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The Road [1st Ed]
by McCarthy, Cormac
First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. First Edition of McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning, post-apocalyptic classic. The American writing great's 10th novel. First edition, stated [Knopf, New York, 2006] in fine condition, slight crease dustjacket front flap. Winner of the Pulitzer and James Tait Memorial Prize. Deceptively simple post-apocalyptic tale following the journey of a father and son through the bleak landscape. Adapted into a film of the same name in 2009.
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NZ$445.04
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers
by Tom Rachman
NY: The Dial Press, 2014. SIGNED. Brand New. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending with 1. Signed by Tom Rachman on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Opened only for photos. Dust jacket is unclipped ($27.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. From the author of The Italian...
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NZ$81.71
The Pickwick Papers: Some Bibliographical Remarks
by Bay, J. Christian
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1938. "An address delivered before the Caxton Club, January Sixteenth, 1937", discussing the illustrator Robert Seymour's share of the credit for creating Pickwick, and various states of text & one illustration in early issues of the book. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling, blind-stamped decoration. One of 250 copies printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press in Boston. Light wear to corners; previous owner's name in pencil on front end sheet;...
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NZ$85.11
Fish Out of Water
by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust wrapper in protective film. Good, wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper (particularly at the head and tail of the spine), previous owners name on front paste down, contents clean, bright and tight.
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NZ$21.27
Dahl's Boston
by Morton, Charles W
Boston: Atlantic Monthly / Little, Brown and Company, 1946. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dahl, Francis W.. 157pp. Oblong 8vo. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. Tan cloth covers, red decoration, no dj. Corners worn, some soiling and fading to covers, endpapers darkened and lightly spotted and front endpaper lightly creased. Front endpaper boldly SIGNED by author and illustrator.
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NZ$76.60
DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology
by Elizabeth R. Wollheim and Sheila E. Gilbert (Editors)
Daw Books, New York, 2002. First printing. Condition: Near fine in very good plus dust jacket, book has light edge bumps, dust jacket has light edge wear and light scuffing.To celebrate DAW Books's 30 years of publishing in the sf and fantasy genres, Wollheim and Gilbert have assembled authors who have published under the DAW banner and whose works have made significant contributions to the field of imaginative literature. An essay by the editors relates the history of DAW and its founders, Donald and...
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NZ$12.40
The Harp and the Blade
by Myers, John Myers
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1941. Author's first novel, an adventure set in tenth-century France, in which the teller, an Irish minstrel named Finnian and his friend Conan (not THE Conan) battle perfidious Danes & cranky Franks while protecting the Abbey of St. Charles. Stated first edition (first printing). Hardcover, full brown cloth, blue titling & decoration. Light wear to book; minor tanning to jacket spine, near fine. Scarce, particularly in this condition.. First Edition....
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NZ$595.77
Otherwise Known As Te Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews 1989-2010
by Dyer, Geoff
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011. Collection of essays & reviews on/of a wide range of subjects, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Stout paperback, as pictured; stated first Graywolf printing with full number string. Shows some wear, dings & scuffs, dents to rar cover, black marker spot to bottom edge. Text clean; xii, 431, [3] pages.. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo.
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NZ$59.58
Lost Boy Lost Girl
by Peter Straub
New York: Random House. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2003. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A beautiful unread copy of the 1st US edition. Winner of the 2003 Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel as well as the 2003 IHG Best Novel Award. Signed by Straub on the title page. Book and jacket both in very fine condition, jacket now with a brodart cover. ; Signed by Author .
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NZ$59.58
From Cairo to the Cataract
by Carson, Blanche Mabury
L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1909. Original Hardcover V. Good First Edition. Decorative endpapers, Rough cut pages on fore-edge and lower edge sound and tight. ; 330pp + 47pls. ; In protective jacket.
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NZ$77.88
Lizard Radio
by Schmatz, Pat
Somerville MA: Candlewick Press, 2015. Young adult life at a strange camp in a universe not quite ours, but with similasr problems of identity & belonging. SIGNED by the author on the title page, with sketch of a lizard. Stated first edition (first printing) with full number string. Black hardcover, silver titling. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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NZ$42.56
Journey on the James
by Earl Swift
Book Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and tight. Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Slight shelf wear. See photos.
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NZ$59.58
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle [Advance Reader's Edition]
by Wroblewski, David
New York: Ecco Press, 2008. ARC/uncorrected proof edition of this bestseller, a drama of murder, family trouble & dogs in rural Wisconsin. Stout paperback. General wear, edges rubbed, rear cover creased with faint stain, light staining to a few lower page margins. Text clean; [10], 562 pages.. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Good. 6¼" by 9".
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NZ$21.28
Great Ascents - a Narrative History of Mountaineering (Rare Double Signed)
by Eric Newby
David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edit, 1st imp, hbk, pub by David & Charles, nr. FineBook, flat signed by the author without dedication & his wife (as book dedicated to her) , no names or inscriptions, full of photographs, probably unread, fine++ DJ, un-clipped, 25 x 23cm, normally just scarce in this condition but this a great unique copy with both signatures, copy of above signed postcard laid in, Book deals not only with successful ascents...
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NZ$161.71
New York Style (Icons)
by Christiane Reiter and Daisann McLane, Angelika Taschen (Editor)
Taschen, 2006. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps.Beginning with archival images of the Big Apple from the past century, and blooming with gorgeous photos of the city's most beautiful and unique interiors, this book explores the real New York inside and out.
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NZ$4.92
The Company Owns the Tools
by Vicar, Henry
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1942. Novel of labor strife: naif Hollis gets a job at an auto factory, becomes embroiled in union activism & company thuggery. Purports to present a neutral and unbiased viewpoint. Hardcover, orangish cloth, blue titling. Light wear, but desperate proletariat mouse has nibbled the head of the spine and top of the rear board; jacket edgeworn with some chipping, short tears, faded spine, light rubbing & foxing; ink name, endsheets tanned. Text clean; 243 pages.....
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NZ$59.58
The Thirteenth Juror: A Tale Out of Court
by Hill, Frederick Trevor
New York: Century Co., 1913. Novel of a small-town legal battle. First edition (first printing). Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling & ornament. Light wear to book, faint stain on spine, ink name rubberstamped inside front cover, a little foxing to pages adjacent to the plates. Text clean; [10], 211 pages, 8 illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. Octavo.
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NZ$42.56
Fishing Tackle Antiques
by Jackie Simpson (Assembler)
Leather bound. Book in Very Good condition. Pages clean and tight. Gift message to prior owner on pastedown.
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NZ$102.13
The Waters of Eternal Youth
by Donna Leon
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016 Signed First American Edition, first printing. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York 2016. 292 pages. Book is fine with the full number line starting with '1', Dustwrapper is fine and unclipped.
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NZ$71.13NZ$56.90
Tales of Daring and Danger
by G A Henty
Collection of short stories: Bears & Dacoits; The Paternosters; A Pipe of Mystery; White-faced Dick; A Brush with the Chinese.Follows Newbolt 42.1 in all respects except no date on t.p. However, inscription on ep has prize dedication for 1889.Gutenberg has same binding as this copy.Decoration of dots, etc in red and black with gentians in circle.Title on bd. and sp. gilt.2 plates as called for.Sl. cockedTear to btm r. corner of ep.
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NZ$53.22
Rainbow's End
by Grimes, Martha
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover, stated first edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light wear to book & jacket, near fine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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NZ$25.53
Scotland Expects
by J Storer Clouston
A very good, solid copy in bright orange cloth covers with black lettering to font and spine. Extremely rare dust jacket with creasing, chips, tears and some loss at extremities.
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NZ$223.60
LUXE World Grand Tour Box Set
These iconic pocket-sized, ultra-savvy concertina guides are housed in this gorgeous World Grand Tour Box featuring a deep purple velvet covering with gilt lettering. Included are Bangkok, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. There are 12 matt-laminated fold out guides that have never been used. LUXE City Guides in this elegant handmade box make a fantastic travel gift. Some first editions are included e.g. New York
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NZ$133.51
Let's Kill Uncle Lionel
by York, Jeremy [John Creasey]
London: Andrew Melrose, 1947. Three nephews & a niece deal with their difficult uncle; Inspector Folly resolves. First British edition (first printing). Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Some wear to book; price-clipped (but with 6/- sticker added) jacket rubbed and creased, chipped; spine spotted with chipped ends. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Duodecimo.
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NZ$102.13
