FRAME,JANET

first NZ edition inscribed and signed by author 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep - to Rose Marie & John from Janet - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed and signed by the author 196pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title page - for Robin & Rosemary Gordon with best regards & many thanks for answering ill-timed phone calls on the nature & behaviour of fowl, wild & tame, from Janet, the goose woman, Shannon, January 1989 - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) Janet Frame kep geese and her last book [published posthumously] was named by her 'The Goose Bath Poems'

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed and signed by author 121pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John with best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: w.h.allen london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed poetry

FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

FRAME,JANET

first edition 2 vols.inscribed and signed by author 182/182pp NEAR FINE (cream cloth,spines v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep both vols. - John, best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ slipcase (ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1963]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

MANDER,JANE

first colonial edition inscribed and signed by author 308pp VERY GOOD- (brown cloth w.ochre dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed for Warwick Lawrence Jane Mander - colonial edition stamp to copyright page,spine cracked but solid)

PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london new york 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand signed

CRESSWELL,WALTER D'ARCY

first edition [fromt the collection of Ian Donnelly] 78pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown [Donnelly],eps and untrimmed content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.) extremely rare dustwrapper particularly in this condition

PUBLISHER: wells gardner darton london 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry walter d'arcy cresswell donnelly

BAIL,MURRAY

first edition proof copy 214pp FINE in wrappers

PUBLISHER: harvill secker london 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies murray bail

GROFF,LAUREN

first edition proof copy 364pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,publisher's label to title page)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies lauren groff

PEARS,IAIN

first edition proof copy 597pp FINE in wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies iain pears

HOMERE

305pp [text in French] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth w.gilt dec.stamped borders,v.sl.soiled,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: chez jean de bonnot paris 1973

KEYWORDS: literature classics homer homere odyssey

GORDIMER,NADINE

first edition 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: david philip cape town 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nadine gordimer

PALLOTTA,AUGUSTUS [ED.]

first edition [this vol.only] 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (blue cloth)

PUBLISHER: gale research detroit 1998

KEYWORDS: literature biography history arts pallotta

GIANNETTI,LAURA

first edition 333pp FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: university of toronto press toronto 2009

KEYWORDS: arts literature gender giannetti renaissance comedy

BRADY,E.J.

first edition 155pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: bulletin newspaper sydney 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry brady

FENWICK,ELIZABETH

first edition 192pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth fenwick

BEECHER,DONALD [ED.]

first edition 237pp FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: university of toronto press toronto 2003

KEYWORDS: literature history ariosto beecher renaissance

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition 125pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand denis glover

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition unpaginated VG- (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled, insect damage to extrems of front cover)

PUBLISHER: catspaw press wellington [1978]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denis glover new zealand

GLOVER,DENIS

first edition numbered/limited signed by author unpaginated VERY GOOD (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's sign.to numbered colophon on front flap)

PUBLISHER: cats-paw press wellington 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed denis glover