SUMMERS,HOLLIS

first edition inscribed by the author 56pp F (teal cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,signed handwritten letter by author's wife loosely inserted) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: rutgers university press new brunswick [1972]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed hollis summers

REED,A.W.

first edition 175pp [b/w frontis.] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature reed new zealand

PULLMAN,PHILIP

first edition 236pp NF (blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) very tidy copy

PUBLISHER: oxford university press oxford 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature philip pullman

SENDAK,JACK; SENDAK,MAURICE [ILLS.]

first UK edition 40pp ills.[b/w by Maurice Sendak] VG- (ill.paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,several owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: world's work kingswood 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maurice sendak jack sendak

GRANTFORD, JACQUI

first Edition Illus laminate boards unpaginated illus Fine

PUBLISHER: Lothian Victoria 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition childrens literature

TRANTER, NIGEL

First edition Pale green cloth boards 190pp VG ( light bruising to extremities, light marking, v sl occassional foxing) in VG- d/w (light wear to extremities, moderate rubbing,price-clipped, small chips to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins london 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

FRAME, JANET

Modern First Edition (UK) ASSOCIATION COPY brown boards with gilt lettering to spine 212pp VG+ (sunning to spine and extremities) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and discolouration) INSCRIBED AND FAMILIARLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Janet) to John Beston, Australian academic, and his american wife Rose-Marie. Beston wrote a bibliography of Frame, and she stayed with him and his family several times in the US. Signed copies of Janet Frame are notoriously SCARCE and becoming increasingly valueable

PUBLISHER: W H Allen London 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition signed

FRAME, JANET

Modern First Edition (US) blue boards 277pp VG+ (light bruising to extremities, v sl discolouration to eps) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing, light wear to extremities) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR (using her full name - Janet Frame, a SCARCE author signature

PUBLISHER: George Braziller New York 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition signed

LARSEN, REIF

First edition illus boards 374pp illus eps, illus - NEW - this book was purchased direct from the publisher - SIGNED in person by the author on the title page. No d/w (as issued)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker London 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first edition reif larsen signed

CONNELLY, MICHAEL

Modern First Edition Red boards with silver lettering to spine 322pp VG + (light discolouration to upper edge and foredge) in VG+ dw (light rubbing and bruising, crease to front flap) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Orion London 1993

KEYWORDS: MODERN FIRST EDITION MICHAEL CONNELLY HARRY BOSCH

WISHART,DAVID

first edition 291pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,slightly cocked) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (slight bumps to extrems.) scarce first edition

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature david wishart

HARFORD,V.; DAVIE,E.H.[ILLS.]

[first edition] unpaginated ills.[col.] VERY GOOD (in col.wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,creased covers,owner's inscr.to inside front cover,some minor col.crayon marks to contents)

PUBLISHER: juvenile productions london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts harford davie

WRIGHT,DARE

first UK edition unpaginated ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.) scarce UK first edition

PUBLISHER: oldbourne london 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dare wright

WRIGHT,DARE

first UK edition 56pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,mod.wear to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine,owner's sign.to front flap)

PUBLISHER: oldbourne press london [1961]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dare wright

WATSON,JEAN

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED first edition 59pp octavo softcover VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: voice press wellington 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand jean watson

ECO,UMBERTO

first UK edition 119pp FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld & nicolson london 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature umberto eco

FORSTER,E.M.

first edition [proof copy] 374pp VERY GOOD+ (in plain paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,distributor's stamp to front cover,handwritten titling to spine,content edges sl.soiled) scarce thus

PUBLISHER: [np,nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature forster proof copies

TOPFFER,R.

454pp [text in french] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (cloth boards w.half-leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,contents incl.plates sl.foxed,a few plates detached but all present,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: victor lecou paris 1854

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zigzag topffer travel

DUGGAN,MAURICE

first edition limited/numbered [51/150] 51pp [b/w frontis.] NEAR FINE (paper boards w.green cloth spine,sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: holloway press auckland 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry maurice duggan new zealand

COURTENAY,BRYCE

first edition 611pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.cocked) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: viking penguin camberwell 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature bryce courtenay