LANIER, STERLING E

FIRST EDITION THUS, sm octavo, grey/green heavy boards, lilac coloured lettering to spine & boards, 348pp + unpaginated The War for the Lot, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, binding sloppy, occasional heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1981

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SARGESON, FRANK & SHIEFF, SARAH (Selected & Ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR, super octavo, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxix + 631pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing/soiling & discolouration to rear board, minor soiling & tanning to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Vintage / Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: Frank Sargeson New Zealand authors letters correspondence literature literary signed Sarah Shieff

KUKAFKA, DANYA

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, grey light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 329pp, VG+ (light creasing to wrapper edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl creasing to top page corners)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Books 2022

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ORWELL, GEORGE (Ed) & REYNOLDS, REGINALD (Ed) & TAYLOR, J P (Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- 264pp, vol 2- 302pp, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1) in d/w, VG- (vol 2 price clipped, minor fading & soiling to spines, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, light to moderate tanning & soiling, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1948-51

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BRISLEY, JOYCE LANKESTER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, peach heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 95pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink markings/name to front eps, minor foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine & edges, failed attempt at archival repair to head of spine, general moderate foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

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Dr SEUSS

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing/bruising to spine extrems, minor bruising to board corners, light tanning to rear board, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill 1960

KEYWORDS: modern UK first editions children's literature Dr Seuss illustrated rhymes

HUGHES, TED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 54pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, sl tanning to spine, prev, bookseller's/publisher's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1992

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary tributes poets T S Eliot

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & balck lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 254pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1925

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BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 246pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1900

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BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 330pp, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor wrinkling to spine, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1899

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BECKE, LOUIS

COLONIAL LIBRARY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges deckled, vii + 331pp + catalogue to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1898

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BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 307pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (spine sl cocked, minor wrinkling to buckram by board hinges, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters, pgs223-234 partially detached but still all present)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature novels

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, page fore-edges deckled, unpaginated prelims + 250pp + 14pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1901

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature short stories

HJORTSBERG, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & beige lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 852pp, VG (light rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Counterpoint 2012

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Richard Brautigan

DALTON, TRENT

US FIRST EDITION, super octavo, lilac heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, unpaginated prelims + 452pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/soiling to spine extrems, sl discolouration to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harper 2019

KEYWORDS: modern US first editions novels fiction literature Trent Dalton

MILLIGAN, SPIKE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, red & orange lettering to spine, coloured witchy illus to front & rear boards, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate discolouration to to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps, light to moderate soiling sporadically throughout, multiple 1-2cm closed tears to base & head of gutters)

PUBLISHER: M & J Hobbs 1973

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SIMENON, GEORGES & EUSTIS, HELEN (trans)

Text in French. Paperback softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1973

KEYWORDS: french language Simenon Georfes Helen Eustis literature biography text in french

LARUE, STEPHANE

Text in French. Paperback softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Le Quartanier c.2010

KEYWORDS: french language Sthephane Larue novel Quabec Canada literature text in french

RAY, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press

KEYWORDS: David Ray poems poetry literature selected poems

MCKENZIE COOKE, KAY

Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Otago poems poetry literature University of Otago Kat McKenzie Cooke New Zealand