Books - "literature"
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Finding Out
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: Vintage New Zealand 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Elspeth Sandys Otago New Zealand historical novel literature romance drama
Did You Ever Have a Family
Limited signed first edition with interview booklet loosely enclosed, in slipcase, issued by Powell's Bookshop, octavo, orange heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, green patterned eps, 293pp, nr fine, in orange d/w, nr fine, with duodecimo interview booklet enclosed, nr fine, all in matching orange slipcase, fine
PUBLISHER: Scout Press /Simon & Schuster 2015
KEYWORDS: first edition Bill Clegg literature novel
The Yeomen of the Guard or The Merryman and His Maid
First edition, imperial octavo, red cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 102pp, illus VG+ (light tanning to page edges, owner's ex libris label to fep) in d/w, VG (some tanning)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1929
KEYWORDS: Sir W S Gilbert music musical drama literature theatre
Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night or What You Will
Lacks plates at p50 & p54, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt illus to spine & front board, tipped-in frontispiece with tissue guard, decorated title page, xxiv + 144pp, illus with tipped-in colour plates (38 of 40 plates) all with captioned tissueguards, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some chaffing to board edges, light staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep, some foxing to page edges & lighter foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton (n/d) but gift inscription to fep dated 1910
KEYWORDS: W Heath Robinson William Shakespeare literature drama theatre play
The Bungalow Mystery
First edition first printing (Harold Hill on lower spine), octavo, turquoise cloth boards with purple lettering to spine & front board, purple girl detective silhouette to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, upper page edges stained dark blue, 210pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some creasing to edges & spine extrems, light soiling to upper edges, 2cm closed tear to lower front/flap fold, light soiling to flap folds)
PUBLISHER: Harold Hill & Son 1954
KEYWORDS: first edition Carolyn Keene children's literature Nancy Drew mystery stories
Cherish
First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Duncum New Zealand literature theatre drama play playscript first edition
Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Hyde Gillian Boddy Jacqueline Matthews New Zealand literature journalism essays politics history
Poems of Discovery
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson Ltd 1959
KEYWORDS: specials William Hart-Smith literature poetry first edition
Wild Pork and Watercress
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Beckett Publishing 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Barry Crump New Zealand literature fiction novel
The Dark Mile
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1975
KEYWORDS: specials D K Broster Romance Literature Drama Novel Fiction
The Gleam in the North
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1975
KEYWORDS: Specials D K Broster Drama Literature Novel Scotland Fiction
The Flight of the Heron
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1975
KEYWORDS: Specials D K Broster Drama Literature Novel Scotland Fiction Romance
The Shah Nameh of the Persian poet: Firdausi
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books
KEYWORDS: Specials James Atkinson Shah Nameh Persian Poetry Literature
On the Level: Mostly Canterbury Poems
First edition, Inscribed and Signed Octavo Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald 1950
KEYWORDS: Specials W Hart-Smith Literature poems New Zealand Canterbury Signed First Edition
Gone to Ground
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: William Heinmann 2007
KEYWORDS: Specials literature crime fiction thriller John Harvey
Te Raka: Land of Happy Sunshine
Hardcover octavo (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1954
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand literature poetry creative writing Te Raka Canterbury Macfarlane
The Upstairs Room
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: Harper Trophy 1990
KEYWORDS: specials children's literature World War Two Holland Johanna Reiss age 12+
Wolf
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: Oxford University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: specials children's literature Gillian Cross
The Road of Bones
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: Corgi Books 2007
KEYWORDS: specials children's literature adventure Anne Fine
Singing Home the Whale
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: Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: specials children's literature teenage fiction New Zealand Mandy Hager