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$8.50
xxcaf199918

Someone Life You


DAHL, ROALD

Paperback (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 1977

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Roald Dahl

$8.50
xxcaf199920

Commando Brigade 3000


GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY (Ed) & WAUGH, CHARLES (Ed)

Paperback (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: Ace Books 1994

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction short stories literature collection anthologies

$8.50
xxcaf199922

The Military Dimension: Mark II


DRAKE, DAVID

Paperback (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: Baen Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: war novels fiction literature David Drake

$10.00
xxcaf199923

A Wild Justice


FYTTON, FRANCIS

Slim paperback (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: Alan Ross 1966

KEYWORDS: novellas fiction literature Francis Fytton

$9.50
xxcaf199924

The Three Clerks


TROLLOPE, ANTHONY & SHORE, W TEIGNMOUTH (Intro)

Duodecimo 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: Oxford University Press N/D

KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction Anthony Trollope

$10.00
xxcaf199925

La Bete Humaine


ZOLA, EMILE & LANOUX, D'ARMAND (Preface)

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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: Fasquelle 1978

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Emile Zola literature

$16.50
xxcaf199926

Lyrics for the Bride of God


TARN, NATHANIEL

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: Jonathan Cape 1975

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Nathaniel Tarn

$75.00
1y71a/2

Death in a Strange Country


LEON, DONNA

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapmans Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Donna Leon

$55.00
1y71a/3

The Painter of Modern Life, and Other Essays


BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES & MAYNE, JONATHAN (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait/illus to front board, frontispiece, xx + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling/staining)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1964

KEYWORDS: art criticism essays prose literature Charles Baudelaire history

$45.00
1y71a/6

Eve Tempted: Writing and Sexuality in Hawthorne's Fiction


SMITH, ALLAN GARDNER LLOYD

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 182pp, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with minor fading also, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm / Barnes and Noble 1984

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism sex sexuality Nathaniel Hawthorne interpretation

$100.00
1y71a/9

In the High Himalayas


WHISTLER, HUGH

LACKS D/W & FEP, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 223pp, illus/plates- some loose and/or missing, G (heavy rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy wrinkling to spine, usual library labels/markings, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boads sl shaky, prelim pgs clipped at lower corner, moderate foxing to prelims & throughout, numerous pgs detached with some plates missing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Himalayas natural history Hugh Whistler

$60.00
1y71a/25

The Lake Frome Monster


UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (light rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems, light staining to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning with light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to edges, moderate to heavy scuffing & light fading to spine & flaps with some surface loss, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield

$70.00
1y71a/27

The Bone is Pointed


UPFIELD, ARTHUR W

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to spine & edges, heavy scuffing & loss to spine with moderate fading also, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edtion THUS fiction novels literature Arthur W Upfield

$40.00
1y71a/31

When in Rome


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 224pp, VG- (moderate curling/creasing & fading/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sizeable ink stamps to ffep & full title page, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout- mostly light to moderate)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1973

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh

$30.00
1y71a/35

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie


SPARK, MURIEL & COOK, BERYL (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society literature classic Muriel Spark fiction novels illustrated

$40.00
1y71a/37

Cake in the Hat Box


UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to spine & boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Arthur Upfield

$40.00
1y71a/38

Hand in Glove


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG- (light to moderate tanning & creasing/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

$40.00
1y71a/39

Clutch of Constables


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering to spine, 222pp, VG- (moderate creasing & rubbing/curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, lg adhesive label to ffep, minor foxing throughout, light to moderate creasing & soiling to pgs of 200-202)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

$40.00
1y71a/40

Colour Scheme


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 256pp, VG- (heavy creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, some prelim pgs potentially missing- title & copyright still present, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

$40.00
1y71a/41

Swing, Brother, Swing


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 255pp, VG- (heavy creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, moderate cracking to hinges, moderate soiling & creasing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges with water staining also)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed literature novels fiction crime thrillers Ngaio Marsh

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