| found: 38 books on 3 pages. This is page 1 - Next page |
The Green Window
London, Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, second issue of this collection of short stories by American short story writer Vincent O'Sullivan, including the vampire tale 'Will&apos. The first edition, second issue. In the second issue cloth binding, issued after publication had been taken over from Leonard Smithers by Grant Richards, with Richards's imprint to the back strip tail.A collection of supernatural and decadent short stories with themes of death, lust, and the macabre.'Will', one of his best known works, is a short seven page story about a vampire.With the bookplate of J. W. Culme Seymour to the front pastedown.O'Sullivan was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Leonard Smithers, and Audrey Beardsley, and was inspired by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and J.K. Huysmans. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip age toned. Light rubbing and handling marks to front board. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with first gathering - including title page - working loose and weakly held to the head only. Pages bright. Light tide marks to head of fore edge of a number of leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 949F4
GBP 180,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 205.25 US$ 236.67 | JP¥ 36496]
Catalogue: Ghost Stories
Keywords: The Green Window short stories horror vampire short stories decadent movement j w culme seymour None
Dracula's Brood
London, Harper. 2016. (ISBN: 9780008194482). Paperback. [1st printing thus](2016) Trade-sized. Includes "Introduction"; "The Last Lords of Gardonal" by William Gilbert; "The Fate of Madame Cabanel" by Eliza Lynn Linton; "The Man-Eating Tree" by Phil Robinson; "The Vampyre" by Vasile Alecsandri; "A Mystery of the Campagna" by Anne Crawford; "Ken's Mystery" by Julian Hawthorne; "Let Loose" by Mary Cholmondeley; "The Parasite" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; "Good Lady Ducayne" by Mary E. Braddon; "A Dead Finger" by Sabine Baring-Gould; "Will" by Vincent O'Sullivan; "The Stone Chamber" by H. B. Marriott Watson; "The Vampire Maid" & "The Old Portrait" by Hume Nisbet; "Marsyas in Flanders" by Vernon Lee; "An Unscientific Story" by Louise J. Strong; "The Feather Pillow" by Horacio Quiroga; "The Singular Death of Morton" by Algernon Blackwood; "Aylmer Vance and the Vampire" by Alice and Claude Askew; "The Sumach" by Ulric Daubeny; "Wailing Well" by M. R. James; "The Tree of Death" by Barry pain; "Another Squaw?" by E. Heron-Allen; "The Living Stone" by E. R. Punshon; "Priness of Darkness" by Frederick Cowles. Minor creasing and rubbing; mild tanning; most of store label on rear remains. Very Good.
Books from the crypt Professional sellerBook no.: VV02
USD 6,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 5.25 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 925]
Catalogue: Horror Trade Paperback
Keywords: Horror Vampires Horror Anthology Vampires Monsters 9780008194482
The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945
Oxford University Press 1983 Paperback, 716pp. Heavy. Cover sunned and creased; some foxing. (ISBN: 0195580974). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1376564
NZD 13,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.73 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1192]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Short Stories, Fiction0195580974 0195580974
The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945
Oxford University Press 1983 Paperback, 716pp. Heavy; Owner's Name inside. Cover and spine creased - well read. (ISBN: 0195580974). Fair.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1455910
NZD 10,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 6.01 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 927]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Short Stories, Fiction0195580974 0195580974
Ben Jonson, His Volpone: Or the Foxe
New York, John Lane, 1898. A New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published by John Lane, New York, 1898, being the First Beardsley Edition (title page says "A New Edition"). Published a year following his death. Copy #245 of 1000 copies, printed and published for the U.S. and England. Cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, being in gilt to front cover, edges gilt-ruled, and board edges beveled. Big, tall, sturdy quarto format, moderate rubbing to extremities, scuffing to tips, rubbing to joints, edges. Very lightly soiling to endpapers, heavy toning only to first and final endpaper, else clean and unmarked but for previous owner's inscription. Augmented with a fine, involved frontispiece, five large historiated initial letters, and a vignette tot title page. Considered roundly to be one of Aubrey Beardsley's finest works, he having just completed the art-editing and illustration of The Yellow Book, which ran from 1895-1897. Vincent O'Sullivan adds a warm, comprehensive biography of one of the 17th century giants of art, culture and literature, Ben Jonson, and Robert Ross, pays due homage to Aubrey Beardsley's life and works, too. Quite scarce in the trade, there being only two additional copies available currently. xlv [2], 5-193 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 356090
USD 236,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 204.75 | £UK 179.5 | JP¥ 36391]
Catalogue: Drama & Theater
Keywords: Aubrey Beardsley Ben Jonson Volpone The Fox
The Two Baxters: Diary Notes
Millwood Press 1979 Paperback, 87pp. In this volume Pat Lawlor is writing of New Zealand in the '50s, '60s and early '70s which his 'cobber' Jim Baxter reflected so clearly and completely in his life and poetic vision. Some fading on cover spine, pages beginning to fox. (ISBN: 9780908582341). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1581438
NZD 13,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.73 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1192]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: Poetry, NZ, Biography9780908582341 9780908582341
Our Burning Time : Poems
Wellington, New Zealand, Prometheus Books. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vincent O'Sullivan first book for which he won the Jessie Mackay Award, since then he has won numerous awards. CONDITION Green Rexine bds with bright gilt title (unworn, bottom rear cnr a little bumped) 51 pages. Copy is bright and crisp with name inside front and light toned at ends, Original DJ is illus by Don Binney. It is toned and stained, wear to spine ends and tips including a small tear to spine head. Near Fine/Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16124
USD 30,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4626]
Catalogue: Poetry
All This by Chance
Victoria University Press 2017 Paperback, 336pp. If we don’t have the past in mind, it is merely history. If we do, it is still part of the present. Esther’s grandparents first meet at a church dance in London in 1947. Stephen, a shy young Kiwi, has left to practice pharmacy on the other side of the world. Eva has grown up English, with no memory of the Jewish family who sent their little girl to safety. When the couple emigrate, the peace they seek in New Zealand cannot overcome the past they have left behind. Following the lives of Eva, her daughter Lisa, and her granddaughter Esther, All This By Chance is a moving multigenerational family saga about the legacy of the Holocaust and the burden of secrets never shared, by one of New Zealand’s finest writers. Pasted inside is NZ Listener review of the book, otherwise book is in near mint condition. (ISBN: 9781776561797). Very Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1168505
NZD 17,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 10.02 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1546]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: Fiction, NZ9781776561797 9781776561797
All This by Chance
Victoria University Press 2017 Paperback, 336pp. If we don’t have the past in mind, it is merely history. If we do, it is still part of the present. Esther’s grandparents first meet at a church dance in London in 1947. Stephen, a shy young Kiwi, has left to practice pharmacy on the other side of the world. Eva has grown up English, with no memory of the Jewish family who sent their little girl to safety. When the couple emigrate, the peace they seek in New Zealand cannot overcome the past they have left behind. Following the lives of Eva, her daughter Lisa, and her granddaughter Esther, All This By Chance is a moving multigenerational family saga about the legacy of the Holocaust and the burden of secrets never shared, by one of New Zealand’s finest writers. (ISBN: 9781776561797). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1296630
NZD 15,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 8.88 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1369]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: Fiction, NZ9781776561797 9781776561797
An Anthology of Twentieth Century New Zealand Poetry - Second Edition
Oxford University Press 1976 Paperback, 439pp. Heavy. Cover sunned; marks from tape on inside cover; minor foxing. (ISBN: 0195580036). Fair.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1572381
NZD 15,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 8.88 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1369]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Poetry0195580036 0195580036
Bearings
Oxford University Press 1973 Paperback. Sun damage on cover. (ISBN: 0196400104). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1327287
NZD 13,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.73 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1192]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Poetry0196400104 0196400104
Believers To the Bright Coast
Penguin 1998 Paperback, 274pp. The infamous Dr Crippen's mistress finds a new life in Auckland in the early decades of the century. A French nun works amongst the disabled and the poor. Young Spicer, a slow-witted lad finds himself deeply involved in the lives of both. Together they form an unlikely threesome in this thriller. (ISBN: 9780140280272). Fair.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1412636
NZD 13,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.73 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1192]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: Fiction, NZ9780140280272 9780140280272
Believers To the Bright Coast
Penguin 1998 Paperback, 274pp. The infamous Dr Crippen's mistress finds a new life in Auckland in the early decades of the century. A French nun works amongst the disabled and the poor. Young Spicer, a slow-witted lad finds himself deeply involved in the lives of both. Together they form an unlikely threesome in this thriller. (ISBN: 9780140280272). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1381171
NZD 15,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 8.88 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1369]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: Fiction, NZ9780140280272 9780140280272
Dandy Edison for Lunch, And Other Stories
McIndoe 1981 Paperback, 154pp. Slight foxing throughout, otherwise good. (ISBN: 9780868680361). Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1557879
NZD 10,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 6.01 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 927]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Fiction9780868680361 9780868680361
Eminent Victorians: Great Teachers And Scholars From Victoria's First 100 Years
Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Well Paperback, 238pp. (ISBN: 9780473064877). Very Good.
Book Haven Professional sellerBook no.: 1385432
NZD 17,50 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 10.02 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1546]
Catalogue: General
Keywords: NZ, Biography, Education9780473064877 9780473064877