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Maori Girl
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: Reed Books 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Noel Hilliard
A Private Place
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 1992
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Amanda Craig
The Bricks That Built the Houses
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 Circus 2016
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Kate Tempest
Me and Gus Again
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: A H & A W Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Frank S Anthony Francis Jackson illustrated children's literature novels fiction
Biggles Takes a Holiday
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1952
KEYWORDS: children's adventure novels fiction literature Biggles series Captain W E Johns
Number 9 Dream
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: Random House 2003
KEYWORDS: novels fcition literature David Mitchell
On the Come Up
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: Walker Books 2019
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Angie Thomas
The Cunninghams
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine edge, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS New Zealand novels fiction literature David Ballantyne
Essays on Islamic Philosophy and Science
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 261pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1975
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature Islam Islamic philosophy theology theosophy science
Islamic Theology and Philosophy: Studies in Honor of George F Hourani
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, illus heavy boards, teal lettering to spine & boards, viii + 339pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1983
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature Islam Islamic philosophy theology George F Hourani
The Gulistan, or, Rose Gsrden of Sa'di
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 265pp, VG (light fading & rubbing ot spine & board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep neatly detached/missing, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: Persian literature English translations philosophy Islam Islamic
A E Waite: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (single library label to spine, light creasing & sl chipping to egdes, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Aquarian Press 1983
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues A E White literature literary first editions
Near-Death Experiences: An Annotated Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library, octavo, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 182pp, VG (minimal library markings, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, heavy accidental creasing to edges of pgs 85-108 by prev. owner)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues near death experiences hallucinations psychology deathbed psychical research literature
Bad Dad
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & gilt lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 422pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2017
KEYWORDS: signed David Walliams modern first editions children's literature fiction novels humour humor
Inside Work
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul and Co 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Joan Butler
Doubtless
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 259pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Sam Hunt New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature
King Ink
EARLY EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 161pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Black Spring Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Nick Cave poems poetry verse literature early editions
The Nature of Rationality
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 226pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: reason philosophy literature Robert Nozick
Musical Elaborations
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 109pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1991
KEYWORDS: first editions music musical history performance essays prose literature
Preserving the Self in the South Seas 1680-1840
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, xii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to covers with minor chafing also, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history historical literature literary criticism South Seas oceania travel exploration British