CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling, discreet reinforcement to inside edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors D'Arcy Cresswell poetry poets

WELCH, DENTON & CHEVALIER, JEAN-LOUIS (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 58pp, illus, VG+ (minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Enitharmon Press 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions limited edition poems poetry verse literature Denton Welch

KATACLA, EL BACHILLER

TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine with raised bands also, teg, marbled eps, illus title page, 219pp + unpaginated indices to rear, VG (moderate rubbing/surface loss & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate water staining to edges of prelim & terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Imprenta Moderna 1907

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH gypsy gipsies gypsies Romani gipsy verse poetry poems literature Katacla

CLARKE, Sir HUMPHREY

Sm 8vo 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: John Murray 1958

KEYWORDS: TibetTibetan poems poetry Milarepa religion religious spiritual spirituality

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8vo spiral-bound (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: Wai-te-ata Press n/d

KEYWORDS: calendar card literary literature poetry

GRIFFIN, PIP

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pohutukawa Press 2010

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Pip Griffin Chinese buddhism buddhist spirituality philosophy

BARROWMAN, RACHEL

Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary biographies biography memoir literature poets poetry R A K Mason

GARDNER, W H; HOPKINS, GERARD (forew)

2 VOL SET. Ex-library. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, vol. 1: xvi + 304 pp., vol. 2: xiv + 415 pp., plates, foldout sheetmusic, VG- (light scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, tape & adhesive residue to bds, usual library markings, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, soiling to eps, creasing to prelims (vol. 2), closed tear to pg 71 (vol. 1), light foxing throughout), in d/w, G+ (light to moderate tanning/soiling & fading, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, bookseller's sticker to front flap, loss of rear flaps at fold, lg closed tear to fron (vol, 2)).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry metrics scansion versification criticism 19th century literature

SITWELL, EDITH

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1944

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Edith Sitwell

MACNEICE, LOUIS

Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1943

KEYWORDS: Louis Macneice poetry poems verse literature

CRANMER-BYNG, J. L.

Duodecimo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1946

KEYWORDS: eastern poetry wisdom literature oriental chinese

AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH, octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, 124pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light foxing & chipping to edges moderate tanning & rubbing/loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden

AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH (DATED 1948), octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 112pp, deckled page edges, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims to terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden

AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (minor tanning to spine, sl tanning/soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, has a lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1941

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS

UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse William Carlos Williams

BATTEN, MARIEDA

8vo, white heavy card bds, white cl spine, front board lettered in black, 120 pp., G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev ownership inscription to front pastedown, two 1.5 cm wormholes to front pastedown & ffep, wormholes continue from ffep to p. 119., moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals, light tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Harry H. Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori stories fiction 20th century poetry poem literature

MITCHELL, DAVID; HANLY, PAT & KING, RICHARD (design)

FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, black light card covers, front cover lettered in white, photograph to rear cover, unpaginated, illus., VG- (light to moderate scuffing to covers, archival repairs to spine, moderate bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & prelims.terminals, light to moderate cracking to front gutter).

PUBLISHER: The Association of Orientally Flavoured Syndics 1972

KEYWORDS: David Mitchell New Zealan author poet poetry literature 20th century modern first edition

BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed & introd)

2 VOL SET. Super 8vo, illus. heavy card bds, spine lettered in purple gilt & black, vol. 1: [8] + 783 pp., vol. 2: [8] + 833 pp., plates to vol. 2, NF (light to moderate bruising to spine extems, light wear to joints, minor scuffing & soiling to bds, sl soiling to vol. 2 fore-edge), in slip case, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand author poet poetry literature letters correspondence

KIRBY, W F (Trans) & GRUNDY, J B C (Intro)

2 VOL SET, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- viii + 327pp, vol 2- vi + 285pp + 8pp to rear, VG (heavy bruising/warping to boards & page block of vol 2, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sm inscription in red ink to ffep of vol 2, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to prelims of both vols, sm numerals in red ink to rear pastedowns of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy wrinkling to jacket of vol 2, moderate tanning to spines, minor soiling, price clipped, bottom portion of front flaps crossed out in ink, original price on front flap of vol 2 obscured- black ink)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons / Everyman's Library 1969-70

KEYWORDS: kalevala verse poems poetry literature English translations medieval

WILSON, RAYMOND & MEEUWISSEN, TONY (Illus) & RUTHERFORD, MEG (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1977

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Raymond Wilson