McCARTHY, TOM

FIRST EDITION, 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: Alfred A Knopf 2010

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HOLLINGHURST, ALAN

FIRST EDITION, 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 1998

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CURNOW, JENIFER (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 311; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute and Museum 1995

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ARCHER, JEFFREY; SEARLE, RONALD (illus.)

First edition, thus. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super 8vo, pp. x + 262; purple heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & sl foxing).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2006

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MATTHEWS, PATRICK and MOLLIE

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to beige cloth spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning & soiling occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: Golden Pleasure Books 1962

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MATTHEWS, PATRICK and MOLLIE

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to beige cloth spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning & soiling occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: Golden Pleasure Books 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature picture books Teddy Edward adventures illustrated Patrick Mollie Matthews

MATTHEWS, PATRICK and MOLLIE

Quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to beige cloth spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning & soiling occasionally throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges with minor loss & discreet tape repairs, light chafing & soiling/discolouration, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Golden Pleasure Books N/D

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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

KEYWORDS: signed Antony Alpers Helen Shaw New Zealand literature writers authors Katherine Mansfield short stories fiction anthologies collections

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

KEYWORDS: literature history historical H R Trevor-Roper essays collection anthologies first editions

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

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers Bill Manhire literature poetry poems verse

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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