COWLEY, JOY

FIRST EDITION. Signed (twice!). Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Secker & Warburg 1971

KEYWORDS: Joy Cowley New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition

GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION. Signed. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Viking 1994

KEYWORDS: Maurice Gee New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition

STEAD, C K

FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 Harvill Press 2000

KEYWORDS: C K Stead New Zealand literature modern first edition

TINDALL, WILLIAM YORK

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Thames and Hudson 1959

KEYWORDS: James Joyce 20th century literature criticism interpretation guide introduction

HSIEN-YI, YANG & YANG, GLADYS (transl.); HSIA, C T (forew.); SHIH-FA, CHENG (illus.)

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Columbia University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature criticism literary history

PARK, RUTH

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Michael Joseph 1952

KEYWORDS: Ruth Park New Zealand literature modern first edition

WILSON, HELEN

2nd edition. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Paul's Book Arcade 1956

KEYWORDS: Helen Wilson New Zealand literature 20th century Timaru

WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Longman Paul 1974

KEYWORDS: Albert Wendt New Zealand literature modern first edition

BACON, R L; LIVINGSTON, V J (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Signed & inscribed. Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: R L Bacon V J Livingston New Zealand literature modern first edition

MUHLBACH, LOUISE

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt silver and red lettering and decorations to front board and spine, teg, 236pp, VG (light scuffing and minor bruising to edges and extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, minor fading/discolouration to head and base of spine and edges and extrems, minor tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelms & terminals - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: F. Tennyson Neely 1896

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Louise Muhlbach literature historical fiction

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER

Contemporary rebind. Sm octavo, heavy marbled boards, half bound leather, gilt lettering to spine, all edges speckled, illus prelims, (VG). Photos available upon request.

PUBLISHER: T Nelson & Sons 1852

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Harriet Beecher Stowe

POE, EDGAR ALLAN & DULAC, EDMUND (illus)

FIRST EDITION. Quarto heavy green boards, gilt lettering/decoration to spine and front board, patterned eps, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus title page, unpaginated, illus/plates with tissueguards (counted), VG+ (minor tanning/soiling to spine, minor fraying to spine extrems, minor soiling/chafing to boards, moderate tanning/foxing and soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to fep, moderate foxing to prelims, previous owners inscription dated 1915, minor foxing to page edges throughout, 3cm closed tear to lower edge of plate no. 8)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton (N/D circa 1912)

KEYWORDS: first edition Edgar Allen Poe Edmund Dulac poems poetry illustrations literature specials

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt & white lettering to spine, (VG+) in d/w (VG-), photos available upon request.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand literature Dan Davin

CAPEFIGUE, M & GOLDSMID, EDMUND (trans)

FIRST EDITION THUS, LIMITED TO 275 COPIES OF THIS SIZE, 2 VOL SET. Sm octavo, light waxed card wrappers, black lettering to fron wrappers, deckled page edges, 102 & 58pp VG- (heavy cracking/chipping to spines with some loss, moderate foxing/tanning to wrappers, moderate foxing/tanning to page edges, some cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Privately Printed 1887

KEYWORDS: first edition thus M Capefigue Edmund Goldsmid king Charles Agnes Sorel literature history

PYCROFT, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUME SET. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, viii+303pp (vol I) & 304pp (vol II), VG (minor soiling and scuffing to spines, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate chaffing/scuffing & soiling to boards, some bruising to board extrems, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, previous booksellers sticker to front pastedown, light foxing sporadic throughout)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently & Son 1886

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket autobiography memoir James Pycroft literature sports England

PROUST, MARCEL & KOLB, PHILLIP (ed) & KILMARTIN, JOANNA (intro/trans) & BOTTON, ALAIN DE (foreword) & KOLB, JOCELYNE (afterword)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, (VG+) in d/w (VG+). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: HaperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust letters literature Philip Kolb Joanna Kilmartin Alain de Botton

STEWART, JACK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL BULLOCK TO CRITIC & HISTORIAN ROY STARRS. Octavo light card wrappers, multicoloured text to spine and wrappers, illus to front wrapper, (VG). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Third Eye 1990

KEYWORDS: signed Michael Bullock Jack Stewart poetry literature academia

SHIRANE, HARUO

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ROY STARRS. Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine and front wrapper, yellow lettering to rear wrapper, illus/photos, VG+. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture history academia nature aesthetics art society design poetry literature Haruo Shirane

AL-MAZANI, IBRAHIM ABD AL-QADIR & HUTCHINS, WILLIAM (trans)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue buckram boards, illus, lacks fep, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Three Continents 1983

KEYWORDS: Ibrahim Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini literature William Hutchins short stories novellas collection Egypt

HALES, A.J.

Ovtavo hardcover (G) scruffy reading copy; Photos available on request. 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: Wright and Brown No date (c1930s)

KEYWORDS: A G Hales novel literature