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SEVEN SLAYERS LIMITED EDITION / SIGNED COPY Copy)

by Cain, Paul (pseud. of George Sims)

Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Blood & Guts Press, 1987. 1st hdcvr ed. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover.. 1 of 250 SIGNED & NUMBERED[this being #58] by William Nolan who wrote the introduction. (Published as a paperback orignal in the 40's). Seven brutally ingenius tales of murder, passionate and cold-blooded, written by a poet of the hard-boiled. There's Black, a stranger in town, who gets drafted into a gang war just because he had the bad luck to trip over a corpse on his... Read more about this item

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NZ$89.88

MURDER IN THE DISPENSARY LIMITED EDITION

by Peters, Ellis as Jolyon Carr

Sussex: England: Post Mortem Books, 1999. 1st ed., thus of her first book [orig. published in 1938.] Bound in blue cloth with gilt-lettering and illustration on front cover, publisher stating that "the colour chosen for the binding is as close as could be found to the "poison" blue of traditional dispensary bottles." Issued without dust jacket but placed in clear acetate cover since received from publisher. Fine, as new copy. LIMITED EDITION. 1 of 350 copies numbered [this being... Read more about this item

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NZ$106.22

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT ARTISTS. VOL. XI. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6, 1902

by Hubbard, Elbert

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1902. Brown wrappers, printed and decorated in black and red; sewn binding. 6 x 4 in. Five issues. Frontispiece portrait of the artist printed on Japan Vellum laid in to each issue. Artists represented in this collection are Antonio Allegri Correggio, Giovanni Bellini, Benvenuto Cellini, Edwin Abbey, and James Whistler. Each issue in very good condition, some leaves unopened and some others roughly opened, they are remarkable for their advertisements that include... Read more about this item

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NZ$91.92

VIRGINIA WOOLF AND THE HOGARTH PRESS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM BEEKMAN EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB

by [WOOLF, Virginia]: BEEKMAN, William

New York: Grolier Club, 2004. Fine, as new.. Octavo. Decorated green & yellow wave pattern. Black and white illustrations. Bookplate tipped onto turn-in flap of front panel. 54pp. Fine. First edition, limited to 1500 copies printed at the Thornwillow Press. From the collection of the noted Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, Bloomsbury collector, William Beekman. As of 2019, a collection of 153 items resides as the "William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and Her Circle," at the Henry W. and Albert... Read more about this item

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NZ$62.98

Child's Poem & Poems.

by Waring, Karen

Sacramento, CA: Open Skull Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. [44] pp (unpaginated) . Octavo. White and orange covers stapled, interior paper is goldenrod. Covers are clean, bit of age darkening at the spine, small bump at top edge that goes all the way through, otherwise clean and unmarked. Stated 1st printing in an edition of 300. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages .

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NZ$34.04

A Wild Uncertainty

by Power, Nicholas

Toronto: Gesture Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Stapled wraps. 0920585388 . 8 pages, stapled at the spine, no covers. No date but circa 2014?. Power was writing about wild uncertainties at that point with his characteristic spaces lines. Some moderate edge wear and general wear but pretty clean and intact considering its unprotected state. Nicholas Power is a founding member of the Meet the Presses literary collective, and has performed with the storytelling duo The... Read more about this item

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NZ$34.04

A Secret Correspondence

by Boschi, Anna

Stockholm: Kamini Press, 2012. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Fine. Kamini Press Art Series No.2. Stapled small press chapbook, unpaginated (36pp comprised of 7 sheets of cream pages folded between dove grey endpapers). Signed by Boschi on the title page. The text is set in Garamond and Arial and printed on Hewlett Packard printers. Text stock is Lessobo Linne 100g paper and the cover is printed on Conqueror Texture Laid 220g paper. The first edition was limited to 125 copies, all of which were... Read more about this item

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NZ$22.25

BLACK KNIGHT IN RED SQUARE LIMITED EDITION / SIGNED COPY / EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE

by Kaminsky, Stuart M

N.Y.: Armchair Detective Library, 1992. 1st hdcvr ed. [Originally published in paperback by Berkley in 1983]. Fine, unread copy in slipcase w/o dj as issued. LIMITED EDITION, One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Kaminsky, with a new intro by him. 2nd Rostnikov title. Bound in burgundy cloth without dust wrapper as issued in matching burgundy slipcase, gilt stamping to front board and spine, pencil sketch of the author by Carolyn Hartman at front board. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE in 1985 for Best Paperback... Read more about this item

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NZ$122.56

THE BEAUTIFUL WEDDING

by Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, and Sara Bard Field

San Francisco: Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, 1933. 89 pages. 8vo. Letterpress. Wedding book written by poet C. E. S. Wood and his companion (later to be his wife) suffragist Sara Bard Field for distribution to guests at the wedding of Fields' daughter and her husband Jim at "The Cats," the home of Woods. Beautifully designed and printed by the Grabhorn Press. Warmly inscribed by Wood and Fields to the important American sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens and his wife Priscilla. The book is in very good... Read more about this item

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NZ$510.66

Mishaps of a Compulsive Collector [Limited Edition]

by Hofer, Philip

Northampton, Massachusetts: Printed at the Rosemary Press for Friends of the Smith College Library, 1970 [8], 21pp, [1], bound in stiff paper covers, staple bound [staples becoming rusty], binding tight, Limited to 2000 Copies.

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NZ$40.85

Ser Antoni Iden. [Sir Anthony Eden]. A Biography.

by Campbell-Johnson Alan

Moskva, Iz-vo Inostrnnoy literatury, 1956.In good condition, slightly spotted to the cover, crack and tear to the front cover, usual stamp to the front cover.Copy #324.First and only Russian edition of Campbell-Johnson's Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography (1955).The series of such books were sent out to Soviet authorities according to the special list. Each number in the list corresponds to the number on the cover. It was assumed that after reading every copy had to be returned.
During the WWII, Britain's... Read more about this item

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NZ$4,289.54

Mars Orange

by Baatz, Ronald (poems) and Burstyn, Dina (drawings)

Catskill, NY: Open Studio Books, 2012. First Edition. Very good. Stapled poetry chapbook with photocopied cover (14.2 x 11 cm), 36pp (unpaginated), Signed by both poet and artist. Covers are a little rubbed, with ik from cover art smudging a little. Dedicated to Leonard Seastone of Tideline Press, with whom Baatz collaborated on his collections White Tulips and Snow Tea. Some of the poems in this collection appeared first in A Hundred Gourds, Zerx Press, and The Wormwood Review. Baatz is a fine poet... Read more about this item

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NZ$72.32

Uncle Ghost

by Baatz, Ronald

Mt T.: Wolfscat Pess, 2016. paper covers. Fine. Handsewn poetry chapbook (21.5 x 14cm), lilac free endpapers, 4pp (tp, biographical detail, dedication), 20pp, 4pp (blank, colophon), light grey paper covers with blue lettering, cover design and binding by Anda Sheinkopf. Signed by Baaz on title page. Ronald Baatz is a poet I discovered when cataloguing Billy Jone's library of poetry chapbooks. He lives in Troy (upstate New York) with his wife Anda and is known for never providing biographical notes... Read more about this item

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NZ$72.32

ADVENTURE OF THE LOST MANUSCRIPTS

by Sherlockiana) Pearson, Edmund

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Aspen Press, 1974. Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1974. First book publication: paperbound original. A fine copy. 1st ed. Stapled card covers. Limited Edition of 500 copies. 40 pp. Foreword by Norman Stevens. Afterword by Tom & Enid Schantz. Rod Pudim, illustrator. This Sherlockian parody originally appeared in Pearson's newspaper column. Also includes "Help! Help! Sherlock!" a parody of Philo Vance.. First Edition. Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by Pudim, Rod. Limited... Read more about this item

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NZ$49.02

Stacked [Association Copy]

by Chase, Naomi Feigelson

Truro, MA: Garden Street Press, 1998 Unpaginated, 12 leaves including the covers, staple bound, and illustrated throughout. From the personal collection of Author and Anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.

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NZ$42.56

NONE BUT THE VENGEFUL: Classic Pulp Crime And Suspense SIGNED COPY

by Cassiday, Bruce

Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 2000. 1st edition, September 2000. Digest sized, stapled covers. Vivid cover by Rick Hudson8 stories which have never been reprinted, nor aoppeared in book form before, complete with the illustrations and ads from the original pulps. SIGNED COPY by the publisher Gary Lovisi who also wrote the introduction. "These are Classic pulp stories of crime and suspense written by a master whose career began in the pulps but has continued to this day. GThey're also scarce,... Read more about this item

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NZ$40.85

The Widow's Coat [First Printing, Association Copy]

by Sagan, Miriam

Boise, Idaho: Ahsahta Press, 1999 [4], iv, [2], 51pp, [3], bound in stiff paper covers, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. From the personal collection of Author and Anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. POETRY.

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NZ$47.66

CUDDY PLUS ONE -- SIGNED COPY / LIMITED EDITION

by Healy, Jeremiah

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2003. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Out-of-Print. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies [this being #175] sewn in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author. Accomoanying each copy of the Limited Edition is a seperately printed pamphlet, "The Safest Little Town in Texas". Thirteen previously uncollected cases about Cuddy -- including four SHAMUS AWARD Nominees for Best Private-Eye Short story, and two stories that appeared in the annual... Read more about this item

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NZ$106.22

2004 Vanguard Literary Award; sponsored by Archives Fine Books

by CASTAGNA, Felicity (with) Calvino, Felix; West, Patrick and Whalley, Jo-Anne

Brisbane: UQ Vanguard, 2004. Fine. Softcover (20.8 x 14.2cm); 79pp., glossy black covers with lettering in white. Dust toned top edge and wear marks on lower edges. The UQ Vanguard Literary Award was a nationwide writing competition established in 2001 with the support of Archives Fine Books and then owner Dr Ross Mack. The 2004 winner was Felicity Catagna with runners-up Felix Calvino, Patrick West and Jo-Anne Whalley.

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NZ$13.91

DOONES Volume 1 / Number 4

by DiPALMA, Raymond (Editor)

Bowling Green, OH: Doones. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. 64 pp. Book has black and white softcover. Slight yellowing, marks, and creasing on covers. Slight yellowing on some pages, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. Cover by Stephen Shrader; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages .

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NZ$34.04

Sketches

by SASNAITIS, Jurate

Melbourne: Nosukumo, 1989. First Edition. Fine. Softcover : pp. [6] 35 [36] : illustrated : limited edition of 300 copies of which the first 100 are numbered and signed by the author, this being number 9 : printed on Verona cotton rag paper : handmade blue Japanese unryushi endpapers : bound in parchment wrappers. Nosukumo is a publishing partnership between Javant Biarujia, Ian C. Birks and Susan Rachmann devoted to the publication of poetry.

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NZ$27.82

Brother, This is War

by Donald A. Stauffer

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. [Small Press][Poetry] Limited to 125 copes on Whatmans Handmade Paper. 32pp. Foxing to borders, light scuff to deep ebony and cocoa comb-swirled paper boards.

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NZ$136.18

Sky Full of Sand

by DeMarinis, Rick

Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939767473 . Signed by DeMarinis, and also signed by James Crumley who wrote the introduction. Set in El Paso, a satire about derelicts engaged in kinky sex and high finance.; 271 pages; Signed by Author .

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NZ$32.34

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT ARTISTS. VOL. X. Nos. 3, 4, & 6, 1902

by Hubbard, Elbert

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1902. Brown wrappers, printed and decorated in black and red; sewn binding. 6 x 4 in. Three issues. Frontispiece portrait of the artist printed on Japan Vellum laid in to each issue. Artists represented in this collection are Botticelli, Thorwaldsen, and Velasquez. Each issue in very good condition, some leaves unopened and some others roughly opened, they are remarkable for their advertisements that include testimonies for Grape Nuts, the prices for original Arts and... Read more about this item