DE MAUPASSANT, GUY & ADAMSON, DONALD (Trans) & SMITHSON, HELEN (Drawings)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1993

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Guy de Maupassant stories

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & FRASER, ANTONIA (Intro) & PENDLE, ALEXY (Illus)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Anthony Trollope

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL & BANKS, RUSSELL (Intro) & FRAMPTON, DAVID (Woodcuts)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Nathaniel Hawthorne

COWARD, NOEL & COX, MICHAEL (Selected) & SMITHSON, HELEN (Illus) & PAYN, GRAHAM (Preface) & MORLEY, SHERIDAN (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1999

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction plays stage theater theatre Noel Coward

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & DE VERE WHITE, TERENCE (Intro) & PENDLE, ALEXY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1994

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Anthony Trollope

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & MARKWICK, MARGARET (Intro) & PENDLE, ALEXY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Anthony Trollope

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & CHADWICK, OWEN (Intro) & PENDLE, ALEXY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1996

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Anthony Trollope

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & EDWARDS, OWEN DUDLEY (Intro) & TRIMBY, ELISA (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Anthony Trollope

WILDE, OSCAR & HOLLAND, MERLIN (Selected & Intro) & BECK, IAN ARCHIE (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1999

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Oscar Wilde wit humour humor

BLYTON, ENID & SOPER, EILEEN (illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red heavy boards, black illus to front board, gilt lettering to black section on spine, 512pp, illus, VG (light bruising to boards & spine, lightly cocked, light soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, light to minor soiling to pastedowns & title page, previous owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w VG (light to moderate chipping & creasing to edges of jacket, light tanning & soiling to jacket, in removable plastic cover, front flap creased & price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1959

KEYWORDS: enid blyton famous five children's childrens literature

SHADBOLT, MAURICE

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, rust coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, 301pp, VG+ (slightly cocked, slight bruising to board corners & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light to moderate chipping to spine, light creasing to edges of jacket, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition signed maurice shadbolt new zealand literature

STEAD, C K

FEP SIGNED & INSCRIBED, TITLE PAGE SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, black octavo heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 167pp, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, moderate foxing to upper page edges, v slight tanning to edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of jacket, slight fading to spine, 2cm closed tear to rear hinge of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1981

KEYWORDS: c k christian karlson stead new zealand literature first edition signed

SHADBOLT, MAURICE

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained orange, 636pp, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of jacket, slight tanning to jacket, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: signed first edition new zealand literature maurice shadbolt

ROSS JR, DAVID O

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to navy section on spine, xii + 255pp, VG+ (slight rubbing & brusing to spine & board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate insect damage to hinges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & tanning to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: virgil physics poetry georgics classics classical literature david o ross jr

YEATS, W B

SECOND IMPRESSION, POEMS SELECTED BY YEATS, SOME PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED, octavo, blue heavy boards, blind stamped decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges gilt, illus title page, x + 203pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sporadic cracking to gutters, previous owners' names in ink to fep, previous owner's own verse to rep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co, Limited 1930

KEYWORDS: w b yeats poems poetry literature

OLDS, PETER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper & spine, xiv + 272pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2014

KEYWORDS: peter olds new zealand poetry prose literature christchurch dunedin

WESLEY, MARY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, quarter bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 297pp, VG (light bruising, rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's stamp to lower page edges, slight soiling to fep) in d/w VG- (light to moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling, 1cm section loss to top & bottom of spine)

PUBLISHER: Summit Books 1984

KEYWORDS: mary wesley literature first edition

ACRES, AVIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black text to wrapper, illus title page, unpaginated, delightfully illustrated, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges, v slight foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand children's literature avis acres picture book

LONDON, JACK & GOODWIN, PHILIP R (illus) & LIVINGSTON BULL, CHARLES (illus)

Octavo, green buckram illus boards & spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 233pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & brusing to spine & boards, fep & 'all manner of dogs' plate missing, front gutter fully cracked, light to moderate tanninig & foxing to page edges, occasional slight foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company

KEYWORDS: jack london north american classic literature philip r goodwin charles livingston bull

JOYCE, JAMES

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 628pp, VG- (light fading to spine, light soiling & scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, front gutter moderately cracked, slight soiling & foxing to pages, moderate foxing to rep & rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: james joyce irish literature