Books - "poetry"
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Recent Poetry in New Zealand
first edition 204pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author dennis mceldowney],) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry charles doyle
Ambulando
first edition 51pp NF (dec.paper boards w.grey cloth spine,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author dennis mceldowney],paste action to eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1964
KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition charles brasch
The Lion Skin
ex-lib.first edition rebound unpaginated VG (libr.card rebind w.original front cover laid down,red cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,libr.stamp to prelim.w.labels removed from reps,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: university of otago dunedin 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand james k.baxter poetry
The Iron Breadboard
studies in new zealand writing
.first edition unpaginated VG stapled wraps with french flaps, moderate tanning to cover and contents
PUBLISHER: mermaid press wellington 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand james baxter
A Grammar of Dreams
first edition unpaginated VG+ (in paper wrappers w.french flaps, light soiling and sunning)
PUBLISHER: wai-te-ata press wellington 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand kevin ireland
The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens
first edition limited [200 copies] unpaginated VG (in wrappers w.paper title label to front cover,sl.sunned extrems.,owner's sign.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry
Ephemerid
first edition 47pp VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: southern publishing brighton 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry charnock
The Modern Traveller
first edition 80pp ills.[b/w by b.t.b.] VG- (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks ffep and half-title,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: edward arnold london knopf new york 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry hilaire belloc
The Singing Rose
ex-lib.first edition [colonial edition] 134pp VG+ (teal cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,tape stain to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: edmund ward leicester 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roger lancelyn green
The Story of Rosina and other verses
first edition limited/numbered [204/250] large paper edition 120pp ills.[b/w and tipped-in col.plates by hugh thomson] VG- (cream cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.spine scruffy and missing most of the cloth,previous owner has pasted in some extra ills.by thomson and newspaper cuttings of dobson,ink inscr.to ffep,frontis.relocated but present,prelims.and cuntrimmed content edges sl.foxed,contents and plates clean)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1895
KEYWORDS: arts literature poetry modern first edition austin dobson hugh thomson
Poems
reprint signed and dated by author 69pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,front cover and flap of d/w cut out and pasted to feps,author's sign.to half-title [1936],prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed stephen spender
It Was So Late
and other stories
first edition 112pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand john reece cole
The Sky is a Limpet
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w w.col.title page] VG (unbound loose sheets in card covers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents sl.foxed/soiled, lacks first sheet, cover is from the reprint edition but contents are original)
PUBLISHER: phillips press devonport 1939
KEYWORDS: literature poetry new zealand fairburn
Book 9: A Miscellany of Prose Verse & Typography [Short Story Number, Caxton Press]
first edition 48pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (in wrappers,foxed and mod.browned,mod.wear to extrems.,contents browned and mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry james baxter maurice duggan
Since Then
first edition 46pp octavo softcover VG (in green wrappers,sl.sunned spine,sl.foxing to content edges) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: mermaid press wellington 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry denis glover
The Works of Robert Burns
2 volumes
first edition thus 2 volumes cclxxv+149pp/410pp ills.[b/w] VG (dark blue cloth boards w.black half leather,raised bands to spines,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some surface scuffing and losses,separation at fep gutter of vol.1.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents incl.margins of ills.,mod.separation starting at gutter of prelim.of vol.2)
PUBLISHER: blackie glasgow 1859
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert burns
Roughshod Among the Lilies
first edition 32pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,covers sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand louis johnson
Poems 1924 - 1931
first edition 54pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor pencil marks to contents) in G+ d/w (in 2 pieces and lacking the spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry walter d'arcy cresswell new zealand
Notes on Poems and Reviews
ex-lib.first edition [first issue - savill and edwards to copyright] 23pp+several blank leaves VG (full calf w.top board detached but present,gilt-on-black title label to spine,gilt libr.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.chipping and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges marbled,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john camden hotten london 1866
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry algernon charles swinburne
The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise / The Vision of Hell
4 volumes ills.[b/w plates by gustave dore] VG (green textured cloth w.gilt decoration to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,text pp of contents sl.foxed,plates are generally clean,spines cracked w.some sections loosening and some plates detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dante alighieri gustave dore arts poetry