ERMAN, ADOLF & BLACKMAN, AYLWARD (Trans)

First edition, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xliv + 318pp + 8pp book ads, VG- (slight bruising to spine extrems, heavy foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some annotation in pencil to fep, some foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & less so elsewhere, archival tape repairs to spine extrems, spine sides & all corners)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1927

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STAFFORD, JANE & WILLIAMS, MARK (Eds)

Small quarto, grey boards with black lettering to spine & front board, bue eps, xv + 1162pp, nr fine (small ding to base of spine) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems anthology

WITHEFORD, HUBERT

First edition, Duo decimo 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: Pegasus 1950

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Hubert Witheford poetry literature

CURRIE, ERNEST

Warmly inscribed & signed by author, loosely enclosed cutting of newspaper obituary of author by Denis Glover, also a copy of the author's personal ex-libris bookplate, and a single page holographic letter signed by the author. Super octavo, mottled orange boards with black lettering to front board & darker orange satyr head to front, 32pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & upper board edges, some foxing to page edges & less so to pages, one correction in ink) in d/w, G+ (heavy fading, some foxing, moderate creasing & nicks to edges, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, spine almost worn through)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Ernest Currie Paul Verlaine literature poetry poems signed New Zealand

HALLOCK, JOHN W. M.

Super octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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: The University of Wisconsin Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials John W. M. Hallock homosexuality Fitz-Greene Halleck American poetry biography

OLIVER, STEPHEN & BARR, POLLY (cover illus)

First editoin, quarto, cream light card covers sewn with blue thread, 21pp, VG+ (slight tanning to edges) in blue light card covers with hen & mountains illus to front cover, VG (some browning to spine & peripheries)

PUBLISHER: Hawk Press 1975

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HART-SMITH, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, brown heavy card boards with white title label mounted to front board, sailing ship motif to title page, 61pp, VG (heavy foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning, light foxing, fading & wear to spine, 1cm nicks to corners & folds)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1948

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QUIGLY, ISABEL (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1956

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BAXTER, JAMES K.

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PUBLISHER: Mary Martin Books

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BERRY, ERNEST & KILBRIDE, JERRY

Signed by Ernest Berry, silver fern sellotaped to fep, octavo, illus red light card covers with yellow & black lettering, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to rear cover lower edge) in d/w, VG (some fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Post Pressed 2000

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DE GASZTOLD, CARMEN BERNOS

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1967

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JOYCE, JAMES

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: Faber & Faber

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LEWIS, C. DAY

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1951

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HEINE, HEINRICH

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PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1948

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CAMPBELL, ALISTAIR TE ARIKI

First edition, duodecimo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, printed eps, 51pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Wai te Ata Press 1999

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TORRENS, J. M. (AKA) MUNDO, H. V.

First edition, loosely enclosed articles about publications under author's other name HV Mundo, octavo, light card stapled wrappers with blue lettering to front cover, gilt decorative rule to front & illus to rear cover, double-page frontispiece, 39pp, VG- (staining to covers, some tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: JM Torrens 1900

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BUKOWSKI, CHARLES & ZAHN, CURTIS ET AL

Super octavo, illus white light card wrappers with black lettering, unpaginated, VG (some staining to covers, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Poets' Press 1962

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SOUTHERNER (aka) AUGUST, SAMUEL

Inscribed & signed by author (as Southerner, real name Samuel August), small octavo, beige paper stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 55pp, VG- (owner's name & address to front cover, some staining to covers, rust-staining around staples, creasing & bruising to cover edges, some foxing to page edges, lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Craft Agency 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southerner Samual August literature poetry poems

PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER & FORESTCUE-BRICKDALE, ELEANOR (Illus)

Scarce in d/w, small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rulle to front board, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece with captioned tissueguard, xiv + 459pp, illus with tipped-in colour pates and captioned tissueguards to each, VG (some browning & foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, bookseller's label to fep, moderate browning to prelims & terminals, light creasing to a few page edges, some tanning & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece tissue guard) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, browning to spine, staining to rear, bruising, nicks & creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton (n/d)

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LAWRENCE, D. H.

First edition thus, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 138pp, VG (light staining to boards, some fading to board edges, inscription in ink to fep, some browning & foxing to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning, some creasing & nicks to edges, d/w torn in two at spine/rear fold repaired with archival tape)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker 1934

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