Books - "literature"
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The Hole in the Hill
FIRST AU EDITION. Octavo, illus card boards, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, price clipped). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Ure Smith 1961
KEYWORDS: Ruth Park New Zealand literature modern first edition
The Lovelock Version
FIRST EDITION. Dated, inscribed & signed by author. Super octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, bookplate to ffep, author inscription & scribbles to tp), in d/w, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1980
KEYWORDS: Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand literature modern first edition
Occasional Verses
FIRST EDITION, associtation copy. Signed & inscribed by author to Ruth Dallas. Octavo, green light card covers, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to covers). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971
KEYWORDS: James Bertram New Zealand literature modern first edition poetry poems
From Bottle Creek: Selected Poems, 1967-69
Original true FIRST EDITION. Author's first book. Signed & inscribed by author to Robin White. Octavo, patterned light card covers, VG- (heavy soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chiping, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, prelims/terminals & throughout, curling to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Arts Council 1969
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Poems from Bottle Creek (One): A Flat Fat Blues
FIRST EDITION. First of the Bottle Creek issues. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, prelims/terminals & throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press n/d
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Bottle Creek Blues
FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto, light card covers, VG- (light soiling to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press n/d
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Bracken Country
FIRST EDITION, NO. 5/100. Signed by author. Octavo, light card covers, VG (light soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Glenbervie Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Year of the Dog: Poems New and Selected
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Something Nothing
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition Robin White
Selected Poems
Signed & inscribed by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Come Rain Hail
Fourth edition, signed, inscribed & dated by author. Lacking card cover. Octavo, stapled card, VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing, gatherings from pp. 1-24, 3-22 & 5-20 loose). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Square One Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Poems
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Author's first book. Octavo, stapled light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, ). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: N.Z. Tablet Co. n/d
KEYWORDS: Eileen Duggan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Messengers in Blackface
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, french flaps, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, bookplate to front cover verso). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Amphedesma Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Alan Brunton New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Sap-Wood & Milk
Second edition. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing, bookplate to front cover verso, pp. [i]-1, 3-16, & 17-20 loose, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare Ralph Hotere New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Daughter of the Dawn: A Realistic Story of Maori Magic
Third edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, cracking to front & rear hinges--bdg sl sloppy, light cracking to central &rear gutters, some foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Jarrold & Sons 1903
KEYWORDS: William Reginald Hodder New Zealand literature history
The Gates of Hell: An Historical novel of the Present Day
Ex-library. Octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge red, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters, library inscriptions, stamps & paste-ins throughout, prev ownership inscription to ht). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1934
KEYWORDS: Erik R v Kuhnelt-Leddihn literature fiction novel
The Oresteia
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges), in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, light to moderate soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1976
KEYWORDS: Aeschylus ancient Greek Greece drama literature
The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in blue gilt, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism Donald Keene
The Big Season
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in white, VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1962
KEYWORDS: Maurice Gee New Zealand literature modern first edition
Return to Japan: from Pilgrimage to the West
Provenance of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, illus card boards, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature travel writing travelling