BROUN, BILL

FIRST EDITION super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Ecco/HarperCollins 2016

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

THEMERSON, STEFAN & RUSSELL, BERTRAND (pref.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, charmingly illus. endpapers, 251pp+adverts. at rear, VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning to pages, v. sl. foxing to edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing and rubbing, light soiling, small chip to rear corner of spine, otherwise quite tidy)

PUBLISHER: Gaberbocchus 1953

KEYWORDS: Professor Mmaa Gaberbocchus literature philisophical modern first edition

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, his 2nd book; octavo stapled light card covers with French flaps, 74pp, VG (light to moderate soiling to covers, light tanning within, rust stains from staples to rear - a tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry modern first edition signed inscribed Vincent O'Sullivan

VONEGUT JR., KURT

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, VG- (ex-library with minimal external markings (unobtrusive markings to spine, usual stamps and markings within), boards lightly scuffed and moderately soiled, binding cocked, front pastdown shows signs of removal of library card pocket or similar, with prev. bookseller's stamp also, cut-out (possibly copy from jacket) pasted down to half-title, moderate to heavy foxing and tanning to edges & within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co, 1953

KEYWORDS: American US literature modern first edition Kurt Vonnegut

POUND, EZRA & PAIGE, D. D. (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 464pp, VG (moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning within, light foxing to edges and sporadic foxing within) in d/w G+ (scuffed and chipped, soiled, main fault is long segment missing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1951

KEYWORDS: Ezra Pound literary biography letters epistolary American US literature modern first edition

PACKER, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo red/brown cloth covers, black lettering to spine, 57pp, VG+ (light tanning and foxing to edges and within, v. sl. rubbing to boards) in d/w VG (light scuffing and chipping, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry modern first edition Pegasus Press

EGAN, JENNIFER

FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Scribner 2017

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

YUTANG, LIN

First Edition; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Day Company 1950

KEYWORDS: Lin Yutang China Chinese literature modern first edition wisom American America

PING-YING, HSIEH; CHI, TSUI (transl.) & BOTTOMLEY, GORDON (pref.)

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1943

KEYWORDS: China Chinese autobiography literature modern first edition

FRENCH, MARILYN

FIRST NEW ZEALAND EDITION, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 471pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & fading to boards, 1cm crack to top spine, slightly cocked, moderate to heavy foxing to edges and within, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light fading, moderate to heavy scuffing and moderate chipping)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch / Hutchinson 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

SANGHERA, SATHNAM

FIRST EDITION, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, orange endpapers, 306pp, nr. FINE (light tanning to edges/pages) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature British South Asian

COHEN, LEONARD

Octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, VG- (light soiling within, light tanning and light foxing to edges and pages, 5 or so pages starting to come loose towards the back third of the book, but otherwise tidy) in d/w VG (light soiling and scuffing, small minor closed tears to rear)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Candian literature poetry Leonard Cohen singer-songwriter folk music

RAE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, quarto delightfully illus. stiff card covers, delightfully illus. endpapers (geese on the march), unpaginated, charmingly illustrated, VG- (as is the way with childrens' literature, the boards have been knocked about: heavy scuffing, rubbing and creasing - binding is still tight, however; light tanning within, prev. owners' name and inscription to fep.)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Volland Company 1926

KEYWORDS: children childrens literature modern first edition John Rae Granny Goose Mother

HESSE, HERMANN & ROSNER, HILDA (transl.)

FIRST UK EDITION, lacks d/w, small octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 93pp, VG- (light scuffing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning and moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen / Vision Press 1956

KEYWORDS: German literature modern first edition thus Hermann Hesse Journey to the East

SARGESON, FRANK

INSCIRBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; octavo black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (light tanning to edges and moderate tanning with light foxing to prelims., light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG ( light scuffing, small tears chips and moderate creasing to spine, small segment lost to rear top, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed inscribed New Zealand literature Frank Sargeson Janet Fram Michael King plays Time For SOwing Cradle and the Egg

HALEY JR., ALBERT W.

FIRST EDITION, octavo blue light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, VG- (moderate foxing to covers, light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Big Mountain Press 1960

KEYWORDS: US USA American literature poetry modern first edition Albert W Haley Jr.

YANOVSKY, V.S.

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: Chatto and Windus 1967

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

A BANK OFFICIAL [AKA PRESHAW, G. O.]

Super octavo red boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, xii+179pp, VG- (light scuffing and moderate rubbing with surface loss to boards, light to moderate tanning within, occassional foxing, fep. corner clipped, pencil annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: Edwards, Dunlop & Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australian history goldfields gold fields mining goldmining rush Victoria New South Wales Preshaw Buller Grey Teremakau greenstone pounamu Nelson Okatika Hokitika Waimea modern first edition

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

FIRST EDITION, new fep. 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: Barrie & Jenkins ltd. 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature romance comedy Wodehouse

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

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: Barrie & Jenkins ltd. 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thriller Wodehouse