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Mysticism and Logic


RUSSELL, BERTRAND

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: W W Norton 1929

KEYWORDS: Bertrand Russell philosophy epistemology mysticism logic literature

$15.00
xxefb217666

Jonah's Gourd Vine


HURSTON, ZORA NEALE & ELEY, HOLLY (Afterword)

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 1987

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Zora Neale Hurston

$15.00
xxefb217669

The Scream


LAUNAY, DROO (LAUNAY, ANDRE)

Ex-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: T V Boardman & Company 1965

KEYWORDS: murder mystery crime British Bloodhound Mystery series mysteries novels fiction literature Droo Andre Launay

$35.00
xxefb217670

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

$8.50
xxefb217671

Amara


LAYMON, RICHARD

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: Headline 2003

KEYWORDS: horror fiction novels literature Richard Laymon

$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

$245.00
2w5/35

Chums 1922


WALKEY, S et al

SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, illus title page, iv + 832pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to rear board, sl cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate creasing & tearing to title page & other prelims, occasional spots of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: children's literature Chums past years issues 1922 adventure

$16.50
xxefc217679

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
xxege217685

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

$16.50
xxege217686

Fragments of a Life Story: The Collected Short Writings of Denton Welch


WELCH, DENTON & DE-LA-NOY, MICHAEL (Ed & 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: King Penguin 1987

KEYWORDS: anthologies collections Denton Welch literature writings

$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
xxehd217703

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

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