FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 254pp VERY GOOD+ (patterned grey paper boards w.teal cloth spine,v.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep - Best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed,pale small stain to foot edge but not affecting text) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.creasing) scans available on request

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed

FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 212pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's name to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep - for Rose Marie & John from Janet - eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1972]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

FRAME,JANET

first NZ edition inscribed and signed by author 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep - to Rose Marie & John from Janet - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed and signed by the author 196pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title page - for Robin & Rosemary Gordon with best regards & many thanks for answering ill-timed phone calls on the nature & behaviour of fowl, wild & tame, from Janet, the goose woman, Shannon, January 1989 - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) Janet Frame kep geese and her last book [published posthumously] was named by her 'The Goose Bath Poems'

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed and signed by author 121pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John with best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: w.h.allen london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed poetry

FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition 2 vols.inscribed and signed by author 182/182pp NEAR FINE (cream cloth,spines v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep both vols. - John, best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ slipcase (ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1963]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

MANDER,JANE

first colonial edition inscribed and signed by author 308pp VERY GOOD- (brown cloth w.ochre dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed for Warwick Lawrence Jane Mander - colonial edition stamp to copyright page,spine cracked but solid)

PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london new york 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand signed

CRESSWELL,WALTER D'ARCY

first edition [fromt the collection of Ian Donnelly] 78pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown [Donnelly],eps and untrimmed content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.) extremely rare dustwrapper particularly in this condition

PUBLISHER: wells gardner darton london 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry walter d'arcy cresswell donnelly

BAIL,MURRAY

first edition proof copy 214pp FINE in wrappers

PUBLISHER: harvill secker london 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies murray bail

GROFF,LAUREN

first edition proof copy 364pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,publisher's label to title page)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies lauren groff

PEARS,IAIN

first edition proof copy 597pp FINE in wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies iain pears

GORDIMER,NADINE

first edition 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: david philip cape town 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nadine gordimer

BRADY,E.J.

first edition 155pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: bulletin newspaper sydney 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry brady

FENWICK,ELIZABETH

first edition 192pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth fenwick

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition 125pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand denis glover

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition unpaginated VG- (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled, insect damage to extrems of front cover)

PUBLISHER: catspaw press wellington [1978]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denis glover new zealand

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition numbered/limited signed by author unpaginated VERY GOOD (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's sign.to numbered colophon on front flap)

PUBLISHER: cats-paw press wellington 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed denis glover

SHADBOLT,MAURICE

first edition proof copy 190pp VERY GOOD (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.ink price to front cover,mod.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies maurice shadbolt

SHADBOLT,MAURICE

first edition proof copy 286pp VERY GOOD- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.ink notes to front cover,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,cocked)

PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode london 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies new zealand maurice shadbolt