GARNETT EVE

A Book of the Seasons, an Anthology

London, Muller. 1968, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Eve Garnett. first UK edition, DW unclipped, small tear top edge of front panel, chipped head of spine, light soiling to wrapper. Illustrated papered boards with green cloth spine. some bumping to board edges, minimal foxing to top edge lower board, 80pp, illustrated in line and with four colour plates to head each season. Author's anthology of verse to accompany her images arranged by the seasons. Tidy copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013130

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Illustrated Anthology Seasons British Eve Garnett

MCCRAE D F (C E PERRY)

Lyrics in Leisure

Melbourne, T C Lothian. 1909, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. cream wrappers printed red and black, 84pp on wood pulp paper so is browning with age, name inscription on title, in VG condition for age and materials, a collection of her poems from the Bulletin, the Australasian, Steele Rudd's Magazine and the Church of England Messenger, foxing to the covers and light edge wear soiling (200 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011614

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Australian

INCHFAWN FAY

The Journal of a Tent-Dweller

London, Religious Tract Society. 1931, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. light foxing, spine ends rubbed, 224pp + plates and frontis, poetry and musings. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008300

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Homely Verse Poetry Didactic Early Twentieth Religious

INCHFAWN FAY

Verses of a house-mother

London, Religious Tract Society. reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. eight edition undated very clean and tidy copy. 112pp top edge slightly foxed. Homely verses some with christian religious theme. (200 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011567

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Homely Verse Poetry Didactic Early Twentieth Religious

ROSSI FEDERICO

Momenti Lirici

Torino, Societa Tipografico-Editrice Nazionale. 1908, First Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. iscrizione di presentazione da parte dell'autore 1908, leggermente ingiallite nel corso, browned paper wrappers, sewn sheets, 152pp, presentation inscription to Clara Bell, (née Poynter ) 1835-1927, who was an English translator (500 gram rate). Good/No Jacket. Presentation Copy.

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Book number: 011195

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Italy, Italia, Italian, Italiano, Poetry, Verse, Poeta, Signed By Author, Presentation Inscription, Iscrizione Di Presentazione Da Parte Dell'Autore

PITT-KETHLEY FIONA

The Perfect Man (poetry)

London, Abacus. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0349101221) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) 86pp paperback, perfect bound in pictorial card wrappers with flaps, light rubbing wear to edges, only edition issued. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008472

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Avant Garde Twentieth Century Womens Feminist Erotic Pitt-Kethley 0349101221

PITT-KETHLEY FIONA

Sky Ray Lolly (uncorrected proof)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701130466) Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC), uncorrected proof in pale plum wrappers with Chatto cherub pattern and publication details to cover, this is the advanced proof, 64pp perfect bound, spine lightly faded or rubbed, lower corner of rear cover faintly creased, reduced shipping outside New Zealand. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013107

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Avant Garde Twentieth Century Womens Feminist Erotic Pitt-Kethley 0701130466

RANKE FRIEDRICH

Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Leipzig, Insel Verlag. 1916, Second Edition. Half-Leather, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. marbled boards with half-leather bindingm surface rubbing to leather corners and spine edge of boards, leather backstrip missing from bottom 75%, title in gilt gothic/ fraktur present at head of spine, fep has one cancelled library stamp hard to make out amidst the decorative blocking, small neat ink name to recto of frontis, engraved frontis and title, top edge gilt, Ausgewahly und eingeleitet von Friedrich Ranke, Zweite Auflage 11 bis 15 Tausend, 261+2pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004648

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Deutsch Romans Literatur Volkslied German Black Letter Folklore Folk Song Mythology

ROSSETTI DANTE GABRIEL

Ballads and Sonnets

London, Ellis and White. 1881, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dark green cloth with extra gilt floral trellis designs to both boards and spine, small puncture at head of spine shows as a short tear in the cloth ( closed and no loss) , closed edges slightly foxed, pictorial endpapers, xii 335+ imprint +1pp advert, some minor foxing to prelims ( contents) and advert, some foxing encroaching to margins, slight rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, " A Smither" in pencil to title, this copy shows some atmospheric aging but little handling wear, first issue. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009250

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Modern First Edition Victorian Poetry Dante Gabriel Rossetti First Issue British Romantic Poetry

LANGFORD GARY

Confessions of a Nude Revolutionary ( Signed Copy )

Campbelltown, UWS Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1863418032) Pictorial Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) pictorial stiff card wrapper, slight handling , author signed presentation inscription to half title 'I trust there is the odd piece here that will give pleasure' 112pp, some photo montage type illustrations, poetry. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 009291

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Australian Fiction Poetry Verse Literature Modern First Edition Author Signed Presentation 1863418032

LANGFORD GARY

The Family (first work)

Christchurch, Fragments Press. 1973, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) pictorial stiff card wrapper, light handling , sewn sheets glued into pictorial wrapper, unpaginated c. 50pp with full page photographs, this is his first published work (excepting works he submitted rather than publishing himself) Langford was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1974. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010518

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Australian Fiction Poetry Verse Literature Modern First Edition Author's First Work New Zealand Immigrant Settlers Christchurch Private Press Rare Poetry

MCCORMICK GARY

Poems for the Red Engine (Signed copy)

Porirua, Piano Publishing. 1978, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) presentation inscription to front endpaper '21/4/80 Peter All the best mate Gary M' 24pp, faint ghost left from a label to inside rear cover, poetry. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 008030

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Poetry Twentieth Century Gary Mccormick Signed By Author

LANGFORD GARY

Strange City, a Cycle of Poems

Campbelltown, MacArthur Institute Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0958778205) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. covers slightly rubbed or soiled, 100pp illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012799

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Australia Australian Poetry Verse Literature 0958778205

BUCHANAN GEORGE

Annotations

Oxford, Carcanet Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0902145126) Printer Wrapper, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. limited edition, pale blue printed wrappers with flaps drawn over sewn sheets, owner name to reverse of fep, 35pp edition limited to 600 copies, poetry, a few stanzas have pencil bracketing. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011714

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: George Buchanan British Poetry Limited Edition Rare Collectable Carcanet Press 0902145126

GOULD GERALD

Beauty the Pilgrim, New Poems

London, Ernest Benn. 1927, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. black cloth over boards, paper title label to upper board and spine but the spine label is missing part and has no legible text, lightly soiled and rubbed with small patch frayed back to board on top edge of lower board, second impression 32pp, final leaf offset toned, internally VG+ (200 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012125

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Twentieth Century