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Renaissance Books
PO Box 335
Dunedin 9054
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Renaissance Books
PO Box 335
Dunedin 9054
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Holcroft, M. H. Listings

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1 Holcroft, M. H. Carapace. The Motor Car in New Zealand: A Roadside View
Dunedin John Mcindoe (1979) 0908565917 / 9780908565917 First Edition Hardcover Good+ in Fair dust jacket 
Owner's rubber stamp on title page and on front endpaper. Dust wrapper worn and chipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 136 pages. Illustrated.; 8vo 
Price: 28.20 NZD
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2 Holcroft, M. H. Discovered Isles A Trilogy
Christchurch The Caxton Press 1950 First Edition Hardcover Good+ in Fair dust jacket 
Fading at head of spine and along head of rear board. Some spotting to dust wrapper. 1 1/2" x 5" piece missing at head of rear panel of dust wrapper. 1/2" at head of front fold of dust wrapper. 1/2" x 1/2" chip at head of spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 281 pages. Brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215mm x 132mm. Titles include: The Deepening Stream; The Waiting Hills; Encircling Seas. "Mr Holcroft's three books on New Zealand and its way of life have proved him our foremost critical writer." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo 
Price: 31.73 NZD
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3 Holcroft, M. H. Graceless Islanders
Christchurch The Caxton Press 1970 First Edition Hardcover Good+ in Good dust jacket 
No signatures. Fading to dust wrapper spine. 1" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Some rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 243 pages. Green papered boards. Page dimensions: 215mm x 133mm. "'Graceless Islanders,' which supplies the title for this collection of essays was the last editorial published in the New Zealand Listener over the initials 'M.H.H.'" - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo 
Price: 29.38 NZD
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4 Holcroft, M. H. Old Invercargill
Dunedin John McIndoe (1976) 0908565089 / 9780908565085 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good- with no dust jacket 
No signatures. Some glue at rear hinge visible. Some rubbing to spine and along edges of boards. Some creasing to front wrapper. ; 128 pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 241mm x 180mm. "Do towns have personalities? M. H. Holcroft believes that they do, and writes here of events and people whose influence helped to shape Invercargill, revealing them against everyday life until the outbreak of war in 1914. The text is supported and enlarged by early photographs which make history visible, adding their charm to a book of exceptional interest." - from the inside cover blurb. ; 8vo 
Price: 70.50 NZD
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5 Holcroft, M. M. Timeless World: a Collection of Essays
Wellington The Progressive Publishing Society 1945 First Edition Hard Cover Good in Good dust jacket 
131 pages. Paper spine label. 3/8" chips at head of dust wrapper spine. Some dampstains to endpapers and dust wrapper. Red stain to front panel of dust wrapper. Owner's signature. Contents: Climate and Literature; The Ladies of Sulaco; The Long Probation; Charles Wells; Manzoni's Italy; The Literary Remains of an Artist; The Primeval Heath; Dean Inge and Mysticism; Laughter in Russia; The Fear of Death; Barbarians; The Dark Plain; Coleridge; The Wonderful Letter; A Novelist's Workshop; Poet of the Spatial Imagination; The Portrayal of Character. ; 8vo 
Price: 16.45 NZD
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