Books - "poetry"
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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
Greatness Revisited
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: Branden Press 1971
KEYWORDS: viennese european literature poetry
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
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
High and Low
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: John Murray 1966
KEYWORDS: poetry poems literature
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
Making Friends with Frankenstein
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: Candlewick Press 2001
KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry
Frankfurter Buchmessen Buch 2010: No Echo / Sin Eco / Echolos
Limited numbered edition (35/200), quarto, black cloth boards, black eps, unpaginated, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges) TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Hafner & Hafner 2010
KEYWORDS: art literature poetry poem
Edwin's Egg & Other Poetic Novellas
Inscribed & signed by author, eight-volume set in slipcase, duodecimo, grey light card stapled wrappers with black & red lettering, aprox 31pp per volume, illus, (Nr Fine) in illus slipcase (VG+)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems novellas art
My Life and Lays
Inscribed by author to Hall-Jones (former Prime Minister of NZ), octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering & decorative rule to front board, handwritten title to spine, aeg, navy blue coated eps, frontispiece, 122pp, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, occasional annotation/underlining in pencil, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: John Ward 1899
KEYWORDS: Andrew Kinross autobiography literature poetry poems New Zealand
The Lay of the Bogle Stone: An Erratic Poem and Other Pieces
First edition, duodecimo, beige light card covers with black lettering, 76pp + 12pp adverts at rear, VG- (lacks rear cover, heavy browning to page edges & front cover, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Otago Workman Office 1892
KEYWORDS: John Hamilton literature poetry poem verse
Annette
TEXT IN DUTCH, limited numbered edition (44/150), folio, yellow cloth boards with black lettering & black reclining nude to front board, unpaginated but aprox 30pp, illus, VG (dampstaining to board fore-edges)
PUBLISHER: De Bezige Bij 1987
KEYWORDS: Bob ten Hoope Adriaan Morrien Dutch art watercolours painting literature poetry poems TEXT IN DUTCH
Prince of the Plague Country
First edition, scarce, octavo, orange boards with black lettering to spine, 58pp, VG (light tanning to page edges & elsewhere, some foxing to eps, light staining to fore-edges of last few pages) in d/w, G+ (moderately heavy staining, heavy browning to inside, stained & unattractive tape repairs to upper & lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1964
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Heroines of Shakspeare (Shakespeare) comprising the Principal Female Characters in the Plays of the Great Poet
Quarto, half bound with blue cloth boards and black leather spine, gilt title lettering in red decorative panel between gilt ruled bands, gilt rule to spine sides & board corners, marbled feps, marbled page edges, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG- (lacks fep, heavy browning to page edgs, heavy scuffing with some loss of surface to spine & boards, heavy staining & soiling to boards, very heavy staining & tanning to eps, 10x3cm portion of title page upper corner torn off, archival tape repairs to two closed tears to title page, heavy staining to frontispiece, moderately heavy staining & tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: London Printing & Publishing Co (n/d but circa 1849)
KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare heroines literature art engravings drama theatre poetry
The Mass and Other Poems
Inscribed & signed by author, duodecimo, turquoise light card stapled wrappers iwth black lettering to front cover, 40pp, VG- (heavy fading to spine, some soiling to covers & page edgds, light tanning, crease to fep lower corner)
PUBLISHER: EJ McAlister 1942
KEYWORDS: Australian literature religion poetry poems
Die Paar Leuchtenden Jahre
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 costs. TEXT IN GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 2012
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN literature poetry poems short stories autobiography
Aristophanes' Apology including a Transcript from Euripides being the Last Adventure of Balaustion
First edition, duodecimo, dark green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to front board & blind rule to rear board, 365pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderately heavy browning to page edges, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, bookseller's label to front pastedown, 2cm tear with loss to lower edge of fep)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1875
KEYWORDS: English literature poetry poem