Recent Arrivals from Brief Street Books
Recent Arrivals from Brief Street Books
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, third printing
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394573434
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$84.34
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Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1989. 245 pages. First edition, third printing. Dust jacket very good with a price-clipped flap, slight sunning along panel edges. A beautiful, bright and first edition, third printing from November 1989 (first printing was October 1989). Small owners inscription to front free endpaper. A true classic. Item Price
NZ$84.34
The Mind Map Book: Radiant Thinking - Major Evolution in Human Thought
by Tony; Buzan, Barry Buzan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- first thus
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780563363736
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$31.63
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Bright and unmarked, first edition thus of landmark The Mind Map Book. Very useful tool for business, learning and personal planning. Attractive book, well illustrated and designed in cooperation with BBC. Item Price
NZ$31.63
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So Shall We Gather
by White, Irene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780951461020
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$10.54
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Reminiscences of a Jewish British nurse who came to London at the start of WWII. Stories of her family, friends and patients. With illustrations and photographs. Published in 1992. In very good bright condition. Item Price
NZ$10.54
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Notes From a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385405348
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$78.01
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First edition, flat signed on title page by Bryson, of this modern classic. Very good book in very good jacket, with blue illustrated endpapers, initial map page and author photo to back flap. Wonderful gift. Item Price
NZ$78.01
The Age of Reason (1700-1789)
by Nicolson, Harold
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- first thus
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$21.08
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Panther History title. In very good condition, with tight binding and black and white photographic illustrations intact and clean. 558 pages includes index. Cover illustration Rousseau by Ramsay. Item Price
NZ$21.08
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Picture This: How Pictures Work
by Molly Bang
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781587170300
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$31.63
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Gorgeous graphic primer by illustrator Molly Bang on composing an image/illustration. Both the language and layout are wonderful in describing art and psychology - a great book. This is the sixth printing of the first edition, printed in 2010 and in very good condition indeed. Item Price
NZ$31.63
The Great Gatsby
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1958 printing
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$25.30
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Tricolour Penguin, the 1958 reprint of the 1950 edition. Bright, small owner's name to front free endpaper, cover just starting at top of spine, lovely for a collector or display. Back cover with author photo and bio. 188 pages plus Penguin advertisements at rear for Tortilla Flat, The Honeyed Peace and Tender is the Night. Item Price
NZ$25.30
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Till Death Us Do Part
by Speight, Johnny; Burke, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First thus
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$25.30
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Adapted by Burke from the 1967 BBC program of the same name that "shocks and delights an audience of 16,000,000" Tanning pages from age, but otherwise a wonderful clean copy of this book, tight binding, all the numerous black and white photographic illustrations intact. 188 pages plus Pan books advertisements to rear. First Pan paperback edition. In very good condition. Item Price
NZ$25.30
Man of Wit to Man of Business: Arts and Changing Patronage, 1660-1750
by Michael Foss
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1988
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781853990601
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$14.76
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Includes index. 1988 Reprint. Post restoration England, the Royal Courts and the politics of patronage of the arts. Item Price
NZ$14.76
Heckling Hitler: Caricatures of the Third Reich
by Zbynek Zeman
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780874514032
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$29.52
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Profusing illustrated book by Professor Zeman then of Oxford. A bright copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Item Price
NZ$29.52
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The Age of the Crowd: A Historical Treatise on Mass Psychology (Msh)
by Serge Moscovici
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First translated
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780521277051
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$63.25
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First edition in translation. In very good condition, no markings etc, some sunning to cover. Translator J. C. Whitehouse. "This 1985 book is at one level an historical account of the development of mass psychology, and at another an analysis of its implications for prevalent political and social life. Serge Moscovici's acute analyses of mass phenomena raise fundamental questions concerning… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$63.25
Encounters: Early Stories by Elizabeth Bowen
by Bowen, Elizabeth
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first thus
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$18.98
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First edition and printing from Ace Books Limited. Red and white card cover with photo of Bowen to front. In very good condition. With cover quotes by V.S. Pritchett and Lord David Cecil, and half title verso ad for Between the Acts by Woolf, also by Ace. 125 pages with ads for Ace books at rear. 15 short stories. Item Price
NZ$18.98
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The Rope of Man
by Witi Ihimaera
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780790008943
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$42.17
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Gatefold flaps. 2006 edition of these two books in one volume: Tangi (written 1973) and The Return (2005) about Tama Mahana. By the New Zealand author of The Whale Rider, published in New Zealand. Item Price
NZ$42.17
Forest Hills Bootleg Society
by Baker, Dave; Goux, Nicole
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First printing first edition
- Published
- 2022
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781534469488
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$16.87
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A graphic novel (illustrated comic form) about four girls going to a religious high school in a small town in middle American. Friendships, business dealings, adventure, romance, LGBTQ+ themes. Gorgeous book. Item Price
NZ$16.87
Once & Future Vol. 1: The King is Undead
by Gillen, Kieron
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First printing first edition
- Published
- March 2020
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781684154913
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$16.87
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Once & Future issues 1-6 collected in one volume here. Arthurian terror adventure. First printing. Item Price
NZ$16.87
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Empires of the Indus: From Tibet to Pakistan - The Story of a River
by Albinia, Alice
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780719560033
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$21.08
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First edition, first printing. In very good condition, no markings, lovely jacket. Item Price
NZ$21.08
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50 Masterpieces of Metalwork
by Victoria & Albert Museum
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$31.63
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First edition, August 1951. 50 metalwork items from the V&A collection described, with over 50 black and white photographic plates. Small black pencil mark to back cover, in very good condition. 15 x 15cm. Item Price
NZ$31.63
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The Soft Machine
by Burroughs, William S.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second printing
- Published
- 1967
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$21.08
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In very good condition with subscription card and Grove advertisement card page. Second Printing. 182 pages. A lovely copy, great gift or collectors. Photo of Burroughs by Charles Henry Ford to cover, Kerouac blurb on the back. Evergreen Black Cat Book price 95cents to back. A classic. Item Price
NZ$21.08
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The Member of the Wedding
by McCullers, Carson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First thus
- Published
- 1962
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$37.95
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First thus by Penguin, 1962, price 3/6. No markings inside, in very good condition as seen in photos, light crease to cover. Cover design by R. A. Glendening, blurb to back by Edith Sitwell (!). A classic. Item Price
NZ$37.95
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Death Kit
by Sontag, Susan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First thus
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lambeth, London, GBR
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NZ$29.52
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Penguin paperback with notable cover design by David Pelham. 1970, first thus by Penguin. 314 pages. Small owner's inscription to front free endpage. Even toning to all pages, light small waterstain to first 2 pages. Robust and striking, the copy of Death Kit to keep. Item Price
NZ$29.52