HOFFMAN, PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: fiction literature young adult fantasy dystopia

MANDEL, EMILY ST JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Picador 2015

KEYWORDS: novel literature fiction sci fi science fiction dystopian dystopia Emily St John Mandel

DUFFY, BRUCE

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2011

KEYWORDS: first edition poetry biographical fiction literature poems Arthur Rimbaud history novel

SAWYER-LAUCANNO, CHRISTOPHER

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1992

KEYWORDS: first edition literature history paris 20th century twentieth authors writers culture

MITCHELL, DAVID

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 2004

KEYWORDS: David Mitchell literature novel fiction sci fi science fiction historical dystopia

BYRNE, PAULA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: HarperPress 2010

KEYWORDS: Evelyn Waugh biography brideshead revisited literature culture history

PORTER, HAL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1980

KEYWORDS: literature Hal Porter autobiography Australia

STROUD, JONATHAN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Corgi 2007

KEYWORDS: fantasy fiction literature young adult adventure

DICKENS, CHARLES & CHESTERTON, G K (intro)

Small 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Everymans Library 1979

KEYWORDS: Charles Dickens literature fiction Chesterton

JAMES, HENRY

Tidy ex-library. Small octavo 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Heron Books N/D

KEYWORDS: ex library literature Henry James fiction historical

LEWIS, C S & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

7 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule & sm blind stamp illus to front boards, maps to prelims of each vol [except vol 1], mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE (occasional sl rubbing to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE (v sl chafing & curling) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing- some surface loss, 2cm poke/bruise to one face)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1994

KEYWORDS: children's fantasy literature classics boxed sets C S Lewis chronicles of Narnia fiction illustrated Pauline Baynes

BAZHOV, P & MANNING, EVE (Trans) & KOROVIN, O (Illus)

FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, illus prelims, 250pp, illus, VG (government library markings, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & board edges, other light general soiling to boards, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims, sl cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D (c.1940s?)

KEYWORDS: Russian literature English translations P Bazhov illustrated

POCKLINGTON, GEOFFREY R (Ed)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine, peach lettering & coloured illus to front board, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece, illus unpaginated prelims, 768pp, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing/soiling to spine & rear board, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims & pgs 752-753, occasional scuffing & soiling to pages- minor, prev. owner's details in pencil to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office, 4, Bouverie Street, London, E.C.4

KEYWORDS: boy's own annuals children's literature illustrated past years

NOT STATED (HICHENS, ROBERT)

Octavo, dark green buckram boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus title page, unpaginated prelims, 183pp, ads/publishers to rear, G+ (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges, minor tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding a little delicate & boards shaky, pencil annotation/inscription to ffep)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1894

KEYWORDS: novels literature fiction satire Robert Hichins pioneer series

HOWES, EDITH

Sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, publisher ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing/soiling to spine, minor scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, foxing quite heavy to prelims with some minor pencil markings also)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa te ao Maori literature fairy tales

AUEZOV, MUKHTAR & NAVROZOV, L (Trans) & PERHAM, H (Ed) & ILYINA, L (Illus)

2 VOL SET, FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, octavo, blue buckram boards, colouerd lettering & illus to spines, red & white lettering & blind stamp decoration to front boards, textured eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- 449pp, vol 2- 431pp, illus, VG (minro rubbing & surface loss to spine extrems, parliament library markings- external & internal, light bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prleims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D

KEYWORDS: kazakh kazakhstan soviet literature novels English translations Mukhtar Auezov

MORGAN, MAX

IN METAL SLIPCASE, slim imperial octavo, silver gilt lettering to dark brown textured heavy boards, light brown spine, unpaginated, pages artificially tanned, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine) in metal case, VG+ (minor chafing & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 1997

KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians literature Max Morgan art

MONTGOMERY, L M & GIBBS, GEORGE (Frontis & cover in colour by)

SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, dusty pink buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & colour plate to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 365pp + publisher's ads to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & front board, moderate soiling to spine & boards, minor bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, spine cocked with binding a little exposed at front pastedown, gutters are otherwise reasonably sound except a little foxing, 1cm tear to base of rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: L C Page 1911

KEYWORDS: early editions classic literature novels fiction L M Montgomery

Vidal, Gore

Small 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: Panther 1972

KEYWORDS: literature Gore Vidal gay queer lgbt romance

NELSON, MICHAEL & CORE, PHILLIP (intro)

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PUBLISHER: GMP 1986

KEYWORDS: literature Michael Nelson gay queer lgbt satire modern classic