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

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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

TRUNGPA, CHOGYAM (Trans) & NALANDA TRANSLATION COMMITTEE (Trans)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 384pp, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, sl soiling to page edges & eps, sl insect damage to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1989

KEYWORDS: spirituality religion buddhism buddhist philosophy wisdom verse literature

HORNE, JOHN

Sm octavo, heavy floral patterned boards, gilt lettering to burgundy buckram spine, deckled page edges, 127pp, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to board corners, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Menzies & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Caithness Scotland Scottish Cattiland John Horne travel writing literature history historical

HANNAY, ALASTAIR

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: George Allen & Unwin 1971

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature ALastair Hannay

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse Vincent O'Sullivan first editions

JAMES, CLIVE

FIRST EDITION, 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: Picador 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Clive James

BLAND, PETER

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: John McIndoe 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Peter Bland poetry poems verse literature

NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH & COLLINS, ADRIAN (Trans) & KRAFT, JULIUS (Intro)

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 Liberal Arts Press 1957

KEYWORDS: Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy literature English translations

BILAL, ENKI & BELL, ELIZABETH (Trans)

Quarto 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: Catalan Communications 1990

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SANDERSON, BRANDON

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: Gollancz 2015

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TEMPLE, PHILIP

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: Hazard Press 1999

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SMELL OF STEVE

Super 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: Smell of Steve Inc 1996

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