BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James Bertram first editions signed poetry poems verse literature

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

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets James K Baxter signed first editions literature poems poetry verse

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

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, 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: Lenizdat 1975

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN poetry literature

MORRIS, Dr WILLIAM E

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PUBLISHER: William E Morris 1977

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HUNT, SAM

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PUBLISHER: Sam Hunt 1972

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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)

FIRST EDITION. Foolscap 8vo, 47 pp.; red buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; inscription in black ink tipped to ht; light tearing at front gutters); in d/w, G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; spine detatched, front & rear covers kept in place by archival tape; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

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

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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