Books - "poetry"
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Our Life in This Land
facsimile edition limited [250] 26pp ills.[col.linocut] F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: dennis mceldowney auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition roderick finlayson dennis mceldowney new zealand poetry literature
Earth Meditations: 2
first edition 20pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: alldritt auckland 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry charles doyle
A Desirable Property
first edition 46pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry vivienne joseph
Over the White Wall
first edition 56pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry hugh lauder
Fragile Signs
of new found strength
reprint unpaginated ills.[b/w] NF (in wrappers,owner's inscr.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: boyd glassey christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry wynne glassey
Stories About Wooden Keyboards
first edition 80pp NF (in glossy wrappers,prelims.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: auckland univ.press auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry kendrick smithyman
Rabbi Ben Ezra
and other poems
unpaginated 83pp ills(col.plates) VG+ (dark green cloth w.col.ill.stamp to frt brd,sl.soiled,sunned w.sl.bumps to extrems,mod chip to foot of spine,mod foxing to prelims,sl.foxing to content w. clean plates,owners label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london
KEYWORDS: poetry art literature history anthropology rabbi ben ezra
THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
With Life
First edition, heavily decorated brown cloth, all edges gilt with gilt & black embossed front & spine, deep embossed lozenge design with gilt surround and green floral infill with titles above & below, bevelled edges, brown ep's, steel engravings in illus & borders to every page, no tissues, xiv 624pp, VG(boards rubbed & sunned with l surface loss, edges & corners sl worn & scuffed, spine head & foot, worn with v sl tears & chipped, sl soiled boards, sl internal seperation at front & rear hinges, sl shaky spine, booksellers stamp to fep, sl foxing & soiling to ep's & edges with sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gall & Inglis Edinburgh (nd)
KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton sir walter scott poetry
MEANJIN PAPERS
A Quarterly of Literature - Summer
vol 3 no. 3, booklet in blue wrappers, 202pp, VG-(edges tatty, cover sl sunned & foxed with v sl soiling, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Meanjin Press Brisbane 1944
KEYWORDS: meanjin papers literature poetry
Edward Thomas
a critical biography 1878-1917
first edition, 292pp, ills (b/w) NF (green cloth, sl foxing to foredges.) in VG+ d/w (minor closed tears to some extrems, moderate foxing to rear and some insides.)
PUBLISHER: faber, london, 1970
KEYWORDS: william cooke edward thomas poetry literature biography
Your Father
first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 56pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.soiled and browned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on blank prelim.)
PUBLISHER: elizabeth press new rochelle [printed in verona] 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky james l.weil
For All I Have Loved
a selection of poems
first edition limited [400] inscribed by author 40pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,author's warm inscr.to new zealand poet willow macky on prelim.,owner's inscr.to foot of prelim.)
PUBLISHER: william alfred cummins berowra 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry willow macky frances hackney
Hello
first edition limited [750] unpaginated F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: hawk press christchurch 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry new zealand literature robert creeley
Sacred Harp of American Poetry
with occasional notes
244pp+ads, G+ (small pocket book, bumps and wear to extrems, upper and lower spine frayed, small paper adhesive to spine, spine beginning to split at some sections, contents browned with age, small pencil notes to some contents, cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: milner and sowerby, london, [1890]
KEYWORDS: american poetry
A HANDBOOK TO THE POETRY OF RUDYARD KIPLING
first edition, light blue paper & beige cloth spine with title label to pine & front, top edge gilt, 316pp, VG-(board edges bumped worn & scuffed, boards soiled & sl sunned, fore & bottom edges text untrimmed, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1914
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ralph durand rudyard kipling poetry
IRISH POEMS
2nd impression, blue cloth and paper label title pasted to spine, 109pp, VG+ (v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxing to PS AND edges)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1914
KEYWORDS: first edition katharine tynan poetry
Drake in California
ballads and poems
first edition 89pp VG+ (green cloth,eps and edges sl.foxed,paste action to eps,teg,tight) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1912
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry herman sche
Songs for Music & Lyrical Poems
first edition 52pp VG+ (in pink wrappers,sl.sunned w.spine sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: selwyn & blount london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry eleanor far
Songs of the South
second series
first edition 199pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,unevenly sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed edges mod.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: ward,lock london 1895
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john bernar
DRIVEN
POEMS
modern first edition, patterned paper & black cloth to spine, 120pp, VG- (v sl edge wear, v sl foxed throughout, v sl browned eps) d/w FAIR, tatty, (flaps remain, encased in plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf, London, n.d. (ca. 1928)
KEYWORDS: modern first edition leroy macleod poetry