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$40.00
ak5/12/10

Rural Rides, in Two Volumes (2 Vol Set)


COBBETT, WILLIAM & BRIGGS, ASA (Intro)

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained orange- faded, printed eps, vol 1- xii + 320pp, vol 2- v + 335pp + catalogue to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges- otherwise still a tidy set) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spines, sl bruising to spine of vol 1, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1957-66

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature William Cobbett England Everyman's Library series rural countryside historical history

$285.00
ak5/12/12

The Courts of the Morning


BUCHAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, map to ffep, 405pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm embossed mark to ffep & prelims, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping/loss & tape repairs to spine, folds & edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction John Buchan

$80.00
ak5/12/21

Lhasa The Holy City


CHAPMAN, F SPENCER & BELL, Sir CHARLES (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, yellow buckram boards, red lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 342pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top corner of ffep clipped, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Lhasa religious cities

$175.00
ak5/12/26

Rewi's Last Stand


REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on the film scenario by)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature

$45.00
ak5/12/33

The Rain of Wisdom: The Essence of the Ocean of True Meaning ; The Vajra Songs of the Kagyu Gurus


TRUNGPA, CHOGYAM (Trans) & NALANDA TRANSLATION COMMITTEE (Trans)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 384pp, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, sl soiling to page edges & eps, sl insect damage to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1989

KEYWORDS: spirituality religion buddhism buddhist philosophy wisdom verse literature

$70.00
ak5/12/47

Summer Days in Cattiland


HORNE, JOHN

Sm octavo, heavy floral patterned boards, gilt lettering to burgundy buckram spine, deckled page edges, 127pp, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to board corners, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Menzies & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Caithness Scotland Scottish Cattiland John Horne travel writing literature history historical

$18.50
xxsqd215629

Mental Images a Defence


HANNAY, ALASTAIR

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: George Allen & Unwin 1971

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature ALastair Hannay

$27.50
xxsqd215631

Further Convictions Pending: Poems 1998-2008


O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse Vincent O'Sullivan first editions

$17.50
xxsqd215637

Sentenced to Life: Poems 2011-2014


JAMES, CLIVE

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: Picador 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Clive James

$25.00
xxsqd215638

Paper Boats


BLAND, PETER

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 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Peter Bland poetry poems verse literature

$16.50
xxsqd215639

The Use and Abuse of History


NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH & COLLINS, ADRIAN (Trans) & KRAFT, JULIUS (Intro)

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: The Liberal Arts Press 1957

KEYWORDS: Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy literature English translations

$32.50
xxsqf215642

Outer States


BILAL, ENKI & BELL, ELIZABETH (Trans)

Quarto 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: Catalan Communications 1990

KEYWORDS: cartoons comic books graphic novels Enki Bilal English translations literature

$13.50
xxsqf215649

Shadows of Self (A Mistborn Novel)


SANDERSON, BRANDON

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: Gollancz 2015

KEYWORDS: fantasy novels fiction literature Mistborn series Brandon Sanderson

$15.00
xxsqf215650

To Each His Own


TEMPLE, PHILIP

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: Hazard Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Philip Temple

$15.00
xxsqh215653

Smell of Steve #1


SMELL OF STEVE

Super 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: Smell of Steve Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: comics comic strips smell of steve literature

$33.50
xxsqh215655

The Bomb


MANNION, STEVE

Super octavo softcover (VG) covers wrinkled; 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: Asylum Press 2008

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comic books comics literature Steve Mannion

$25.00
xxsqh215656

The Perhapananauts: Second Chances


DEZAGO, TODD (Words) & ROUSSEAU, CRAIG (Pictures) & RENZI, RICO (Colours) & DEZAGO and ROUSSEAU (Letters)

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: Dark Horse Books 2007

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comics comic books literature Todd and Craig's Perhapanauts

$25.00
xxsqh215663

Meaning and Truth in Wittgenstein's Tractatus


MORRISON, JAMES C

Octavo softcover (VG+) covers discoloured; 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: Mouton 1968

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature criticism Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus

$25.00
xxsqh215665

Drift


CASTRO, BRIAN

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: William Heinemann 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Brian Castro

$8.50
xxsqh215666

Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses


BROCKER, SUSAN

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: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia

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