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$325.00
1y91a/13

Romance of the Three Kingdoms / San Kuo Chih Yen-I (2 Vol Boxed Set)


KUAN-CHUNG, LO & BREWITT-TAYLOR, C H (Trans)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, red & black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus/chinese characters to front boards, deckled edges of page blocks, printed/maps to eps, vol 1- xviii + 638pp, vol 2- viii + 623pp, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems/edges of vol 2, light soiling & discolouration to boards of vol 1, light foxing to page edges, minor pencil annotation to vol 1) in slipcase, G+ (v heavy cracking & scuffing to joinery- som esurface loss, moderate chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Kelly & Walsh 1973

KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction novels Lo Kuan-Chung English translations Chinese

$85.00
1y91a/27

The Happy Prince (A Talking Book)


WILDE, OSCAR (Adapted from) & PAUL, H (Illus) & BRIDGEWATER, LESLIE (Music) LAKE, MINNIE (Adapted by) PHILLIPS, FRANK (Narrator) & SANDOR, NICHOLAS (Produced by)

78 RPM RECORD IN REAR SLEEVE, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, spiral bound inside boards, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, 6cm crack to top hinge, light foxing to illus on front board, light foxing to inside front board, minor foxing throughout, record to rear damaged/broken)

PUBLISHER: TPL / Horace Marshall & Son N/D

KEYWORDS: talking books Oscar Wilde children's literature gramophone records

$40.00
1y91a/29

Mistress Masham's Repose


WHITE, T H

Imperial octavo, red iridescent cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps, illus title page, xiii + 148pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges, sm inscription in ink to half title page) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1992

KEYWORDS: folio society literature T H White illustrated

$150.00
1y95a/10

Circe


MILLER, MADELINE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt illus to front board, illus ffep, 336pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first editions historical fiction novels literature Madeline Miller

$32.50
xxfca19740

The Village in the Jungle


WOOLF, LEONARD

Small 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: The Hogarth Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf fiction 20th century literature

$17.50
xxfca19742

Gone Abroad


GRAVES, CHARLES

First edition. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; 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: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1932

KEYWORDS: Charles Graves fiction literature 20th century

$26.50
xxfcd19748

Blessington-d'Orsay: A Masquerade


SADLEIR, MICHAEL; RICHARDSON, JOANNA (intro)

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 1983

KEYWORDS: Folio Society Michael Sadleir 20th century literature

$19.50
xxfcg19755

Anne Hughes: Her Boke


HUGHES, ANNE; PRESTON, MOLLIE (ed); CROUCHER, MICHAEL (intro) & EVORA, TONY (linocuts)

Small 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 1981

KEYWORDS: Anne Hughes 20th century literature Folio Society

$25.00
xxfcg19757

Hello Darkness


WELLS, PETER

Inscribed, dated & signed by author. 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: Might Ajax Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature social media Peter Wells

$17.50
xxfcl19784

Eighth Habitation


AITKEN, ADAM

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: Giramondo 2009

KEYWORDS: Australian poems literature

$35.00
xxfcl19785

The Little Ache: A German Notebook


WEDDE, IAN

Inscribed & signed by author. 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: Victoria University of Wellington Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zeland poet poems Germany literature

$32.50
xxfcl19786

Holy Smoke


HOWE, FANNY & MCCALLION, COLLEEN (illus)

First edition. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; 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: Fiction Collective 1979

KEYWORDS: Fanny Howe fiction 20th century literature

$15.00
xxfda19795

In the Middle of Nowhere


HOWE, FANNY

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: Fiction Collective 1984

KEYWORDS: Fanny Howe England 20th century fiction literature

$12.00
xxfda19797

I Choose Peace


ZILLIACUS, K

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 1949

KEYWORDS: 20th century literature fiction

$25.00
xxfda19798

The Hours


CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL

First edition, second impression. 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: Fourth Estate 1999

KEYWORDS: Pulitzer Prize 1999 Pen/Faulkner Award 1999 literature fiction

$15.00
xxfdc19813

Passages


BLOOD, JENNY

First edition. Octavo, card covers (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: Jenny Blood 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets poetry literature

$12.50
xxfdg19816

The War Poems


SASSOON, SEIGFRIED; HART-DAVIS, RUPERT (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: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Seigfried Sasson poems wartime poems 20th century literature

$40.00
1y95a/16

Best Black Magic Stories


CROSS, JOHN KEIR (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 269pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges with tidy archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories horror black magic collections anthologies fiction

$240.00
1y98c/2

Comedies (6 Vol Boxed Set)


WAUGH, EVELYN & HOLDER, JOHN (Illus)

6 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1999

KEYWORDS: folio society novels literature fiction comedies boxed sets Evelyn Waugh

$40.00
1y98c/7

USA: The 42nd Parallel, Nineteen-Nineteen, The Big Money


DOS PASSOS, JOHN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 1163pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, large/moderate ink staining to front board & page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- board sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1950

KEYWORDS: novels fiction trilogies trilogy literature John dos Passos

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