JOHNSON, LOUIS

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 53pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Louis Johnson first editions poetry poems verse literature signed ownership of Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, PENCIL SIGNED & DATED OWNERSHIP OF AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 48pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & folds, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James K Baxter literature poems poetry verse first edition ownership of Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

FAIRBURN, A R D

TRUE FIRST EDITION, DATE & SIGNATURE OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey stiff card covers, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 32pp, VG (moderate tanning & rubbing/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rubbing & staining to rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

KEYWORDS: true first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse A R D Fairburn ownership signature Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

RILKE, RAINER MARIA & LEISHMAN, J B (Trans, Intro & Notes)

Octavo, yellow buckram boards, red lettering to spine, front of jacket tipped in to ffep, flap of jacket with synopsis/blurb tipped in to rear pastedown, 174pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1946

KEYWORDS: German literature English translations Rainer Maria Rilke poems poetry verse sonnets

BROWNING, ROBERT & LEWIS, C DAY (intro and ed) & REDDICK, PETER (illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: robert browning poetry literature

Betjeman, John

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1978

KEYWORDS: literature poetry

LOPEZ, BARRY et al & FOER, JONATHAN SAFRAN (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 2006

KEYWORDS: short stories fiction poetry poems art inspiration Joseph Cornell anthology collection

AFANASIEV, K A & ZAHAROV, V V & TOMASHEVSKII, B B

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PUBLISHER: Lenizdat 1975

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN poetry literature

MORRIS, Dr WILLIAM E

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PUBLISHER: William E Morris 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Dr William E Morris New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature

HUNT, SAM

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PUBLISHER: Sam Hunt 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature signed Sam Hunt poems poetry verse

MORRIS, WILLIAM E & GHOSE, AMAL (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: Tagore Institute of Creative Writing International 1981

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature signed William E Morris

PERRY, GRACE (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: South Head Press 1973

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Australian Australia anthologies collections past issues 1973

RILKE, RAINER MARIA; DEUTSCH, BABETTE (transl)

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PUBLISHER: Vision 1947

KEYWORDS: Rainer Maria Rilke 20th century German poetry poems Germany

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION. Provenance attributed to NZ author Helen Shaw (as Hella Hofmann). Crown 8vo, unpaginated, 16 ll.; stapled black light card covers, french flaps, paper label to front cover lettered in black & red; fore & bottom edges deckled; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Allen Curnow New Zealand poetry poems The Caxton Press

TZU, RAM

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PUBLISHER: Advaita Press 1991

KEYWORDS: spiritual modern spirituality ram tzu poetry

STODDART, THOMAS TOD

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PUBLISHER: Edmonston & Douglas 1866

KEYWORDS: first edition 19th century Thomas Todd Stoddart fish fishing angling angler sport game stories songs poetry

JEFFARES, A NORMAN

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1968

KEYWORDS: W B Yeats poems poetry commentary criticism guide

STEINER, GEORGE

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PUBLISHER: New Directions 2011

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poetic history philosophy 21st century criticism

HARREX, SYD

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PUBLISHER: Lythrum Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Syd Harrex 21st century poetry poems sonnet

PORTER, PETER

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2009

KEYWORDS: Peter Porter 21st century poetry poems