MILLER, ALEX

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: alex miller literature

HAMMER, CHRIS

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: chris hammer literature

O'LOGHLIN, JAMES

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Echo Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: james o'loghlin literature

ELLIOT, DAVID

Quarto 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: Random House NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: childrens literature new zealand dunedin author illustrator david elliot

ARISTOPHANES & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & edges, heavy fading to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- glue is brittle & cracking)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1973

KEYWORDS: erotica classic literature Aristophanes illustrated plays drama

GRUBER, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to blue title plate on spine, illus eps & title page, x + 333pp, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with heavy soiling to page edges, light tanning to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature adventure expeditions exploration Soviet Russia Russian Arctic North Pole

MISHIMA, YUKIO & SPARLING, KATHRYN (Trans)

REVIEW COPY, UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature history culture Samurai English translation first UK editions Yukio Mishima Japan review copies

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/patterned eps, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1972

KEYWORDS: first editions Jean Cocteau writings prose literature anthology collection English translations

COCTEAU, JEAN & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm gilt illus to front board, 76pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate tanning to spine & board edges, minor staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & water staining, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions novels fiction French literature English translations semi autobiographical Jean Cocteau

JONES, JOHN P

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontnispiece, xvii + 448pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor scuffing to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters- particularly to rear, binding loose/sloppy, minor soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, plates either detached or loosened- not counted presumed all present, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1908

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture India Indian John P Jones

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Hone Tuwhare illustrated Ralph Hotere Maori graphics

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL & ROSS, ANGUS (Ed & Notes) & WILSON, ANGUS (Intro) & BRETT, SIMON (Illus)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, teal/green iridescent cloth boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spines, top page edges stained blue,1533pp total, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims of vol 2) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing to edges/sides)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1991

KEYWORDS: folio society literature novels fiction Samuel Richardson

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA & BURNS, TOM (Illus) & BANVILLE, JOHN (Intro)

3 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, purple & teal lettering to spines, illus to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagintion, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: literature folio society novels fiction Mr Ripley Patricia Highsmith

BOETHIUS & WATTS, V E (Trans & Intro) & KEENAN, BRIAN (Preface)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, cream/beige heavy boards, brown & red lettering to spine, coloured lettering & decoration/illumination to front board, frontispiece, 207pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling/chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society theology philosophy theosophy religion religious writings literature Anicius Manlius T S Boethius classical works late antiquity

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sm gouge/loss to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson

TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & JOHNSON, A J (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 253pp, illus, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board corners/edges, minor chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- esp. at rear, moderate foxing throughout, ffep partially detached, light to moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges of frontis)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1903

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Lilian Turner Mrs F Lindsay Thompson illustrated A J Johnson

RAINE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ POET HELEN SHAW, octavo, blue/grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & sm pencil markings to pages throughout, ink & pencil writing to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1977

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Kathleen Raine poems poetry verse literature

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (minor fading & 'ghost' lettering from jacket to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction short stories modern first editions Frank Sargeson

HYDE, ROBIN

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR HELEN SLAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, pink heavy boards, pink lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Robin Hyde New Zealand writers poets ownership Helen Slaw Hella Hofmann

BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James Bertram first editions signed poetry poems verse literature