Zoe Lambe (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Grey stain and some other marks on dj rear cover, some wear and minor tears on dj edges, cloth discoloured on boards, top of spine and bottom corners knocked, light dust marking on top edge, otherwise vg. 500 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight and square, erased gift inscription in front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket is price clipped, slightest of wear, unfaded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Attractive jacket design by Biro. ***Publisher's review copy with loosely inserted date-stamped review slip. ***First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Top corner of front free endpaper neatly diagonally clipped. Pages clean and bright. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 18s net. Extremities very slightly rubbed, nicked and creased. Short closed tear to top outer edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Bottom edge of front panel of dustwrapper nicked, creased and rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly rubbed (white background). Front cover and spine of dustwrapper bright. 191 pages plus one-page postscript. 204mm x 138mm. ***'When a prejudiced young Indian Army officer, Captain Mike Lane, arrives in New Zealand in 1846 he expects an uneventful tour of duty. He finds instead that he is embroiled in the bitter struggle of the settlers to maintain the harmony they have established with the Maoris, which a new despotic Governor seems determined to wreck. ***A war of revenge breaks out after the abduction of the famous warrior Te Rauparaha, when his plan to assassinate the Governor and kill the Colonists becomes known. Mike Lane's sense of duty is subjected to further strain when he falls in love with Tara, the rebel chieftain's beautiful daughter. He tries to save from a miscarriage of justice a man whom he has never consciously seen, but who has several times saved his life and who is close to Tara. ***Here, told for the first time, is a stirring story based on little-known events in the history of New Zealand, on land-grabbing, secret despatches, rebellion, subterfuge, and the supernatural powers of the Maoris. But it is first a tale told in human terms of the conflict between a man's duty and his conscience.' (Quote from inside front jacket brlurb) ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BIRO (DUST JACKET) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black Boards with silver blocked titles to spine, 205 x 140 mm approx. 192 pp. First Edition 1967. The copy offered is inscribed and and signed by the author to her dear friends Kara and Andrew (Andrew Carr Mackenzie. (1911-2001) journalist, novelist and parapsychologist who was a writer of detective fiction and vice president of the Society for Psychical Research. A leading researcher in the field of psychical research in the 1970s. (Wikipedia) and from whose estate the book was purchased by us.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- dust spotting to top edge of book block,author insc. as above. Dust jacket - mild general shelf soiling, white titles to spine tanned, non price clipped - cover 18/- Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.