EMANUEL, D M (Ed) & STEWART, I C (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Dept of Accountancy, University of Auckland N/D (c.1980)

KEYWORDS: literature prose essays accountancy Trevor R Johnston

AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) foxing; 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: Faber and Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature W H Auden

CHUN, MALCOLM NAEA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: First People's Productions 2016

KEYWORDS: literature Malcolm Naea Chun Hawaii Hawai'i

McLEAN, GAVIN & CLARK, The Right Honourable HELEN (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: signed Gavin McLean New Zealand literature literary history Reed Books

BARNES, JULIAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction Julian Barnes

DE SADE, MARQUIS & CROSLAND, MARAGRET (Trans & Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Neville Spearman 1965

KEYWORDS: classic literature Marquis de Sade stories

ZAMBUCKA, KRISTIN

Quarto softcover (VG+) gift inscription in ink to prelims; 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: Harrane Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: children's literature Hawaii Hawai'i Kristin Zambucka

GAIMAN, NEIL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Headline 2016

KEYWORDS: literature Neil Gaiman collections

HERGE

TEXT IN FRENCH, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Casterman 2006

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH children's literature Herge Tintin cartoons

YUTANG, LIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt illus to front board, 315pp, VG (moderate foxing & rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling & foxing to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate crackin to front hinge, minor general rubbing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Lin Yutang

McGRATH, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus black light card wrappers, white & silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 314pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies fiction novels literature Patrick McGrath

EGAN, BERESFORD & ALCOCK, C BOWER

SIGNED NUMBERED (#335/500) FIRST EDITION THUS, quarto, green patterned heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, 142pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & minor scuffing to board corners, moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Sophistocles Press / T Werner Laurie Ltd 1929

KEYWORDS: signed numbered special editions first edition THUS art literature Beresford Egan C Bower Alcock

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY NZ HISTORIAN JOHANNES ANDERSEN, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, photos tipped in, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (G C Petersen) in ink to ffep with inscription in ink by Petersen on title page, minor wrinkling & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Johannes C Andersen N/D

KEYWORDS: unpublished manuscripts Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand history Johannes C Andersen National Library literature literary academic

EGAN, BERESFORD & DE SHANE, BRIAN

LIMITED FIRST EDITION (ONE OF 1600), MORALIST PLATE IS PRESENT, quarto, plum buckram boards (possibly early issue), gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges to base, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional creasing & chipping to some page edges/corners) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/loss & moderate soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays sadism Marquis de Sade

COHEN, LEONARD

Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to white spine, top page edges stained red (faded), x + 245pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine extrems, sl staining & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/foxing/chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Leonard Cohen

POUND, EZRA (Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, light brown/orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 135pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS literature philosophy Confucian teachings wisdom oriental asian

LIVELY, PENELOPE & SMY, PAM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to s[ine, white lettering & whie & blue illus to front board, illus eps, xi + 153pp, illus, Near FINE, in slicpase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS folio society children's literature fiction novels illustrated ya young adult youth Penelope Lively

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY & SAVESCU, ALEXANDRU (Illus)

FOLIO FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + (5) + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl fading to spine), in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first (folio) editions folio society literature fiction novels Margery Allingham

WILBER, KEN

COMPLETE 8 VOL SET- VOL 1 IS SIGNED BY KEN WILBER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, vol 8 still sealed in plastic wrap, sl soiling to page edges, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear board of vol 5) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, 2cm scuff/gouge to rear cover of vol 5)

PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1999-2000

KEYWORDS: signed Ken Wilber collected works philosophy literature consciousness subconsciousness psychology self-perception

GUERBER, H A

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 405pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate chipping to edges- tape reinforcement, light soiling & moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1926

KEYWORDS: literature art myths legends mythology history historical middle ages