Books - "literature"
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Kindred by Choice / Die Wahlverwandtschaften
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
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature From the Sea
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
The Gun Seller
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
Because of Winn-Dixie
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
The Finisher
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
Red Doll
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
Going to the Dogs
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
Caves of Northern Thailand
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
Pounamu Pounamu
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
James K Baxter: Letters of a Poet 1939-1972 (2 Vol Set)
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
Koorie Poems of the Heart
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
Meg
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
In the Enemy Camp: Selected Poems 1964-74
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
Owls Do Cry
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
Envoy
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
Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
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
Wanderings in the Middle East
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
Old Korea: The Land of Morning Calm
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
Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia
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
In the Character of Shakespeare: Canon, Authorship and Attribution in Eighteenth-Century England
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