BAKER,ERNEST A.

ex-lib.first edition 566pp GOOD (lib.rebind in burgundy cloth w.blue taped spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges foxed)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1914

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction ernest baker

FRAME, JANET

first NZ edition 203pp octavo hardcover VG+ in d/w VG- (waterstain to front)

PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame

STONE,ROSETTA [SEUSS,DR.]

first UK edition unpaginated ills.[col.by Michael Frith] VERY GOOD+ (in laminated boards,v.sl.soiled,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce UK first edition of the only title by Dr.Seuss written under the pseudonym Rosetta Stone

PUBLISHER: collins london 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature seuss rosetta stone

WISTER,OWEN

[first Australian edition] 280pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.white dec.stamps to top board and red stamp to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,ink number to prelim.)

PUBLISHER: george robertson melbourne [1895]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature owen wister

RODWAY,JAMES

ex-lib.first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 271pp VERY GOOD (yellow cloth w.dec.black borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,lib.stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature travel geography james rodway guiana

TURNER,ETHEL

third edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black/gilt stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: religious tract society london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ethel turner

FENN,GEO.MANVILLE

[first edition] 352pp ills.[b/w by John Schonberg] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth w.gilt/cream dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,split to full length of lower hinge,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: blackie london 1887

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature manville fenn

TURNER,ETHEL

267pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate tofront pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: ward lock london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ethel turner

DOYLE,CHARLES

first edition signed by author 46pp VERY GOOD+ (in card wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,author's dated sign.to ffep)

PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade auckland 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry charles doyle signed new zealand

DUDLEY,ERNEST

first edition 192pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and creasing)

PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ernest dudley

ISRAEL,PETER

first edition 255pp NEAR FINE (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter israel

HARVEY,WILLIAM

first edition 488pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (green cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: eneas mackay stirling 1904

KEYWORDS: ireland literature william harvey humour

HARVEY,WILLIAM FRYER

first edition 200pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: dent london 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature harvey

CLARKE,AUSTIN

first edition 319pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce tidy copy

PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry austin clarke

KIDMAN,FIONA

first edition signed by author 186pp VERY GOOD+ (orange cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,author's sign.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiona kidman new zealand signed

ANDERSON,SHERWOOD

ex-lib.first edition 442pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,one page detached but present,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925

KEYWORDS: literature history biography sherwood anderson

TEMPEST,MARGARET

first edition unpaginated ills.[col.] VERY GOOD (in ill.paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to front pastedown,eps sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1954

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature margaret tempest

N/A

first edition 120pp ills.[by Elinor Darwin] VERY GOOD- (ochre cloth w.blue/red dec.stamp to to board,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to frront pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry nursery rhymes

MCCARRY,CHARLES

first edition 282pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: dutton new york [1979]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles mccarry

RUSSELL,ROSS

first edition 287pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ross russell