Books - "literature"
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Maori Girl
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: Reed Books 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Noel Hilliard
A Private Place
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 1992
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Amanda Craig
The Bricks That Built the Houses
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: Bloomsbury Circus 2016
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Kate Tempest
The Cunninghams
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: Whitcoulls 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand working class families family life David Ballantyne literature
The Dud Avocado
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 2018
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Elaine Dundy
Dead Souls
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Everyman's Library / Alfred A Knopf 2004
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature Nikolai Gogol
Me and Gus Again
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: A H & A W Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Frank S Anthony Francis Jackson illustrated children's literature novels fiction
Biggles Takes a Holiday
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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 1952
KEYWORDS: children's adventure novels fiction literature Biggles series Captain W E Johns
Number 9 Dream
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: Random House 2003
KEYWORDS: novels fcition literature David Mitchell
On the Come Up
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: Walker Books 2019
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Angie Thomas
Biggles and the Little Green God
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 179pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 76/77) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature Biggles series adventure Captain W E Johns novels fiction
The Cunninghams
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine edge, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS New Zealand novels fiction literature David Ballantyne
Essays on Islamic Philosophy and Science
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 261pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1975
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature Islam Islamic philosophy theology theosophy science
Islamic Theology and Philosophy: Studies in Honor of George F Hourani
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, illus heavy boards, teal lettering to spine & boards, viii + 339pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1983
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature Islam Islamic philosophy theology George F Hourani
The Gulistan, or, Rose Gsrden of Sa'di
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 265pp, VG (light fading & rubbing ot spine & board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep neatly detached/missing, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: Persian literature English translations philosophy Islam Islamic
A E Waite: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (single library label to spine, light creasing & sl chipping to egdes, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Aquarian Press 1983
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues A E White literature literary first editions
Near-Death Experiences: An Annotated Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library, octavo, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 182pp, VG (minimal library markings, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, heavy accidental creasing to edges of pgs 85-108 by prev. owner)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues near death experiences hallucinations psychology deathbed psychical research literature
The Letters of Charles Dickens 1820-1870 (12 Vol Set) The Pilgrim Edition
12 VOL SET, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering with pale cream title patches to spines, frontispiece to all vols, individual pagination, Near FINE (minor tanning & sl soiling to page edges of some vols) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spines, occasional light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / The Pilgrim Edition 1990s-2000s
KEYWORDS: literature literary history historical Charles Dickens letters correspondence pilgrim edition British Academy
Bad Dad
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & gilt lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 422pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2017
KEYWORDS: signed David Walliams modern first editions children's literature fiction novels humour humor
Inside Work
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul and Co 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Joan Butler