BURTON,ORMOND

first edition 31pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: book centre auckland 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ormond burton

STANLEY-WRENCH,MARGARET

first edition 128pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some creasing)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1938

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry stanley-wrench

N/A

384+346+383pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (brown cloth w.blue/red dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to eps w.school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: ward lock bowden london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature crusoe silas haorner

DE BEAUREGARD,G.; DE GORSSE,H.

first edition 260pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (green cloth w.beige cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: stanley gibbons london 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature de beauregard gorsse

TWAIN,MARK

first Australian edition 384pp GOOD (lilac cloth w.blind borders and gilt camel rider stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,browned spine,faded,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paper separation and amateur tape repairs to ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine) scarce first australian edition - tired copy but complete

PUBLISHER: george robertson melbourne 1871

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mark twain clemens

NEW ZEALANDER,A. (SMITH, LUCY)

first edition 146pp VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1897

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand

CURRIE,GEORGE GRAHAM

first edition 380pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,missing ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: daniel london 1925

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry currie

GRAEME,RODERIC

first edition 192pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,v.sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,laminate lifting from front cover)

PUBLISHER: john long london 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature roderic graeme

MARTIN,A.E.

first edition 200pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.foxed,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: max reinhardt london 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature martin

COLERIDGE, S. T. & BENSEMANN, LEO

first edition thus limited edition [title page dated 1968 but colophon at rear dated 1953] 39pp VERY GOOD+ (beige cloth,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,contents sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,3cm tear to front cover)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature coleridge mariner poetry

BARTH,JOHN

ex-lib.first edition 230pp POOR (blue cloth,dustwrapper in lib.plastic and attached to pastedowns,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,usual lib.stamps and labels,contents sl.soiled w.some pencil annotations throughout,spine cracked and shaky) in POOR dustwrapper (in lib.plastic cover and taped to pastedowns,rubbed and soiled) tired and well-read copy however it is the first edition

PUBLISHER: doubleday new york 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature barth

HAWTHORNE,NATHANIEL; PARRISH,MAXWELL [ILLS.]

first edition thus 358pp ills.[9 col.plates by Parrish] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth w.col.plate to top board,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,amateur tape repairs to gutters of prelims.,lacks frontis.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,plates are clean,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: duffield new york 1910

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts hawthorne parrish

N/A

313pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black/red dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition adventure

TUWHARE ,HONE [HOTERE, RALPH]

second edition 42pp ills.[col.by Ralph Hotere] octavo, VG- (in wrappers,sl.rubbed,small damp stain/wrinkling to lower inside corner of text block, cracking to binding, sections of text block coming loose)

PUBLISHER: caveman press dunedin 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand hone tuwhare

DAWE,W.CARLTON

[first edition] 337pp VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,small hole to cloth on top board,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: ward lock london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature carlton dawe

ALI,MONICA

first edition proof copy 413pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,v.sl.wear to extrems.,publisher's stamp to half-title)

PUBLISHER: bantam press london 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies monica ali

PICOULT,JODI

first edition proof copy 404pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,publisher's label to half-title,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: allen & unwin crows nest 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies jodi picoult

COETZEE,J.M.

first edition proof copy 265pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,publisher's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies coetzee

OWEN,J.A.[ED.]

second edition 305pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.browned)

PUBLISHER: blackwood london 1893

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature owen

OSWALD,E.J.

[first edition] 350pp+ads. [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,faded spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: seeley london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature oswald