Books - "literature"
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The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
proof copy 704pp NF (in pictorial wrappers,minor crease to top cover)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies adam williams
The Green Man
FIRST EDITION, octavo, 253pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,cocked but tight, inscrip. in ink to fep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,minor internal foxing,white sticker over price)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kingsley amis
Fifty Figure and Character Dances/Music for Fifty Figure and Character Dances
2 vols.
[first edition] 2 vols.ills.[b/w w.music scores] VG+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and stamps,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: waverley book company london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts dance music literature elizabeth turner bell
Molly Moon Stops the World
first edition proof copy 354pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies georgia byng
Bunker 13
first edition proof copy 293pp NF in glossy wrappers (publisher's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies aniruddha bahal
Death of a Prima Donna
first uk edition proof copy 186pp NF (in wrappers,minor creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: harvill london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies brina svit
Prefaces
first edition 802pp VG+ (ochre cloth,minor rubbing,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: constable london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bernard shaw
Cohelet/The Priest of Nemi/L'Abbesse de Jouarre
3 books bound as 1 VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: mathieson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature drama arts ernest renan
My Life as a Fake
first edition proof copy [first chapter only] numbered/limited [105/150] 13pp+unpaginated NF (in wrappers w.french flaps,printed limited number to front cover,minor 1cm stain to head of front cover,author's sign.to ffep,contains the first chapter of 13pp plus the rest of the book in blank pp)
PUBLISHER: knopf sydney 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter carey signed proof copies
A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- xxxii + 512pp, vol 2- vi + 571pp, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning/foxing to edges & soines, generalised moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1940
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography scholefield literature
Diary for 1941-2
first edition limited [135] 111pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography modern first edition gormack
Diary Beginnings 1939
first edition limited [135] 98pp F in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand biography gormack
Pounding Battle: match report canterbury v.south africa 1921
first edition limited, small duodecimo hardcover NF in VG+ d/w (light sunning to spine and rear cover)
PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1995
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature sport rugby
England,England
first edition [review copy] 266pp NF (black cloth,review copy stamp to half-title,pencil notes to p.266) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature julian barnes
Squid
first edition 162pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth w.gilt squid stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: glenco wellington 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand barry mitcalfe
Whiteout and The Fenwick Affair
first edition signed numbered edition, duodecimo hardcover111pp NF in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: pisces print [np] 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed new zealand john summers
The Eye of the Hurricane
first edition 46pp VG+ (pink cloth boards, minor bumps to extrems.end pages and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry fleur adcock new zealnd
Ladders of Rain
first edition 63pp octavo illus light card covers VG (tanning to spine, light soiling and foxing to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: mcindoe dunedin 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand brian turner
River City
first edition unpaginted VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: worthington hamilton 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand john worthington
New Zealand Novels and Novelists 1861-1979
first edition 71pp VG (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography literature james burns