GRIGSON, GEOFFREY

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: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984

KEYWORDS: literature art literary recollections autobiography autobiographies Geoffrey Grigson

VIRILIO, PAUL & ROSE, JULIE (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: Continuum 2006

KEYWORDS: art science literature Paul Virilio English translations

CHAMBERS, P FRANKLIN

Octavo hardcover (VG) boards soiled; 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: Geoffrey Bles, The Centenary Press 1947

KEYWORDS: anthology anthologies literature Baron von Hugel theology religion philosophy

WEIL, SIMONE & CRAUFORD, EMMA (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: Fount / HarperCollins N/D (1990s?)

KEYWORDS: literature essays religion theology Christianity Simone Weil

SMITH, THORNE

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: Echo Library 2006

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Thorne Smith

COMER, J et al & ALEXANDER P (Ed)

Quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 118pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tearing to top edge of front cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cirsova 2016

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction Cirsova fantasy past issues literature short stories essays novelettes

BRIN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels David Brin

GIBSON, WILLIAM

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (light rubbing & fading/discolouration to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 2003

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels William Gibson

DALLAS, RUTH

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to board edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing to spine & creases/folds)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ruth Dallas literature poetry poems verse New Zealand poets writers

BRADBURY, RAY & MUGNAINI, JOE (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name scuffed out/erased & prev. bookseller's black ink pricing to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction illustrated Ray Bradbury anthologies

HULME, KERI

Octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 55pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers & edges, moderate fading & label residue to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature Keri Hulme poems poetry verse

HICKEY, REV P

Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: M H Gill & Son 1907

KEYWORDS: literature history Rev P Hickey

LESSING, DORIS

FIRST EDITION, tired ex-library copy, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 568pp, G+ (usual library markings, heavy tape reinforcement to spine & front + rear gutters, moderate creasing & water damage to boards- esp. rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy water damage to rear eps, heavy cracking at gutter of pgs564-565) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping with messy but sturdy reinforcement to edges & flaps, light fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & tape/adhesive staining to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Doris Lessing

McQUEEN, CILLA

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 296pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to front board & page edges, Cilla McQueen in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Cilla McQueen poetry poems verse literature

TIDHAR, LAVIE

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/200), octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 209pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge), in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PS Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: signed special numbered editions scifi science fiction novels literature Lavie Tidhar

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE & BROSNAN, BILL & COLLINS, BRUCE E & JACKSON, LEWIS & WESTON, GEOFF

Oblong quarto, illus white spiral bound covers, 78pp, illus, VG+ (clear pastic cover at rear moderately ripped, top extrem of black spiral binding bent & torn- minor, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Albion Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers poets literature poetry poems verse illustrated Hardwicke Knight

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST NZ EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first NZ editions New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh

MARGOLIOUTH, H M (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xli + 297pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm label to rear ep) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate foxing, sm circular label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: Thomas Traherne literature theology religious religion

SYMONS, TOD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining; 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: Central Otago News Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Tod Symons signed poetry poems verse literature

ENSING, RIEMKE

LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining & wrinkling; 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 Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature first editions signed poems poetry verse Riemke Ensing