TOLSTOJ, LEO N (TOLSTOY, LEO N)

TEXT IN GERMAN, 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: Buchergilde Gutenberg 1958

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Kreutzer sonata stories literature Leo Tolstoy

GAU-GHAN, DAVID

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 Bradbury House of Words 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Davod Gau-Ghan fiction novels

TRUNGPA, CHOGYAM

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: Shambhala 1987

KEYWORDS: spirituality literature Chogyam Trungpa zen buddhism buddhist

TRUNGPA, CHOGYAM & LIEF, JUDITH L (Ed)

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: Shambhala 1991

KEYWORDS: spirituality literature Chogyam Trungpa zen buddhism buddhist

VONNEGUT, KURT & McCARTEN, TOM (Ed)

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: Melville House Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: literature literary interviews conversations Kurt Vonnegut

HAMSUN, KNUT & GAY-TIFFT, EUGENE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, unpaginated prelims + 549pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading/tanning to spine, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1931

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Norwegian writers English translations Knut Hamsun

KIPLING, RUDYARD & KIPLING, J L (Illus) & DRAKE, W H (Illus) & FRENZENY, P (Illus)

EARLY EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to spine & front board, aeg, vii + 276pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, sl tanning to spine with light chipping/scuffing to extrems, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, lighty soiling to gilt on top edges of page block, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown- v faint, moderate foxing to prelims, pgs iii-vi partially detached but present, moderate crack to gutter of contents page)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: early editions classics literature novels fiction Rudyard Kipling illustrated

MORRIS, WILLIAM

4 VOL SET (vols 1-2 tenth editions, vols 3-4 eighth editions), octavo, black buckram boards, black lettering to white paper title plates on spines, illus title pages, mixed pagination, VG (moderate soiling/bruising & bruising to spines, moderate soiling to boards of vols 1 & 3, light soiling to boards of other vols, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1896

KEYWORDS: literature William Morris poetry poems verse

MORRIS, WILLIAM

Octavo, black buckram boards, black lettering to white title plate on spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 376pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate soiling to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bottom corners of pgs 373-376 heavily creased)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1897

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse William Morris

MORRIS, WILLIAM

Octavo, black buckram boards, black lettering to white title plate on spine, viii + 248pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1896

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse William Morris

ROTHENBERG, ALBERT (Ed) & HAUSMAN, CARL R (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, dark grey buckram boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 366pp, VG+ (minimal library markings/labels, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (single library label to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature psychology creativity

ELIOT, GEORGE

21 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spines, black lettering to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to all spines, varying degrees of wrinkling to buckram- mostly light, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate creasing & wrinkling to rear eps of vol ii of Romola, prev. owner's name in ink & top corner of ffep missing to Silas Marner, page fore-edges of several volumes wrinkled, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters of Adam Bede Vol I, occasional light cracking to gutters of other vols, moderate foxing throughout most vols)

PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co N/D (Illustrated Copyright Edition)

KEYWORDS: English literature collections George Eliot illustrated copyright editions edition sets novels works

TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

LAWLOR, P A & SCHOLEFIELD, G H (Intro)

FIRST LIMITED EDITION, UNCOMMON IN D/W, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to borwn spine, red gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 39pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & fading to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG-/G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy rubbing to flaps- partially detached, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beltane Book Bureau 1946

KEYWORDS: first limited editions New Zealand literature P A Lawlor literary unfinished works Katherine Mansfield

STONE, WILLIAM S & MORDVINOFF, NICHOLAS (Decorations) & ALLEN, PRUDENCE and IGOR ANZIFEROFF (Photos)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, x + 262pp, illus/photos, VG (light soiling & foxing to spine & boards, sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing throughout, minor creasing to rear pages) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to spine- archival repairs, heavy chipping & loss/archival repairs to edges & folds/flaps, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Tahiti south seas exploration adventure William S Stone

SATCHELL, WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, viii + 310pp, VG (minor tanning & foxing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & chipping to spine- minor loss, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1938

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand literature novels historical fiction William Satchell

COBBETT, WILLIAM & BRIGGS, ASA (Intro)

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained orange- faded, printed eps, vol 1- xii + 320pp, vol 2- v + 335pp + catalogue to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges- otherwise still a tidy set) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spines, sl bruising to spine of vol 1, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1957-66

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature William Cobbett England Everyman's Library series rural countryside historical history

BUCHAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, map to ffep, 405pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm embossed mark to ffep & prelims, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping/loss & tape repairs to spine, folds & edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction John Buchan

CHAPMAN, F SPENCER & BELL, Sir CHARLES (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, yellow buckram boards, red lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 342pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top corner of ffep clipped, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Lhasa religious cities

REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on the film scenario by)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature