DANBY,MARY

first edition signed by author 234pp VG+ (brown cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,internal foxing,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mary danby signed

GILBERT,W.S.

third edition 564pp ills.[b/w by author] VG- (beige cloth w.red/gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1898

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts gilbert bab

SARGESON,FRANK

first edition 279pp octavo, blue cloth boards, VG- (light scuffing and bruising to spine extrems and board coners, adhesive tape marks to edges of boards, moderate wrinkling to cloth on rear board and light wrinkling to edges of front board, moderate scuffing with small hole to cloth on rear board, prev owners name in ink to fep, light tanning to eps) in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing with patches of loss to rear cover (repaired with backing paper), covered in protective plastic wrap)

PUBLISHER: john lehmann london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature frank sargeson new zealand

GRIFFITH,T.GWYNFOR

first edition 147pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1955

KEYWORDS: literature history bandello gwynfor griffith

CUSTINE,MARQUIS DE

half leather 532pp VG (marbled paper boards w.black half leather,gilt bands and stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green london 1855

KEYWORDS: russia history literature marquis de custine

MERIMEE,PROSPER;JOHNSON,A.E.[TRANSL.];BULL,RENE [ILLS.]

203pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,teg,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: carmen prosper merimee opera literature

GOLDSMITH,OLIVER;THOMAS,GEORGE [ILLS.]

[first edition thus] 133pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt border and dec.stamp to top board,bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1861

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature oliver goldsmith george thomas

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES C.

first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head/foot of spine,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry johannes andersen

LAWLOR,PAT

first edition 20pp octavo stapled wrappers VG (mod. rubbed and soiled, sl. foxed,dealer's label to title)

PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1951

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature bibliography pat lawlor

MARRIS,C.A.

[first edition] 98pp VG (in paper wrappers over card boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned,chipping to edges,sl.foxing to prelims.and content edges)

PUBLISHER: tombs wellington [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature marris new zealand poetry

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES

first edition inscribed by author 63pp VG (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled,losses of paper to margins of both covers probably due to insects,chipped yapp edges,author's dated inscr.and sign.to ffep verso - 1945)

PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed johannes andersen

IWEALA,UZODINMA

first edition proof copy 140pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: john murray london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies uzodinma iweala

LATHROP,DOROTHY P.

first edition thus unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG+ (col.ill.paper boards,v.sl.wear to extrems.,paste action and minor foxing to eps) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: world's work kingswood 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dorothy lathrop

PATTERSON,JAMES

first edition 365pp NF (grey paper boards w.beige cloth spine,remainder stamp to foot edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james pattersn

BENNETT,KEM

first edition 256pp VG+ (blue cloth,spine sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kem bennett

MORRISON,STRANG

first edition 260pp VG+ (green cloth w.red stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature strang morrison

BRIGHT,A.D.

first edition 143pp ills.[b/w by frank wright] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: wilding shrewsbury 1901

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bright frank wright

DUNSTAN,PEGGY

first edition inscribed by the author 79pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,author's inscr.to half-title verso and sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed peggy dunstan

ROBERTS,MORLEY;HUDSON,W.H.

first edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,boards sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: eveleigh nash london 1924

KEYWORDS: biography history literature hudson morley roberts

PATERSON,ALISTAIR

first edition 62pp NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning to rear cover,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand alistair paterson