Books - "poetry"
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LEI OF HOURS
first ediiton, light blue boards bound with ties at spine, unpaginated illus, VG(sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl edgewear, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Keith Stone Honolulu 1943
KEYWORDS: modern first edition lloyd stone poetry hawaii
Poems 1924-1931
ex-lib.[first edition] 54pp VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,contents sl.browned,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london [1932]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry walter d'arcy cresswell
The Love of Hinemoa
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG+ (paper boards w.cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained/foxed,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oswald-sealy auckland 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry f.wynn-williams
TO CHARLOTTE WHILE SHAVING
And other Rhymes
first edition, cream cloth, 57pp, VG+(v sl foxing to boards, sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear to extrems with v sl chipped spine head & foot, sunned spine, v sl sunned & foxed , v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Barrie Books London 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition w bridge-adams poetry
THE TIN TRUMPET
or Heads and Tales for the wise and waggish to which are added poetical sections by the late Paul Chatfield
2 vol set, half leather with marbled boards & ep's, ex libris, gilt title & decorative spines, vol 1 xiv 295pp, vol 2 279pp, VG( v sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl edgewear, v sl rubbed, prev owners bookplate to front pastedowns & ex libris labels to ffep, prev owners sign to title page, foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Whittaker & Co London 1836
KEYWORDS: paul chatfield poetry jefferson saunders
Astrophel
first edition first printing, 228pp+32pp ads, VG (navy blue cloth with gold borders and stamps to spine, minor surface scuffing, rough cut edges, contents sl browned, binding tight.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus, london, feb 1894
KEYWORDS: swinburne poetry literature first edition
Posthumous Poems
edited by edmund gosse, and thomas james wise
194pp, VG (blue cloth, fading to extrems, minor foxing to prelims and contents,rough cut edges, paste action to rear fep.) in G+ d/w (chipping with minor losses to extrems, closed tear to lower spine hinge, moderate soils, internal repairs.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann, london, 1917
KEYWORDS: algernon charles swinburne poetry literature biography
THE LAY OF ST ALOYS A Legend of Blois
WITH THE OLD LETTERS AND NEW ILLUSTRATIONS OF ERNEST M. JESSOP
Illustrated board cover, beveled edges and green cloth spine, 33pp, illus, LOOSE (covers mod soiled and corners rubbed, hinges cracked & contents detached)
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, n.d. (ca. 1885)
KEYWORDS: literature poetry
The Complaint
first edition rebound 315pp.G(front board calf,spine and rear board leather with raised bands,scuffed,soiled and worn,paste-action to new eps.,edges and contents mod.browned,soiled and foxed,inscrip.dated 1801 to blank prelim.)
PUBLISHER: a millar np c.1800
KEYWORDS: literature theology religion poetry eighteenth century
OFFICE HOURS
limited edition #19 of 150, signed & inscribed by author, including a letter by author to NZ poet Helen Shaw dated 5.6.83, in beige wrappers, unpaginated, FINE
PUBLISHER: Woodruff Middlesex 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian louis pearce poetry
OFF CAPE OIL
first edition, in yellow wrappers, unpaginated, FINE
PUBLISHER: Stride Publications London 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian louis pearce poetry
THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE
first edition, inscribed & signed by author, pinkpaper boards, 47pp, v sl wear & scuffing to edges, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl sunned spine, sl foxing to ep's & v sl spasmodically throughout) bd/w G(seperated at spine, sl wear & tears to extrems with v sl chipped, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press London 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry john smith
A HUNDRED POEMS
Selected from Sir William Watson's various volumes
first edition, green cloth, 182pp, VG-(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, sl edgewear, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Dodd Mead & Co New York 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first edition william watson poetry
POEMS
Underwoods Ballads Songs of Travel A Childs Garden of Verses
first ediiton, grey cloth, 399pp, G(corners bruised, boards rubbed with sl surface loss, soiled, edges worn with v sl tear to spine head & foot, sl internal seperation at hinges, ep's browned, foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1913
KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert louis stevenson poetry ballads songs travel
THE PUP AND OTHER POEMS FOR PARCELS
first edition, in blue wrappers, unpaginated, VG-( v sl creased, sl sunned & soiled, sl soiled top of text)
PUBLISHER: Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga NZ (nd)
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry kathleen hawkins
POEMS
first edition in blue wrappers26pp, VG-(sl wear with v sl creasing to extrems, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Alexander McCubbin Melbourne (nd)
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry cynthia rowan
ANON AND VARIOUS TIME MACHINE POEMS
first edition, black cloth, 205pp, VG+(v sl cocked, v sl foxing to egdes) d/w v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press New York 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry dick allen
THE GROVE
And Other Poems
first edition, blue cloth, 113pp, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed & soiled, v sl browned ep's with v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Selwyn & Blount London 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry john freeman
VIRGIL
With an introduction and notes. Vol 1 introduction and text. Vol 2 notes.
Two vols, red boards, vol 1. 350pp + 16pp ads unopened (pencilled marginalia and underlining to pages containing introduction), vol 2 395pp + 8pp ads, both vols VG (corners sl scuffed, spine sl bumped head & foot with v sl surface loss, sl rubbing and v sl surface loss to boards with sl bumped edges, v sl sunned & soiled, sl paste action and foxing to eps, fomer owner inscript to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892
KEYWORDS: modern first edition papillon haigh virgil p vergili maronis opera biography poetry
IERNE
A selection of Prose and Poetry Relating to Ireland
first edition, green cloth, 208pp, G+(sl cocked, v sl edgewear, boards rubbed & soiled with surface loss, prev owners inscr to ffep, ep's sl braowned, v sl internal seperation at front, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Talbot Press Dublin 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton j m flood poetry prose ireland