CONCHON, GEORGES & ABBOTT, ELISABETH (trans)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Orion Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Modern first edition. Literature fiction.

TASSO, TORQUATO & HUNT, REV. J. H. (Trans)

First edition thus, 2 volume set, octavo, leather quarter bound marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp & gilt decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xxii + 439pp-vol 1 & 444pp-vol 2, VG- (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, moderately heavy scuffing to boards, light fading & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: J. Mawman 1818

KEYWORDS: literature poem poetry Torquato Tasso history crusades Jerusalem modern first edition thus

BAXTER, JAMES K.

First edition, signed by author, octavo, yellow stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG- (heavy rusting & staining to staples/covers to spine, moderate water stain to corners of both covers, moderately light foxing to page edges, water staining from front covers through to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Glover/The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poems poetry collection anthology James K Baxter New Zealand signed

CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, octavo, folded light pamphlet, unpaginated, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Pilgrim Press 1960

KEYWORDS: poem poetry literature Allen Curnow New Zealand Auckland modern first edition all white rugby politics

BAXTER, JAMES K.

Single page typed explanation with holograph exposition signed by publisher of this book Keith Maslen dated 18th Oct 1972, First edition (100 copies), octavo, pale yellow string bound light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing to edges, light tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bibliography Room/University of Otago 1967

KEYWORDS: poems poetry New Zealand James K Baxter collection anthology literature modern first edition

DALLAS, RUTH

First edition, small octavo, pale blue string bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Press Room/University of Otago 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Ruth Dallas poems poetry collection anthology New Zealand

COLE, JOHN REECE

First edition, lacks f.e.p., octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 112pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing) in d/w, VG- ( moderate chipping to edges, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to spine & covers, light internal tanning)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition fiction short stories John Reece Cole New Zealand

DELAVIGNE, CASIMIR

Text in French, First edition thus, super octavo, patterned boards with leather spine, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus title page, 618pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to first few pages, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Delloye et V. Lecou 1836

KEYWORDS: Text in French Literature poems poetry theatre drama modern first edition

LINDSAY, NORMAN

First edition, First issue (A&R end papes) Imperial octavo, brown boards with blue cloth spine, patterned eps, illus title page, 171pp, illus, VG- (5.5cm closed tear & 3cm closed tear to page 7, 3cm closed tear to page 95, 6cm closed tear to page 150, full cracking to gutter of pages 112-113 - spine slightly wobbly, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 5mm complete loss of cloth to spine extrems, light surface loss to front board top corner, moderate tanning & light foxing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus Roberston Ltd 1918

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction modern first edition Bunyip Bluegum

HUTCHINSON, R.C.

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PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1961

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

MALOUF, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1990

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

WHITE, THEODORE H.

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PUBLISHER: Cassell 1960

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

GRIMSHAW, CHARLOTTE

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PUBLISHER: Abacus 1999

KEYWORDS: Modern first edition literature fiction thriller

KNOX, ELIZABETH

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PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2005

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition uncorrected proof

SUND, ERIK AXL & SMITH, NEIL (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction uncorrected proof

ESQUIVEL, LAURA & MESTRE-REED, ERNESTO (Trans) & CASTELLS, JORDI (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Atria Books 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

WHITE, PATRICK

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PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

KRAUTH, NIGEL

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PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

STEPHENS, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Crosby Gaige 1929

KEYWORDS: literature theatre play drama script modern first edition

MOFFITT, IAN

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction