CAUTE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver lettering to spine, xii + 404pp, Near FINE (v sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Verso 2022

KEYWORDS: first edition mi5 secret service British writers literary literature espionage spies spying

BRETT, EDWIN J. (Ed)

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & decoration with black decoration also to front board with bridal portrait, decorated title page, vi + 400pp + 16pp of Wedding Bells Christmas Number to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, gift inscription in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional smudging & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Kelly and Co N/D

KEYWORDS: wedding bells 17 xvii seventeen Edwin J Brett articles stories literature collection

BETTINA

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to front board, illus title page, 48pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Bettina fiction

BOVILL, E. W. (Ed)

4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, foldin gmap to rear pocket of vol 4, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges with some minor foxing, light scuffing & loss to spines of vols 1 & 4)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964-66

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history journals Friedrich Hornemann Alexander Gordon Laing letters literature collection the Bornu Mission exploration voyages first editions

DALLAS, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning, soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Ruth Dallas poetry verse poems collection literature first edition

TUWHARE, HONE & MATCHITT, PARA (Jacket Design)

PARA MATCHITT D/W, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 42pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse literature Hone Tuwhare collection

BRASCH, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, brown lettering to cloth spine, 51pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse Charles Brasch literature collection first edition

CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & ROTHENSTEIN, WILLIAM (Portrait)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand writers literary biography memoir autobiography Walter D'Arcy Cresswell poetry literature

THIONG'O, NGUGI WA

FIRST US EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 193pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & staining to boards) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fadin gto spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The New Press 2019

KEYWORDS: first US edition literature fiction short stories collection Ngugi wa Thiong'o

LYDGATE, JOHN & DE DEGUILEVILLE, GUILLAUME & FURNIVALL, F. J. (Ed)

REBOUND, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 240pp, VG (moderate staining to rear board, sl warped, moderate tanning & light staining/soiling to page edges, university library plate to front pastedown, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate closed tearing/cracking to gutters throughout- some pgs sl loose)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: literature ancient texts medieval

HEYER, GEORGETTE

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, sm octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 271pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, shadow of jacket illus to front board, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning to pages, prev. booksellers' adhesive labels to both pastedowns) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with some reinforcement to internal sides, light foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian edition literature fiction novels Georgette Heyer

VIRGIL & DRYDEN, JOHN (Trans)

TEXT IN LATIN AND ENGLISH, sm octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 175pp, VG (sl staining to board edges, boards sl warped, light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, ink numerals to ffep, ownership ink stamp to full title page) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & loss to edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Euphorian Books 1949

KEYWORDS: text in Latin English Virgil classics classical literature georgics

BRASCH, CHARLES

Octavo pamphlet, black lettering, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & tanning/foxing to edges & rear cover, minor occasional tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Press Room, University of Otago 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Charles Brasch poetry poems verse literature

MAGNUS, OLAUS & FISHER, PETER (Trans) & HIGGENS, HUMPHREY (Trans) & FOOTE, PETER (Ed) & GRANLUND, JOHN (Annotation & Commentary)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, illus, mixed pagination, Near FINE (some sl loose cotton to boards) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1996-98

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions history Olaus Magnus literature northern people 16th sixteenth century

MORTFORT, FRANCIS & LETTS, MALCOLM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xxxiv + 216pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl creasing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration travel literature Francis Mortfort France Italy 17th seventeenth century history geography

N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, olive green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, blind lettering & decoration to rear board, folding frontispiece, xii + 508pp, illus, scuffy (moderate scuffing to spine, extrems & boards, heavy staining to rear board, v heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards v shaky, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout, terminals completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1907

KEYWORDS: journal of handicrafts collection anthology periodicals 1907 literature

CORMIER, ROBERT

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine, 189pp, VG (moderate curling/bending to whole copy, light foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy fiction novels literature Robert Cormier

KIPLING, RUDYARD & ROBINSON, W. HEATH (Illus)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems with heavy loss to top extrem, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & cracking to hinges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to front eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing to edges of some plates)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Rudyard Kipling literature verse poetry illustrated W Heath Robinson

CRUMP, BARRY

SCARCE! AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 152pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & light creasing to spine & covers with some surface loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & som eminor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Gold Star Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Barry Crump humour humor bastards literature social commentary first Australian edition

VON ARNIM, ELIZABETH & GREENAWAY, KATE (Illus)

Oblong octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, page edges stained red, 74pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, tatty (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to spine & boards, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout, several pages detached but present- potentially some missing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1903

KEYWORDS: children's literature april baby books Kate Greenaway tunes music