SERVICE,ROBERT

first edition 192pp VG (tan cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,tear to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert service

BIRNEY,EARLE

first edition inscribed by author 52pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to nz author helen shaw on inside front cover,compliments slip pasted to title)

PUBLISHER: new books trumansburg [1968]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry earle birney

BORLAND,R.

first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,prelims.andcontent edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: thomas fraser dalbeattie 1890

KEYWORDS: literature history borland poetry yarrow

N/A

first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.burgundy/white dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and stained w.losses of colour,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep and rfep,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean)

PUBLISHER: cassell new york [1891]

KEYWORDS: literature arts poetry

MILTON,JOHN

first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history

ADCOCK,FLEUR

first edition 37pp VG+ (red cloth,contents sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand fleur adcock

RIETHMULLER,CHRISTOPHER JAMES

first edition 200pp G+ (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,ffep and half-title detached but present,owner's inscr.to head of title page,sl.foxing to untrimmed content edges)

PUBLISHER: bell and daldy london 1861

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry christopher james riethmuller

HENRI,ADRIAN

first edition unpaginated VG+ (paper wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.)

PUBLISHER: arc gillingham 1970

KEYWORDS: poetry modern first edition literature adrian henri

BURNS,ROBERT

first edition thus [facsimile of 1786 kilmarnock edition] VG+ (in blue-grey paper wrappers,sl.browned,owner's inscr.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled,folding col.map of burns country loosely inserted) in G box (folding-bow w.hinged lid,grey-blue card boards w.cream paper spine,rubbed and foxed/browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.6cm loss to fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: brown kilmarnock [1909]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert burns

CAMPBELL,ALISTAIR

first edition 108pp NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: alister taylor martinborough 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition alistair campbell

BICKFORD,F.G.

first edition inscribed by author 71pp NF (green cloth,minor foxing to prelims.,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed to nz author una platts,t.l.s. loosely inserted) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: stockwell ilfracombe [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry bickford una platts signed new zealand

PRINCE,JOHN CRITCHLEY

first edition 209pp+iii VG- (blue embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,contents browned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: simpkin and marshall london 1850

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john critchley prince

BROWN,CHRISTY

first edition 79pp VG+ (brown cloth,minor shelf wear,ink date to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,mod.wear to extrems.w.insect holes to spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry christy brown

LEWIS, C. S.

first edition 142pp, octavo blue cloth boards, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, prev owners inscription in calligraphy to fep) in d/w VG- (moderate creasing and tanning to covers, covered in clear protective wrapper with blue edging tape which is separating from plastic)

PUBLISHER: bles london 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry lewis

BAXTER,JAMES K.

first edition 40pp VG+ (green paper boards, mod. rubbed and soiled, light bruising to extrems.,owner's sign in ink to ffep, eps tanned, small damp stair to rear end page corner)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1944

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry james baxter

FIELD,EUGENE

553pp VG (green cloth w.gilt stamps to top board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's presentation plate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: werner laurie london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry eugene field

KIELY,JEROME

first edition 96pp VG+ (grey paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: geoffrey chapman london 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literatutre poetry jerome kiely

THORPE,ADAM

first edition 56pp NF (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry adam thorpe

PRINCE,F.T.

first edition 128pp NF (tan paper boards,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis london 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry prince

HOPE,A.D.

first edition 214pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,ffep adhered to front pastedown,sl.foxing to content edges) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry hope