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$12.50
xx44pol211899

Dusty Answer


LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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: Vanguard / Chatto & Windus 1952

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Rosamond Lehmann

$8.50
xx44pol211900

Beowulf: Dragon Slayer


SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY (Retold by) & KEEPING, CHARLES (Drawings)

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: Red Fox / Random House 1992

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction fantasy dragons Rosemary Sutcliffe

$13.50
xx45pol211905

To Hell With Culture


READ, HERBERT

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: Schocken Books 1964

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose writings art society Herbert Read

$32.50
xx45pol211907

The English Mystics


BULLETT, GERALD

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: Michael Joseph 1950

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism Gerald Bullett

$17.50
xx45pol211908

Memories of the Months (Second Edition)


MAXWELL, The Rt Hon Sir HERBERT

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: Edward Arnold 1901

KEYWORDS: nature animals Sir Herbert Maxwell literature

$25.00
xx45pol211909

In the South Seas


STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

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: Chatto & Windus 1900

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature adventure exploration Robert Louis Stevenson Marquesas Paumotus Gilbert Islands south seas

$32.50
xxeca211916

The Books to Come


LONEY, ALAN; QUILTER, JENNI

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cuneiform Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Alan Loney New Zealand literature

$10.00
xxeea211951

Wolf Solent


POWYS, JOHN COWPER

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1964

KEYWORDS: John Cowper Powys 20th century fiction literature

$40.00
ak4/25a/28

Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West


McCARTHY, CORMAC

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to beige cloth spine, patterned eps, illus title pages, xv + 351pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Modern Library 2010

KEYWORDS: special anniversary editions Cormac McCarthy novels fiction literature

$100.00
ak4/25a/44

The Luminaries


CATTON, ELEANOR

TRUE FIRST EDITION (SMALLER NZ PRINT RUN), LACKS D/W, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, (14) + 832pp + (6), VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Eleanor Catton

$120.00
ak4/25a/51

Who Once Eats Out of the Tin Bowl


FALLADA, HANS & SUTTON, ERIC (Trans)

Octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 568pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning/discolouration to spine, minor staining to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1936

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature German English translations Hans Fallada

$40.00
ak4/25a/54

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There


CARROLL, LEWIS & TENNIEL, JOHN (Illus) & GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, lime green buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxiii + 277pp, illus, VG (light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS fantasy children's fiction novels literature illustrated Lewis Carroll

$40.00
ak4/26/5

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead


BURKE, JAMES LEE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 344pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Orion 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature crime fiction novels James Lee Burke

$55.00
ak4/26/6

The Woman at 1,000 Degrees


HELGASON, HALLGRIMUR & FITZGIBBON, BRIAN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title pages, unpaginated prelims + 451pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first editions English translations literature novels fiction Hallgrimur Helgason

$45.00
ak4/26/10

Taffety and Pip


READING, JACQUELINE

Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, illus, unpaginated, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, moderate insect damage with surface loss to boards, moderate foxing to boards, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate tanning throughout, occasional creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Jons Productions N/D (c.1954?)

KEYWORDS: old children's books literature picture readers Jacqueline Reading

$40.00
ak4/26/11

The Pied Piper of Hamelin


BROWNING, ROBERT & SERKIN, AMALIA (Dolls Designed & Made by) & McFADYEAN, MARION (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, square octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, 36pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, superficial creasing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light closed tearing to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1944

KEYWORDS: first modern editions children's books literature Robert Browning Grimm Brothers illustrated

$47.50
ak4/26/12

Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit


PALAHNIUK, CHUCK (Story) & STEWART, CAMERON (Art)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2016

KEYWORDS: graphic novels fight club literature Chuck Palahniuk

$40.00
ak4/26/15

The Tiger Who Won His Star


SPAIN, NANCY

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title pages, 36pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems/edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1957

KEYWORDS: children's literature picture books Nancy Spain illustrated

$40.00
ak4/26/16

An Elegy to Hope


ESPINOZA, ESTEBAN & TALER, FIONA (Trans)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, POETRY IN ENGLISH, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hallard Press 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chilean poetry poets poems verse signed Esteban Espinoza literature

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