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Aginast the Current: Selections from the novels, essays, notes, and letters of Konstantin Leontiev
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, adhesive markings from tape to feps), in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Weybright and Talley 1969
KEYWORDS: Konstantin Leontiev literature modern first edition letters correspondence
Beyond the Palisade
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & throughout, bookplate to ffep). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1944
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Jew's House
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine & front board ruled in blind & lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, sm tear to pp. 281-2). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. 1911
KEYWORDS: Fergus Hume modern first edition literature fiction
Shingle-Short and Other Verses
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps--esp reps, foxing to prelims/terminals & throughout, bookplate & prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d
KEYWORDS: B E Baughan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Rose of the Elkhorn
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Octavo, green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board ruled in black, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning, author's inscriptions to feps (3 pgs) & pp. 56, 100, 182 & 243, light cracking to front hinge). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: H. L. Young 1907
KEYWORDS: Thomas Watson New Zealand literature modern first edition
Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (colonial edition). Octavo, grey cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in black/green/red, photo, viii + 331 + [1] + [4 (advts)], VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to front & central gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson and Co. 1889
KEYWORDS: Julius Vogel modern first edition 19th century sci fi science fiction New Zealand literature
The Bird of Paradise
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, viii + 518, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to central gutters, some soiling throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: S. N. Brown and Co. 1896
KEYWORDS: William Henry Dutton literature modern first edition fiction
Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness
FIRST EDITION, Octavo, brown card boards, label to front board, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, red sticker to front board, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, some soiling throughout), lacking d/w. Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Travels of a New Zealand Feather and Other Tales
FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, red cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to gutters, some soiling & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: J. B. Innes 1892
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand literature modern first edition travel
Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness
FIRST EDITION, Octavo, brown card boards, label to front board, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, bookseller sticker to ffep, some soiling & foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & foxing, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, insect holes to spine & flap folds.) Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Strangers and Journeys
FIRST EDITION, dated, inscribed & signed. Octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt, top pg edge stained, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, bookplate to ffep, author's inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, sl tanning, curling to flap edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition fiction
Pig Island Letters
FIRST EDITION, dated & signed by author. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top pg edge stained, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, sl foxing to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, price clipped). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Howrah Bridge and Other Poems
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, patterned card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, inscription to ffep), in d/w, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, publisher sticker to front flap, tanning, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Poetry of Soviet Ukraine's New World: An Anthology
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG (sl soiling & rubbing to covers, fading, sticker to spine, tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Paul Norbury Publications 1986
KEYWORDS: Soviet Ukraine Ukrainian literature poetry first edition
The Scarecrow
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light tanning, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping , price clipped). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1963
KEYWORDS: Ronald Hugh Morrieson New Zealand literature modern first edition
The Hole in the Hill
FIRST AU EDITION. Octavo, illus card boards, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, price clipped). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Ure Smith 1961
KEYWORDS: Ruth Park New Zealand literature modern first edition
The Lovelock Version
FIRST EDITION. Dated, inscribed & signed by author. Super octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, author inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1980
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Monday's Warriors
FIRST EDITION. Signed by author. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl foxing to pg edges, author inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1990
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Season of the Jew
FIRST EDITION, lacks tp. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, bookplate to ffep, author inscription & scribbles to ht, pp. 147-8 torn at head extrem, heavy folding to pp. 269-82 at head extrem), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chipping). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton [1986]
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Occasional Verses
FIRST EDITION, associtation copy. Signed & inscribed by author to Ruth Dallas. Octavo, green light card covers, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to covers). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971
KEYWORDS: James Bertram New Zealand literature modern first edition poetry poems