SAWYER, RUTH

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 260pp, VG (moderate misc. soiling throughout) in d/w VG (moderate misc. soiling & foxing, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1962

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IHIMAERA, WITI

FIRST EDITION; super octavo illus. light card covers, 528pp, VG- (tanning and light foxing within, v sl wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Raupo / Penguin 2009

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BOURJAILUY, VANCE

FIRST EDITION. Small 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: W. H. Allen 1963

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CRESSWELL, HELEN

FIRST EDITION. Small 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: Faber And Faber 1989

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PIKE, GEOFF

FIRST EDITION 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: Random House 1993

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HERTZ, NOREENA

UNCORRECTED PROOF, FIRST EDITION. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sceptre Books 2020

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SETHI, ALI

FIRST EDITION, super octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 405pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, moderate foxing to edges and throughout, light tanning also) in d/w VG (light creasing and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 2009

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KENNEDY, RICHARD & HILLIER, BEVIS (intro.)

FIRST LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED at rear; quarto illus. green cloth boards, purple endpapers, complimentary slip loosely enclosed, illus. w/ folding illus. at rear, VG+ (sl. soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (sl. fading to spine, prev. owner's clear tape repair to closed tear reverse of jacket (unobtrusive))

PUBLISHER: Whittington Press 1972

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MAGUIRE, GREGORY

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press 2014

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WYETH, BETSY JAMES & WYETH, JAMIE (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. quarto 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: Farrar, Strous, & Giroux 1979

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OOKA, SHOHEI & MORRIS, IVAN (trans)

FIRST EDITION scruffy ex library. 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: Secker & Warburg 1957

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LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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: Reynal & Hitchcock 1945

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LESSING, DORIS

FIRST EDITION 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: Harper Collins 1997

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BATES, H. E.

FIRST EDITION 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: Michael Joseph 1971

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

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix+329pp, VG+ (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within) in d/w nr. FINE (removable plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2016

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MANAWATU, BECKY

FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION (no statement of earlier printing inside, but Steve Braunias quote on cover), super octavo white 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Makaro Press 2019

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TREVELYAN, R. C.

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo, green light card covers, dark green lettering to spine, 92pp, VG- (moderate brusing to spine, dust jacket partially glued to spine at the bottom, sun light sun fading to cover and cover edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG- (sun fading to spine, covers and cover edges, moderate foxing and soiling throughout, 1cm tear to bottom of spine with loss, moderate chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1941

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TODD, RUTHVEN & GALDONE, PAUL (illus)

VERY SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, no d/w, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 87pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1956

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KWON, R. O.

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, mustard yellow eps, 214pp, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate brusing to spine extrems and cover edges, dampstain upper spine and rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Virago / Little Brown Book Group 2018

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PATON, ALAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, oatmeal buckram, maroon lettering to spine and boards, lower page edges deckled, 269pp, VG+ ( moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (sun fading to spine and cover, light chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1948

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