European Fiction
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Rosshalde
by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse's fourth novel, a moving and poetic narrative of immense power, makes its first appearance in Britain in this superlative translation by Ralph Manheim.
European Fiction Books & Ephemera
The Possibility Of an Island
by Houellebecq, Michel
Michel Houellebecq has won the prestigious Prix Novembre in France and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He lives in Ireland.
The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: (Two Volumes)
by Enguerrand de Monstrelet; Thomas Johnes (Translator)
2 volumes (xxxvi, 640, xvi, 552 pages): illustrations . Marbled boards & endsheets. Half red morocco. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Previous owners name sprawled on front page. 7 x 10.5 in.
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NZ$475.83
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
by Bartolomei, Fabio translated by Anthony Shugaar
New York: Europa Editions, 2012 1st ed. thus. 322pp. paperback 8vo in French flaps: Fine. An entertaining offbeat first novel about several Italian losers who fall into business together and discover their character by standing up to the local rural mobsters. Written in what might be characterized as a very contemporary style.
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NZ$8.48
Mission to Constantinople (968 A.D.)
by Liutprand of Cremona & Helson, Lynn H. & Shirk, Melanie V
Coronado Press. Very Good. 1972. Paperback. Stiff card wrappers clean, spine sunned; Binding tight; Pages bright, no ownership markings or annotations, internally clean. ; 62 pages .
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NZ$31.89
The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy;
by Alfred Burton
Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also...
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NZ$985.65
A Shorter Finnegans Wake
by Joyce, James edited by Anthony Burgess
New York: Viking. 1967 1st ed. 256pp. burgundy cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Good dj with some edge tears & nicks, now in Brodart cover. A nice copy of English writer and Joycean John Burgess Wilson’s ("Anthony Burgess," 1917-93) merciful reduction (by two-thirds) of Joyce’s (1882-1941) impenetrable "comic" final novel, originally published in 1939.
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NZ$127.46
Masterclass
by Morris West
HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a BRITISH FIRST EDITION with an AMERICAN PRICE and AMERICAN SHIPPING--MASTERCLASS by MORRIS WEST. 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", 330 pages, featuring the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET, this copy announces itself as the FIRST EDITION without displaying any date. FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. The dust jacket has large photo of the author on the back--no reviews. "The Unusual Hero Of Morris West's New Novel Is A Young American Art Historian, Maxwell Mather, Lover...
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NZ$23.79
Mafarka
by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Segunda traducción al español de la novela futurista por Marcelino Ortiz, publicada en Buenos Aires por Tor (años 30). Esta edición mexicana (finales de los años 30 o 40) aparece en una colección de novelas eróticas con el sello de "Ediciones Don Quijote", y reproduce el prólogo de Piero Illari (quien introdujo el futurismo en la Argentina) y el de Marinetti, pero no acredita la traducción. Sin pie de imprenta, sólo indica la distribución por la célebre Librería El Volador, ubicada en el...
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NZ$339.88
The Sailor in the Bottle
by Bieler, Manfred translated by James Clark
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1966 1st ed. 221pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Very Good+ dj [top & fore edges are age foxed; endpp are age browned; else G+] A critically acclaimed novel that first appeared in East Germany. Beiler (1934-2002) later emigrated to the West.
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NZ$8.48
Coral Island, The: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean..
by BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Excessively Rare First Edition, First Issue, of "The Coral Island" The Edgar Osborne Copy Exhibited at The Festival of Britain Books in 1951 BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean... With Illustrations by the Author. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. First edition, first issue, with the plate "Terrible Encounter with a Shark" facing p. 76 (in the second issue, it was tipped in as the frontispiece). Octavo (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 177...
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NZ$4,843.29
A Thousand Betrayals
by Pirro, Ugo translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye
New York: Simon & Schuster/Trident Books, 1961 1st Am. ed. 281pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some smudges & foxing on fore edge; else G+; dj = p-c; spine strip is darkened; some smudging, foxing & edge nicks; else G] A novel set in World War II era Italy by the Italian novelist and Academy Award winning screenwriter Pirro (1920-2008).
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NZ$25.49
Vogel Europa's
by Anton Fritsch [H. Bradley Martin]
Quarter worn morocco over ribbed cloth boards (see image 2). Contains 61 recto only folio plates. From the library of H. Bradley Martin with his plate to upper left paste-down.
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NZ$764.73
William Shakespeare: A Biography (Extra-Illustrated; 2 Volumes - Complete)
by Charles Knight (Ed.)
Half red morocco with gilt rule and marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt detailing to spine. Marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Bound by Rose Bindery, Boston. Extensively illustrated with many engravings, portraits, and the like, some in full color. India paper proofs of Knight's text in only fair condition. Light wear to exterior (see image). Volume 2 has water damage to base of interior at spine. 12 x 17 inches.
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NZ$10,196.40
SheLa: A Satire
by Menen, Aubrey
New York: Random House, 1962 1st ed. 172pp. russet cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Good+ dj in poly cover. A comic satiric novel in the tradition of "The Prevalence of Witches," this novel is Indian-Irish writer Aubrey Clarence Menen's (1912-89) 11th book.
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NZ$16.91
![[Works - 31 Volumes] Autobiography; Doctor Thorne; The Warden; Framely Parsonage; Small House at Allington; The Last Chronicle of Barset; The Duke's Children; The Prime Minister; Barchester Towers; Orley Farm; Eustace Diamonds; Phineas Redux; Can You Forgive Her](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/305/615/1323615305.0.b.jpg)
[Works - 31 Volumes] Autobiography; Doctor Thorne; The Warden; Framely Parsonage; Small House at Allington; The Last Chronicle of Barset; The Duke's Children; The Prime Minister; Barchester Towers; Orley Farm; Eustace Diamonds; Phineas Redux; Can You Forgive Her
by Anthony Trollope
Thirty-one volumes as issued from 1904 to 1906. Half maroon morocco over marbled boards with gilt rule and 5 raised bands; gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; white silk ribbons. Each volume contains a frontispiece with tissue guard. Samuel Mather ex-libris plate present to front paste-down in each volume. Complete listing of titles: Autobiography; Doctor Thorne (2 vol.); The Warden; Framely Parsonage (2 vol.); Small House at Allington (3 vol.); The Last Chronicle of Barset (3...
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NZ$5,947.90
Jesse and Maria (Translated by George N. Shuster)
by VON HANDEL-MAZETTI, Enrica
New York: Henry Holt, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Octavo, 351pp. A crisp, tight, near fine copy, with a very thin crack in the front inner hinge (still holding strong). In a fine dust jacket (apart from the odd negligible 2mm closed tear) with $2.50 price intact.
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NZ$67.98
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (7 Volumes - Complete)
by Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited from numerous manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat
Black cloth boards with copper particulars to front board and spine. Cream paper dust jacket with text and design. All 7 dust jackets protected in mylar. Volumes contents are as follows: Vol. 1: Romaunt of the Rose and Minor Poems; 2: Boethius, Troilus; 3: House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Astrolabe, and Sources of Canterbury Tales; 4: The Canterbury Tales (Text); 5: The Canterbury Tales (Notes); 6: Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes; 7: Chaucerian and Other Pieces. Small liquid stain to bottom of...
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NZ$679.76
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel
by [DE MONTOLIEU, Isabelle] Translated by Thomas Holcroft
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Second English edition (?). Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 3 volumes, 298pp., 300pp., 292pp. A crisp, clean, unsophisticated set, bound in full contemporary light brown sheep, with red morocco spine labels. Extremities a little dry, and some minor wear to corners, but a nice, appealing set, near fine. Bound without half-titles or advertisements. The debut novel by this prolific Swiss novelist, who wrote in French (and who also translated the first French editions...
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NZ$594.79
The History of Gil Blas of Santillana - 3 volumes
by Lesage, Alain-Rene; Laun, Henri van (trans); Roberts, Henri (revised and completed by)
The Lorraine Press, London, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lalauze, Adolphe. Three volumes (complete). A placid set. Brown cloth covered boards, gilt decoration. The spines of each book are much worn, marked. The spines are efficient and sure. The boards too, have wear about the edges, corners and seams. There is scuffing, faint stacking and handling marks. They are also steady and sound. The contents of each are agreeably comfortable. The paper quality means that there is some element...
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NZ$67.98
A Coin in Nine Hands (collectible proof copy)
by Yourcenar, Marguerite (Marguerite de Crayencour) translated from the French by Dori Katz in collab. w/the author
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1982 advance uncorrected proof. 116pp. paperback sm 4to: Good [blue cover paper is faded & darkened; publisher’s info taped inside front cover; top & fore edges are age darkened; else a clean, complete & tight copy] In 1980 the Belgian-born writer Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) became the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise. This novel was first written in 1934 and completely revised by the author in the 1950s. Broadly speaking, it is about...
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NZ$42.48
The Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser
First folio edition. Full ruled calf rebacked in supple calf with new endpapers. First stanza of each canto printed inside four-component woodcut. Numerous woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initial letters.
Loss to title page, not affecting text or image. Archival tape repair at title page gutter and last page. Undecipherable scribbling to title page, as well as to pages 1, 2, 252 & 253, with ink stain to the latter (see image). Some worming at upper margins; minimal impact to text at 12 pages between... Read more about this item
Loss to title page, not affecting text or image. Archival tape repair at title page gutter and last page. Undecipherable scribbling to title page, as well as to pages 1, 2, 252 & 253, with ink stain to the latter (see image). Some worming at upper margins; minimal impact to text at 12 pages between... Read more about this item
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NZ$11,470.95
Celtic Myths and Legends
by T. W. Rolleston
Teal leather with gilt particulars. Three raised bands and a black label to spine. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. Losses to foredge gilt and scratch to top edge, otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names, bookplates, or other defacements.
6.25 x 9.25 in
6.25 x 9.25 in
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NZ$246.41
Asahel (signed by author & both translators)
by Megged, Aharon translated by Robert Whitehill & Susan C. Lilly
New York: Taplinger, 1982 1st ed. SIGNED by author on ffep; also inscribed humorously by both translators and signed "Susan" & "Robert." 254pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [light foxing to top edge; else nrF; dj = couple of closed short tears top edges; else nrVG] A novel set in Israel by the award winning Polish born Israeli writer Megged (1920-2016).
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NZ$127.46
Obras Completas de Don Francisco Quevedo Villegas Edición Crítica, Ordenada é Ilustrada por D. Aureliano Fernández-Guerra y Orbe de la Real Academia Española - 3 Volume Set Con Notas y Adiciones de D. Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
by Don Francisco Quevedo Villegas
Three Volume Set. Publisher's original wrappers bound in quarter morocco. Gilt particulars and decorations to spine, five raised bands, marbled end papers, deckled edges. Luis Bardon, Madrid, bookplate to front paste-down. Vol. I: 591 pp., Vol II: 400 pp., Vol. III: 458 pp.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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NZ$730.74
The Triumph of Youth
by Wassermann, Jacob
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927 1st ed. 205pp. navy cloth sm 8vo w/gilt titles: Good/no dj [half-title p. is neatly slit in gutter near bottom margin; couple of torn pages in blank margins not affecting test; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A novel in English translation by the prolific German Jewish writer Wassermann (1873-1934).
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NZ$8.48
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Hoeg, Peter translated by Tiina Nunnally
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993 2nd ptg. 453pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj [spine is creased; ink name ffep; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A Scandinavian thriller made into a 1997 film.
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NZ$16.91
