Libros raros de The Last Word

England, London: Hamish Hamilton, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Unread, unopened, brodart cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Flat signed by author

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. cover is in good condition - unfaded with few chips but some of edge on lower rear missing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New endpapers Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her childhood was shadowed by poverty, sickness, and accidental death, and shaped by the power of the spoken and written word. At twenty-one, she was institutionalized in a mental hospital and later saved from a threatened lobotomy only by her achievement as a writer. Owls Do Cry explores the life of the Withers family in a New Zealand town "halfway between the South Pole and the equator." Poverty and a reputation for strangeness exclude the Withers from the hollow conventions and artifacts of suburban life. They do not possess revolving clotheslines, walkie talkie dolls or uncomfortable chairs, yet the children's lives are rich in "wonder currency:" rhymes and rituals, play and dreams. Twenty years later, this… Leer más

New York: Braziller, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Dust Jacket protected in a new Brodart cover. Dedicated to a publisher in USA. Some rubbing to dustjacket. Signed with a dedication to Helen Dresser - a Random House Representative. It is very rare to find a signed book by Janet Frame.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustjacket protected in Brodart clear archival cover. Small triangle missing on front free endpaper. Penned name on same page. 223 pages no foxing. Tight and square binding.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1899. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan. Longmans & Co, 1899 First edition. Two volumes, both in original black cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and upper cover. Seven photogravure plates and 34 plans and fold out maps, as well as many illustrations by Angus McNeill in the text. A lovely, fine set bright and clean with some wear to the cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some trace of sticker on front covers - see scan. Owners signature in front G C Williams Monjokuri? 11 of the maps in Volume 1 and 11 in volume 2 are printed in colour - all these maps are in very good condition except last one of vol. 1 has some extra folds in it. Some foxing here and there but nothing major.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1958. Second. Cloth. Good/Good. Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her childhood was shadowed by poverty, sickness, and accidental death, and shaped by the power of the spoken and written word. At twenty-one, she was institutionalized in a mental hospital and later saved from a threatened lobotomy only by her achievement as a writer. Owls Do Cry explores the life of the Withers family in a New Zealand town "halfway between the South Pole and the equator." Poverty and a reputation for strangeness exclude the Withers from the hollow conventions and artifacts of suburban life. They do not possess revolving clotheslines, walkie talkie dolls or uncomfortable chairs, yet the children's lives are rich in "wonder currency:" rhymes and rituals, play and dreams. Twenty years later, this currency is subsumed for each of them into vivid, haunted inner lives. Owls Do Cry lyrically evokes "the private and lonely night, with a room of… Leer más

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Signed by the author with a dediction to H G Wells "H. G. Wells from Elizabeth Bowen October 1938". a cut in front board, blue cloth - rubbed spine - very good internally - no foxing. 445 pages. Scarce to find a signed first edition. 450 grams

Chicago: George M Hill Co, 1900. First printing. Hardcover. Good. W W Denslow. 24 inserted colour plates (including title). No dust jacket. First edition, in the rare and not first state of both text (first state listed at $58,800 USD) see Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 111-113. Greene and Hanff, pp. 25-27. 261 pgs. Maps. Illustrated with 24 Colour Plates (including the title page). First edition, first printing; second state of the text ( no box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads "low wail of", p.81 fourth line from bottom spells "pieces" correctly, p.[227] 1st line reads "While the Woodman", colophon in 13 lines with no box, verso title page has copyright, imperfect type on pages 100, 186, colour plates perfect on p. 34 and 92). Bound in later red cloth boards with no title and tape for spine. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP "Sept. 7th 1907" New endpapers. Many pages have a discreet strip of tape or paper at the spine end for reinforcement. Some tears… Leer más

Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, 1983. First edition thus. Leather_bound. Fine. Keulemans. no. 71 of 250 numbered copies, signed by Anthony A.T. Ellis. Leather Bound January 1, 1983 Pp. xxiii, 384, (4, extracts from reviews), (1, note on supplementary plates); tinted frontispiece plate of the moa of New Zealand, 35 fine colour printed plates after colour paintings by Keulemans, some text figures. Publisher's original full brown leather, elaborately gilt-decorated, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt bird of prey and floral decorations, front cover with centre motif of North Island Takahe with palm trees in the background and with elaborate border gilt decorations, all page edges in gilt, dark brown endpapers, lg 4to (12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches). This fine facsimile was published by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, this being copy no. 71. It is signed by Anthony A. T. Ellis, President of the Royal Forest and… Leer más

London: Dipple, 1847. First printing. Leather_bound. Near Fine. Bound in contemporary full calf with 5 raised bands to spine. Original cover bound into back Length 87 pages Edition Notes By the author of "Anti-Coningsby" (i.e. William North). Contributions Author of "Anti-Coningsby"., 1 plate : Notes on one of his other novels: Introducing a "Lost" Victorian novel: The Elusive William North and The City of the Jugglers (1850) What is the least known but most relevant novel of the 19th century? What if it began with a credit problem in the financial markets? It was about four o'clock on a spring afternoon. The City was still in full activity. The gold was rattling on the bank counters, and the clerks were cashing their notes as coolly as if the whole affair had been anything but a gigantic juggle. Practical men- too practical to think were paying in their deposits with a touching and child-like confidence. No suspicion had they that they were trusting to a system which, "like the baseless fabric of… Leer más

Canada: Bill Reid, 1974. First edition thus. No Binding. As New. William Ronald Reid, or Bill Reid, was a world renowned sculptor, and is now regarded as one of Canada’s finest artists. Bill was also a descendant of the great Haida carver and silversmith, Charles Edenshaw ... "prints by Bill Reid , Limited by publishing to 1450; 43.2 x 55.9 cms Packed, this item is 46 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm rolled n a thick cardboard tube and weighs 1 kg In 1974, the Government of Canada commissioned this artwork for presentation to diplomats, ambassadors, and other government officials and dignitaries, for United Nation countries. Very few artworks of this printing were made available for sale and most of the presentations to foreign countries were retained as gifts. An original 1974 Bill Reid silkscreen. To our knowledge, none of the artworks of this edition were signed.

Canada: Bill Reid, 1974. First edition thus. No Binding. As New. William Ronald Reid, or Bill Reid, was a world renowned sculptor, and is now regarded as one of Canada’s finest artists. Bill was also a descendant of the great Haida carver and silversmith, Charles Edenshaw ... "prints by Bill Reid , Limited by publishing to 1450; 43.2 x 55.9 cms Packed, this item is 46 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm rolled n a thick cardboard tube and weighs 1 kg In 1974, the Government of Canada commissioned this artwork for presentation to diplomats, ambassadors, and other government officials and dignitaries, for United Nation countries. Very few artworks of this printing were made available for sale and most of the presentations to foreign countries were retained as gifts. An original 1974 Bill Reid silkscreen. To our knowledge, none of the artworks of this edition were signed.

Canada: Bill Reid, 1974. First edition thus. No Binding. As New. William Ronald Reid, or Bill Reid, was a world renowned sculptor, and is now regarded as one of Canada’s finest artists. Bill was also a descendant of the great Haida carver and silversmith, Charles Edenshaw ... "prints by Bill Reid , Limited by publishing to 1450; 43.2 x 55.9 cms Packed, this item is 46 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm rolled n a thick cardboard tube and weighs 1 kg In 1974, the Government of Canada commissioned this artwork for presentation to diplomats, ambassadors, and other government officials and dignitaries, for United Nation countries. Very few artworks of this printing were made available for sale and most of the presentations to foreign countries were retained as gifts. An original 1974 Bill Reid silkscreen. To our knowledge, none of the artworks of this edition were signed.

Canada: Bill Reid, 1974. First edition thus. No Binding. As New. William Ronald Reid, or Bill Reid, was a world renowned sculptor, and is now regarded as one of Canada’s finest artists. Bill was also a descendant of the great Haida carver and silversmith, Charles Edenshaw ... "prints by Bill Reid , Limited by publishing to 1450; 43.2 x 55.9 cms Packed, this item is 46 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm rolled n a thick cardboard tube and weighs 1 kg In 1974, the Government of Canada commissioned this artwork for presentation to diplomats, ambassadors, and other government officials and dignitaries, for United Nation countries. Very few artworks of this printing were made available for sale and most of the presentations to foreign countries were retained as gifts. An original 1974 Bill Reid silkscreen. To our knowledge, none of the artworks of this edition were signed.

Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1886. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. (first published 1884) 49 Political maps, 9 Historical, 3 Classical, 4 physical, 4 Scriptural, and 6 astronomical maps. . Orange cloth covered boards - plain - no titles Normal wear and tear to corners and edges. Many of these maps worth a few hundred dollars each on their own. 14 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in. 370 mm x 480 mm. Beautiful book fully illustrated in colour. Postage out of New Zealand likely to be substantial so please enquire if interested, Covers currently detached,