DALTON, TRENT

AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, super octavo, pink illus boards, white & gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board also, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 338pp, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- som eminor surface loss, minor tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins 2021

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TERRY, PATRICIA & ROSENBERG, SAMUEL N & JAIDINGER, JUDITH (Wood Engravings)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, xxvii + 226pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl peeling to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: David R Godine 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature Lancelot arthurian romance fiction adaptations

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + 342pp, vol 2- vii + 342pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature history spiritualism first editions physical psychic science esoteric

BARKER, CICELY MARY (Words & Pictures) & LINNELL, OLIVE (Music)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, blank blue buckram spine, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters, binding a little sloppy)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son N/D (1927)

KEYWORDS: fantasy music flower fairies fairy stories songs children's books literature

ISHIGURO, KAZUO

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 263pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2005

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions literature novels fiction Kazuo Ishiguro

LURIE, ALISON & BEISNER, MONIKA (Illus)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1981

KEYWORDS: children's literature fantasy fantastical beasts illustrated creatures

BLYTON, ENID

LACKS D/W, quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: L T A Robinson Ltd (Printer) N/D (c.1957?)

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MELLOR, REBECCA et al

LACKS CD & BOX COVER, square 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago University Students' Association 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago University student literary reviews literature art past issues

GARNER, ALAN & KEEPING, CHARLES (Illus)

Paperback (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Armada Lions 1974

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LEE, JOHN A

FIRST EDITION, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie Ltd 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature John A Lee

WALLACE, EYRE et al

Imperial octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy: 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: E W Cole N/D

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SCALES, SID

Oblong super octavo softcover, stapled (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co 1957

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OAKESHOTT, MICHAEL

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1983

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MacDONALD, GEORGE

Sm 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Claremont Books 1995

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GORRA, MICHAEL

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Germany Michael Gorra

THOMAS, DYLAN & WATKINS, VERNON (Ed & Intro)

US FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: New Directions 1957

KEYWORDS: US first editions literature literary letters correspondence Dylan Thomas Vernan Watkins

MILNE, A A (Words) & FRASER-SIMSON, H (Music) & SHEPARD, E H (Decorations)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket v scruffy & loosely enclosed: 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1925

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GOLDING, WILLIAM

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: Faber and Faber 1979

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CHEYNEY, PETER

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: Collins Clear-Type Press 1952

KEYWORDS: Lemmy Caution omnibus literature Peter Cheyney fiction

CLEAVE, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mulholland Books 2017

KEYWORDS: thrillers fiction novels literature New Zealand writers authors Paul Cleave