Search Results: Titles starting with K from The Secret Bookshop

New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2005. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tiny amount of foxing and a crease in the cover. Feels unread. Meet Jazz and Roxy and their mates, kids living on the edge, in a gritty YA novel by the author of the New Zealand Post Award-winning Thunder Road. In K Road we're introduced to a scattering of marginalised, demi-underworld characters whose lives connect and collide in a gripping narrative. K Road is peopled by transients, surfies, gang members, street kids, P-heads, kids on the run: an ever-expanding,jostling urban tribe. Dawe's prose is spare, gritty and gutsy with flashes of poetry and humour. We gain an acute sense of the pressures, fears, betrayals and loyalties inherent in living on the edge of the law, and of the tenuous grip each character has on their own safety and integrity. They're all there on K Road: Flash, Sonny, Geronimo, Vercoe, Wilson, Jazz, Roxy. But it's Jazz and Roxy, the 14 and 19-year-ld team on the… Read More

Australia: Bethel Ministries, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Appears unread. Signed by the author.

London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Book Condition: Very Good. Very light foxing to endpapers. . Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Price clipped. edgewear.

London: Collins, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very light foxing to the prelims and the jacket is a little tatty.

London: Collins, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light foxing to the prelims. The jacket has a couple of short closed tears and light edge wear.

London: Collins, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy with only faint tanning to the endpapers. The jacket has minor edge wear and two short closed tears. Price clipped.

London: Collins, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Collins. London. 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. Twinked out inscriptions to front paste down and fep in black felt tip. Else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped. two short closed tears and minor shelf wear.

London: Frederick Muller, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Uk Edition. First Impression. Thus. Minor tape stains to ep's and light foxing to fore edges. Inscription to ffep. Jacket has tiny amounts of edge wear. Not price clipped. 268pp

Auckland: DORIS COPPELL AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy.

Auckland: Halcyon Press., 2011. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very clean tidy copy. Mark Kitteridge helped to start up and then manage Just Fishin' with Tony Bishop. for eight years the specialist fishing tackle store gained both national and international recognition, successfully attracting anglers from all over the country and the res of the world. While managing the store he was also Field Editor for the NZ Fkshing News magazine, he has starred in television shows and videos (including the all-time classic 'Snapper Secrets'), as well as writing for overseas fishing magazines. A great believer in getting the basics right his approach in this new book is to take the reader through the steps from knots, riggs and baits to successfully target the fish he or she is trying to catch. Knowing which rig to use depending on location fish targeted and the many other variables present is what makes fishing the challenging and rewarding sport it is. The book… Read More

USA: U.S. Army Centre for Military History., 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GPO S/N: 008-029-00362-7 The Korean War was the first major armed clash between Free World and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot from 1950 to 1953. Brief histories, organized into five distinct phases, are accessible and readable commemorative studies designed to enhance understanding of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the Korean conflict. More than a half century has passed since the end of the conflict, yet the lessons about military preparedness, global strategy, coalition warfare, and the courage and perseverance of the individual soldier still resonate strong. Today the Korean peninsula remains divided, with a militarily strong, economically weak, and unpredictable North Korea posing a continued threat and challenge to the global strategic environment. Letter rate will be applied to this item when processed

USA: U.S. Army Centre for Military History., 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GPO S/N: 008-029-00366-0 The Korean War was the first major armed clash between Free World and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot from 1950 to 1953. Brief histories, organized into five distinct phases, are accessible and readable commemorative studies designed to enhance understanding of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the Korean conflict. More than a half century has passed since the end of the conflict, yet the lessons about military preparedness, global strategy, coalition warfare, and the courage and perseverance of the individual soldier still resonate strong. Today the Korean peninsula remains divided, with a militarily strong, economically weak, and unpredictable North Korea posing a continued threat and challenge to the global strategic environment. Letter rate applies to this item when processed.

USA: U.S. Army Centre for Military History., 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GPO S/N: 008-029-00360-1 The Korean War was the first major armed clash between Free World and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot from 1950 to 1953. Brief histories, organized into five distinct phases, are accessible and readable commemorative studies designed to enhance understanding of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the Korean conflict. More than a half century has passed since the end of the conflict, yet the lessons about military preparedness, global strategy, coalition warfare, and the courage and perseverance of the individual soldier still resonate strong. Today the Korean peninsula remains divided, with a militarily strong, economically weak, and unpredictable North Korea posing a continued threat and challenge to the global strategic environment. Letter rate applies to this item when processed.

USA: U.S. Army Centre for Military History., 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GPO S/N: 008-029-00367-8 The Korean War was the first major armed clash between Free World and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot from 1950 to 1953. Brief histories, organized into five distinct phases, are accessible and readable commemorative studies designed to enhance understanding of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the Korean conflict. More than a half century has passed since the end of the conflict, yet the lessons about military preparedness, global strategy, coalition warfare, and the courage and perseverance of the individual soldier still resonate strong. Today the Korean peninsula remains divided, with a militarily strong, economically weak, and unpredictable North Korea posing a continued threat and challenge to the global strategic environment. Letter rate will be applied to this item when processed

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Faint tanning and tape remnants to end-papers else very good. Jacket has edge-wear and tape to inside flaps. Some rubbing.

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book has very light foxing to the fore edges. Light tanning to endpapers. The jacket is unclipped and has tiny chips at the head of the spine.

Australia & New Zealand: Wakefield Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The book feels unread. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen or Raymond Chandler, this is the chance to find out. Literary ventriloquist Mark Crick presents 14 recipes in the voices of famous writers, from Homer to Irvine Welsh. Guaranteed to delight anyone in love with food and books. 'Irresistibly moreish ...' - The Independent on Sunday

London: Collins, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tiny amounts of foxing to the page edges and a tiny closed tear to the jacket. Feels unread.

Kaikoura: Kaikoura Historical Society, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A carefully researched book telling tales of the many fishermen who have earned a living fishing off the Kaikoura coast. These men contributed so much to the development of Kaikoura. The stories are woven among a wonderful collection of photographs depicting the fishing industry in Kaikoura.

Nelson: Nikau Press, 1988. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A little rubbing to the wraps and a small ownership stamp.