SARRAUTE, NATHALIE; JOLAS, MARIA (transl.)

FIRST UK EDITION. Ex-library. Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrem, soiling, adhesive reside from tape to boards & eps, library stamps & paste-ins, front hinge cracked--repaired with tape), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping, moderate soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Nathalie Sarraute 20th century French literature

HIDEO, KOBAYASHI; ANDERER, PAUL (ed.)

Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. Octavo softcover, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature literary criticism interpretation

STARRS, ROY

Super octavo softcover, VG+ (sl soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Mishima Yukio criticism interpretation philosophy Japanese literature

SAWADA, HANNAH J & KANAKO, KITAHARA (eds.)

Super octavo softcover, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hirosaki Daigaku Shuppankai 2008

KEYWORDS: Tsugaru Japan Japanese literature literary criticism

BOWRING, RICHARD; SHIKIBU, MURASAKI

Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, tanning to pg edges & text). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Murasaki Shikibu criticism interpretation Japan Japanese literature first edition

LEONTIEV, KONSTANTIN; IVASK, GEORGE (ed.)

Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, adhesive markings from tape to feps), in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Weybright and Talley 1969

KEYWORDS: Konstantin Leontiev literature modern first edition letters correspondence

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & throughout, bookplate to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1944

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

HUME, FERGUS

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine & front board ruled in blind & lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, sm tear to pp. 281-2). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. 1911

KEYWORDS: Fergus Hume modern first edition literature fiction

BAUGHAN, B E

FIRST EDITION, scarce. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, frontis., VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps--esp reps, foxing to prelims/terminals & throughout, bookplate & prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: B E Baughan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

WATSON, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Octavo, green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board ruled in black, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning, author's inscriptions to feps (3 pgs) & pp. 56, 100, 182 & 243, light cracking to front hinge). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: H. L. Young 1907

KEYWORDS: Thomas Watson New Zealand literature modern first edition

VOGEL, JULIUS

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (colonial edition). Octavo, grey cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in black/green/red, photo, viii + 331 + [1] + [4 (advts)], VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to front & central gutters). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson and Co. 1889

KEYWORDS: Julius Vogel modern first edition 19th century sci fi science fiction New Zealand literature

DUTTON, WILLIAM HENRY

FIRST EDITION, scarce. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, viii + 518, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to central gutters, some soiling throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: S. N. Brown and Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: William Henry Dutton literature modern first edition fiction

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, Octavo, brown card boards, label to front board, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, red sticker to front board, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, some soiling throughout), lacking d/w. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

HINEMOA

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, red cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light tanning, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to gutters, some soiling & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: J. B. Innes 1892

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand literature modern first edition travel

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, Octavo, brown card boards, label to front board, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, bookseller sticker to ffep, some soiling & foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & foxing, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, insect holes to spine & flap folds.) Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

SHADBOLT, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, dated, inscribed & signed. Octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt, top pg edge stained, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, bookplate to ffep, author's inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, sl tanning, curling to flap edges). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition fiction

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, dated & signed by author. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top pg edge stained, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, sl foxing to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, patterned card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing to pg edges, inscription to ffep), in d/w, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, publisher sticker to front flap, tanning, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

n/a

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG (sl soiling & rubbing to covers, fading, sticker to spine, tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Paul Norbury Publications 1986

KEYWORDS: Soviet Ukraine Ukrainian literature poetry first edition

MORRIESON, RONALD HUGH

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue card boards, spine board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light tanning, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping , price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1963

KEYWORDS: Ronald Hugh Morrieson New Zealand literature modern first edition