CHILD, LEE

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus eps- front section of board cut-out for illus, (10) + 403pp + (6), VG+ (light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 2018

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CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, ocatvo, green heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 348pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to soine & edges/flaps)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 1980

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BERGEN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 273pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart 2005

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NEWBY, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus/maps to prelims, 326pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/scuffing & closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1966

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SHAW, HELEN & KNOWLES, DEBORAH GROSSMAN (Ed)

LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (#73/200), FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, blue buckram boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, 58pp, VG+ (light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 1995

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SHAW, HELEN

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES (THIS ONE UN-NUMBERED), sm octavo, beige cloth boards, black lettering & decoration to title plate on front board, 41pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1985

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ALPERS, ANTONY (Ed)

BOOK INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, loosely enclosed 4-page handwritten letter dated & signed by Antony Alpers to author Helen Shaw, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 579pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

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ERPENBECK, JENNY & HOFMANN, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 294pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Granta 2023

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POPE, RAY & FLOYD, GARETH (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 95pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1970

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TREVOR-ROPER, H R

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 298pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to board edges, sl tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional markings)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1957

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HERSCH, JEANNE (Selection Prepared by)

Super octavo, orange textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 591pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor discolouration of some photo pgs) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & surface loss, light tanning & soiling/foxing to spine & covers/flaps)

PUBLISHER: UNESCO 1969

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MANHIRE, BILL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 61pp, VG (sm closed tear to top edge of front cover- tidy tape repair, minor discolouration & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

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NAGAYAMA, MOKUO

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author to NZ author Helen Shaw (also has slip with author's address written in their hand), sm octavo, grey creased-effect light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 83pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional sl foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Shion Press 1985

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AWDRY, The Rev W & EDWARDS, GUNVOR and PETER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, oblong duodecimo, blue heavy boards, red lettering & train illus to front board, (6) + 59pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Kaye & Ward 1970

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THOMAS, BERTRAM & WILSON, Sir ARNOLD T (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 296pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1931

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DAVID, ELIZABETH

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, sl fading)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent 1984

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KLEIN, NORMAN M

Super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 328pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Golden Spike Press 2019

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose class systems feudalism globalisation globalization Norman M Klein

RUTTER, ELDON

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, ALL MAPS & PLANS PRESENT, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt Arabic script to front boards, teg, bottom page edges deckled, frontispieces with printed tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 303pp, vol 2- vii + 288pp, illus/maps & plans- all counted & present, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spines & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1928

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SINCLAIR, KEITH

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, white stapled light card covers, 24pp, VG+ (light tanning to cover edges, sl foxing to top edge of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl rusting of stapled to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning/fading/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

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POCOCK, Dr EDWARD & TWELLS, LEONARD

FIRST EDITION THUS, 2 VOL SET BOUND AS 1 (states Volume One on title page but appears to contain a life of Pocock followed by all of his works, suggesting the two volumes have been bound as one), lg quarto, half leather bound beige buckram reasonably modern boards- contemporary eps also, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate, spine also has raised bands plus gilt numerals & blind stamp decoration, red speckling to page edges, (4) + iv + (4) + 84pp + 363pp, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate to heavy water staining to edges of page block, heavy cracking to some gutters, some occasional minor other soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: London: Printed for the Editor, and Sold by R Gosling, at the Mitre and Crown in Fleet-Street MDCCXL (1740)

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