GROSSMAN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2010

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition antiwar

JACKSON, PATRICK M. (ed.)

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION; octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi+481pp, illus. incl. folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing and fading to boards; light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1931

KEYWORDS: new zealand teachers summer school monograph maori education new zealand history scarce modern first edition native schools

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

NZ reprint edition, effectively NZ FIRST EDITION; octavo red cloth boards, white lettering to front and spine, 295pp, VG (light fading and v. sl. soiling to boards, moderate tanning within, prev. owner's inscription to rev. fep.) in d/w VG- (light soiling, scuffing and chipping, with approx. 2cm closed tear to top front; light fading to spine, moderate tanning and light foxing esp. to reverse and rear)

PUBLISHER: Vanguard Press (Special New Zealand Reprint Edition) 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition literature david ballantyne

MEADS, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, super ocatvo purple cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus. brown endpapers, 351pp, VG+ (v. sl. soiling to edges, light scuffing to boards, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. scuffing to corners, light fading to spine, minor soiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition jonathan meades food criticism times gastronomy humour british

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (v. sl. soiling to boards, ever so slightly cocked, prev. bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, moderate tanning and occasional foxing to edges, light tanning within) in d/w VG (light to moderate creasing scuffing & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1960

KEYWORDS: vladimir nabokov russo-american literature russian american modern first edition

MITCHELL, DAVID

FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white light card covers, blue and orange lettering to front, rear and spine, 530pp, VG- (moderate soiling and fading to front, spine and rear, concave warp to spine, moderate staining to page edges, light foxing to prelims and terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 2004

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

TOMPKINS, JANE & WIESE, KURT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, black border and bear illustration to front also, vii+112pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to edges of boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and light chipping, with minor closed tears, v. sl. fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Company 1954

KEYWORDS: childrens literature bear bears nature black jane tompkins modern first edition

LAWSON, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, fifth printing (in year of first publication); oblong octavo illius. brown cloth boards (bust and mouse illus. to front), illus. enpapers (reclining Franklin), illus., x+113pp, VG (light scuffing and fading, light soiling to boards, light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w G+ (substantially intact, with approx. 3 cm tall section missing to spine and front, and a very large segment of the rear missing (approx. 1/5th triangular section); moderate scuffing, creasing, chipping, tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1939 (fifth printing)

KEYWORDS: childrens literature robert lawson modern first edition american america us usa united states benjamin franklin

HUNTER, NORMAN & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (illus.)

FIRST EDITION; super octavo orange cloth boards, reading professor illus. to front corner, black lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (the professor's private telephone to the kitchen), xi+203pp+adverts. at rear, illus.,VG- (main fault is a crack of approx. 2cm. to the top of the spine, partially exposing sig's - asides from being very slightly cocked, binding otherswise sound; moderate to heavy soiling to boards, incl. miscellaneous black spatter (ink, perhaps?), with light scuffing and light fading; moderate tanning and very occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1933

KEYWORDS: william heath robinson modern first edition norman hunter humor humour literature

SLATER, STUART

FIRST EDITION. Super Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Pegasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poems poetry compilation collection

PATERSON, A. I. H.

Super Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Pegasus Press 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poems poetry compilation collection

HORSMAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hicks Smith & Sons 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nz new zealand aotearoa maori history

DE VRIES, PETER

First US Edition. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature women femininism

DE VRIES, PETER

US FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

HARRISON, COLIN

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF. Super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof literature

FRAYN, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG- (cocked, light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to edges and light & soiling tanning within; prev. owner's name in pen to fep.) in d/w VG- (moderate tanning and soiling, heavy chipping and scuffing with many long closed tears, with prev. owner's attempts at repair with tape)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael frayn british

SWINSCOW, DOUGLAS & ROWAN, CYNTHIA

Copy of NZ lichenologist David Galloway, w/ small cache of correspondance with author loosley enclosed (one signed typed letter from author); FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, ownership signature and notes to fep.) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing & v. sl. soiling)

PUBLISHER: Halsgrove Press 1992

KEYWORDS: garden garden art design history plants botany natural history signed modern first edition

ECO, UMBERTO & MCEWEN, ALASTAIR (transl.)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, blind stamped lettering to spine, 461pp+16pp appendices, illus., nr FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: MacLehose Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition umberto eco translation italian literature italy fanstasy fantastic mythology science fiction legend atlantis hyperborea cockaigne

AMUNDSEN, ROALD & CHATER, A. G. (transl.)

FIRST EDITION, scruffy ex-library two volume set; quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering and colour Norwegian flag to front and spines, xxxv+392pp / x+449pp, illus. (folding map to rear of vol. 1), VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and markings (minimal to exterior); moderate scuffing and heavy rubbing to boards; both volumes: front hinge cracked, intact but very delicate, with prev. owner's attempted tape repairs, moderate tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's name in pen to front pastedown, title loose but present in vol. 2, tissue guards in various states of disrepair)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1912

KEYWORDS: south pole polar arctic antarctica antarctic exploration modern first edition travel roald amundsen norway norwegian expedition adventure

MURAKAMI, HARUKI; OZAWA, SEIJI; & RUBIN, JAY (transl.)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue endpapers, xix+329pp, nr. FINE (light tanning to pages, edges) in d/w VG+ (light soiling to front, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition haruki murakami japan japanese literature seji ozawa music