Books - "modern first edition"
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The Valleys of Babel
first edition inscribed by author 47pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: hub editions wisbech [1997]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter cowlam signed poetry
Best Friends
first edition inscribed by author 143pp FINE (in glossy wrappers,author's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: david ling auckland 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand elspeth sandys signed
Remains of a Family
first edition inscribed by author 201pp FINE (in glossy wrappers,author's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed
Caravan Island
reprint 216pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (purple cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/stained) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: adam & charles black london 1942
KEYWORDS: young modern first edition literature
The Lay of the Last Minstrel
354pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to boards,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to hinges,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1854
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walter scott
Unparliamentary Papers and Other Diversions
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w by Bohun Lynch] VERY GOOD- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: cecil palmer london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature berkeley
The Mad Minstrel
first edition 128pp VERY GOOD (red cloth,rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert watson
The Story of a New Zealand River
reprint inscribed by author 432pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce inscription and signature
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [1938]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed jane mander
The Story of a New Zealand River
first edition 432pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth w.black borders to top board and spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems., signed author's inscr.to ffep,half-title misbound upside-down,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) - scarce in this condition
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1920
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand signed
The Passionate Puritan
ex-lib.first edition [colonial edition] 308pp GOOD (brown cloth w.orange borders to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,5cm surface cut to top board,chipping and wear to extrems.,splits to hinges,lib.stamps to ffep,eps chipped and worn,contents sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky) scarce
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand
Mickey Mouse Circus
unpaginated ills.[duotone w.4 full-page col.plates] GOOD (ill.laminated boards w.Mickey as ringmaster and Minnie riding a horse,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to hinges,ffep torn at gutter but still present,contents browned and sl.foxed,col.plates sl.soiled,one page has child's scribble,spine cracked) tired but early Mickey Mouse annual
PUBLISHER: birn brothers [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mickey mouse walt disney
The Lagoon and other stories
second edition [German edition] 123pp [text in English] NEAR FINE (green cloth,dealer's label to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame
Buffalo Daughter
first australasian edition 212pp NEAR FINE (tan cloth,v.sl.sunned,owner's sign.to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame
The Carpathians
first edition 196pp super octavo hardcover VG+ (blue cloth,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: century hutchinson auckland 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame
Day
first edition 280pp VG+ (black cloth,publisher's stamps to top edge) in VG dustwrapper (sl.bumps to extrems.,1cm tear to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kennedy
A Hill in Korea
first edition 240pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.soiled,owner's sign.to ffep,contents sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled/foxed,wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature simon kent
The Eye of the Hurricane
first edition 46pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,lacks ffep,half-title sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand fleur adcock
The Sale of Lot 236
first edition inscribed by author 228pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed michael delahaye
Best Seller
first edition thus 249pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william murray
The Gathering
first edition proof copy 261pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,proof copy in handwritten ink across front cover,content edges v.sl.soiled) 2007 Booker Prize winning novel
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anne enright booker prize proof copies