CURRIE, A E (ed)

octavo plum cloth boards with paper label to front cover and spine, 120pp, VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: caxton press 1949

KEYWORDS: new zealand otago literature modern first edition poetry a e currie

CHANDLER, RAYMOND

first edition thus, octavo printed light card covers, 333pp VG (light soiling, small tears to head and tail of spine) UNCOMMON edition for sale only on continental europe

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton star editions 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime literature raymond chandler

GLOVER, DENIS

first edition small octavo printed stapled light card covers, 12pp VG (light soiling) SCARCE - limited to 250 copies but I suspect most have perished

PUBLISHER: denis glover 1960 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition denis glover

SCHRODER, J H E

first edition small octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 199pp VG+ (sl foxing) in VG d/w (wear to extremities w sl loss at spine ends, sl stain) SCARCE thus, ASSOCIATION COPY inscribed to NZ Poet Ruth Gilbert and SIGNED by the author who has also made a correction to p.15 and identified a poet on p. 77, with a note mentioning same in author's hand loosely enclosed. Quote in Ruth Gilbert's hand on rep

PUBLISHER: dent/ whitcombe and tombs 1938

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition j h e shroder essays prose ruth gilbert signed

WILKS, MIKE

first edition oblong quarto illus boards, illus eps, unpaginated, illus VG+ (includes workbook loosely enclosed. SCARCE in hardcover first edition

PUBLISHER: pavilion books 1986

KEYWORDS: literature art mike wilks modern first edition

WILSON, DEREK

first edition octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 310pp, VG (moderate tanning and wrinkling to edge of some pages) in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: headline 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature derek wilson

GILBERT, RUTH

first edition octavo printed light card covers, 155pp, VG

PUBLISHER: black robin 1984

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition literature poetry ruth gilbert

JONES, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, hardcover octavo (VG), d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins

KEYWORDS: literature specials james jones modern first edition

CASELBERG, JOHN

first edition small octavo printed light card covers with french flaps, 31pp, VG+ (light foxing), ownership of Helen Shaw (under married name)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press 1954

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry modern first edition john caselberg

DOUGLAS, Lord ALFRED ( WILDE, OSCAR)

first edition octavo purple cloth boards with green lettering to spine, 143pp, illus VG(light fading to spine stronger at head and tail, tanning to eps) in VG- d/w ( tanning particularly to spine with a couple of small holes and a chip to head with tape repair, light wear to extremities) SCARCE IN D/W

PUBLISHER: duckworth 1940

KEYWORDS: modern first edition oscar wilde lord alfred douglas biography literary criticism literature

CHILD, LEE

first british edition super octavo black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 411pp VG+ (light tanning) in VG+ d/w (v sl wear to extremities, sl sticker residue, v sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: bantam press 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime lee child

DOVEY, CERIDWEN

Softcover octavo (VG), uncorrected bound proof; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2007

KEYWORDS: literature thriller modern first edition proof copy Ceridwen Dovey specials

BLATCHFORD, ROBERT

Hardcover duodecimo (VG) lacks d/w, first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition Robert Blatchford specials

FRAME, JANET

first edition octavo blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp VG+ in VG+ d/w inscribed to a friend and SIGNED by author using her full name and dated 1985

PUBLISHER: hutchinson of new zealand 1985

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition autobiography signed janet frame

FRAME, JANET

first edition octavo blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 196pp VG+ in VG+ d/w (light fading) Warmly inscribed, dated and SIGNED by Janet Frame to Robin and Puna McConnell on title page, with a note on ink from them to fep

PUBLISHER: century hutchinson 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed new zealand literature janet frame

HOUGH, LEWIS

first edition three volume set, octavo orange/red cloth boards with blindstamping and gilt to spines, 305pp + 294pp + 261pp + 16pp adverts All three volumnes VG ( moderate soiling and discolouration, moderate tanning, light foxing, section loosening in vol 2) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett 1865

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition lewis hough

CLOETTE, STUART

Hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: autobiography Stuart Cloette modern first edition specials

CROSS, NEIL

Hardcover octavo (VG+) d.w (VG+), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Scribner 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography Neil Cross modern first edition specials

MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER

Hardcover super octavo (near fine) d/w (VG+), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2004

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition Alexander McCall Smith specials

MCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER

Hardcover super octavo (near fine) d/w (VG+), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2005

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition Alexander McCall Smith specials