Books - "literature"
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Zoetropes: Poems 1972-82
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: George Allen & Unwin 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems verse literature Bill Manhire
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
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: Anchor 2000
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Naguib Mahfouz
Seven Days on Mykonos
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: Auckland University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Anne French
Hook Hours
Octavo softcover, stapled (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: Mallinson Rendel 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature poetry poems verse Sue Harlen
Let it Come Down
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: Black Sparrow Press 1990
KEYWORDS: literature Paul Bowles
In the Winter Dark
Sm 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: Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Tim Winton
Ordinary People
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: Vintage 2019
KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Diana Evans
The Black Album
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Hanif Kureishi
Puck of Pook's Hill
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1995
KEYWORDS: folio society literature fiction Rudyard Kipling fantasy illustrated
The Trouble With Golf
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Davod Bateman 2013
KEYWORDS: humour humor sport golf Garrick Tremain cartoons literature poetry verse poems New Zealand
Poetry Reading at Kaka Point
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers authors Peter Olds literature poetry poems verse first editions
Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 381pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling/discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, sporadic moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling/tanning & light soiling to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1984
KEYWORDS: 1984 nineteen eighty four George Orwell literature novels dystopian facsimile extant manuscript
Commander Carton
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine, 161pp, VG- (spine cocked, minor creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor tanning & soiling to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers/eps, light tanning & foxing throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Horwitz Publications 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction J E Macdonnell
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey patterned heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 232pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, spine cocked, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, moderate crack to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Postal Order
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 237pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (minor fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, sl staining to front board, lighth to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & moderate chipping/loss to edges, general light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Christmas Party
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, orange lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 245pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light rubbing & fading to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss also, moderate rubbing & soiling, 6cm closed tear to base of rear flap- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (circular price clipping, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate foxing to rear flap, general minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter in Brazil
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange/peach heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 254pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor vertical crease to front board, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light wrinkling to pastedowns, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy general soiling/staining, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter's Benefit
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red/brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 236pp + ctalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, other light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, 3mm hole to middle of spine with other moderate chafing also, general light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards
Billy Bunter Butts In
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 234pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims, other light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss also, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Billy Bunter series illustrated Frank Richards