Rare books from The Last Word

New Zealand: Heinemann, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition First Printing. 122 pages, plastic cover over dust wrapper, owner name on fixed front flyleaf and dedication on back of free front fly leaf.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Great Britain: John Murray, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. As New/As New. Mint first printing , unopened, unread 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first printing has no writing on the front about prizes.

New Zealand: Penguin, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Mint sixth printing in Brodart cover - Flat Signed by author, "Signed" sticker on front. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First five printings were in paperback - this is the first NZ Penguin printing in hardback.

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, 1963. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Dustjacket in Brodart archival clear cover. 192 pages Janet Frame's 4th book,

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.

New Zealand: Penguin, 2006. First edition thus. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Mint sixth printing - first hardback edition. Dust Jacket in Brodart cover - Flat signed by author on title page. "Signed" sticker on front. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pages. Unread unopened except to peek at signature. one of only 1000 printed in this edition.

Great Britain: Faber and Faber, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Publisher: Faber & Faber., London; New hardback in new dustjacket. In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, Conn., USA: American Publishing Company, 1894. Cloth. Fine. originally published 1879 Facsimile signature. 328 illustrations. 631 pages. Black cloth covers with gold figure and title to front and spine. Very small split to base of sine - small split at top about 7 mm long between spine and front cover. Lovely inside tight pages and no foxing seen.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Publisher: London; Jonathan Cape;, 2007 First edition, first printing. Flat signed by the author on the title page. Dust Jacket in clear Brodart archival covering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Actual scan of book shown.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. First edition First printing, flat signed to title page, FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING. A very fine hard back in a very fine dust wrapper. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page WON THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR 2007. The book is unread and is in mint condition. The dust wrapper is protected with a Brodart archival clear protector 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. As New/As New. First edition First printing, Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London UK FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING. WON THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR 2007. The book is unread and is in mint condition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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