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By Rocking Chair Across Russia
by Atkinson, Alex and Ronald Searle
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1960
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$24.96
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First edition. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards with red fabric over the spine. Gilt print on the spine and red decoration on the front cover. The paper is split at the lower rear corner. Fading on the spine and an area of the front cover where the neighboring book was a bit smaller. A humorous telling of the author's… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$24.96
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Better Bed Manners
by Hopton, Ralph Y. and Anne Balliol
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second printing
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$84.18
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Paper covered boards, worn through at three of the four corners. Additional wear at the top of the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Two owner's names on the front endpaper. A quite amusing book on people in bed. Depression-era humor at its best. This is quite the rare book, one that… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$84.18
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Moscow
by Gallico, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1976
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$30.88
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A rare paperback, it has not been treated too well. The front cover was coming loose from the bottom of the spine until someone decided to put a stop to that with a piece of clear tape. A tear from the lower edge of the back cover has also been repaired with tape that was added to the inside. The… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$30.88
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Cheaper by the Dozen
by Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$36.38
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First edition, first printing. A memoir written by two of the twelve children in the family. Illustrated. A story made famous by Hollywood with movies in 1950, starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, 2003, with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, and 2022, with Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff (Disney+). A humorous telling of the 14-member household,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$36.38
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9781335430991
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$17.34
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Translated from the original Japanese. First published in Japan in 2015. A story about a special coffee shop where some people are able to travel back in time, but only until the coffee cools. Very little wear, to book or dust jacket. Item Price
NZ$17.34
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Sizzling Sixteen
by Evanovich, Janet
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2010
- ISBN
- 9780312383305
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$19.46
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First edition, first printing. Book shows very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than a small black mark on the lower page edges. The dust jacket shows a bit of crimping along the edges. The sixteenth of thirty novels (so far) in the Stephanie Plum series. (And she's still in her 30s.) Item Price
NZ$19.46
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
by Evanovich, Janet
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780312383282
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$19.88
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First edition, first printing. Very little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with a few light spots on the top edge.. Number fifteen in the series that reached thirty last year. Item Price
NZ$19.88
A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Snicket, Lemony
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Volumes 6-13 are first edition, first printing
- Published
- 1999-2006
- ISBN
- 9780064407663
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$143.40
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A full set of the Lemony Snicket masterpiece. Perhaps not quite a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa, or the Roman aqueducts, or a really well-prepared filet mignon, but the best he's ever done (or so it's been said, perhaps even by Daniel Handler). Anyway, volumes six through thirteen are first editions with complete number lines. Some volumes… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$143.40
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Ronald Searle's Golden Oldies, 1941-1961
by Searle, Ronald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN
- 9781851451029
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$46.53
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First edition thus. A retrospective of Searle's first 20 years of exceptional cartooning. All illustrations in black and white. No dust jacket (likely as published). Very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with decorated endpapers. Item Price
NZ$46.53
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by Searle, Ronald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1976
- ISBN
- 9780828902649
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$22.42
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A collection of Ronald Searle's cat cartoons, all in color. The book shows very little wear and the pages are clean and unmarked, other than a brief inscriptionon the front endpaper. The dust jacket has a spot of wear at the top of the spine, is a little discolored, and is price-clipped. A somewhat scarce book. … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$22.42
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Dick Deadeye
by Searle, Ronald and Jeremy Hornsby
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First American edition, second printing
- Published
- 1975
- ISBN
- 9780151256006
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$25.38
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Red fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine, showing very little wear and one small stain on the front. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, except for the owner's name on the front endpaper. The endpapers are decorated with more of Searle's drawings, featuring Little Buttercup on the front and the Major General on the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$25.38
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The Great Fur Opera
by Searle, Ronald & Kildare Dobbs
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Published
- 1970
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$35.53
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A somewhat irreverent history of the Hudson's Bay Company, commissioned upon their 300th anniversary and originally distributed on that anniversary to all of the modern-day employees of said company. This somewhat comic history is accompanied by Ronald Searle's extravagant and often satirical art work. The clipped dust jacket shows wear at the edges, including a small collection of tears, none… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$35.53
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Ronald Searle's Big Fat Cat Book
by Searle, Ronald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 1982
- ISBN
- 9780316778985
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$41.03
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No dust jacket, probably as distributed. Stated as first American edition. A collection of Searle's cat comics, most in color. I can find no significant wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The endpapers are decorated with more of Searle's cats. This is a moderately scarce book. Item Price
NZ$41.03
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The Complete Molesworth
by Willans, Geoffrey and Ronald Searle
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN
- 9781851450015
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$38.07
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Little wear. The spine has a pair of creases, but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Observations from the consummate blockhead, Nigel Molesworth, on life in the English boarding school of the 1950s. Magnificently illustrated by the brilliantly comic artist Richard Searle. Item Price
NZ$38.07
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The Composer is Dead
by Snicket, Lemony
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780061236273
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$18.19
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First edition. Book shows very little wear. Dust jacket has a little flaring along the bottom edge and has a 3 cm tear up from the bottom of the spine, inexpertly repaired with a single piece of tape. The CD is still in its pouch, which has never been opened. Item Price
NZ$18.19
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Hollyhocks and Goldenglow
by Hubbard, Elbert
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1912
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$84.18
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The tooled leather cover has deteriorated substantially, with the two layers of the front cover having separated (photo #5) and the leather beginning to pull away from the spine (photo #6). Loss of leather has occurred along many edges. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The bookmark ribbon is still present, but no longer attached. An interesting… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$84.18
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My Crowd
by Addams, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Published
- 2003
- ISBN
- 9780760749678
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$59.22
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Very little wear. Or less. Back before there was the Far Side, there was Charles Addams, taking our sense of humor in completely unexpected directions in a single panel comic motif. From a set of recurring characters, we've received three different versions of the Addams Family on television and in movies. Here is a reprint of a classic collection of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$59.22
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Don Camillo Takes The Devil by the Tail, plus Don Camillo and His Flock
by Guareschi, Giovanni
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 1957
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$53.72
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First American edition. Translated from the original Italian. Dust jacket shows significant wear, with tears at all the corners and along the edges, and a piece missing from the rear lower right (see photos). Light green fabric covered boards with an embossed image on the front and gilt print and decoration stamped on the spine. The fabric is darkened along… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$53.72
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O Ye Jigs & Juleps!
by Hudson, Virginia Cary
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1964
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$14.38
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This book is a collection of humorous essays written by a 10-year-old young lady in 1904. After fifty years in a scrapbook, they were copied by by the author's daughter, who then found a publisher, with the book being released in 1962. It went on to spend 66 weeks on the New York Times best seller list. … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$14.38
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Long, Long Ago
by Woollcott, Alexander
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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NZ$12.27
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A collection of columns orginally published in a variety of magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The Readers Digest, and Good Housekeeping. These essays were originally published between 1930 and 1943. Book shows some wear at the corners and along the edges. Most significantly is a tear in the spine along the back edge from the top and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$12.27