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Principles of Prediction


JASRAJ, ANUSHKA

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: Context 2020

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature Anushka Jasraj

$15.00
xxscw214878

Shorty


CRUMP, BARRY & WELLAND, RICK (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo 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: CW Associates 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Barry Crump modern first editions

$9.50
xxscw214879

The Blindfold Horse


GUPPY, SHUSHA

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 Books 1989

KEYWORDS: literary autobiographies Shusha Guppy poets literature

$8.50
xxscw214880

Wolves of Rome


MANFREDI, VALERIO MASSIMO & FEDDERSEN-MANFREDI, CHRISTINE (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: Pan Books 2019

KEYWORDS: historical fiction novels literature Valerio Massimo Manfredi

$9.00
xxscw214882

My Twentieth Century Evening, and Other Small Breakthroughs


ISHIGURO, KAZUO

Sm 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: Faber & Faber 2017

KEYWORDS: Kazuo Ishiguro nobel lectures literature literary

$25.00
xxscw214883

Demosthenes, Vol III: Orations L-LIX


DEMOSTHENES & MURRAY, A T (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1939

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Demosthenes

$25.00
xxscw214884

Saint Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans, I: Books I-III


SAINT AUGUSTINE & McCRACKEN, GEORGE E (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Saint Augustine

$22.50
xxscw214885

Seneca: Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Vol II


SENECA & GUMMERE, RICHARD M (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, LACKS D/W, sm octavo 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Seneca

$25.00
xxscw214886

Plautus, II: Casina ; The Casket Comedy ; Curculo ; Epidicus ; The Two Menaechmuses


PLAUTUS & NIXON, PAUL (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient plays Plautus

$9.50
xxscw214888

As the Saying Goes: The Philosophy of a Kiwi Bushman


CRUMP, BARRY

Square duodecimo 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: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Barry Crump

$40.00
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The Prisons of Marguerite de Navarre


DE NAVARRE, MARGUERITE & DALE, HILDA (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, xix + 152pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to spine, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Whiteknights Press 1989

KEYWORDS: literature verse cantos Marguerite de Navarre poetry poems philosophy English translations

$75.00
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Ramopakhyana - the Story of Rama in the Mahabharata: An Independent-Study Reader in Sanskrit


SCHARF, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 945pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2003

KEYWORDS: sanskrit languages study guides India Indian Rama world literature

$45.00
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Striding Both Worlds: Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's Literary Traditions


KENNEDY, MELISSA

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xix + 255pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Rodopi N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture literary traditions Witi Ihimaera history literature

$45.00
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Mediating Aotearoa: Essays on Maori Culture


RIEMENSCHNEIDER, DIETER

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Tranzlit 2021

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose New Zealand Maori culture

$45.00
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Quarrels with Himself: Essays on James K Baxter as Prose Writer


WHITEFORD, PETER (Ed) & MILES, GEOFFREY (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 319pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges, sm coffee stain to top edge of pgs 90/91)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers literature literary criticism James K Baxter essays prose

$50.00
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Baedae Opera Historica (2 Vol Set)


BEDE / BAEDAE & KING, J E (Trans)

2 VOL SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH & LATIN, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's gilt motif to to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxv + 505pp + 8pp with folding map to rear, vol 2- ix + 517pp + 8pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate staining/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (front flap corners clipped, in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor tape/adhesive staining to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1963-1971

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Bede Baedae theology

$40.00
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Goodbye to Berlin


ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER & GROSZ, GEORGE (Drawings) & WHITFORD, FRANK (Selected by)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & light tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1975

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Christopher Isherwood novels fiction illustrated

$47.50
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The Sun King


MITFORD, NANCY & STRONG, ROY (Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & white illus to spine & front board, illus title page, xxi + (5) + 246pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (v sl bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Nancy Mitford history France French Louis xiv

$40.00
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The Red and the Black


BEYLE (STENDHAL), MARIE-HENRI & SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, C K (Trans) & BASSO, HAMILTON (Intro) & BUSONI, RAFAELLO (Illus)

Super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent cloth eps, frontispiece, xvii + 450pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press c.1980

KEYWORDS: easton press collector's editions full leather bindings literature Stendhal novels fiction illustrated

$40.00
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The Magic Mountain


MANN, THOMAS & LOWE-PORTER, H T (Trans) & FONSECA, GONZALO (Illus)

Super octavo, brown heavy leather-effect boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed/patterned eps, illus prelims, xviii + 724pp, illus, VG+ (light cracking to gutter of half title page, sl scuffing to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: The Franklin Library c.1981

KEYWORDS: franklin library series Thomas Mann literature novels

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