Books - "literature"
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Approaches to Paremata
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 69pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & chafing to spine & covers with light soiling & tanning also at edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1985
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Sam Hunt New Zealand poets poetry verse literature
Augie & the Green Knight
INCLUDES NOTEBOOK & BOOKMARK- STILL SEALED, PLUS SM STICKER SHEET LOOSELY ENCLOSED, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, aeg, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 219pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Breadpig (Co-published) 2015
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels fantasy illustrated Zach Weinersmith
The Dharma Punks
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 423pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Earth's End 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed Ant Sang graphic novels comics Dharma Punks
Appleseed Alpha
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, 428pp + unpaginated pages to rear, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Kodansha Comics 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature graphic novels Kodansha Comics Iou Kuroda
The Proud Highway: The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume 1
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxxii + 683pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, lg white adhesive label to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions Hunter S Thompson autobiography autobiographies letters prose literature literary
The Early Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, jacket tidily affixed to boards) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- tidily affixed to boards, top corner of rear flap clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Bronislaw Malinowski literature literary anthologies anthropology
Impossible Saints
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO NZ AUTHOR MARGARET MAHY, 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: Virago Press 1998
KEYWORDS: signed Michele Roberts fiction novels literature
Because We Were the Travellers
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MARGARET MAHY, 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: Longacre Press 1997
KEYWORDS: signed Jack Lasenby New Zealand writers authors literature
The Black Veil
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: Faber and Faber 2002
KEYWORDS: literature memoir Rick Moody first editions
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
FIRST EDITION, sm 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: Atlantic Books 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journal 1960-2010
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: Liveright Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Adventure Time, with Fionna & Cake
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: KaBOOM! 2013
KEYWORDS: children's literature graphic novels Fionna Cake cartoons
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., LACKS D/W, all first state points 1.) 'Joanne' to copyright page, 2.) line drops after 'burnt' on pg.7, octavo, illus heavy boards, blue & white lettering to spine, Hogwarts coat of arms to title page, 317pp, VG+ (light sun-fading to spine, sl chafing to boards, sl foxing & light to moderate tanning to page edges) This is not an ex-library copy and is completely free from ink and/or pencil markings & annotations including any prev. owners' names.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first editions first impressions Harry Potter series fantasy J K Rowling children's literature wizards novels fiction juvenile
The Count of Monte Cristo and Other Stories
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#26/150), AUTHOR ALSO PRINTED & BOUND THE BOOK, octavo, yellow cloth boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, illus eps, (7) + 184pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, sl soiling to page edges, sl soiling to terminals)
PUBLISHER: Mount St John Private Press 1997-8
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Mark K Venables New Zealand authors writers literature short stories
The Radical Programme 1885, with 'The Future of the Radical Party'
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread? Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xci + xvi + 263pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading & soiling to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Harvester Press 1971
KEYWORDS: British politics history literature radicals reform acts 1885
Doctor Dolittle
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps & title page, 186pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light bruising to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, some prelim pages removed, prev. owner's ink stamp name to dedication page, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's classic literature classics illustrated novels fiction Hugh Lofting Dr Doctor Dolittle animals
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece with printed tissue guard, 320pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & tanning to spine with 4.5cm crack and minor loss to base, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate crack to base of front gutter- some prelims pgs partially detached, prev. owners' names & ink stamp to half title page, occasional minor soiling & cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions children's classic literature classics illustrated novels fiction Hugh Lofting Dr Doctor Dolittle animals
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
First edition. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1969
KEYWORDS: Alexander Solzhenitsyn 20th century play drama theatre Russia Russian literature modern first edition
The Ring of Nibelung
Super 8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin Classics 2018
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner 19th century mythology legend fiction literature fantasy
The Crimson Petal and the White
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: Canongate 2003
KEYWORDS: literature fiction