Books - "literature"
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Miranda
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: John McIndoe 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Muriel May literature
The Lost Years Were Too Long: A Christian Arts Poetry Collection
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: Christian Arts Inc 1976
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature anthologies collections Christian religion
Yarrow Field
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: San Diego Poets Press 1990
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Regina McBride
Rural Reflections
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: Penny Bicknell 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes literature rural life illustrated Penny Bicknell
Through the Safety Net
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: Vintage 1998
KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Charles Baxter
Tangi
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: Pacific Writers Series / Heinemann Reed 1989
KEYWORDS: signed Witi Ihimaera New Zealand writers authors literature Maori fiction
Dear Mr Cairney
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: Mallinson Rendel 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writes authors Graeme Lay short stories literature fiction
Among the Cinders
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Maurice Shadbolt literature novels fiction
Selected Stories
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 N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors short stories fiction literature O E Middleton
Confessions of an Ocelot, and, Not For a Seagull
SIGNED, 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 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors fiction literature O E Middleton signed
The End of the Century, and Other Stories
SIGNED, 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: Canterbury University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed Christine Johnston short stories literature fiction
Some Prefer Nettles
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1970
KEYWORDS: Japanese literature English translations novels fiction Junichiro Tanizaki
My Recollections and Reflections
Octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xv + 262pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate fading to lettering on spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters, occasional light cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1913
KEYWORDS: Yoshio Markino literature reflections
From Cairo to Khyber to Celebes
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems & spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining/soiling to pages throughout, occasional closed tearing to base of pages)
PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing 1942
KEYWORDS: signed Maude Hill Beaton travel writing literature adventure
A Beachcomber in the Orient
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical
Thrilling Cities
REPRINT, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained black, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, patch of minor scuffing to verso of synopsis page) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with moderate adhesive staining also, light chafing & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Ian Fleming cities global international
Sap-wood & Milk
REPRINT OF SECOND EDITION, octavo, illus black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt decoration to front board, (10) + 42pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, chafing & soiling to plastic cover only, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking & light staining to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poets writers literature poetry poems verse Hone Tuwhare art Ralph Hotere illustrated
DC: The New Frontier: The Deluxe Edition
STILL SEALED IN PLASTIC WRAP, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, approx. 500pp, illus, FINE, in d/w, FINE
PUBLISHER: DC Comics 2004 (?)
KEYWORDS: DC Comics graphic novels comics comic books superheroes Wonderwoman Superman Flash Batman literature special deluxe editions
The Penguin Book of Elegy: Poems of Memory, Mourning and Consolation
Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xlv + 638pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2023
KEYWORDS: poetry anthologies collections poems verse literature
Grimm's Household Stories
FACSIMILE EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, illus title page, x + 269pp, illus, VG+ (minor scuffing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing/surface loss to edges & spine/rear cover edge, moderate fading to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1979 (Facsimile Reprint of 1882 version)
KEYWORDS: Brothers Grimm fairytales fantasy fantastical creatures illustrated children's literature classical