HYDE, ROBIN

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR HELEN SLAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, pink heavy boards, pink lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

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BERTRAM, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

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JOHNSON, LOUIS

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PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

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BAXTER, JAMES K

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PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1953

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BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

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FAIRBURN, A R D

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PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

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MASON, R A K

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PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1986

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ENSING, RIEMKE (Poem) & BROWN, NIGEL (Graphics)

ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 48pp, illus, VG (sl creasng to edges, moderate foxing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Press 1984

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RAINE, KATHLEEN

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PUBLISHER: Golgonooza Press 1975

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RILKE, RAINER MARIA & LEISHMAN, J B (Trans, Intro & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1946

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BROWNING, ROBERT & LEWIS, C DAY (intro and ed) & REDDICK, PETER (illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1979

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COETZEE, JM

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PUBLISHER: Text Publishing Company 2013

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O'FARRELL, MAGGIE

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PUBLISHER: Review 2004

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1973

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BUNYAN, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2001

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Keneally, Thomas

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PUBLISHER: Sceptre 1994

KEYWORDS: literature fiction

Sinclair, Andrew

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PUBLISHER: Faber 1959

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Carey, Peter

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2011

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Frazier, Charles

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PUBLISHER: Sceptre 1998

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Ondaatje, Michael

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PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2004

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