CLAVELL, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 397pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems- 2cm crack to top of spine, moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to rear ep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to folds of covers/flaps, light foxing & soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1963

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CHURCH, R W

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 260pp + ads to rear, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional pencil markings to margins, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

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AN OLD BOY & SULLIVAN, EDMUND J (Illus)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, deep green buckram boards, black lettering to white title plate to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiii + 312pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, patches of moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1896

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CARTER, ANGELA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 295pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board corners/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional soiling/foxing to pages) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984

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MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & LAURENCIN, MARIE (Coloured Lithographs)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#857/1200), IN SLIPCASE- ARCHIVAL REPAIRS, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to sm title plate to spine, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl water staining to fore-edge of prelims, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & light staining to spine, light soiling) in slipcase, VG- (moderate soiling, heavy cracking to joins with archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: The Verona Press 1939

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HOLMES, Sir MAURICE

LIMITED FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 103pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards, sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in glassine paper wrapper

PUBLISHER: Francis Edwards 1952

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TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card covers, orange lettering to front cover, 22pp, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago / Hone Tuwhare 1970

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MICKLE, ALAN D

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PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose Ltd 1925

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MINNIS, CHELSEA

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PUBLISHER: Wave Books 2018

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HILL, KEITH

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PUBLISHER: Attar Books 2006

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COHEN, MORRIS R & NAGEL, ERNEST

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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964

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LEHNDORF, HELEN

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CUSK, RACHEL

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COMPTON, JENNIFER

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PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

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TIMON, MARA

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STARKIE, WALTER

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 1933 (Reprint)

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LO-DRO, ZHON-NU (Commentary) & NAGARJUNA & THARCHIN, GESHE LOBSANG (Trans) & ENGLE, ARTEMUS B (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives 1979

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TOLSTOJ, LEO N (TOLSTOY, LEO N)

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PUBLISHER: Buchergilde Gutenberg 1958

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GAU-GHAN, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: The Bradbury House of Words 1995

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TRUNGPA, CHOGYAM

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PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1987

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