MUNIF, ABDELRAHMAN & THEROUX, PETER (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 627pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate soiling & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

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BAILEY, ALICE COOPER & HOLLING, LUCILLE (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Wise-Volland Company 1928

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GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982

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IHIMAERA, WITI & MAKERETI, TINA (Eds)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

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DUDER, TESSA

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

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BALLARD, J. G.

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PUBLISHER: Flamingo/HarperCollins 1996

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CRICHTON, MICHAEL

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1976

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WAUGH, EVELYN

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PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1953

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DOYLE, RODDY

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1996

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WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2010

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WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2018

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WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2016

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WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2008

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CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

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HAND, CYNTHIA & ASHTON, BRODI & MEADOWS, JODI

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PUBLISHER: HarperTeen 2018

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LU, MARIE

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PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020

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WEBER, MARY

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PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 2019

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IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

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RAMAN, AKSHAYA

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PUBLISHER: Clarion Books/HarperCollins 2022

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CHEN, GINA

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PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2022

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