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2s9c/23

The Guermantes Way


PROUST, MARCEL; TREHARNE, MARK (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 619; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century French fiction novel modern first edition literature

$40.00
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Poppa Passes: The Adventures of the Vedgie People


REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: vintage New Zealand fiction Vedgie People adventures A W Reed literature illustrated

$40.00
1a4a/51

Peter Grimes, and Other Poems


SLATER, MONTAGU

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 108pp, VG (sl warping to boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, date in ink (sm) to ffep, light to moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate rubbing/chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions Montagu Slater literature plays scripts theater theatre stage poems poetry verse

$50.00
2s4b/2

Enclosures (v.1-4)


DIREEN, BILL

Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018

KEYWORDS: Bill Bireen 21st century New Zealand poet authour collection poems short stories literature

$200.00
1a4a/54gc

Titus Groan


PEAKE, MERVYN

FIRST EDITION IN 2nd IMP. D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 438pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first editions Gormenghast series novels fiction literature Mervyn Peake

$15.00
xx97pol212855

Stories of Your Life and Others


CHIANG, TED

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: Vintage Books

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction literature Ted Chiang

$10.00
xx98pol212870

Listen to My Seeing


FUSSELL, PEGGY M & BOWEN, JULIET (Illus)

Octavo stapled light 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: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature Peggy M Fussell

$10.00
xx98pol212872

Family Matters: Poems


ROWE, DENIS

Octavo stapled light 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: Broadleaf Books 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature Denis Rowe

$15.00
xx98pol212873

The Poet's Task: An Inaugural Lecture


LEWIS, C DAY

Octavo string bound light 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: Oxford University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: lectures C Day Lewis literature literary poetry Oxford University

$15.00
xx98pol212875

In Georgina's Shady Garden, and Other Stories


FINLAYSON, RODERICK

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 Griffin Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors short stories fiction literature Roderick Finlayson

$15.00
xx98pol212882

Out of Danger


FENTON, JAMES

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: Penguin 1993

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature James Fenton

$30.00
xx98pol212884

I Like You But What Can You Do, Can You Be a Bird? Adventures in the Lichen Trade


BEECHING, SEAN Q & CHEATHAM, ROBERT R (Fore)

Square 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: Public Domain / Fort Da 2009

KEYWORDS: botany lichen trade Sean Q Beeching literature

$25.00
xx33pol212890

Dan Dare Space Annual 1963


EDEN, ERIC et al & CORNWELL, BRUCE et al (Illus)

Quarto 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: Longacre Press 1963

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction Dan Dare annuals past years children's literature space adventures

$25.00
xx33pol212905

From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands


GRIMSHAW, BEATRICE

FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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: George Bell & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: anthropology Beatrice Grimshaw Fiji travel exploration expeditions history historical travel writing literature first editions

$22.50
xxa3aa212907

The Art of The Compleat Angler


COOPER, JOHN R

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: Duke University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: the compleat angler art artwork criticism literature literary

$20.00
xxa3aa212911

Hokitika Queenstown via Haast (Fifteenth Edition)


TAYLOR, E W (Compiled by) & OSMERS, H et al

Octavo stapled light 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: Guardian & Times Coy. Ltd (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature guides writing south island

$16.50
xxa3ab212919

Indifference: Poems


CAELLA, TODD J

Octavo stapled light 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: To-Jo-Cas Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Todd Casella

$17.50
xxa3ab212921

Kicking Against the Pricks: Stories I've Told


CLEARY, FARRELL

Octavo stapled light 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: Farrell Cleary 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders anecdotes Farrell Cleary literature

$25.00
xxa3ab212922

Ancient Secret Wisdom


LEWIS, LESTER A

FIRST EDITION, (UNNUMBERED), octavo stapled light 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: Lester A Lewis 1961

KEYWORDS: esoteric literature Lester A Lewis first editions ancient symbols religions theology deities tarot

$26.50
xxa3ab212924

The Little Old Engine


AWDRY, The Rev W & KENNEY, JOHN T (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, oblong duodecimo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) jacket taped to boards; 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: Edmund Ward 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first editions classic children's literature Thomas the Tank Engine series illustrated Rev W Awdry

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