5/11

Studies in Arabic Philosophy


RESCHER, NICHOLAS

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 162pp, VG (moderate fading & tanning to spine & board edges, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: University of Pittsburgh Press 1966

KEYWORDS: Arabic philosophy literature Nicholas Rescher

$40.00
2w5/13

Venetia


HEYER, GEORGETTE

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, author's blind stamp initials to front board, (6) + 326pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate closed tears to fold/crease of front flap, minor tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian editions novels fiction literature historical Georgette Heyer

$75.00
2w5/14

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


CARROLL, LEWIS & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus) & DOBSON, AUSTIN (Poem)

1933 CHEAPER EDITION, octavo, light blue buckram boards, blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus/decorated title page, ix + (3) + 162pp, illus/plates- coloured plates all present, VG (light bruising to exztrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: Alice in Wonderland classic children's literature Lewis Carroll illustrated Arthur Rackham novels fantasy fiction

$65.00
2w5/16

A Journey Round My Skull


KARINTHY, FRIGYES & BARKER, VERNON DUCKWORTH (Trans)

SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate staining to base of boards & spine, sl rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, other light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, moderate tearing [open & closed] to spine & cover edges, minor fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1939

KEYWORDS: literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Frigyes Karinthy

$75.00
2w5/30

The Hun Hunters: Cautionary Tales from the Trenches


YOUNG, DESMOND (Text) & McKENNA, JUSTIN (Sketches)

REPRINT (SEPTEMBER 1916), oblong imperial ocatvo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners/edges, moderate to heavy soiling & discolouration to boards- minor chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's pencil annotation to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1916

KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes sketches verse literature ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$16.50
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Pity


McMILLAN, ANDREW

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Canongate 2024

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Andrew McMillan

$22.50
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Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature


HEYERDAHL, THOR

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: George Allen & Unwin 1974

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Thor Heyerdahl Pacific region islands Fatu-Hiva

$15.00
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A Mistake


SHUKER, CARL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors novels literature fiction Carl Shuker

$9.50
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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and Other Stories


MARTEL, YANN

Paperback (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: Canongate 2005

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Yann Martel

$8.50
xxehd217702

Tales of Hoffmann


HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR & HOLLINGDALE, R J (Selected & Trans) et al

Paperback (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: Penguin 1982

KEYWORDS: classic literature Ernst Theodor Hoffmann

$10.00
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Description of a Struggle, and Other Stories


KAFKA, FRANZ & MUIR, WILLA and EDWIN (Trans) & PASLEY, MALCOLM (Trans) & STERN, TANIA and JAMES (Trans)

Paperback (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: Penguin 1979

KEYWORDS: classic literature Franz Kafka collections

$8.50
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The Child Poverty Debate: Myths, Misconceptions and Misunderstandings


BOSTON, JONATHAN & CHAPPLE, SIMON

Paperback (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: Brodget Williams Books 2015

KEYWORDS: bwb texts literature child poverty wealth distribution politics New Zealand

$14.50
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City of Lions


WITTLIN, JOZEF & SANDS, PHILIPPE & MATAR, DIANA (Photos)

Sm 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: Pushkin Press 2016

KEYWORDS: history Ukraine essays prose literature Jozef Wittlin Philippe Sands

$12.50
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Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R von D


ZWEIG, STEFAN & BELL, ANTHEA (Trans)

Sm 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: Pushkin Press 2002

KEYWORDS: literature Stefan Zweig

$15.00
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Dying


SCHNITZLER, ARTHUR & BELL, ANTHEA (Trans)

Sm 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: Pushkin Press 2006

KEYWORDS: literature Arthur Schnitzler

$13.50
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As a Man Grows Older


SVEVO, ITALO & DE ZOETE, BERYL (Trans) & LASDUN, JAMES (Intro)

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: NYRB / New York Review Books 2001

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Italo Svevo

$8.50
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Pulse


BARNES, JULIAN

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: Vintage 2011

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Julian Barnes

$10.00
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A Coin in Nine Hands


YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE & KATZ, DORI (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Black Swan 1984

KEYWORDS: novels literature fiction Marguerite Yourcenar

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