SITWELL, EDITH & BAWDEN, EDWARD (illus)

SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board, deckled edges, illus title pg. & prelims, 14pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine and bleeding onto boards, light soiling to boards, ownership signature & bookseller info in pencil to pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Gwyer 1928

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SNELL, PETER & GILMOUR, GARTH

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY PETER SNELL octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl staining to covers)

PUBLISHER: Minerva Ltd 1965

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HALBERG, MURRAY & GILMOUR, GARTH

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED, octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 212pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with sl surface loss, moderate chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963

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SITWELL, EDITH

RARE ORIGINAL PINK D/W, 1ST EDITION OF COLLECTED POEMS, 1930, LIMITED TO 320 COPIES (#26) SIGNED & NUMBERED BY EDITH SITWELL, PRINTED ON HANDMADE PAPER, super octavo, pale yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 278pp, VG+ (light soiling to board edges, light tanning to page egdes & eps- very tidy copy) in d/w & removable clear plastic protective cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & fading to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth/Houghton Mifflin 1930

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SUDHAM, PIRA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Shire Books 1989

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WARD, FRED & WARD, CHARLOTTE (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Gem Book Publishers 1996

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WARD, FRED & WARD, CHARLOTTE (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Gem Book Publishers 2001

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MURRAY, THOM

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOUR; octavo illus. orange boards, illus., 287pp., nr. FINE (slightest soiling to boards), in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Thom Productions 2019

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PLAIDY, JEAN

FIRST EDITION, INSCIRBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Robert Hale 1973

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FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

SIGNED, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION; octavo burgundy cloth boards with silver lettering & border to cover, silver lettering to spine, 103pps.+advert., nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Telos 2004

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition limited signed Telos Original

JAMES, ANTOINETTE

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo illus. light card covers, 224pp., VG+ (light soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Tate Publishing 2012

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CHE, YEUNG TAT

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO RUSSELL BECK, TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 135pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: One Thousand Snuff Bottles House 2000 (Memorial Issue)

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GEE, MAURICE

FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ AUTHOR TESSA DUDER, WITH HER OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE; 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 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern literature signed Tessa Duder

AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION signed by author super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1986

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SIMPSON, JOE

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus., xii+290pp, VG (moderate tanning to pages) in d/w VG (light scuffing, v. light fading to spine, signed copy sticker to front)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2002

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BEHAN, BRENDAN & HOGARTH, PAUL (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ARTIST, olive/red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, illlus., 191pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges, v. slight tanning to pages) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing, chips and closed tears, price clipped, light soiling, still attractive copy)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Geis Associates 1962

KEYWORDS: Dublin Ireland Irish literature modern first edition signed Galway Aran Islands Borstal Boy

MALIN, DAVID & FERRIS, TIMOTHY (foreword)

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, large folio illus. heavy card boards, illus., 132pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, v. slight soiling inside) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and v. slight curling to edges (unobtrusive), tanning to reverse, v. light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Callaway Editions 1999

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DORSEY, CANDAS JANE

NUMBERED SIGNED EDITION, limited to 100 copies, FIRST EDITION, octavo illus. (dystopian city-scape) heavy card boards, illus. endpapers, 310pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: PS Publoishing 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed short stories science fiction speculative dystopian

TURNER, BRIAN

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo illus. light card covers, 63pp, VG (light soiling and scuffing to covers, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature New Zealand poetry signed inscribed

RABBITT, LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION (LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR), small octavo illus. light card covers, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate foxing to covers, v. sl. soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Voice Press 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry modern first editon limited signed