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$45.00
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Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese


FERMOR, PATRICK LEIGH & MONSELL, JOAN EYRES (Photos) & CRAXTON, JOHN (Frontispiece)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tearing & loss to spine & extrems- heavy but tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing & staining)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS travel writing literature Patrick Leigh Fermor southern Pelopennese Greece Greek

$295.00
ak1/3a/4

End of Day


MASON, R A K

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP NAME OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, grey string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & rubbing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse R A K Mason first editions

$185.00
ak1/3a/8

You Only Live Twice


FLEMING, IAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Japanese lettering to front board, illus/patterned eps, 256pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, sm stain to spine)

PUBLISHER: Joanthan Cape 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first editions James Bond 007 series thrillers espionage spies literature novels fiction Ian Fleming

$320.00
ak1/3a/11

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1769-1960 (5 Vol Set)


OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

$70.00
ak1/3a/16

The Presocratic Philosophers: Volume 2: Empedocles to Democritus


BARNES, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 353pp, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges of front cover, sl tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient philosophy philosophers history historical classical literature

$40.00
ak1/3b/5

The Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism, the Official Organ of the OTO, Volume III, Number 10


HYMENAEUS BETA Xo (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 287pp, illus, VG+ (covers in fully adhesive plastic cover- fully affixed, light chafing/soiling & curling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to bottom of half title page, sm patch of adhesive staining to inside rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Weiser 1991

KEYWORDS: The Equinox literature esoteric occult occultism esoterocism magic magick

$40.00
ak1/3b/27

Reflexive Paradoxes


CHAMPLIN, T S

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 235pp, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastdown, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1988

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy paradox paradoxes literature T S Champlin

$50.00
ak1/3b/28

The Nature of Necessity


PLANTINGA, ALVIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 255pp, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate faint pencil annotation & underlining throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, sm adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions logic philosophy literature metaphysics modality

$125.00
ak1/3b/29

Insight: A Study of Human Understanding


LONERGAN, BERNARD J F

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 785pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, minor creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chipping & wrinkling/scuffing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Lingmans, Green & Co / Philospohical Library 1967

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Bernard J F Lonergan

$60.00
ak1/3b/32

Kant's Metaphysic of Experience (2 Vol Set)


PATON, H J

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- 585pp, vol 2- 510pp, VG- (light rubbing & scuffing to extrems of vol 1, moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board corners of vol 2- moderate cracking to front hinge, boards of vol 2 moderately warped, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps, light to moderate pencil markings & annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin / Macmillan 1951

KEYWORDS: kantian Immanuel Kant philosophy metaphysics literature commentary commentaries kritik der reinen vernunft

$50.00
ak1/3b/37

Metaphysics: Its Structure and Function


KORNER, STEPHAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 238pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine & flaps, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics logic literature Stephan Korner

$78.50
ak1/3b/38

Keys to Jerusalem: Collected Essays


MURPHY-O'CONNOR, JEROME

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 317pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: religion religious literature prose essays anthologies collecitons theology Jerusalem Israel new testament bible biblical lands Christian Christianity

$45.00
ak1/10a/7

An Essay in Metaphysics


COLLINGWOOD, R G

Octavo, black buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 354pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light minor pencil annotation to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to spine & cover egdes, sm adhesive labels to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics R G Collingwood literature psychology Immanuel Kant kantian

$40.00
ak1/10a/8

Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion


YOUNG, JULIAN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, xii + 230pp, VG+ (light chafing/soiling & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy religion literature meditations

$40.00
ak1/10a/10

Batman


ADAMS, NEAL (Illus)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt batman motif & signature to front board, illus eps & prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board base, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing to flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: DC Comics 2003

KEYWORDS: DC comics comic books graphic novels superheroes fantasy Batman literature

$40.00
ak1/10a/12

Bushline: A Memoir


BURTON, ROBBIE

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & black lettering to spine, 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, spine sl cocked, minor bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Robbie Burton autobiography autobiographies memoir travel writing literature tramping landscape nature

$100.00
ak1/10a/15

Love Poems


GRAVES, ROBERT & BRADBURY, SUE (Selected & Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, TIDY GLASSINE WRAPPER, NO SLIPCASE AS ISSUED, super octavo, illus/patterned grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to red cloth spine, teg, deckled page edges, 63pp, VG (sl tanning & bruising to board top edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, light to moderate water staining to fore-edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1990

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS poems poetry verse literature Robert Graves folio society (no slipcase, as issued) collection

$40.00
ak1/11a/1

Black Writing from New Guinea


BEIER, ULLI (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 152pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & title page, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- moderate archival tape repairs, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1973

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Papua New Guinea PNG anthologies collections

$50.00
ak1/11a/2

Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan 3: Insight: A Study of Human Understanding


LONERGAN, BERNARD & CROWE, FREDERICK E (Ed) & DORAN, ROBERT M (Ed)

Super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxvii + 875pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 2008

KEYWORDS: literature religion religious philosophy theology theosophy Bernard Lonergan Robert Molloy collection

$75.00
ak1/11a/3

Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan 7: The Ontological and Psychological Constitution of Christ


LONERGAN, BERNARD & SHIELDS, MICHAEL G (Trans)

Super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xvii + 295pp, VG+ (light curling & tanning to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor pencil annotation to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 2005

KEYWORDS: literature religion religious philosophy theology theosophy Bernard Lonergan Robert Molloy collection

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