Books - "modern first edition"
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A State of Siege
first US edition inscribed and signed by author 246pp VERY GOOD+ (teal cloth w.gilt stamp of author's sign.to top board,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. best wishes from Janet - content edges v.sl.foxed,top edge teal) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1966]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed janet frame
Daughter Buffalo
first US edition inscribed and signed by author 212pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's name to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep - for Rose Marie & John from Janet - eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1972]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Adaptable Man
first NZ edition inscribed and signed by author 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep - to Rose Marie & John from Janet - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Carpathians
first edition inscribed and signed by the author 196pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title page - for Robin & Rosemary Gordon with best regards & many thanks for answering ill-timed phone calls on the nature & behaviour of fowl, wild & tame, from Janet, the goose woman, Shannon, January 1989 - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) Janet Frame kep geese and her last book [published posthumously] was named by her 'The Goose Bath Poems'
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed
The Pocket Mirror
first edition inscribed and signed by author 121pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John with best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: w.h.allen london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed poetry
Owls Do Cry
first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Reservoir / Snowman Snowman [2 books]
first edition 2 vols.inscribed and signed by author 182/182pp NEAR FINE (cream cloth,spines v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep both vols. - John, best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ slipcase (ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1963]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Goose Bath Poems
Ex-library, first edition super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-)
PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand janet frame
The Passionate Puritan
first colonial edition inscribed and signed by author 308pp VERY GOOD- (brown cloth w.ochre dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed for Warwick Lawrence Jane Mander - colonial edition stamp to copyright page,spine cracked but solid)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london new york 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand signed
Poems (1921-1927)
first edition [fromt the collection of Ian Donnelly] 78pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown [Donnelly],eps and untrimmed content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.) extremely rare dustwrapper particularly in this condition
PUBLISHER: wells gardner darton london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry walter d'arcy cresswell donnelly
The Pages
first edition proof copy 214pp FINE in wrappers
PUBLISHER: harvill secker london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies murray bail
The Monsters of Templeton
first edition proof copy 364pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,publisher's label to title page)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2008
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies lauren groff
Stone's Fall
first edition proof copy 597pp FINE in wrappers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2009
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies iain pears
The Pickup
first edition 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: david philip cape town 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nadine gordimer
The Ways of Many Waters
first edition 155pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: bulletin newspaper sydney 1899
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry brady
Dickens
first edition 1195pp ills.[b/w] FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature charles dickens biography peter ackroyd
A Night Run
first edition 192pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elizabeth fenwick
The Child Garden or A Low Comedy
first edition 388pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: unwin hyman london 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature geoff ryman
Denis Glover
first edition [New Zealand Writers and their Work] 55pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography new zealand denis glover thomson
Men of God
first edition 125pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand denis glover