Check King by Robin Hyde (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In blue cloth. Rear board slightly bowed. No jacket.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Reissued. Tight and tidy, just a small inscription in front. Intact dust jacket, lightly sunned at spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Thus. First published in 1936. Book is in beautiful condition and has only light tape stains to endpapers from jacket protector. The Jacket has a corrected dog ear to inside front flap and is housed in a protective sleeve. 288pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Reissued. Tight and square, just a name and toning in front endpaper. Intact dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Reprint. A very nice clean copy with only light shelf wear and no inscriptions.

Condition: New. In English.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

No Jacket. lacks d/w, Octavo hardcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj. Reprint. A new Zealand Classic , Baron De Thierry, self styled King Pokeno of Hokianga was surely New Zealand's most romantic coloniser.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dj. New Zealand Classics No writing or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition book and jacket - some general wear - faded spine - slight foxing otherwise clean and tidy inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 288 pages. dj has tear, worn top of spine, fadedBaron de Thierry, self-styled King Pokeno of Hokianga, was surely New Zealand's most romantic coloniser. Part English, part French, Charles de Thierry trusting ly bought 40,000 acres from the missionary, Thomas Kendall and the two colourful chiefs he brought with him to meet the King of England.--Publisher description .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 288 pages. Baron de Thierry, self-styled King Pokeno of Hokianga, was surely New Zealand's most romantic coloniser. Part English, part French, Charles de Thierry trusting ly bought 40,000 acres from the missionary, Thomas Kendall and the two colourful chiefs he brought with him to meet the King of England.--Publisher description .…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Gd - VG. xii (1p) p15-288 (48p August 1936 Catalogue) D-J (thin strip missing top, bottom spine, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Short inscription FEP Browning HTP Light foxing FE The 5th impression of this 'novel' of the life story of the 'dreamer' who thought he had been given sovereignty over the new country in the South Pacific to become New Zealand.…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardback. Robin Hyde, Golden Press. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of New Zealand modernist fiction, Check to Your King chronicles the extraordinary life of Charles de Thierry, a nineteenth-century French baron who audaciously declared himself Sovereign Chief of New Zealand and attempted to establish an independent kingdom in the colonial wilderness. Robin Hyde reconstructs this remarkable and largely forgotten historical figure with a blend of lyrical prose and sharp psychological insight, presenting de Thierry as both a visionary dreamer and a tragic fool undone by his own grandiose ambitions. The novel captures the turbulent collision of European imperialism and Maori sovereignty with a tone that is at once compassionate and unsparingly ironic. Hyde illustrates how de Thierry's doomed enterprise mirrors the broader absurdities and cruelties of the colonial project, grounding grand historical forces in one man's deeply human failings. A rich and underappreciated gem of antipodean literature, it stands as a testament to Hyde's formidable talent for breathing vivid life into the margins of history. Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1975 Golden Press(New Zealand Classics) Hardcover Edition 1st Impression : Very good++ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket .

Condition: Good. Light scratches/scuffs to cover. Fading/scratches to dustjacket. Some scratches/marks to textblock edges. Tanning to pages. Content very good.

1st New Zealand republication of the 1936 UK original. XII, 228 PP. Hard cover, dj. Name and address of previous owner on front endpaper, Short notes on recto of the rear endpaper. Ageing of paper, some foxing, o/wise very good. 21.2 x 13.5.