Books - "poetry"
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The Years Go Round
first edition limited and numbered and signed by author [45/200] 61pp VG+ (grey paper boards w.vellum spine and paper title label to front cover,mod.stained and sl.rubbed,browned spine,author's inscr.and numbered colophon to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: privately printed auckland 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry richard arnold singer new zealand
Child Lovers and Other Poems
second edition 29pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition william h.davies poetry
The Song of Life and Other Poems
first edition 61pp NF (blue cloth,paste action to eps) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.w.2x3cm loss to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1920
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry william h.davies
The Poetical Works of Edward Young
in two vols
two vols;298pp & 393pp, VG (green cloth with black and gold stamps, bumps and wear to extrems with minor losses, vol 1 has small surface losses to spine and long inscription to ffep dated 1880, bindings a little shaky beg to separate at ffep gutters, sl foxing to contents and foredges.)
PUBLISHER: bell and daldy, london, [1880]
KEYWORDS: edward young poetry literature
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 F 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