FRAYN, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG- (cocked, light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to edges and light & soiling tanning within; prev. owner's name in pen to fep.) in d/w VG- (moderate tanning and soiling, heavy chipping and scuffing with many long closed tears, with prev. owner's attempts at repair with tape)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael frayn british

SWINSCOW, DOUGLAS & ROWAN, CYNTHIA

Copy of NZ lichenologist David Galloway, w/ small cache of correspondance with author loosley enclosed (one signed typed letter from author); FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, ownership signature and notes to fep.) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing & v. sl. soiling)

PUBLISHER: Halsgrove Press 1992

KEYWORDS: garden garden art design history plants botany natural history signed modern first edition

ECO, UMBERTO & MCEWEN, ALASTAIR (transl.)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, blind stamped lettering to spine, 461pp+16pp appendices, illus., nr FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: MacLehose Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition umberto eco translation italian literature italy fanstasy fantastic mythology science fiction legend atlantis hyperborea cockaigne

AMUNDSEN, ROALD & CHATER, A. G. (transl.)

FIRST EDITION, scruffy ex-library two volume set; quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering and colour Norwegian flag to front and spines, xxxv+392pp / x+449pp, illus. (folding map to rear of vol. 1), VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and markings (minimal to exterior); moderate scuffing and heavy rubbing to boards; both volumes: front hinge cracked, intact but very delicate, with prev. owner's attempted tape repairs, moderate tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's name in pen to front pastedown, title loose but present in vol. 2, tissue guards in various states of disrepair)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1912

KEYWORDS: south pole polar arctic antarctica antarctic exploration modern first edition travel roald amundsen norway norwegian expedition adventure

MURAKAMI, HARUKI; OZAWA, SEIJI; & RUBIN, JAY (transl.)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue endpapers, xix+329pp, nr. FINE (light tanning to pages, edges) in d/w VG+ (light soiling to front, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2011

KEYWORDS: modern first edition haruki murakami japan japanese literature seji ozawa music

FORSYTH, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo pale red light card covers, black lettering to spine and front, 357pp, VG- (cocked, moderate scuffing and creasing and chipping to covers, with heavy creasing and closed tears to spine, small segments lost to edges (minor), unobtrusive little pen scribble to front top corner, light tanning within, light foxing to edges and within, publisher's local branch note pasted to fep. (This is a rotating rapid read copy! Please return urgently...), occasional soiling - all as befits a well-thumbed classic page turner)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1971

KEYWORDS: scarce rare modern first edition uncorrected proof copy thriller literature popular fiction day jackal frederick forsyth

WHITE, EDMUND

FIRST EDITION. super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Bloomsbury 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir edmund white modern first edition

KAZAN, ELIA

FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1982

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

FREEMAN, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Minotaur 2009

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

JONES, LLOYD

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1985

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition New Zealand

LESSING, DORIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 303pp, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, sl. cocked, moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and chipping, long closed tears to edges, moderate foxing and tanning to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature doris lessing

BAXTER, JAMES K. & WEIR, J. E. (intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 107pp, VG+ (light tanning, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w VG (moderate fading to covers and spine, light scuffing, light foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition james k baxter unpublished

BAXTER, JAMES K.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION; octavo blue light card stapled covers, 7pp, VG (moderate fading and soiling to covers, light scuffing and creasing to covers, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1972

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition james k baxter peter olds caveman press

ROLLINS, HENRY

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; oblong quarto black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus., xii+164pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing to boards and v. slight tanning to edges of pages within, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w nr. FINE (sl. tanning to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press 2011

KEYWORDS: henry rollins black flag hardcore punk band photography travel art essays signed modern first edition american music

COETZEE, J. M.

FIRST EDITION. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1986

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

GORDON, DONALD

FIRST EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder And Stoughton 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

ZEVIN, GABRIELLE

UNCORRECTED PROOF, FIRST EDITION.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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Little Brown 2014

KEYWORDS: proof modern first edition collected works literature

BULL, ANGEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254pp, illus., VG+ (light foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, with foxing to reverse & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1984

KEYWORDS: literary biography noel streatfield childrens modern first edition

HANSEN, RON

FIRST EDITION, ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus And Giroux 2008

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

TRANTER, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION; octavo grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 287pp, VG- (cocked, light soiling and scuffing to boards and endpapers, light tanning and occasional foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG- (moderate fading and soiling, heavy chips and scuffing, large segement missing from bottom of spine)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. 1939

KEYWORDS: nigel tranter british literature modern first edition