BAUDELAIRE,CHARLES;SYMONS,ARTHUR [TRANSL.]

first edition thus numbered/limited [788/950] 288pp VG+ (black paper boards w.black leather spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: casanova society london 1925

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry charles baudelaire arthur symons

SHEPHERD,ETTRICK;THOMSON,THOMAS

centenary edition 2 vols.[vol.1 ex-lib.] 712/468pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in half leather but not matching bindings,burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leather to vol.1,green cloth w.brown leather to vol.2,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,libr.stamps and labels to vol.1,prelims.sl.foxed,some staining to pp opposite plates but plates are clean,marbled edges,tight)

PUBLISHER: blackie london 1874/1878

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ettrick shepherd thomas thomson

HOOD,THOMAS

first edition thus [10 vols.] ills.[b/w by author and cruickshank] VG (marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands w.gilt compartments to spines,gilt-on-black title labels to spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: moxon london 1869-1873

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry arts thomas hood

SHARPLEY,C.E.

[first edition] 56pp VG- (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine,contents sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: [np] printed by torquay times torquay [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry sharpley

JOHNSON,LOUIS

first edition signed by author 71pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,bumps and crease to fore-edge,signed by author on half-title verso)

PUBLISHER: antipodes press plimmerton 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis johnson

SMITH,STEVIE

first edition 85pp ills.[brown line drawings by author] VG+ (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry stevie smith

WHITE,HENRY KIRKE

first edition 521pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (full red morocco w.gilt dec.borders and spine compartments,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,gilt inner dentelles,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg) attractive volume

PUBLISHER: kendrick london 1855

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry henry kirke white

PONDER,WINIFRED

first edition inscribed by author 76pp NF (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,inscribed by author to another NZ author Peggy Dunstan on title page)

PUBLISHER: privately printed [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry winifred ponder peggy dunstan new zealand

PATERSON,ALISTAIR

first edition inscribed by author 62pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiling and bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to fellow NZ author Peggy Dunstan on ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed alistair paterson

CASEMENT,ROGER

first edition 26pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (in wrappers w.flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,handwritten titling to spine,dealer's stamp and catalogue entry clipping to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: talbot press dublin 1918

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roger casement ireland

LONGFORD,THE EARL OF

first edition signed by author 64pp VG+ (grey paper boards w.grey cloth spine,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,author's sign.to title,eps sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: hodges figgis dublin 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ireland history signed earl longford

MURPHY,RICHARD

first edition 64pp NF (green cloth,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG- (rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry richard murphy

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition thus [enlarged edition] 171pp VG+ (teal cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry denis glover new zealand

BRASCH,CHARLES

first edition 91pp VG+ (white cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand charles brasch

CURNOW,ALLEN

ex-lib.first edition 45pp VG- (red cloth,rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spine,usual stamps and labels,remnants of d/w flaps to pastedowns,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand allen curnow

BUTLER,SAMUEL

first edition thus 2 vols.275/297pp [b/w frontis.to vol.1.] VG+ (full dark green leather w.gilt borders,red title labels to spines,owner's bookplate to front pastedowns,marbled eps,prelims.sl.foxed,aeg)

PUBLISHER: william pickering london 1835

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry samuel butler

CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL,H.

fifth edition 194pp ills.[b/w by Leech,Tenniel,Phiz,et al] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt borders,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to bevelled edges,contents foxed w.some pencil marks,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: john camden hotten london 1868

KEYWORDS: cholmondeley-pennell puck pegasus leech phiz tenniel literature poetry

BYRON,LORD

first edition thus [one volume edition] 714pp [b/w frontis.portrait w.folding facsimile letter] G+ (marbled paper boards w.half leather,rubbed and soiled w.surface losses,wear and chipping to extrems.,surface scuffing to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed,ends at pg714 possibly missing last two pp,one section loosening,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: galignani paris 1827

KEYWORDS: history literature poetry lord byron

SULLIVAN,ROBERT

first edition [from the Dennis McEldowney collection] 52pp NF (in glossy wrappers,sign.of McEldowney to ffep)

PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert sullivan dennis mceldowney new zealand

JOHNSON,LOUIS

first edition 79pp NF (white cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis johnson new zealand