Books - "modern first edition"
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The Land Ballot
First edition, imperial octavo softcover (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: Victoria University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa poetry literature modern first edition
A Possible Order
First edition, super octavo softcover (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: The Ravine Press 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition
Mandalay
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Macdonald 1987
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
Poems 1920-1945
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1947
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition
Selected Poems
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1947
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition
The Lightning Makes a Difference
First edition, Terry Sturn's Copy, octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: The Brookside Press 1962
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition
House of Earth
First edition, Octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) in 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: Fourth Estate 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature
The Abandoned Places
First edition, Octavo hardcover (VG-) in 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
Tigers
First edition Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Oxford University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: poetry poems literature modern first edition New Zealand
Gardener to the King
First edition, octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) in 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: Harvill Press 2000
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
The Eye of the Hurricane
Ownership signature and date of Ruth Gilbert (as Florence Mackay), first edition, octavo, red boards with black lettering to spine, 46pp, VG (light foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light-moderate tanning, slight chipping to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition poetry
Ranolf and Amohia: A South-Sea Day-Dream
First edition, original binding, octavo, prange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule to boards, dark blue eps, 511pp + errata page, VG- (moderately heavy soiling to boards, moderate bruising to spione extrems & board corners, light tanning, light foxing to eps & page edges, light soiling to page edges, occasional light underlining in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co. 1872
KEYWORDS: literature poetry verse modern first edition
The World of Christopher Robin: Containing When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six
First edition thus, octavo, reddish brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine,illus eps, 243pp, illus, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges, owner's name & address to half-title) in d/w, VG- (light foxing & soiling, creasing to edges, small tears & chips to spine extrems, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1959
KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first edition AA Milne EH Shepard
The Murders at Hibiscus Key
First edition, Octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Hammond, Hammond & Co. 1965
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition
The Explorer
First edition, Octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965
KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition
Gone Away
Presentation copy inscribed by author and dated (author's initials only - not signed), first edition, octavo, illus blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, foxhunting scene with rider & hounds to front board, horse head & riding equipment illus to spine, fox head illus to rear board, patterned eps, xv + 279pp, VG- (moderate staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems & board edges & corners, heavy browning to page edges & eps, front & rear hinges loosening, some occasional foxing, annotation to page 6, light creasing to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1888
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sport foxhunting fox hunting literature
The Story of Joseph
First edition, super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 83pp, illus, VG (some bruising to spine head, light browning to page edges & eps, some foxing to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (some browning, several closed teards to edges. bruising, nicks & tears to spine extrems, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Bible stories
The Stories of Henry Lawson
Three-volume set all first editions, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 458pp, viii + 449pp, xi + 552pp (vols 1 to 3 respectively), VG+ (light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedowns, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG- (some fading to spines, some creasing & nicks to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Angus & RObertson 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Australian literature short stories
The Lost Princess: A Fairy Tale
First edition, quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering & black illus to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 159pp, illus + 5 colour plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, some soiling to boards, moderate fraying to spine extrems & board corners, heavy foxing to page edges, lacks fep, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown & first page, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some foxing throughout, child's colouring in to almost all b&w illustrations)
PUBLISHER: SW Partridge 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fairy story
Not Quite Posthumous Letter to my Daughter
First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Putnam & Co Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: literature satire humour modern first edition