HAMMER, CHRIS

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo softcover (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

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: chris hammer literature

O'LOGHLIN, JAMES

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo softcover (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

PUBLISHER: Echo Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: james o'loghlin literature

ELIOT, T S

Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1942

KEYWORDS: ts eliot literature christian theology

ELLIOT, DAVID

Quarto softcover (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

PUBLISHER: Random House NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: childrens literature new zealand dunedin author illustrator david elliot

ARISTOPHANES & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & edges, heavy fading to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- glue is brittle & cracking)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1973

KEYWORDS: erotica classic literature Aristophanes illustrated plays drama

GRUBER, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to blue title plate on spine, illus eps & title page, x + 333pp, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with heavy soiling to page edges, light tanning to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature adventure expeditions exploration Soviet Russia Russian Arctic North Pole

MISHIMA, YUKIO & SPARLING, KATHRYN (Trans)

REVIEW COPY, UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature history culture Samurai English translation first UK editions Yukio Mishima Japan review copies

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/patterned eps, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions Jean Cocteau writings prose literature anthology collection English translations

ANONYMOUS & COCTEAU, JEAN (Preface & Illus)

US FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 88pp, illus, VG (light fading to board & spine edges, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate tanning throughout, minor cracking to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & covers- some minor surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Macaulay Company 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first US editions novels fiction French literature English translations semi autobiographical Jean Cocteau

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm gilt illus to front board, 76pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate tanning to spine & board edges, minor staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & water staining, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction French literature English translations semi autobiographical Jean Cocteau

JONES, JOHN P

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontnispiece, xvii + 448pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor scuffing to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters- particularly to rear, binding loose/sloppy, minor soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, plates either detached or loosened- not counted presumed all present, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1908

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture India Indian John P Jones

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Hone Tuwhare illustrated Ralph Hotere Maori graphics

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL & ROSS, ANGUS (Ed & Notes) & WILSON, ANGUS (Intro) & BRETT, SIMON (Illus)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, teal/green iridescent cloth boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spines, top page edges stained blue,1533pp total, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims of vol 2) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing to edges/sides)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1991

KEYWORDS: folio society literature novels fiction Samuel Richardson

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA & BURNS, TOM (Illus) & BANVILLE, JOHN (Intro)

3 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, purple & teal lettering to spines, illus to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagintion, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: literature folio society novels fiction Mr Ripley Patricia Highsmith

BOETHIUS & WATTS, V E (Trans & Intro) & KEENAN, BRIAN (Preface)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, cream/beige heavy boards, brown & red lettering to spine, coloured lettering & decoration/illumination to front board, frontispiece, 207pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling/chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society theology philosophy theosophy religion religious writings literature Anicius Manlius T S Boethius classical works late antiquity

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sm gouge/loss to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & JOHNSON, A J (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 253pp, illus, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board corners/edges, minor chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- esp. at rear, moderate foxing throughout, ffep partially detached, light to moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges of frontis)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1903

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson illustrated A J Johnson

RAINE, KATHLEEN & MAXWELL, GAVIN (Frontispiece)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge)

PUBLISHER: The Dolman Press 1973

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Kathleen Raine

RAINE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ POET HELEN SHAW, octavo, blue/grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & sm pencil markings to pages throughout, ink & pencil writing to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1977

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Kathleen Raine poems poetry verse literature

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (minor fading & 'ghost' lettering from jacket to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction short stories modern first editions Frank Sargeson