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Kindred by Choice / Die Wahlverwandtschaften


VON GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG & WAIDSON, H M (Trans)

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: John Calder 1976

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels J W von Goethe

$12.50
xxpcj194001

Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature From the Sea


ROXBOROUGH, T K & MORRIS, PHOEBE (Illus)

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: Huia Publishers 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature fiction novels writers T K Roxborough

$15.00
xxpcj194003

The Gun Seller


LAURIE, HUGH

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: William Heinemann 1996

KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies literature fiction novels Hugh Laurie humour humor

$9.50
xxpcj194005

Because of Winn-Dixie


DICAMILLO, KATE

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: Candlewick Press 2001

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels ya young adult Kate DiCamillo

$10.00
xxpcj194006

The Finisher


BALDACCI, DAVID & AARDVARK, NATHAN (Illus)

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: Macmillan Children's Books 2014

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction novels fantasy ya young adult youth David Baldacci

$12.50
xxpcj194007

Red Doll


CEBRIAN, JUAN LUIS & SILVER, PHILIP W (Trans)

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Juan Luis Cebrian

$12.50
xxpcj194009

Going to the Dogs


KAVANAGH, DAN

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: Orion Books 2015

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Dan Kavanagh

$45.00
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Caves of Northern Thailand


SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR & GARDNER, SIMON & SMART, DEAN

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps & prelims, 392pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: River Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Thailand travel writing literature guide caves caving exploration adventure archaeology ancient history conservation geology

$150.00
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Pounamu Pounamu


IHIMAERA, WITI

FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED & WARMLY INSCRIBED WITH DOODLE, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 132pp, VG+ (sl bruising fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic wrapper- easily removed, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some tidy repairs to top edge, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Educational Books 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature writers authors Witi Ihimaera signed first edtions short stories collection

$100.00
1s10a/4

James K Baxter: Letters of a Poet 1939-1972 (2 Vol Set)


BAXTER, JAMES K & WEIR, JOHN (Ed & Intro)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spines, vol 1- 783pp, vol 2- 833pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spines, light chafing & discolouration to rear boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets literature letters correspondence James K Baxter collection

$45.00
1s10a/9

Koorie Poems of the Heart


FESL., EVE MUMEWA D (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 96pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Koorie Research Centre, Monash University 1991

KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse anthology Australia Australian collection

$40.00
1s10a/16

Meg


GEE, MAURICE

SIGNED, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 251pp, VG (sl scuffing & discolouration to extrems & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional foxing to pages, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors writers literature signed Maurice Gee fiction novels

$60.00
1s10a/17

In the Enemy Camp: Selected Poems 1964-74


WANTLING, WILLIAM & OSBORNE, JOHN (Intro) & MOORE, THURSTON (Fore)

Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to spine, 103pp, VG+ (light soiling to spine, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tangerine Press 2015

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature collection anthology William Wantling

$75.00
1s10a/18

Owls Do Cry


FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 211pp, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy water staining to boards, light tanning & moderate water staining to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, clear plastic protective cover taped to rear pastedown) in partial d/w, tatty (a lot of jacket missing- half of front cover & full front flap only present, heavy scuffing & chipping to edges of remainder of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand literature writers authors Janet Frame fiction novels

$60.00
1s10a/21

Envoy


LONEY, ALAN & WILLS, MARK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#43/200) octavo, cream stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed literature poems poetry verse Alan Loney poets collection anthology limited numbered editions

$40.00
1s10a/29

Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road


GEWIRTZ, ISAAC

Quarto, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 207pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: New York Public Library 2007

KEYWORDS: English American literature Jack Kerouac appreciation criticism art exhibitions

$100.00
1s18b/1

Wanderings in the Middle East


SLOAN, A

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine &edges with loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate staining & discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Middle East A Sloan Palestine Syria Iraq culture customs first editions history

$245.00
1s18b/9

Old Korea: The Land of Morning Calm


KEITH, ELIZABETH & SCOTT, ELSPET KEITH ROBERTSON

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, quarto, cream buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, some plates loose, light soiling & foxing to pages thorughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1946

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Asia Korea history culture first editions

$50.00
1s18b/10

Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia


HARNISH, DAVID D (Co-Ed) & RASMUSSEN, ANNE K (Co-Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, xxiii + 383pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & curling/creasing to covers & edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Indonesia travel writing literature music Islam religion faith culture influence

$45.00
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In the Character of Shakespeare: Canon, Authorship and Attribution in Eighteenth-Century England


KING, EDMUND G C

Quarto, maroon buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 256pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & staining to spine & boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 2008

KEYWORDS: thesis theses English literature criticism academic papers William Shakespeare Edmund G C King

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