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Eye
Ex-library, 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: Victor Gollancz 1986
KEYWORDS: short fiction stories scifi science fiction literature collections Frank Herbert
The Lost Command
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David Bruce & Watson 1971
KEYWORDS: military history Alastair Revie aviation raf royal air force bomber command literature
Marvel 1602
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light creasing to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics 2004
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literature Neil Gaiman modern first editions
A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 619pp, VG (light soiling to spine & boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light occasional foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1909
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues T M Hocken New Zealand literature
The Haunting of Abbotsgarth
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 175pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/rubbing to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Judy Piatkus 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Elena Lyons horror ghosts supernatural
Baptism of Blood
SCARCE, pseudonym of Charles Whiting, author's first book as K N Kostov AKA Leo Kessler, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm map recto of copyright page, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl water staining to base of front eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling, light water staining to base of front cover & flap)
PUBLISHER: Severn House 1981
KEYWORDS: K N Kostov Leo Kessler Charles Whiting historical fiction war novels literature ww2 Russia
Dragonquest, being the Further Adventures of the Dragonriders of Pern
FIRST EDITION, octavo, aquamarine heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, map of Pern to prelims, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to rear pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling, minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Rapp and Whiting 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature Anne McCaffrey Dragonriders of Pern series
The Passionate Puritan
FIRST EDITION, STAMPED COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, 308pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board corners/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & throughout, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate crack to rear gutter, numerous sm date ink stamps to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature New Zealand novels fiction Jane Mander colonial editions
A Murder is Announced
FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMP., octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasong & chipping/loss to edges, moderate rubbing to spine & flap/cover folds)
PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins Clear-Type Press 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impresions crime novels fiction literature Agatha Christie whodunnits
Plutonia: An Adventure Through Prehistory
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 319pp, VG (light soiling to spine & base of spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with yellow tape residue also, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing/staining to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & chafing/rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lawrence & Wishart 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels V A Obruchev
On a Shoestring to Coorg: An Experience of South India
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 261pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature India Dervla Murphy south
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction short stories Peter Lovesey
Hopalong Cassidy and the Riders of High Rock
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light discolouration to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing and soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate fading & cracking to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions westerns fiction novels literature Tex Burns
The Gods Themselves
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (sl staining & bruising to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction novels literature modern first editions Isaac Asimov
Old Sea Wings Ways and Words (Reproduced in Facsimile from the Original Edition)
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxvi + 328pp + 39pp notes to rear, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate (A W Reed) to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, tidy & sturdy reinforcement to internal side, light tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall's N/D
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history literature boats
Cable From Kabul
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tannin gto spine & edges, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels fiction Nigel Tranter
Evidence of Things Seen
1955 REPRINT, octavo, red heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, 191pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to board & spine edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page block, light tanning & tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep with other staining & scuffing also, light foxing & tanning throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, tape residue to fore edges of both flaps, minor tape staining to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Hammond, Hammond & Company 1955
KEYWORDS: Henry Gamadge series mysteries novels fiction literature crime thrillers Elizabeth Daly
Pippi Goes Abroad
Octavo, light blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, vii + 119pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & fading to board & spine extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, clear tape reinforcement to internal sides with minor tape staining seeping through to external sides)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1972
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction English translations Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking
The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand: A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, some occasional heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout, plate opp. pg62 partially detached, 6cm closed tear & light foxing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1884
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history exploration Maoriland travel writing literature King Country
The Pool of the Black Witch
Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, frontispiece, 119pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, occasional sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, light foxing to flaps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books 1977
KEYWORDS: children's literature novels fiction BB illustrated