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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life.
by KINGSOLVER, Barbara. Stephen L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Signed by the Barbara Kingsolver and Stephen Hopp on the title page. First edition / First printing. paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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NZ$171.20
What Is the What
by Dave Eggers
First Edition; A Near Fine book with no jacket as issued, wraparound band present to back board; only light shelf wear to the ends and edges, and some light spotting to the text block. Not remaindered, not ex-library; will ship in a sturdy box.
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NZ$42.80
Visions of Gerard
by Jack Kerouac
Penguin, New York, 1991. First trade paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, nicks and creasing at spine, price sticker on rear cover.Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood—the wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, evil, insight, suffering, delight, and shock—as they were revealed in the short tragic-happy life of his saintly brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, it...
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NZ$6.19
The Interruption of Everything
by Terry McMillan
Viking, New York, 2005. First edition. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket. light bumping at corners, slight nicks and creasing along dust jacket edges.Since Terry McMillan's breakout novel Waiting to Exhale surged onto the bestseller lists, critics and readers alike have been captivated by her irreverent, hilarious, pitch-perfect tales of women's lives and contemporary issues. With The Interruption of Everything, her sixth novel, McMillan takes on the fault lines of midlife and...
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NZ$6.19
Independence Day.
by FORD, Richard
Toronto: Little, Brown Canada: 1995. Signed by Richard Ford on the title page. First Canadian edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and the Pen Faulkner Award. Highly praised and much anticipated sequel to The Sportswriter. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 1995 List.
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NZ$342.40
UNDER SIEGE
by COONTS , Stephen , Career Pilot & Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross
London: Collins, 1991 FINE H/b in FINE D/j. 1st UK ed.Author's books have mastery of technical detail & psychological depth. Here is a heart-stopping suspense thriller, full of political intrigue, compelling characters and unexpected twists.His " Flight of the Intruder" was made into a major Film. 442pp.240x160mm [ blue cloth gilt titles, book as new] Dust Jacket not clipped, no fade. bright & clean fine. now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover Please see our...
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NZ$19.11
Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams
Hardcover Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Clean interior. Page block edges tanning, common for this title. Square spine. A collector's copy.
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NZ$642.00
THOMAS: A Novel of the Life, Passion and Miracles of Becket
by MYDANS, Shelley
London: Collins, 1965. A historical novel which tells the full story of Thomas Becket's life and death. 415 pages. Orange boards in jacket. Condition: The jacket is complete, but has moderate wear to the edges and darkening to the spine surface. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 22 cm x 14.5 Cm.
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NZ$31.85
Between Me and Life, a Biography of Romaine Brooks
by Meryle Secrest
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. xviii + 432 pp. Very Good/Good. FFP inscription: "To Pamela Sherek Very best wishes Meryle Secrest." Signed by Author. First Edition. Pamela Sherek, née Boscawen, was the wife of Henry Sherek, famed theatrical impressario.
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NZ$272.28
CAT'S PAW
by PRONZINI, Bill
Richmond, VA: Waves Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without a dustwrapper. Of 150 copies printed, this is one of 50 unnumbered copies bound in cloth and SIGNED by both the author and the binder.
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NZ$160.59
LAND OF UNLIKENESS Inscribed to Randall Jarrell
by LOWELL, Robert
(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Small ink date of 1944 at the bottom right corner of the title page, likely in Jarrell's hand. Mild sunning to the spine which has a small, neat repair at the head; lacking the plain tissue dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Fine box. Publisher's blue boards stamped in orange, title page printed in red and black with woodcut in blue by Gustav Wolf. Housed in a half blue morocco leather slipcase. Introduction by Allen Tate. Lowell's scarce...
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NZ$21,400.00
EXILE'S RETURN
by COWLEY, Malcolm
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Some wrinkling to the paper at the front joint with slight splitting, apparently a publisher's defect as the book has never been handled. Near Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with slight bubbling to the paper. Still in the original shipping box. Berenice Abbott. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9-5/8") bound in cloth-backed illustrated boards with the spine a dark brown natural-finish cloth woven in Holland and the sides covered with gray Fabriano Ingres...
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NZ$214.00
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THE VIKING [ Factual ]
by BAKER, Alan , Acclaimed Author
NEW JERSEY, US: JOHN WILEY & SONS Inc., 2004 Fine H/b as new.The author delves deep into history, culture & accomplishments creating a complex portrait of these seafaring warriors. 2004 First ed. 1st print. 10987654321.216pp. Fine/Fine [ Book & Dust Jacket as new, no insc., not price clipped ] 225x145mm Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale
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NZ$12.74
The 50/50 Killer
by Steve Mosby
Orion, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine unmarked book in dust jacket also fine except for very slight bumping at top
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NZ$21.24
Morning All Day
by Paling, Chris
Jonathan Cape, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Excellent clean and unmarked copy, pretty well as new. Unclipped, no inscriptions.
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NZ$16.99
New Moon (Special Edition)
by Stephenie Meyer
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Special Edition. Signed by author on Title page. First edition: September 2006 stated with numberline starting at "11." Hardcover text block tanning. Unclipped dust jacket with slight protrusion/crease at center of the spine (as pictured).
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NZ$239.68
WORDS OF WELCOME. An Address Deliverd by Archibald MacLeish at the Dinner for New Members of The Century Association. October 2, 1969
by MacLEISH, Archibald
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, Inc., [1969]. First Edition. Softcover. Rear cover a little soiled. About Fine. Printed pamphlet, 16 pages including covers. SIGNED by the poet on the front cover and dated "Conway December 1977." Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK...
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NZ$160.59
The Flower Net
by See, Lisa
Century, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Clean unread copy - jacket very slightly bumped
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NZ$10.62
The White Paper
by Jean Cocteau
1st English edition of Jean Cocteau s semi- autobiographical novel Le Livre Blanc , originally published anonymously in 1928. The preface and accompanying pen and ink illustrations to this edition give away Cocteau s authorship. An elliptical memoir of both a homoerotic and religious character, where he confesses both the awakening of his sexuality and the Catholic faith he would return to in his later years. The glaring typo to front wrap distinguishes this scarce 1st Olympia edition, bound in the...
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NZ$171.20
Saint Genet
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Pantheon Books, New York, 1983. First printing in this edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine creases, bottom corner crease on front cover, spine wrinkling and nicks, price sticker on rear cover.Saint Genet is Sartre's classic biography of Genet - thief, bastard, homosexual, convict, and one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century.
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NZ$9.93
Tunc
by Durrell, Lawrence
Faber and Faber, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine excellent clean, bright and tight copy. First printing
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NZ$14.87
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
by Robert Jordan
New, unread and unopened save for taking photos of signature and ISBN pages. Carefully stored in cool, dry conditions since purchase in 2003.Includes original leather bound slip case, also in new condition.
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NZ$3,702.08
The Greenway
by Adams, Jane
Macmillan, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine unmarked and unread copy.
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NZ$10.62
Mrs. Dalloway
by Woolf, Virginia
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. orange cloth. Very good. 296 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Backstrip nicked head and foot. Paper spine label. Interior contents clean, tiny owner signature front free endpaper.
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NZ$676.24
The Fourth Hand
by Irving, John
NY: Random House, 2001. SIGNED First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Published NY: Random House, 2001. First printing of the First Large Print edition. Signed by Author on the half title. Minor bumping to bottom rear corner, bookplate removal abrasion on front free end paper, otherwise near fine, clean, tight copy in dust jacket. Rare to find signed late Irving works - especially Large Print copies.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..
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NZ$214.00
