Books - "poetry"
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VERSES
first edition, signed & inscr by author to fep, blue cloth, VG(corners sl bruised & v sl scuffed, sl edgewear with v sl tear to lower front board, spine head & foot v sl worn with v sl tears, boards sl sunned & soiled, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, ep's sl browned, v sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Tulane University Press New Orleans 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton emma putnam bancroft poetry
FOR SOLO VOICE
And Other Poems
first edition, signed & inscr by author, green cloth, 96pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl wear to spine head & foot, boards v sl sunned & rubbed, prev owners inscr to fep, v sl browning to ep's)
PUBLISHER: Aline Liebman USA 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition aline liebman poetry
Famous Meeting
poems narrative and lyric
first edition 71pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert gittings poetry
Hyphens
first edition 32pp NF (marbled paper boards w.black cloth spine,minor bumps to corners,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition james russell grant poetry
Collected Poems
first edition 92pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled w.shadows from d/w on boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry edgell rickword
Time Is As Time Does
first edition 32pp NF (marbled paper boards w.black cloth spine,paste action to eps,long owner's inscr.to half-title verso) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry elizabeth young
Questings
first edition 56pp VG+ (red cloth,mod.stained,paste action to eps,untrimmed edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: elkin mathews london 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry h.phelps clawson
Writing in New Zealand Contemporary Verse
post-primary school bulletin
first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] pp273-304 NF (in wrappers,mceldowney's inscr.to title)
PUBLISHER: nz education dept.wellington 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition joan stevens dennis mceldowney literature new zealand poetry
Messages for Herod
first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 62pp NF (white cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,mceldowney's inscr.to ffep) in NF d/w (spine browned)
PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition charles doyle dennis mceldowney new zealand poetry literature
Jetsam
first edition 53pp NF (in wrappers,minor wear to extrems.,typed letter from author to dennis mceldowney loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: writers & artists auckland 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition new zealand poetry piers davies dennis mceldowney literature
Our Life in This Land
facsimile edition limited [250] 26pp ills.[col.linocut] F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: dennis mceldowney auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition roderick finlayson dennis mceldowney new zealand poetry literature
Earth Meditations: 2
first edition 20pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: alldritt auckland 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry charles doyle
A Desirable Property
first edition 46pp VG+ in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry vivienne joseph
Over the White Wall
first edition 56pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry hugh lauder
Fragile Signs
of new found strength
reprint unpaginated ills.[b/w] NF (in wrappers,owner's inscr.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: boyd glassey christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry wynne glassey
Stories About Wooden Keyboards
first edition 80pp NF (in glossy wrappers,prelims.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: auckland univ.press auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry kendrick smithyman
Rabbi Ben Ezra
and other poems
unpaginated 83pp ills(col.plates) VG+ (dark green cloth w.col.ill.stamp to frt brd,sl.soiled,sunned w.sl.bumps to extrems,mod chip to foot of spine,mod foxing to prelims,sl.foxing to content w. clean plates,owners label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london
KEYWORDS: poetry art literature history anthropology rabbi ben ezra
THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
With Life
First edition, heavily decorated brown cloth, all edges gilt with gilt & black embossed front & spine, deep embossed lozenge design with gilt surround and green floral infill with titles above & below, bevelled edges, brown ep's, steel engravings in illus & borders to every page, no tissues, xiv 624pp, VG(boards rubbed & sunned with l surface loss, edges & corners sl worn & scuffed, spine head & foot, worn with v sl tears & chipped, sl soiled boards, sl internal seperation at front & rear hinges, sl shaky spine, booksellers stamp to fep, sl foxing & soiling to ep's & edges with sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gall & Inglis Edinburgh (nd)
KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton sir walter scott poetry
MEANJIN PAPERS
A Quarterly of Literature - Summer
vol 3 no. 3, booklet in blue wrappers, 202pp, VG-(edges tatty, cover sl sunned & foxed with v sl soiling, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Meanjin Press Brisbane 1944
KEYWORDS: meanjin papers literature poetry
Edward Thomas
a critical biography 1878-1917
first edition, 292pp, ills (b/w) NF (green cloth, sl foxing to foredges.) in VG+ d/w (minor closed tears to some extrems, moderate foxing to rear and some insides.)
PUBLISHER: faber, london, 1970
KEYWORDS: william cooke edward thomas poetry literature biography