AICARD, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, duodecimo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, black decoration to rear board, aeg, ix + 239pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, minor discolouration to gilt on page edges, lengthy inscription in ink to single prelim page)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Fischbacher N/D (c.1880s?)

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH poetry poems verse literature Jean Aicard

VERHAEREN, EMILE

TEXT IN FRENCH, sm duodecimo, floral cloth stiff card covers, black lettering to title plate on front cover, aeg, DIY looking marbelling to eps, 125pp, VG (light soiling & warping to covers, light tanning & soiling to title plate on front cover, sm gift inscription in ink to prelim pgs, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Payot et Cie N/D

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH literature verse poetry poems Emile Verhaeren Henri Derieux

HUGHES, TED

Super 8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century England English British poet poetry poems Ted Hughes

REEVE, RICHARD

8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Maungatua Press 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Richard Reeve poet poetry 21st century poem

EIGNER, LARRY & FAVILLE, CURTIS (Ed) & GRENIER, ROBERT (Ed)

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2017

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature collection Larry Eigner

RUSSELL, PETER & RAINE, KATHLEEN (Fore)

LIMITED NUMBERED (#491/750), FIRST EDITION, super octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Saint Albert's Press 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions limited numbered poetry poems verse literature Peter Russell

GOULDSBURY, CULLEN

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PUBLISHER: Books of Rhodesia Publishing Co 1969

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Cullen Gouldsbury Rhodesia

BICKERSTETH, EDWARD HENRY

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Rivingtons 1872

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Edward Henry Bickersteth

YOUNG, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary Andrew Young poetry

HART-SMITH, W

Association copy, first edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Helen Shaw (Hella). 8vo, pp. [10] + 96; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light foxing & soiling throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap at tail).

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: William Hart-Smith 20th century poet poetry poem modern first edition

ALPERS, ANTONY

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xvi + 416; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board illus. in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate closed tear to front; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1970

KEYWORDS: Polynesian anthropology social history mythology myth legend poetry art Pacific Ocean first edition

MANHIRE, BILL

First edition. 8vo, pp. 61; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Bill Manhire 20th century poet

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

HART-SMITH, W

Association copy, first edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Helen Shaw (Hella). 8vo, pp. 44; illus. stapled light card covers, french flaps; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light foxing throughout, esp to gutters; rust to staples).

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald 1950

KEYWORDS: W Hart-Smith 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw; signed holograph letter tipped to tp from the author to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. unpaginated, [4] ll.; illus. stab stitched light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Co. 1980

KEYWORDS: Riemke Ensing 20th century New Zealand poetry poet poems modern first edition

TSETUNG, MAO [ZEDONG, MAO]

8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Mao Zedong Tsetung poems poetry poet 20th century China

CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - holograph ownership symbol of NZ author Helen Shaw, super octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to cream buckram spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor patches of foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate cracking/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1956

KEYWORDS: first edtions New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse D'Arcy Cresswell association copies Helen Shaw

DAICHES, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: religion religious Gifford lectures Christian Christianity literature poetry

HUGHES, TED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, 200pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing, sm adhesive staining to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature Ted Hughes