MERTON, THOMAS & SPEAIGHT, ROBERT (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1950

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AMIS, KINGSLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1956

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MACNEICE, LOUIS

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952

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MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, sl soiling/staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

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MACNEICE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 60pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1957

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FALCONER, WILLIAM & CARRUTHERS, ROBERT & FOSTER, BIRKETT (Illus)

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, xxxvi + 153pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine & boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, odd pagination- some pgs may be missing at begining- please feel free to contact us for more information)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black, North Bridge 1858

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LENNON, JOHN & FREEMAN, ROBERT (Cover Photo)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965

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EDMOND, MURRAY

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BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to white buckram spine, ix + 99pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1978

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SLAUGHTER, TRACEY

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PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

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McALPINE, RACHEL (Ed) & ELLIOT, DAVID (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Random House 2001

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NAUDE, ADELE

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED (TWICE). 8vo, 47 pp.; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; author inscriptions to ffep & tp in blue ink; sl tearing to paper at gutters).

PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1956

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JARRELL, RANDALL

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

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CUMMINGS, E E

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PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979

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WARD, JOHN POWELL

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PUBLISHER: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 2001

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PHILLIPS, D Z

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PUBLISHER: Pickwick Publications 1986

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WINTLE, JUSTIN

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996

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MORGAN, BARRY & WILLIAMS, ROWAN (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Gomer Press 2006

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THOMAS, M WYNN (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Seren / Poetry Wales Press 1993

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GASCOYNE, DAVID

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 62pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to central gutters) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate scuffing & tanning/foxing to spine, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: PL Editions 1948

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