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$20.00
xx92pol212719

Contemporary Reform Jewish Thought


MARTIN, BERNARD (Ed)

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: Quadrangle Books 1968

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose Jewish thought philosophy Judaism

$15.00
xx93pol212723

Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-Century Photography


BUNNELL, PETER C & DANIEL, MALCOLM (Fore)

Very tidy 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: Aperture 2006

KEYWORDS: art photography 20th twentieth century writings literature

$35.00
xx95pol212750

The Rebels


ALLEY, REWI

Octavo stapled light 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: The New Zealand-China Society / The Progressive Book Society 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Rewi Alley China Chinese history

$15.00
xx95pol212752

Seal Pool


MATTHIESSEN, PETER & DU BOIS, WILLIAM PENE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, 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: Doubleday 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature illustrated Peter Matthiessen

$15.00
xx96pol212754

The Armour of Light


FOLLETT, KEN

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: Macmillan 2023

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Ken Follett historical

$10.00
xx96pol212755

Never


FOLLETT, KEN

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: Pan Books 2022

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Ken Follett

$12.50
xx96pol212756

The Gauntlet and the Burning Blade


GREEN, IAN

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: Head of Zeus 2022

KEYWORDS: fanyasu novels fiction literature Ian Green

$10.00
xx96pol212757

Trust No One


CLEAVE, PAUL

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: Upstart Press 2015

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature crime thriller Paul Cleave

$15.00
xx96pol212761

Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani


BOOCHANI, BEHROUZ & TOFIGHIAN, OMID (Trans & Ed) & MANSOUBI, MANNOES (Trans & Ed) & WINCH, TARA JUNE (Fore)

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: Bloomsbury 2023

KEYWORDS: Behrouz Boochani prison incarceration writings prose literature

$9.50
xx96pol212764

The Whitsun Weddings


LARKIN, PHILIP

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: Faber and Faber 1985

KEYWORDS: poetry verse literature Philip Larkin

$12.50
xx96pol212766

The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath


GREEN, IAN

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: Head of Zeus 2022

KEYWORDS: fantasy novels fiction literature Ian Green

$25.00
xx97pol212767

Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand


GREY, ZANE

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: New Zealand flyfishing fly fishing angling Zane Grey hobbies literature

$12.50
xx97pol212769

The Gauntlet and the Broken Chain


GREEN, IAN

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: Head of Zeus 2024

KEYWORDS: fantasy novels fiction literature Ian Green

$20.00
xxeoa212810

Omeros


WALCOTT, DEREK

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1990

KEYWORDS: Derek Walcott 20th century poetry poet poem literature

$47.50
1a4a/18

The Odes of Horace


HORACE & MICHIE, JAMES (Trans) & FRINK, ELISABETH (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, top page edges stained green, 288pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to edges/corners)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1987

KEYWORDS: folio society classical literature verse Odes Horace poetry poems

$50.00
2s9c/22

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower


PROUST, MARCEL; GRIEVE, JAMES (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 558; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some pgs throughout folded at head extrems, 'dog-eared' as to bookmark); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century French fiction novel modern first edition literature

$50.00
2s9c/23

The Guermantes Way


PROUST, MARCEL; TREHARNE, MARK (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 619; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century French fiction novel modern first edition literature

$40.00
1a4a/49

Poppa Passes: The Adventures of the Vedgie People


REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: vintage New Zealand fiction Vedgie People adventures A W Reed literature illustrated

$40.00
1a4a/51

Peter Grimes, and Other Poems


SLATER, MONTAGU

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 108pp, VG (sl warping to boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, date in ink (sm) to ffep, light to moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate rubbing/chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions Montagu Slater literature plays scripts theater theatre stage poems poetry verse

$50.00
2s4b/2

Enclosures (v.1-4)


DIREEN, BILL

Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018

KEYWORDS: Bill Bireen 21st century New Zealand poet authour collection poems short stories literature

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