BAXTER,JAMES K.

first edition thus [New Zealand Playwrights series] 83pp imperial octavo, illus light card cover, VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland [1971]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry drama james baxter

CARROLL,LEWIS; JACKSON,A.E. [ILLS.]

[first edition thus] 199pp ills.[16 col.plates by A.E.Jackson] G (binding copy,pale grey cloth w.gilt/brown dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.foxed,many pp have been taped at gutter by an amateur,all plates are present although not in correct order and some are detached,plates are mounted on grey card,some mounting cards are soiled and chipped but all plates are clean and bright,spine cracked and shaky w.separation at many sections) a poor copy in need of restoration however thankfully the wonderful colour plates have been kept intact and clean - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: henry frowde hodder & stoughton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts lewis carroll alice wonderland jackson

FORD,ROBERT

first edition 519pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (fawn cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: alexander gardner london 1893

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry perthshire robert ford

STUART,DONALD

first edition 206pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,tape stains to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: georgian house melbourne 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature donald stuart

PATTISON,ELIOT

first edition proof copy, super octavo, light card covers, 403pp, nr fine (slightly rubbed)

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Minotaur New York 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies eliot pattison

HARDING,JOHN

first edition proof copy 489pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies john harding

DONOHUE,KEITH

first edition proof copy 319pp F in wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies keith donohue

TENNANT,EMMA

first edition proof copy 229pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy emma tennant corfu travel

BENNETT,CHARLES

second edition 54pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt dec.borders,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,separation at fep gutter,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked w.separation at some sections)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1864

KEYWORDS: arts literature charles bennett

MORRIS,WILLIAM

[first edition] 134pp scruffy (leather spine detached but present, rear board detatched but present, missing top board, small section of text block at the back detached, title page has sections cut out at upper and lower edges, marbled eps, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: ellis & white london 1873

KEYWORDS: literature william morris modern first edition poetry

BENSON,IVAN

ex-lib.reprint 218pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,usual libr.stamps and labels) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1966

KEYWORDS: mark twain literature biography ivan benson

MCDONELL,NICK

first edition signed by author 244pp F (author's sign.to title page) in F dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: grove press new york 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed nick mcdonell

BURNS,ROBERT

first edition thus 223pp ills.[10 col.plates by Nora England] VG (blue paper boards w.beige cloth spine,paper title label to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,contents sl.foxed although tipped-in col.plates are clean and bright w.tissue guards all present)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: poetry modern first edition literature robert burns nora england

DALZIEL,BROTHERS

ex-lib.first edition 359pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.6cm split to head of upper hinge,text block detached from binding,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.foxed) PRESENTATION COPY, stated so on half title page. Inscribed on the same page in the hand of George Dalziel is the inscription To Mrs Birkett Foster in kind remembrances of our very close association with Birkett Foster It is signed by both George Dalziel and Edward Dalziel and dated by the later October 1901. Birkett Foster was to american art and publishing what the Dalziel brothers were to english art and publishing

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1901

KEYWORDS: arts brothers dalziel history literature

BARTON,DEREK

first edition inscribed by author 282pp NF (blue cloth,author's inscr.to ffep,fore-edge of ffep creased) in NF dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature derek barton

BURKE,JAMES LEE

first edition proof copy 309pp VG+ (in wrappers,publisher's labels to front and rear covers,sl.chip to head of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: orion london 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies james lee burke

SUMMERS,HOLLIS

first edition inscribed by the author 56pp F (teal cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,signed handwritten letter by author's wife loosely inserted) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: rutgers university press new brunswick [1972]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed hollis summers

MILLER,E.MORRIS; MACARTNEY,FREDERICK T.

revised edition 503pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,internal tape repair,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1956

KEYWORDS: bibliography history australian literature miller macartney

REED,A.W.

first edition 175pp [b/w frontis.] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature reed new zealand

PULLMAN,PHILIP

first edition 236pp NF (blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) very tidy copy

PUBLISHER: oxford university press oxford 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature philip pullman