LEE, LAURIE

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PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1947

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LORD BYRON

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PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle-Street 1815

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RILKE, RAINER MARIA & MCKAY, G W (ED)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

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WILSON, ANNABEL

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PUBLISHER: Submarine 2018

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REED, HENRY

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PUBLISHER: John F Shaw & Co 1863

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HYNES, ARLEEN McCARTY & HYNES-BERRY, MARY

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PUBLISHER: North Star Press 1994

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RUMI, JELALUDDIN; BARKS, COLEMAN & MOYNE, JOHN & ARBERRY, A J & NICHOLSON, REYNOLD (transl)

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KAHO, SIMONE

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PUBLISHER: Saufo'i Press 2022

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TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

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PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

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RAINE, KATHLEEN & MAXWELL, GAVIN (Frontispiece)

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PUBLISHER: The Dolman Press 1973

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RAINE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ POET HELEN SHAW, octavo, blue/grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & sm pencil markings to pages throughout, ink & pencil writing to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1977

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HYDE, ROBIN

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR HELEN SLAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, pink heavy boards, pink lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

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BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

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JOHNSON, LOUIS

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PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

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BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, PENCIL SIGNED & DATED OWNERSHIP OF AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 48pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & folds, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1953

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BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

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FAIRBURN, A R D

TRUE FIRST EDITION, DATE & SIGNATURE OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey stiff card covers, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 32pp, VG (moderate tanning & rubbing/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rubbing & staining to rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

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ENSING, RIEMKE (Poem) & BROWN, NIGEL (Graphics)

ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 48pp, illus, VG (sl creasng to edges, moderate foxing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Press 1984

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RILKE, RAINER MARIA & LEISHMAN, J B (Trans, Intro & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1946

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BROWNING, ROBERT & LEWIS, C DAY (intro and ed) & REDDICK, PETER (illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1979

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