Books - "literature"
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The Lovelock Version
FIRST EDITION. Dated, inscribed & signed by author. Super octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, author inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1980
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Monday's Warriors
FIRST EDITION. Signed by author. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl foxing to pg edges, author inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1990
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Season of the Jew
FIRST EDITION, lacks tp. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, bookplate to ffep, author inscription & scribbles to ht, pp. 147-8 torn at head extrem, heavy folding to pp. 269-82 at head extrem), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chipping). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton [1986]
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Occasional Verses
FIRST EDITION, associtation copy. Signed & inscribed by author to Ruth Dallas. Octavo, green light card covers, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to covers). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971
KEYWORDS: James Bertram New Zealand literature modern first edition poetry poems
From Bottle Creek: Selected Poems, 1967-69
Original true FIRST EDITION. Author's first book. Signed & inscribed by author to Robin White. Octavo, patterned light card covers, VG- (heavy soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chiping, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, prelims/terminals & throughout, curling to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Arts Council 1969
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Poems from Bottle Creek (One): A Flat Fat Blues
FIRST EDITION. First of the Bottle Creek issues. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, prelims/terminals & throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press n/d
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Bottle Creek Blues
FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto, light card covers, VG- (light soiling to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press n/d
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Bracken Country
FIRST EDITION, NO. 5/100. Signed by author. Octavo, light card covers, VG (light soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Glenbervie Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
No Ordinary Sun
FIRST EDITION, second impression with three further poems. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Author's first book, scarce thus. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, price clipped). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Blackwood and Janet Paul 1965
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Year of the Dog: Poems New and Selected
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Something Nothing
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition Robin White
Selected Poems
Signed & inscribed by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Come Rain Hail
Fourth edition, signed, inscribed & dated by author. Lacking card cover. Octavo, stapled card, VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing, gatherings from pp. 1-24, 3-22 & 5-20 loose). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Square One Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Poems
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Author's first book. Octavo, stapled light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, ). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: N.Z. Tablet Co. n/d
KEYWORDS: Eileen Duggan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Messengers in Blackface
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, french flaps, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, bookplate to front cover verso). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Amphedesma Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Alan Brunton New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Sap-Wood & Milk
Second edition. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing, bookplate to front cover verso, pp. [i]-1, 3-16, & 17-20 loose, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare Ralph Hotere New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Daughter of the Dawn: A Realistic Story of Maori Magic
Third edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, cracking to front & rear hinges--bdg sl sloppy, light cracking to central &rear gutters, some foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Jarrold & Sons 1903
KEYWORDS: William Reginald Hodder New Zealand literature history
The Gates of Hell: An Historical novel of the Present Day
Ex-library. Octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge red, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters, library inscriptions, stamps & paste-ins throughout, prev ownership inscription to ht). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1934
KEYWORDS: Erik R v Kuhnelt-Leddihn literature fiction novel
The Oresteia
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges), in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, light to moderate soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1976
KEYWORDS: Aeschylus ancient Greek Greece drama literature
The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in blue gilt, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism Donald Keene