Books - "poetry"
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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
We Don't Want Your Sort Here
first edition 67pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade auckland 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand bruce mason
Reminiscences of Norma
poems 1963-1970
first edition 109pp VG (orange cloth,mod.stained,eps sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal stains,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry martin seymour-smith
Norfolk Island
first edition 45pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,sl.sunned psine,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry norfolk island history merval connelly
Love's Widowhood and other poems
first edition 142pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,several inscr.to feps,dealer's label to front pastedown w.blind stamp to ffep,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1889
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry alfred austin
A Boy is A Boy
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w/yellow by arthur shilstone] VG+ (tan cloth,minor soiling,contents sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dent london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ogden nash arthur shilstone
Jacklight
poems
first uk edition [pbo] 85pp F (in glossy wrappers)
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louise erdrich
Riding the Pendulum
poems 1961-69
first edition 58pp VG+ (black cloth,minor wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand arvidson
Clymau
first edition 46pp [text in welsh] F in glossy laminated boards
PUBLISHER: gwasg gwynedd caernarfon 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry evans welsh language
Poems
ex-lib.first edition 197pp VG (blue cloth,lib.rmark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.soiled) in VG- (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several sl.losses,libr.mark to spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry arthur quiller-couch
Histoire Aussi Interessante Qu'Invraisemblable De L'Intrepide Capitaine Castagnette
77pp [text in french] ills.[b/w by dore] G+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and gilt dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents incl.margins of plates)
PUBLISHER: hachette paris 1862
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry gustave dore manuel
Songs of a Sun-Lover
first edition 192pp VG (tan cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,tear to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert service
Memory no Servant
first edition inscribed by author 52pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to nz author helen shaw on inside front cover,compliments slip pasted to title)
PUBLISHER: new books trumansburg [1968]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry earle birney
Yarrow: It's Poets and Poetry
first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,prelims.andcontent edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas fraser dalbeattie 1890
KEYWORDS: literature history borland poetry yarrow