DUNSTAN, PEGGY & OATES, JEAN (iLLUS)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: literature New Zealand writers authors Peggy Dunstan modern first editions

YOUNG, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary Andrew Young poetry

WALKER, MARTIN

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: Quercus 2008

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Martin Walker

FALLOWS, JAMES & FALLOWS, DEBORAH

Super 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: Pantheon Books 2018

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing US America American culture sociology social commentary

WODEHOUSE, P G & HARRISON, C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (ONE SHILLING NETT ON FRONT COVER), RARE ESPECIALLY IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & rear cover, illus inside front cover, frontispiece, 126pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges, moderate creasing to spine with some minor tidy archival tape repairs & reinforcement also, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sm chip & prev, bookseller's sm label to half title page, light to moderate staining & foxing to pages throughout- mostly to edges with text block unimpeded)

PUBLISHER: Alston Rivers, Limited, Brooke Street, Holborn Bars 1909

KEYWORDS: literature illustrated modern first editions fiction novels P G Wodehouse first issues

ROTH, GEORGE KINGSLEY (Revised & Ed)

Super octavo, teal stiff card boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims with folding map, 165pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to folding map- yellowing tape staining)

PUBLISHER: H R Craigie, Acting Gov't Printer 1936

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pacific islands Fiji Fijian people culture British colonial history colinies

STANNER, W E H & MANNE, ROBERT (Intro)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 291pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Black Inc Agenda 2009

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose collections W E H Stanner Australian race relations ethnicity

WODEHOUSE, P G

TWENTY-FIRST PRINTING, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, VG (moderate bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, heavy loss to spine, light to moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins N/D (21st Printing)

KEYWORDS: English literature P G Wodehouse novels fiction Herbert Jenkins green labels series Piccadilly

WODEHOUSE, P G

ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, 255pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (heavy loss to bottom half of spine- tidy archival tape repairs, light creasing to edges, occasional closed tearing to edges, moderate creasing & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins N/D (12th Printing)

KEYWORDS: English literature novels fiction P G Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster series

MARULLO, CLARA (Text) & BOEYE, VANESSA SCHUURBEQUE (Photos)

Square quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, patterned eps, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 134pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1995

KEYWORDS: photojournalism travel literature writing photography Tibet buddhist communities anthropology Tibetan Mustang

MALTBY, PEG (Written & Illus by)

FIRST EDITION (no date, printed for Murfett Pty, no apostrophe in Pegs), lg quarto, illus heavy boards, maroon buckram unlettered spine, maroon lettering to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy water damage- boards warped & stained, moderate tanning & light foxing to boards, paper covering of front board partially loosened, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate damp wrinkling to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter, moderate water staining to rear eps & gutter, despite outer condition the main page block inside is very tidy with beautiful illustrations that are full of whimsy and character)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (Printed for Murfett Pty 1944)

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated modern first editions fantasy fairy books fairies Peg Maltby

KELLY, CATRIONA

8vo, pp. xv + 292 + [1 (advt)]; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; sl tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Russian Soviet Union Russian puppets puuet theatre Cambrudge Studies in Russian Literature series

MANHIRE, BILL

First edition. 8vo, pp. 61; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Bill Manhire 20th century poet

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

PEARCE, BRIAN LOUIS

Limited numbered first edition, no. 178/320. Sm 8vo, unpaginated, [18] ll.; illus. stapled light card covers; illus. tp; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: The Quarto Press 1970

KEYWORDS: 20th century poety literature poems Brian Louis Pearce poet modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 216; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to hinges; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Nicholson & Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin 20th century New Zealand literature fiction novel modern first edition

ROLLESTON, T W; BROOKE, STOPFORD A (introd); REID, STEPHEN (illus.)

First edition. Demy 8vo, pp. lv + 214; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt, illus. to front board tooled in green; teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate to heavy foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: George Harrap & Company 1910

KEYWORDS: tales stories ancient Ireland 20th century folk lore folk-lore bardic literature myth mythology legend heroic

DIBBERN, GEORGE

First US edition. Demy 8vo, pp. 421; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in blue; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; adhesive residue to feps; light cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1941

KEYWORDS: George Dibbern 20th century fiction literature modern first edition

RANDALL-STEVENS, H C (EL EROS) & THE MASTER ADOLEMAIU

2 VOLS IN 1, super octavo, blue/lilac heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt Egyptian illus to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, tidy gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor unobtrusive underlining & markings to pages, occasional light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if possible, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate foxing to flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Order of the Knights Templars of Aquarius 1976

KEYWORDS: el eros esoteric literature ancient Egypt Egyptian osirian occult communication Atlantis secret societies masonic spirituality