First Edition Ngaio Marsh
First Edition Friday presents: Ngaio Marsh!
"It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart, it is invariably in the worst of taste"
- from 'Death in a White Tie'
We have so many first edition Ngaio Marsh books here at Hard to Find Books! At least two of our staff are reading this wonderful New Zealand writer at the moment, and we even have a larger than life picture of her (looking extremely cool) overlooking our workspace...
We also have a great range of her paperbacks: ideal for summer reading.
Pictured are:
Dead Water 1964 SIGNED $175
Spinsters in Jeopardy 1954 $60
Off With His Head 1957 $60
When in Rome SIGNED 1970 $318.75
Death at the Dolphin 1967 $12
Death and the Dancing Footman 1941 $285
Hand in Glove 1962 $15.30
Military & Aviation Books
Answer to the Tony Eyre Challenge
The competition is now over. Here are the names of the famous authors who penned the less-than-famous titles we listed over the last two weeks.
The Life and Death of Mr Badman - John Bunyan
Behind a Mask - Louisa M Alcott
The Single Hound - Emily DIckinson
Arctic Summer - EM Forster
November - Gustave Flaubert
The Return - Joseph Conrad
One Thousand & One Ghosts - Alexandre Dumas
We have copies of all those books so why not come in and buy a copy of one (or all) of them?
Tony Eyre Challenge #7
Tony Eyre Challenge #7·
This is the last chance to star in the Tony Eyre Challenge. The list of book titles and their famous authors will be given tomorrow.
Meanwhile, you can log on to our Facebook page and enter the name of the very famous author who wrote today's not so famous title. You might win if you're quick (as this competition has been a bit more challenging than we expected).
Today's title: One Thousand and One Ghosts
Who is the famous author?
Tony Eyre Challenge #6
Tony Eyre Challenge #6
Continuing our current competition - we give you a not-very-famous book title written by a very famous author. You try to identify the famous author WITHOUT RECOURSE to the Internet.
When you think you know the author, log in to our Facebook page and enter your answer. You get a point if you are first with the correct author. We still don't have a correct answer for yesterday's challenge either so you could try and answer both at once.
Today's title is The Return
Be first and get a point (and some kudos).
Tony Eyre Challenge #5
The Tony Eyre Challenge #5
Those of you following this challenge will know that we are lookiung for the name of the famous author who wrote the book with a slightly less famous title. None of the authors are New Zealanders.
Today's title is November. All you have to do is log on to our Facebook page and give us the author's name - if you are first to give the correct answer, you will get a point! And points could mean prizes!!!
You can also try and identify two titles from last week which still haven't been correctly identified. The two titles are Arctic Summer and The Single Hound.
Tony Eyre Challenge #4
So far there is no correct answer to yesterday's Tony Eyre Challenge (No. 3)
That means this is your chance to enter answers for the author of yesterday's titleThe Single Hound along with an answer for today's:
Tony Eyre Challenge 4
Who is the famous author of this not-so-well known title:
Arctic Summer
Just log on to our Facebook page and enter the name of the author. If you are first to be correct, you get a point - and points mean prizes!!! NO INTERNET USE ALLOWED
TOny Eyre Challenge 3
We have a correct identification of the author of yesterday's little-known title. And again, it was Harlyn Tran who was first in withe the correct name.
The title for today's Tony Eyre Challenge is The Single Hound
To enter, just go to our Facebook page and be the first to name the famous author of the above title. Remember that Internet and/or Google use is frowned upon (not quite cheating - but near enough). Just don't!!!
