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Fiction by Country Books & Ephemera
Station Eleven
by St. John Mandel, Emily
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The brilliant Netflix series. First Edition stated. An absolutely beautiful copy in ochre boards and dark blue spine with gilt lettering. Sharp corners, clean interior with tight binding - likely unread. Jacket is unclipped ($24.95) with one tiny scuff to spine along front edge.
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NZ$161.98
Leaning on the Wind
by Haysom, Bevan V
Auckland, New Zealand: Beverly Mills Publishing Co. , 1996. Card Covers. 307pp. Mild cover wear, surface reading crease to spine. Contents clean and tight. Novel about pioneer life in New Zealand.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$20.46
Tarr
by Lewis, Wyndham
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The author's classic novel. First issue by Methuen. A nice copy in grey boards with blue title panels and red to type. Light fading to spine and tanning to page ends and endpapers. Some foxing to page ends, endpapers and first and last several pages. Sharp corners and tight binding. No writing. Jacket is unclipped with4 inch tear to spine that has some tape residue and shadows. Some foxing/tanning to spine and periphery of...
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NZ$51.15
The House of Templemore
by Lawlor, Pat
New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1938. Publisher's Original Red Cloth, black lettering to spine. 257pp. + 14 page list of other New Zealand titles. Spine faded, lightly rubbed at tips. Light foxing to outer edge of text block. No signatures, bright and clean internally, text block tightly bound. Recreation of the author's Wellington childhood.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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NZ$59.68
Anatomy of Criticism - Four Essays
by Frye, Northrop
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. In teal cloth with purple title panel and design motif and gilt to type. Previous owner's name to ffep and a few marks, underlines in pencil, otherwise clean with sharp corners and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped ($6.00) with several large tears at spine ends and a few corners, smaller tears, chips, fading to edges and tanning to spine.
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NZ$68.20
Susan On Saturday
by Graham, Susan
Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1959. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 194pp. B/w Drawings. No inscriptions. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has price intact, light wear to spine tips and corners. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ron Stenberg. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$25.58
The Long White Cloud
by Rogers, Ray Mount
New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited , 1960. Red cloth, gilt text to spine. 346 pp. Ffep has name crossed out. Rear fep p/o details. Small spot on rear pastedown. Pages clean, binding tight. DJ has price intact, sunned spine, wear to spine tips and corners, rear panel has two small pen scribbles and what appears to be the outline of a tape mark to top and bottom edge. New Zealand Historical Fiction set in the early 20th century. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"...
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NZ$30.69
A Million Dreams Away
by Carman, Dulce
London: Hutchinson, 1956. Green cloth, black text to spine. 195 pp. Cloth on rear cover has a surface dampstain, no mark on pastedown. Ffep has name and two tiny bookstore stamps. Very slight slant to spine. Pages clean, binding firm. "Set against the fascinating background of New Zealand, this novel concerns the loves of two beautiful girls, one of whom finds that she has a strange and unexpected heritage".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" -...
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NZ$30.69
The Settlement
by Haley, Russell
Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder and Stoughton , 1986. Black boards, white text to spine. Illustrated endpapers by Ian Haley. 177 pp. A tight, clean copy. DJ designed by Hal Chapman, minor shelfwear. One of New Zealand's most original writers of poetry and short stories, Russell Haley achieves in The Settlement a superbly crafted and fascinating novel. A major event in New Zealand fiction. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$20.46
Sleepers Can Kill : A Collins Novel of Suspense
by Simon Jay
256pp. Ffep bears previous owner's name and original price crossed out on top corner. Two small spots to top edge. Contents unmarked. Priceclipped dust jacket has mild sunning to spine.
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NZ$20.46
A Gun in My Hand
by Slatter, Gordon
London: Hutchinson, 1960. Black cloth, red and white text on spine. pp.232. Light shelfwear. Remainder marks to lower edge of text block. Lightly foxed eps and text block edge. New Zealand Fiction.. First Published. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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NZ$11.94
The Islander
by Dorman, T. E
Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd , 1974. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. 178 pp. Cloth rubbed at spine tips and lower tips of boards. Wite-out marks to top edge of Ffep. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has mildly sunned spine with light shelfwear. "This powerful and disturbing novel is based on the problems of many Samoans, intelligent and part-educated, who feel stultified by the lack of opportunity in their own islands, and the restrictions of the Samoan way of life".....
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NZ$17.05
Look! No Hands!
by Webber, E. G
Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1962. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w Drawings. 149pp. Bookstore stamp lower edge of Ffep. DJ has price intact, edgeworn, spine darkened, light creasing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Nevile Lodge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$17.05
The Primal Therapy of Tom Purslane
by Billing, Graham
Dunedin, New Zealand : Caveman Press , 1980. Tan cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 144pp. Tiny bruise to top edge. Ffep has small pen mark to top corner. Contents clean and tight. DJ unclipped, light wear to edges with one small tear to spine head. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$51.15
Fire in the Forest
by Sanders, James
Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed , 1975. Published in assocation with Rober Hale, London. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. pp.174 plus Glossary. Blue inked gift inscription to Ffep, front & rear pastedown have previous owner's two-line signature, trace of foxing to top and fore edge of text block and eps. Contents clean and tight. DJ has moderate surface rubbing and one tiny tear to rear top edge. "An authentic and fast-moving story of New Zealand's troublous...
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NZ$64.79
The Needle's Eye
by Brathwaite, Errol
London: Collins, 1965. Orange cloth lettered in silver on spine. B/w illustrated Endpaper Maps. Spine slightly faded. Small bookstore stamp on rear pastedown. Trace of foxing to exterior edges of text block. Contents clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$13.64
Believers to the Bright Coast
by O'Sullivan, Vincent
Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books, 1998. Third Printing. Award-winning author of Let the River Stand. Card Covers, trade size. 274pp. Light cover wear, contents clean and tight. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$17.05
Mussolini's Millions
by Lee, John A
London: Howard Baker, 1970. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 208pp. Pencil erasure top corner Ffep o/w clean and firmly bound. DJ has not been priceclipped, corners slightly worn, small surface loss on front panel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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NZ$23.87
Adventure Acre
by Harland, Joan
London: Constable Young Books Ltd , 1965. Out and About Books Series. B/w illustrations. 160pp. Ex-High-School Library. 3 stamps on front endpapers, rear endpapers have remnant of pocket and date slip. Priceclipped DJ has minor edgewear with tape marks on flaps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Peter Forster . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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NZ$8.53
Nuevas Cronicas de Avonlea(Further Chronicles of Avonlea)
by Montgomery, L.M.; Juan J. Llobet and Ely Cuschie (Illustrator)
Buenos Aires: Editorial Acme, 1961. Reprint Ediiton. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. From the beloved Collecion Robin Hood. Book is well worn/rubbed with splits at corners, chips at head of spine which is faded and some spots of rubbing through paper of front cover. Some discoloration/spotting to inside edges of boards and possibly endpapers from adhesive used and tanning to pages due to poor quality of materials used. Some foxing to page ends. #93 In Spanish.
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NZ$68.20
A Multiple Texture
by Dryland, Gordon
London & New Zealand: Robert Hale & Whitcombe & Tombs , 1973. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 192pp. Unblemished, tight, clean copy. Unclipped DJ has one closed tear to rear panel. Novel set in New Zealand.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$20.46
The Revenge for Love
by Lewis, Wyndham
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1952. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First issue by Methuen. A nice copy in grey boards with red title panels and gilt to spine. Light fading to spine and tanning to page ends. Some foxing to page ends, endpapers and first and last several pages. Sharp corners and tight binding. No writing. Jacket is unclipped with a couple tiny chips to top of spine and some short tears at corners. Jacket spine is faded.
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NZ$51.15
House Surgeon
by Valentine, Harold (pseud.)
Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1964. 174pp. Trace of foxing. One page has a word underlined with 2 words written in the margin. Several small marks throughout. Binding firm. DJ, designed by the author, has price intact, a trace of foxing, tears to spine extremities with small paper loss to front lower corner, protected in removable cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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NZ$51.15
First Offender: Inside A New Zealand Prison
by Berry, Ken
Auckland, New Zealand: Collins, 1980. Black cloth, gilt text on spine. 189pp. Cloth is worn on upper and lower edges. Small, barely visible mark to feps. DJ is edgeworn, sunned on lower front panel with light creasing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NZ$17.05
