MATHEWS, HARRY

First edition, ownership signature of New Zealand poet Tony Green, 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: Burning Deck 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

BARR, EMILY

First edition uncorrected proof copy, 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: Penguin 2017

KEYWORDS: young adult teenage children's literature modern first edition uncorrected proof

RUSHTON, ABBIE

First edition uncorrected proof copy, octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Atom Books 2016

KEYWORDS: young adult teenage children's literature modern first edition uncorrected proof

GLOVER, ALBERT

First edition, 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: Burn Books 1981

KEYWORDS: poetry poems literature Albert Glover modern first edition

MOTTRAM, ERIC & DONNELLY, PETER (Illus)

First edition, limited to 220 copies, stapled 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: Aloes Books (?)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poems poetry Eric Mottram

JAMESON, STORM

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: literature novel modern first edition

WOOTTON, SUE & BRAUN-ELWERT, CARLA (Illus)

First edition, inscribed & signed by both authors, oblong large imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) no 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: Steele Roberts Publishers 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature children's fiction picture New Zealand signed

KLEFOS, BREDE

Ex library, first edition, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (tatty taped and missing section of spine); 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: Peter Davies Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: war modern first edition WW2 military

WAUGH, EVELYN

first edition (first state) octavo patterned red boards, 288pp VG- ( cracking at external spine edges and rear gutter, wear to extremities, light foxing and tanning, owners name to fep) Despite the description a presentable copy of the first novel by the author, in the RARE FIRST STATE ( the names of two characters on p168/9 had to be changed, this copy has the original names)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature evelyn waugh

WALTARI, MIKA & WALFORD, NAOMI (Trans)

First English edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 503pp, VG (v slight staining to boards, owner's inscription to f.e.p., light foxing to prelims & last 50 pages, tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate rubbing soiling & tanning, creasing & a few small closed tears to edges, chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co. Ltd 1949

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

WALLACE, LEW

Early printing of UK First edition, octavo, brown card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus to spine & fron board, frontispiece, 428pp + 4pp adverts, VG ( light bruising to spine edges, light soiling to boards, moderate browning to page edges, slight foxing to page edges, soiling to eps, pages 407 to 410 loose & pages 423 to 426 loose)

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott1888

KEYWORDS: Jesus Christ Bible literature modern first edition Rome History Tiberius Fiction religion

HAGGARD, H. RIDER & WOODVILLE, R. CATON (Illus) & GREIFFENHAGEN, M. (Illus)

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to spine, patterned eps, xvi +336pp + 16pp book catalogue, illus, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, some scuffing to board edges, internal front hinge cracked, boards slightly shaky, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1889

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature modern first edition

BAXTER, JAMES K.

First edition, octavo, stapled light card covers, 20pp, VG (light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry literary criticism modern first edition

MANN, THOMAS

2 Volumes, First edition, octavo, beige boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges coloured red, 369pp (vol 1) + 295pp (vol 2), VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine edges, small stain mark to spine of vol 1, moderate browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1938

KEYWORDS: Bible History Biblical events Joseph Son of Jacob Fiction religion literature modern first edition

GUNN, JAMES

First edition, Super octavo, dark green boards with green lettering to spine, 302pp, VG+ (very light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: Tom Doherty 2013

KEYWORDS: Science fiction Artificial intelligence Space Opera literature modern first edition

STEWART, HAROLD

First edition, Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black motif to front board, patterned eps, xxv + 463pp, illus, Nr Fine (very slight scuff to upper edge of rear board) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, in clear contact, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Weatherhill 1981

KEYWORDS: Literary landmarks Kyoto Japan Poetry poems lieterature modern first edition

STEVENSON, JOHN HALL

Limited numbered edition, Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine & indented boarders to boards, t.e.g., xv + 151pp, VG (small nick to edge of spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to eps, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: 1894

KEYWORDS: Poetry poems literature modern first edition

CUSACK, DYMPHNA

first edition small octavo blue cloth boards 265pp VG in VG d/ ; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: constable 1955

KEYWORDS: literature australia modern first edition dymphna cusack

EASTMAN, THEODORE R

first edition octavo blue cloth boards, 213pp FINE in FINE 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 cost

PUBLISHER: iuniverse inc 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature theodore r eastman

CALDECOTT, MOYRA

first edition octavo red cloth boards 234pp VG+ in VG 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 cost

PUBLISHER: rex collings 1977

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition myra caldecott