BOX, EDGAR

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: Four Square 1965

KEYWORDS: literature crime thrillers mysteries novels fiction Edgar Box

YUTANG, LIN

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: The Right Book Club 1946

KEYWORDS: literature Lin Yutang philosophy

KHAYAAM, OMAR & GRAVES, ROBERT (Trans & Commentaries) & ALI-SHAH, OMAR (Trans & Commentaries)

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: Omen Press 1972

KEYWORDS: literature original rubaiyyat omar khayaam poetry

GRIGSON, GEOFFREY

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: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984

KEYWORDS: literature art literary recollections autobiography autobiographies Geoffrey Grigson

VIRILIO, PAUL & ROSE, JULIE (Trans)

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: Continuum 2006

KEYWORDS: art science literature Paul Virilio English translations

CHAMBERS, P FRANKLIN

Octavo hardcover (VG) boards soiled; 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: Geoffrey Bles, The Centenary Press 1947

KEYWORDS: anthology anthologies literature Baron von Hugel theology religion philosophy

WEIL, SIMONE & CRAUFORD, EMMA (Trans)

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: Fount / HarperCollins N/D (1990s?)

KEYWORDS: literature essays religion theology Christianity Simone Weil

SMITH, THORNE

Super 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: Echo Library 2006

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Thorne Smith

COMER, J et al & ALEXANDER P (Ed)

Quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 118pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tearing to top edge of front cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cirsova 2016

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction Cirsova fantasy past issues literature short stories essays novelettes

BRIN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction literature novels David Brin

GIBSON, WILLIAM

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (light rubbing & fading/discolouration to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 2003

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels William Gibson

DALLAS, RUTH

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to board edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing to spine & creases/folds)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ruth Dallas literature poetry poems verse New Zealand poets writers

BRADBURY, RAY & MUGNAINI, JOE (Drawings)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name scuffed out/erased & prev. bookseller's black ink pricing to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature short stories fiction illustrated Ray Bradbury anthologies

HULME, KERI

Octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 55pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers & edges, moderate fading & label residue to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature Keri Hulme poems poetry verse

HICKEY, REV P

Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: M H Gill & Son 1907

KEYWORDS: literature history Rev P Hickey

LESSING, DORIS

FIRST EDITION, tired ex-library copy, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 568pp, G+ (usual library markings, heavy tape reinforcement to spine & front + rear gutters, moderate creasing & water damage to boards- esp. rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy water damage to rear eps, heavy cracking at gutter of pgs564-565) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping with messy but sturdy reinforcement to edges & flaps, light fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & tape/adhesive staining to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions novels fiction literature Doris Lessing

McQUEEN, CILLA

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 296pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to front board & page edges, Cilla McQueen in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Cilla McQueen poetry poems verse literature

ALCOTT, LOUISA M

REBACKED, sm octavo, red buckram boards, unpaginated prelims + 221pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, handwritten black ink lettering to spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, top corner of title page missing- text/title impeded, heavy creasing & chipping to a lot of page edges, moderate soiling to title page, sm patch of closed tearing & repair to base of pg219/220)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1874

KEYWORDS: classic literature novels fiction Louisa May M Alcott

TIDHAR, LAVIE

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/200), octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 209pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge), in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PS Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: signed special numbered editions scifi science fiction novels literature Lavie Tidhar

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE & BROSNAN, BILL & COLLINS, BRUCE E & JACKSON, LEWIS & WESTON, GEOFF

Oblong quarto, illus white spiral bound covers, 78pp, illus, VG+ (clear pastic cover at rear moderately ripped, top extrem of black spiral binding bent & torn- minor, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Albion Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers poets literature poetry poems verse illustrated Hardwicke Knight