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Pirates at Play
by TREFUSIS, Violet
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- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-0
- Published
- 1950
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- Original cloth
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$790.13
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TREFUSIS, Violet. Pirates at Play. London: Michael Joseph, 1950.
Third impression. Presentation copy, inscribed in French by the author to her friend, Marie Blanche [de Polignac]: 'Pour Marie Blanche, ces Borgia bourgeois, son amie, Violette'.
Violet Trefusis (1894-1972) was a writer and a patron of the arts. She wrote novels (five in English, four in French), poems, essays, and plays. She is… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$790.13
The Seasonal Quartet: Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer [and] Companion Piece
by SMITH, Ali
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2016-2022
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- Original cloth
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$737.45
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SMITH, Ali. The Seasonal Quartet: Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer [and] Companion Piece. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2016-2022.
A complete set of Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet, plus the Companion Piece, the follow up to the Quartet. All signed first editions, first impressions, except Autumn (5th printing; not signed).
5 volumes. 260, 322, 336, 384, 226 pp.8vo, original cloth, minor bumping to bottom corners of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$737.45
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue
by BENJAMIN, Melanie
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9780345528698
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$158.02
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BENJAMIN, Melanie. The Swans of Fifth Avenue. Delacorte Press, 2016
First edition, first printing. Signed.
This is a novel about New York "swans" of the 1950s, and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.
HB (ISBN: 9780345528698). 341 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item Price
NZ$158.02
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The Swans
by Sir Peter Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
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- 1972
- ISBN
- 9780718107079
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- 1
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$136.96
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SCOTT, Peter; The Wildfowl Trust. The Swans. London: Michael Joseph, 1972.
First edition. Signed by Peter Scott. Swans are fascinating birds, and this book is certainly a must-have on the subject. Chapters include Classification, Distribution and Migration, Family Life, Art, Heraldry and Mythology, Conservation, and more.
Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was an artist, writer, ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. In 1946 he founded… Read more about this item Item Price
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Swan Song
by GREENBERG-JEPHCOTT, KELLEIGH.
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First edition
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- 2018
- ISBN
- 9781786331052
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$200.17
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GREENBERG-JEPHCOTT, KELLEIGH. Swan Song. London, Hutchinson, 2018.
Exclusive signed first edition, limited to 250 copies (this is copy #97/250). As new in strikingly stylish white swan dust jacket. Playlist loosely inserted. With original Marella Agnelli bookmark.
Author's debut novel, an entertaining and spellbinding reimagining of one of the most fascinating literary scandals - the epic fall out between Truman Capote and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$200.17
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Diamond Lil
by WEST, Mae
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- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1949
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$1,369.55
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WEST, Mae. Diamond Lil. New York: Sheridan House, 1949.
Mae West (1893-1980), legendary film star and sex symbol of the Golden age of Hollywood, was also a very successful playwright and screenwriter. She wrote and produced her own plays and scripts, and she starred in her scenarios on stage and screen. Such is the case with Diamond Lil, which was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Happy Times
by Lee Radziwill
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2000
- ISBN
- 9782843232503
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- 1
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$948.15
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RADZIWILL, Lee. Happy Times. New York: Assouline, 2000.
First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author.
Half notebook, half photo album, Happy Times, presents Lee Radziwill's reminiscences of the 1960s, a period of her life that was particularly rich and exciting. Rather than offering a chronological story, the book evokes people, places and moments, and takes us back to one of the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$948.15
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First Garden
by GUEST, C.Z.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1976
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- Original cloth.
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$800.66
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GUEST, C.Z. First Garden. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1976.
With an Introduction by Truman Capote. Illustrations in the book and dust jacket by Cecil Beaton. Book design by Bea Feitler.
First edition. This was Guest's first of several books on gardening. Warmly inscribed in Guest's typical green pen, "To John [Loring?], with great admiration, Happy gardening, C.Z. Guest, Jan '79."
4to, original… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story
by DALTREY, Roger
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2018
- ISBN
- 9781788700283
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$474.08
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DALTREY, Roger. Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story. London: Blink Publishing, 2018.
First edition, first printing. Signed to title-page. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey's autobiography. This is the story of My Generation, Tommy and Quadrophenia, of smashed guitars, exploding drums, cars in swimming pools, fights, arrests, and redecorated hotel rooms. Arguably one of the greatest rock singers to emerge from… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$474.08
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In Tearing Haste
by MOSLEY, Charlotte (Ed.)
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9780719568589
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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NZ$600.50
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MOSLEY, Charlotte (Ed.). In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 2008.
First edition, first impression. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor, the Duchess of Devonshire, and the editor, Charlotte Mosley.
This book of letters is a record of the lifelong friendship between Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire – youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters, and celebrated… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$600.50
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Le Coeur a ses raisons;
by WINDSOR, Wallis Duchess of
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First French edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Original cloth
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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WINDSOR, Wallis Duchess of (1896-1986). Le Coeur a ses raisons, les mémoires de la Duchesse de Windsor. Paris: Del Luca, 1956.
First French edition. The English edition published under the name The Heart Has Its Reasons.
Signed and inscribed by the Duchess of Windsor to Lucienne Rabaté (1885-1960), the renowned hat designer known as the greatest milliner of the Roaring Twenties, who… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by WARHOL, Andy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- 8vo, qtr cloth
- ISBN
- 9780151890507
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- 1
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Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Warhol ('AW') to half-title.
A loosely formed autobiography, told with Warhol's trademark blend of irony and detachment, this compelling and eccentric memoir riffs and reflects on all things Warhol: New York, America, and his… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,253.67