SMITH, WILBUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 231pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller' ssm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & scuffing with minor tanning also to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

SMITH, WILBUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 310pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional patches of minro foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light tanning & heavy scuffing to spine- minor loss, heavy scuffing to folds/hinges of flaps, heavy tape reinforcement to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

SMITH, WILBUR A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 459pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to spine & board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initial in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, minor water damage to top edge of rear board) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy chipping/tearing to spine & jacket edges, moderate water sataining to rear, minor tanning & foxing, moderate rubbing & scuffing to folds of flaps, prev. owner's initial in ink to front)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Wilbur Smith

PRATCHETT, TERRY

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 286pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1994

KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature Terry Pratchett

NGATA, APIRANA TURUPA & KAA, WIREMU and TE OHORERE (Trans)

TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 394pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui / Victoria University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand articles literature Apirana Turupa Ngata

HALE, KATHLEEN

Folio, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, 32pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards with prev. bookseller's labels & residue also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books N/D (c.1970s)

KEYWORDS: children's literature large picture books Kathleen Hale

ANDERSEN, HANS & LUCAS, Mrs E (Trans) & ARMFIELD, MAXWELL (Illus)

Super ocatvo, yellow buclram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 392pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, gift inscription in ink to half title page, minro foxing throughout, occasional closed tearing to page edges with tidy discreet tape repairs, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: children's classic literature fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen illustrated fantasy

CHURTON, TOBIAS

Super octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxix + 358pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Watkins 2015

KEYWORDS: art literature biography biographies memoir William Blake literary

BISSETTE, STEPHEN R & DORMAN, DAVID (Illus)

Super octavo, olive green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, illus prelims, 72pp, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to top edges of prelims, pgs 34-40 bound out of sequence, pgs 32-25-32 bound out of sequence plus upside down) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to top edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics 1992

KEYWORDS: graphic novels scifi science fiction Alien Aliens saga literature

WRIGHTON, ROGER

Octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, ii + 53pp, VG+ (light foxing & sioling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Zylberberb bliss Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poems poetry verse Roger Wrighton

JOHNS, CAPTAIN W E & STEAD (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (minor vertical crease to front board, light bruising to board corners, light fading to top edge of rear board, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, modeate creasing & loss to fore-edge of rear ep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy creasing & rubbing to spine & front cover, minor soiling to rear, moderate creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Biggles series Captain W E Johns illustrated

DICK, PHILIP K & PARKER, TONY P (Adaptation de)

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps, 108pp + (36), illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Heupe SARL / Emmanuel Proust Editions 2011

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH graphic novels Blade Runner Bladerunner series scifi science fiction literature Philip K Dick adaptations Tony Parker

PESSOA, FERNANDO & ZENITH, RICHARD (Ed & Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 509pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary autobiography biography memoir Fernando Pessoa

BEST, ELSDON

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (3) + 1211pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to edxtrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsdon Best history Maori Tuhoe tribe iwi

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY & KEEPING, CHARLES (Illus)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 215pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, light tanning to spine, light to moderate creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Rosemary Sutcliff illustrated

COOPER, PAUL FENIMORE & COOPER, MARION ERSKINE (Illus)

Ex-library, octavo, yellow illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & tape staining to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (2cm scuff & light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to rear cover, price clipped, moderate tape staining to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1963

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels illustrated Paul Fenimore Cooper

CHURCH, Rev ALFRED J

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus plates to spine & front board, gilt high school decal to rear board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 308pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, school award plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor staining to ffep, moderate foxing & staining to prelims, occasional light foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: children's literature classics Homer Odyssey illustrated

PRATCHETT, TERRY & STEWART, IAN & COHEN, JACK

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, INC. TERRY PRATCHETT, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 368pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edgessl crack to gutter at full title page) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light fading to rear, minor creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Terry Pratchett fantasy literature fiction Discworld novelettes

NGATA, Sir APIRANA

1972 EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, maori pattern/illus to spine & boards & eps, xxxii + 327pp, VG (moderate soiling to fore-edge of front board, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: H & A W Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand verse te reo Maori Sir Apirana Ngata literature

BLACKMORE, R D & ARMSTRONG, Mr F (Illus) & SMALL, Mr W (Illus) & BOOT, Mr W H J (Illus)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, black leaf decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, xvi + 527pp, illus, VG (light soiling & rubbing/fading to spine, 1cm scuff to base of spine, light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, contemporary eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crack to central gutter, occasional minor foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company N/D (c.1869)

KEYWORDS: literature novels Lorna Doone illustrated R D Blackmore