TURNER, BRIAN

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo illus. light card covers, 63pp, VG (light soiling and scuffing to covers, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature New Zealand poetry signed inscribed

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 159pp, VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges, light foxing and tanning within) in d/w VG+ (light soiling, plastic covered, price clipped, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Grove Press 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature American US

SOUTHERN, TERRY

FIRST EDITION, small octavo black cloth boards, gilt letttering to spine, 204pp, VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, moderate to light foxing and soiling to contents, ever so slightly cocked) in d/w VG (light scuffing, soiling & foxing, closed tear (approx. 3cm) to spine and front corner

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature California

FEIST, RAYMOND E.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction fantasy

DE KRESTER, MICHELLE

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: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition contemporary

SMITH (VAELUAGA), PAULINE

FIRST EDITION paperback (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: Scholastic 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition children's literature polynesian

O'HARA, JOHN

FIRST UK 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

LATHEN, EMMA

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: Victor Gollancz 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thriller

MULLEN, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION uncorrected proof copy, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Little Brown 2016

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

DRYLAND, GORDON

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: Robert Hale 1973

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

BROUN, BILL

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Ecco/HarperCollins 2016

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

THEMERSON, STEFAN & RUSSELL, BERTRAND (pref.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, charmingly illus. endpapers, 251pp+adverts. at rear, VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning to pages, v. sl. foxing to edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing and rubbing, light soiling, small chip to rear corner of spine, otherwise quite tidy)

PUBLISHER: Gaberbocchus 1953

KEYWORDS: Professor Mmaa Gaberbocchus literature philisophical modern first edition

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, his 2nd book; octavo stapled light card covers with French flaps, 74pp, VG (light to moderate soiling to covers, light tanning within, rust stains from staples to rear - a tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry modern first edition signed inscribed Vincent O'Sullivan

VONEGUT JR., KURT

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, VG- (ex-library with minimal external markings (unobtrusive markings to spine, usual stamps and markings within), boards lightly scuffed and moderately soiled, binding cocked, front pastdown shows signs of removal of library card pocket or similar, with prev. bookseller's stamp also, cut-out (possibly copy from jacket) pasted down to half-title, moderate to heavy foxing and tanning to edges & within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co, 1953

KEYWORDS: American US literature modern first edition Kurt Vonnegut

POUND, EZRA & PAIGE, D. D. (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 464pp, VG (moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning within, light foxing to edges and sporadic foxing within) in d/w G+ (scuffed and chipped, soiled, main fault is long segment missing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1951

KEYWORDS: Ezra Pound literary biography letters epistolary American US literature modern first edition

PACKER, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo red/brown cloth covers, black lettering to spine, 57pp, VG+ (light tanning and foxing to edges and within, v. sl. rubbing to boards) in d/w VG (light scuffing and chipping, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry modern first edition Pegasus Press

EGAN, JENNIFER

FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); 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: Scribner 2017

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition

YUTANG, LIN

First Edition; octavo hardcover VG-, lacks d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Day Company 1950

KEYWORDS: Lin Yutang China Chinese literature modern first edition wisom American America

PING-YING, HSIEH; CHI, TSUI (transl.) & BOTTOMLEY, GORDON (pref.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-, lacks d/w); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1943

KEYWORDS: China Chinese autobiography literature modern first edition

FRENCH, MARILYN

FIRST NEW ZEALAND EDITION, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 471pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & fading to boards, 1cm crack to top spine, slightly cocked, moderate to heavy foxing to edges and within, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light fading, moderate to heavy scuffing and moderate chipping)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch / Hutchinson 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition