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$12.00
xxawd15127

The Summer King; Poems


PRESTON, JOANNA

first edition octavo illus boards (Nr FINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: otago university press 2008

KEYWORDS: literature specials poetry new zealand modern first edition joanna prestoin

$18.50
xxawe16133

Indignation


ROTYH, PHILIP

first edition octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (Near FINE) review label on half title page; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape 2008 london

KEYWORDS: literature specials philip roth modern first edition specials

$16.50
xxawe16140

Matuhi Needle


BAKER, HINEMOANA

first edition oblong super octavo illus boards (FINE) unplayed CD in pocket at rear; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: victoria university press 2004

KEYWORDS: literature poetry new zealand modern first edition specials hinemoana baker

$15.00
xxawe16145

The Chaperone


MORIARTY, LAURA

first edition uncorrected proof copy octavo illus light card covers (FINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition proof copies laura moriarty

$18.50
xxawe16146

The Common-Place Book; A Writer's Jourtney Through Quotations


SMITHER, ELIZABETH

first edition octavo illus light card covers (FINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: auckland university press 2011

KEYWORDS: literature specials autobiography elizabeth smither modern first edition new zealand

$16.50
xxawe16147

Bluebeard's Workshop and Other Stories


FURLAN, PIERRE

first edition thus octavo illus light card covers (FINE) promotional slip 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 cost

PUBLISHER: victoria university press 2007

KEYWORDS: literature specials pierre furlan modern first edition

$17.50
xxawf16189

Leviathan


AKUNIN , BORIS

first edition uncorrected proof copy illus 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson 2004

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition boris akunin proof copies

$16.50
xxawg16208

Acid Song


BECKETT, BERNARD

first edition octavo illus light card covers (FINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: longacre press 2008

KEYWORDS: literature specials bernard beckett new zealand modern first edition

$10.00
xxawg16215

Palms and Minarets; Selected Stories


O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

first edition octavo illus light card covers (Near FINE); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: victoria university press 1992

KEYWORDS: literature specials vincent o'sullivan new zealand modern first edition

$25.00
xxhaa16222

Razzle Dazzle; The Human Opera Ballet, and Circus


SAROYAN, WILLIAM

first UK 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 cost

PUBLISHER: faber and faber 1965 london

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition specials william saroyan

$22.00
xxhaa16240

The Cry of the Halidon


LUDLUM, ROBERT

first australian edition hardcover in dustwrapper (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 cost

PUBLISHER: harper collins 1996

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition robert ludlum

$12.00
xxhaa16248

Three-Legged Horse


HOOD, ANN

first edition advance reading copy octavo 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 cost

PUBLISHER: bantam 1989

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition proof copies ann hood

$975.00
s21b/18

Brighton Rock


GREENE, GRAHAM

first edition first impression octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 361pp VG ( moderate tanning, moderate foxing - mostly to prelims and foredges, light fading to spine, tiny cloth wear to bottom edge of spine) A very nice copy of this iconic RARE first edition. NO DEALER DISCOUNT at this very low price

PUBLISHER: heinemann 1938 london

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition graham greene

$16.50
xxhab16256

Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street; A Chinese American Romance


PAYNE, DAVID

first edition octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (VG+ in 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 cost

PUBLISHER: houghton mifflin 1984

KEYWORDS: literature specials modern first edition david payne

$550.00
t13a/16

Diaries in Ceylon 1908-1911; Records of a Colonial Administrator being the official Diaries Maintaned By Leonard Woolf While Assistant Government Agent of the Hambantota District, Ceylon & Stories from the East; Three Short Stories on Ceylon


WOOLF, LEONARD

first edition octavo printed light card covers with french flaps, lxxx + 286pp, illus, folding map, VG+ ( mild tanning, two small staple holes to centre of book penetrate to around 80 pages) RARE in this true first edition form

PUBLISHER: the ceylon historical journal 1962 ceylon

KEYWORDS: leonard woolf autobiography diaries literature modern first edition ceylon

$142.50
t13a/26

The Blind Mountain and Other Poems


SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

first edition octavo printed light card covers with french flaps, 62pp VG (light soiling, light wear) SIGNED by NZ author Kevin Ireland (as K Jowsey)

PUBLISHER: the caxton press 1950 christchurch

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry modern first edition kendrick smithyman

$750.00
t13a/27

Seven Sonnets


SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

octavo light card stitched covers 14pp VG-( tanned, stitching has detatched) in VG- d/w ( foxed, wear to extremities, long closed tear at rear) one of thirty five numbered copies for private distribution, SIGNED by author. One of the true rarities of New Zealand literature in remasrkably good condition for such a frail publication

PUBLISHER: pelorus press auckland

KEYWORDS: kendrick smithyman poetry literature modern first edition signed

$375.00
t13a/34

Salt-Water Ballads


MASEFIELD, JOHN

first edition first issue ( I must go down to the seas again on p 59), green boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 112pp VG ( light fading and discolouration to boards, light tanning, v sl foxing) RARE

PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1902 london

KEYWORDS: literature poetry john masefield modern first edition

$145.00
t13b/3

The Burial


LASH, JENNIFER

first edition blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 143pp, VG+ ( small cut to top head of spine) in VG+ d/w (small chip to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis 1961

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition jennifer lash

$100.00
t15c/2

The Firm


GRISHAM, JOHN

first UK edition octavo illus light card covers, uncorrected proof copy, 421pp VG (soiling and creasing) Numbered copy of 400 issued

PUBLISHER: century 1991 london

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition proof copies john grisham crim

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