DELAHAYE,MICHAEL

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

MURRAY,WILLIAM

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

ENRIGHT,ANNE

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

BANKS,IAIN

first edition proof copy 280pp FINE in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: abacus london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies iain banks

HARRISON,KATHRYN

first edition proof copy 301pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: random house new york 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature kathryn harrison proof copies

CAMPBELL,ALISTAIR

first edition 108pp VG (tan cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled, closed tears to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: alister taylor martinborough [1981]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand alistair campbell

BEESLY,A.H.

first edition 167pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1895

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry beesly

TUCKER,T.G.

first edition 91pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.hole to spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: thomas lothian melbourne 1914

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature tucker

LUX (aka JONES, LUCY M.)

first edition 224pp VERY GOOD- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch [1907]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature lux

ALGOL [BRETHERTON,C.H.]

first edition 49pp [printed on pale blue stock] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,eps and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: muller london 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry algol bretherton

BAKER,ERNEST A.

ex-lib.first edition 566pp GOOD (lib.rebind in burgundy cloth w.blue taped spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges foxed)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1914

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction ernest baker

FRAME, JANET

first NZ edition 203pp octavo hardcover VG+ in d/w VG- (waterstain to front)

PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame

STONE,ROSETTA [SEUSS,DR.]

first UK edition unpaginated ills.[col.by Michael Frith] VERY GOOD+ (in laminated boards,v.sl.soiled,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce UK first edition of the only title by Dr.Seuss written under the pseudonym Rosetta Stone

PUBLISHER: collins london 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature seuss rosetta stone

WISTER,OWEN

[first Australian edition] 280pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.white dec.stamps to top board and red stamp to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,ink number to prelim.)

PUBLISHER: george robertson melbourne [1895]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature owen wister

RODWAY,JAMES

ex-lib.first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 271pp VERY GOOD (yellow cloth w.dec.black borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,lib.stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature travel geography james rodway guiana

TURNER,ETHEL

third edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black/gilt stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: religious tract society london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ethel turner

FENN,GEO.MANVILLE

[first edition] 352pp ills.[b/w by John Schonberg] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth w.gilt/cream dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,split to full length of lower hinge,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: blackie london 1887

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature manville fenn

TURNER,ETHEL

267pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate tofront pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: ward lock london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ethel turner

DOYLE,CHARLES

first edition signed by author 46pp VERY GOOD+ (in card wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,author's dated sign.to ffep)

PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade auckland 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry charles doyle signed new zealand

DUDLEY,ERNEST

first edition 192pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and creasing)

PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ernest dudley