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Chasing the Horizon

Chasing the Horizon

by Thomas Kinkade and Patrick Kinkade

Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers,1997. SIGNED. 1st/1st. F/NF. First Edition. First Printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed on a Book Tour 1991 bookplate by Thomas Kinkade, Patrick Kinkade, and William Thomas Kinkade II. On the preceding page, Patrick Kinkade has inscribed "To Stacy, God Bless" with a drawing of an open book and "Book Tour 1997" written beneath the drawing. Book is tight and square with solid hinges. Front top corner mildly bumped, else boards are clean and... Read more about this item
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NZ$77.04
HOMESTEAD

HOMESTEAD

by WILSON, Keith

(San Francisco): (Kayak), (1969). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Robert McChesney. Decorated wraps. Illustrated with color prints by Robert McChesney. One of 1000 copies. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1972 to the poet William Meredith: "For Bill/with admiration for his work/& in friendship." Laid in is a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Wilson to Meredith.
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NZ$171.20
Contes De Ma Soeur l'Oie

Contes De Ma Soeur l'Oie

by Fort, Paul (SIGNED)

Paris: Armand Jules Klein, 1931. Original Wraps. Very Good. Gino Severini. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, printed in black and red. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PAUL FORT TO MADAME CHRISTIAN SCHRAM JUNIOR, with a bound-in page stating: "Exemplaire de Madame Christian Schram Junior" also with a 10 line poem, initialed and dated "1932" my Mr. Fort. Number 35 of 200 copies for friends of the author, additionally initialed beneath the copy number 35, "P.F." A few small chips to edges of wrappers, which are... Read more about this item
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NZ$256.80
MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Hardcover. A few pages unopened. Spine slightly darkened with minor wear to the tips. Near Fine and scarce. Original gilt-decorated white linen, the gift binding, one of only 100 copies bound thus from a total edition of 2000. Both BAL 5250 and Myerson A28.1.a note that the earliest inscribed copies are dated 1 May 1867, May Day. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author as "R. W. Emerson" to Mrs. Anna C. Lowell on 1 May 1867 on the first blank. Anna Cabot Lowell... Read more about this item
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NZ$18,190.00
Filosofia della Pratica. Economica ed etica

Filosofia della Pratica. Economica ed etica

by Croce, Benedetto

Bari: Gius, Laterza & Fig, 1909. Octavo xix, 418 pages. Index, bibliographic notes. FIRST EDITION. One of the most important Italian speculative texts of the twentieth century, the third volume of the author's Philosophy of the Spirit. "Alcuni capitoli della terza parte erano stati anticipati nella memoria: Riduzione della filosofia del diritto alla filosofia dell'economia, letta all'Accademia Pontaniana di Napoli ... 1907" In salmon colored wrappers; small chip from lower right corner of front panel,... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,054.40
The Double Anniversary: ’76 and ’63. A Fourth of July Address Delivered at Quincy, Mass

The Double Anniversary: ’76 and ’63. A Fourth of July Address Delivered at Quincy, Mass

by Charles Francis Adams, Jr

8vo. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Boston: Wm. Parsons Lunt. 1869. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the cover, "John Bartlett with respect of C. F. A. Jr. " Charles Francis Adams, Jr. was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on December 28, 1861. He fought with distinction during the Gettysburg Campaign, where his company was heavily engaged at the Battle of Aldie. On September 8, 1864 he was commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 5th... Read more about this item
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NZ$299.60
FRINGE OF THE CLOUDS

FRINGE OF THE CLOUDS

by Livingston, Philip

London: Johnson, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good+. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "SINCERELY YOURS" BY PHILIP LIVINGSTON ON FFEP. Owner inscription above author's inscription. Very good+ copy with slight edge wear in a very good+ dust jacket with minimal edge wear. x, 254 pp.
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NZ$128.40
OUR TOWN

OUR TOWN

by WILDER, Thornton

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, crisp copy with the typical mild sunning along the cloth edges; bookplate of someone named Comstock on the front pastedown hidden by the inside dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is complete but for a small chip at the heel of the spine affecting the last two letters of "Coward" and "McCann." Other than that there are just a few scrapes to the rear panel and light edgewear. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Winner of the... Read more about this item
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NZ$12,840.00
Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia 73 Artists [Inscribed & signed by Author]

Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia 73 Artists [Inscribed & signed by Author]

by Berry, Michael

Kunyung, Victoria: Krispin P/L. 2003. Oblong Quarto Size [approx 30.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Two business cards have been sticky-taped to pages 42 & 70. Inscribed by the author on title page. 148 pages. Looks at the works of 73 Australian artists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$33.15
LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE POETS AND NON-POETS

LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE POETS AND NON-POETS

by Van Duyn, Mona (Anthony Hecht)

St. Louis: [Privately printed], 1991. First edition. Rare, privately printed book of poetry published for her friends after she had won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for NEAR CHANGES (1990) over Anthony Hecht's THE TRANSPARENT MAN. The final poem in the volume, "Long Stretch Minimalist Sonnet IXX (for Howard)," which is pasted to the blank opposing p.28, speaks directly to her win ("You were out of town/ for the smashing surprise:/ my head's heavy disguise/ in a Pulitzer crown ..."). INSCRIBED TO... Read more about this item
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NZ$770.40
Angels

Angels

by Johnson, Denis (SIGNED)

New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Author's first novel; an immaculate copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON HALF-TITLE PAGE BY DENIS JOHNSON. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst with his armorial bookplate laid-in. 209 pp. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket, first edition, stated.
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NZ$676.24
GOOD & DEAD **INSCRIBED COPY**

GOOD & DEAD **INSCRIBED COPY**

by Langton, Jane

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1986. 1st ed. fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket. Illustrated by Langton. INSCRIBED COPY with illustration by Langton on half-title page. "This agreeably malevolent book has a goodly number of its scenes set in the Old West Church of Nashoba, where far too many of the seemingly virtuous and righteous villagers have murder on their minds. The interplay of the pious teachings from the pulpit and the ensuing mayhem is deftly handled, as the... Read more about this item
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NZ$57.52
BEYOND THE HORIZON. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

BEYOND THE HORIZON. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

by O'NEILL, Eugene G

New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First Edition. Hardcover. Both hinges split nearly completely with covers loose but still attached. Dampstain to bottom third of spine extending partly to the covers but not showing internally. A Good copy at best with a fine inscription. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Edith---/With all my best, and/in the hope that our dune-/hiking took off a pound or/two/Gene/Provincetown, Nov. 1920." Edith was the wife of Frank Shay, one of... Read more about this item
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NZ$8,560.00
A FURTHER RANGE

A FURTHER RANGE

by FROST, Robert

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1936). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on the front endpaper. Spine sunned. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A later printing of the First Trade Edition of Frost's third Pulitzer Prize winner. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to a professor at the University of Texas, Philip Graham, with two stanzas, a total of eight lines, from the poem "A Drumlin Woodchuck," which is included in this volume: "My own strategic retreat/Is... Read more about this item
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NZ$10,700.00
The Spinning of a Dream The Story of John Shaw Neilson (Inscribed by Hugh Anderson)

The Spinning of a Dream The Story of John Shaw Neilson (Inscribed by Hugh Anderson)

by Anderson, Hugh & Blake, Les

Ascot Vale: Red Rooster Press. 1986. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Light rubbing to spine edges. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed by Hugh Anderson on the Title Page. 216 pages + Blibliography & Index.. Originally published in 1972. This edition limited to 750 copies. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$19.89
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald with Illustrations By Willy Pogany

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald with Illustrations By Willy Pogany

by Fitzgerald, Edward

New York (1930): Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Full-Leather. Quarto, SIGNED 3 times by Willy Pogany; number 222 of 500 copies for America and 750 copies for sale in England. Bound in full green morocco, with a small red and gilt circular device on front panel; top edge gilt, others uncut, printed on fine hand-made paper; with 12 mounted color plates. Inscribed on half-title "To Major Parker Cromwell Kelloch with my best compliments / Xmas 1930 / Willy Pogany." Signed again on the limitation page... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,140.00
Histoire de la Milice Canadienne-Française 1760-1897; Humblement dédiée à S.M. La Reine Victoria à l'occasion de son soixantième anniversaire de Règne par le Colonel et les Officiers du 85th Bataillon de la Milice Volontaire du Canada. Illustrée de portraits et de gravures originales

Histoire de la Milice Canadienne-Française 1760-1897; Humblement dédiée à S.M. La Reine Victoria à l'occasion de son soixantième anniversaire de Règne par le Colonel et les Officiers du 85th Bataillon de la Milice Volontaire du Canada. Illustrée de portraits et de gravures originales

by SULTE, Benjamin

Montreal: Desbarats & Cie, 1897. First Edition. Good. [PRESENTATION COPY] Hardcover : pp. (7) 8-147 [2] (9, Advertisements) : photo portraits : floral printed e.p.s : red pebbled boards with borders in blind and top board lettered in gilt : presentation inscription on half title to "Major General Hutton, Commanding the Militia of Canada from A D Aubry, Lt Col, Com'dg' 85th Batt." : in a different hand "Ottowa '99". Corners bumped; head and tail of spine tender and abraded; some abrasions, marks, and... Read more about this item
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NZ$552.55
Eros. A Series of Connected Poems - Inscribed By the Author

Eros. A Series of Connected Poems - Inscribed By the Author

by Somerville, Lorenzo

London: Trubner and Co, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 12mo. Inscribed on FEP, "Compliments of the Author." 12mo. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt; yellow coated end papers; 142 pages. Internally clean; unopened. Cloth shows lighter areas, but very little wear; very good+.
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NZ$256.80
Napoleon

Napoleon

by Ludwig, Emil (SIGNED)

Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1925. First Edition (in German). Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. True first edition. 695 pages; original navy blue cloth, printed in gilt. SIGNED AND DATED BY EMIL LUDWIG ON TITLE PAGE AND A 1942 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT LUDWIG ALSO INSCRIBED AND LAID-IN. Bookplate of Frost collector Earle Bernheimer and 4 stamps with images of Napoleon and Josephine on the front pastedown and ffep. A fine copy in a contemporary quarter leather slipcase, with chemise.
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NZ$684.80
America’s First Crusade.

America’s First Crusade.

by HOOVER, HERBERT

Presentation copy inscribed by Hoover to Stanford ProfessorFrontispiece. 8vo. Original cloth, in dust wrapper. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Printing, with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. Presentation copy inscribed by Hoover on the front endpaper, "To Prof. Eliot Jones (and Mrs. Jones) With the wishes for a Happy New Year (if any) Herbert Hoover." Eliot Jones, author of five books, was a professor at Stanford (Hoover's alma mater) for 35 years. Dust wrapper slightly chipped at... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,284.00
Half of Paradise (Inscribed)

Half of Paradise (Inscribed)

by Burke, James Lee

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. Octavo, 312 pages, publisher's tan cloth, top edges stained tan (with faint remainder mark); pictorial dust jacket, with $4.95 on front flap, faint stain at top of rear panel. Inscribed on title page to booksellers Charles and Sandy Parkhurst: "To Chuck and Sandy, / All the best, / James Lee Burke" with Charles Parkhurst armorial bookplate laid in. A handsome copy, with staple holes at top of FEP.
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NZ$1,369.60
Over the Teacups.

Over the Teacups.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Inscribed)

First Edition. Presentation copy.Inscribed to Madison Cawein.Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Original green cloth, gold-stamped. Boston and New York 1891. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front endpaper to the poet Madison Cawein, "Madison Cawein With the kind regards of Oliver Wendell Holmes Boston October 12th 1891". Also inscribed by Cawein.Madison Cawein's poetry extolled the fields and forests, springs and flowers of Kentucky. Joyce Kilmer adjudged him the greatest nature poet of his... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,626.40
COLLECTOR'S SMALL ARCHIVE OF SIGNED BOOKS, CORRESPONDENCE, BROADSIDE, and EPHEMERA; [Including TYPED LETTER SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED, and an inscribed copy of the very limited, true first edition of Gallagher's first book, PORTABLE KISSES, published in 1978 by Sea Pen Press]

COLLECTOR'S SMALL ARCHIVE OF SIGNED BOOKS, CORRESPONDENCE, BROADSIDE, and EPHEMERA; [Including TYPED LETTER SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED, and an inscribed copy of the very limited, true first edition of Gallagher's first book, PORTABLE KISSES, published in 1978 by Sea Pen Press]

by Gallagher, Tess; Raymond Carver

Various places: Various publishers, 1978 - 2007. Collection assembled by Allen K. Mears. Includes 2-page TLS from Gallagher with extensive handwritten portion and two enclosures; Autograph Postcard Signed from Gallagher; 4 books (2 are later printings) signed and/or inscribed by Gallagher; a broadside signed by Gallagher; a few items of ephemera related to Carver; correspondence with artist and publisher Suzanne Ferris of Sea Pen Press; and copies of Mears' own letters. TYPED LETTER SIGNED -- evidently... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,284.00
Le Lion et Son Ombre

Le Lion et Son Ombre

by Isherwood, Christopher (SIGNED by the Translator)

Paris: Sagittaire, 1947. Original Wraps. Very Good. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MAURICE-IAN HILLERET, THE TRANSLATOR. 12mo; original gray printed wrappers. Publisher's ad laid in. "Presentation Copy" stamped on front wrapper. A very good copy.
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NZ$214.00
MEMOIRS. YEAR OF DECISIONS and YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, both volumes SIGNED

MEMOIRS. YEAR OF DECISIONS and YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, both volumes SIGNED

by TRUMAN, Harry

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1955) & (1956). First Edition. hardcovers. Seim's bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. Near Fine in price-clipped, Very Good dustwrappers with a little edgewear. Early but not first printings of each volume. Each copy is INSCRIBED to Captain Jack H. Seim and SIGNED by the author on the half-title pages on 28 September 1965. Truman usually only signed one volume, most often the first, of the set, and it is uncommon to find both volumes signed,... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,675.00
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