MOORE MERRILL

Experimental Sonnets

Christchurch, Pegasus. 1956, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 40pp, very tidy wraps, minor foxing starting from the staples (200 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011694

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry New Zealand Pegasus Press Private Press

ONDAATJE MICHAEL

Rat Jelly

Toronto, The Coach House Press. 1977, reprint. (ISBN: 0889101078) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 grams) light rubbing to edges, 72pp, fourth printing, poetry. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011832

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Canada Canadian Poetry Verse 0889101078

BULLOCK MICHAEL

A Savage Darkness, Poems

Vancouver, The Sono Nis Press. 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW mild rubbing and a few short edge tears, minor foxing to closed edges, 72 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010847

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Canadian, Poetry, Verse, Poems, Creative Writing, First Edition

HARLOW MICHAEL

Vlaminck's Tie, Poems

Auckland, Oxford University Press. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0196480337) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. spine sunned otherwise near fine, 76pp poetry, (500 grams). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004506

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Poetry Modern Twentieth Century Verse Poem 0196480337

MILTON, SHELLEY, BYRON, WORDSWORTH, POPE EDITED BY WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI

The Poetical Works, of MILTON, SHELLEY, BYRON, WORDSWORTH, POPE in 5 Vols Uniform Deluxe Binding

London, Ward Lock & Co. reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Thomas Seccombe. (3500 gram rate, so 3.5 X standard cost) uniform set published by Ward Lock and sometimes also Bowden, green cloth bevelled edges, black decoration to boards, extra gilt to spines, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, tissue frontis guards, illustrated, 1- The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, edited with a memoir, by William Michael Rossetti, illustrated by Thomas Seccombe, xxxix 600pp, minor pencil to margins of a few pages; 2- The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited with by William Michael Rossetti, xiv 568pp + frontis, tissue guard slightly stained to top edge; 3- The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, edited with a memoir, by William Michael Rossetti, vii 604pp+ frontis, tissue guard slightly stained to top edge; 4- The Poetical Works of John Milton, edited by William Michael Rossetti, viii 460pp + frontis, tissue guard; 5- The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by William Michael Rossetti, xxiv 616pp + frontis, tissue guard slightly stained to top edge, late Victorian or early twentieth century issue in a beautiful uniform set, with only very minor reading wear, hinges very slightly loose but not cracked, sold as a set. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007872

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Literature Deluxe Gilt Gift Edition Uniform Decorator Set William Michael Rossetti Thomas Seccombe

TEMPLE NEVILLE & EDWARD TREVOR

Tannhauser; or the Battle of the Bards, a Poem EDWYN TEMPLE'S COPY

London, Chapman and Hall. 1861, Second Edition. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. second edition in original blind decorated gilt titled cloth, this has been damped in the past and the glue has perished so there is some lifting to the upper board, also some soiling and fading, probbly due for a recovering, internally VG with the bookplate of Edwyn Temple to the paste down, and his signature to the half title, minor scattered light foxing, 117pp "Edwyn Temple, or 'The Captain' as he was referred to by his friends and family, was born in England in 1835, the son of Lieutenant Colonel John Temple and the grandson of Grenville Temple-Temple 9th Baronet of Stowe. He was a member of a large patrician English family of military and political figures that reached back in time to Edward the Confessor. One ancestor, Sir Richard Temple, served with the Duke of Marlborough and every generation of the Temple family had members who pursued military careers. Edwyn Temple was no exception. Educated at Rugby School, he entered the military services in 1853. During a brief period in Italy a relative, Princess Pondalfina, recognised his ability and engaged a tutor to teach him the rudiments of painting. Temple was ensigned in 1854 and became a Captain in the 55th Foot (Westmoreland) Regiment in 1858. He later served in the Crimea and in India from 1864 to 1866. By that time he had married and the first of a family of nine children had been born. It was more than nine years after retiring from the army that he decided to emigrate with his wife and family to New Zealand, arriving in Lyttelton on 25 October 1879. Within a very short time of his arrival, he was established and developed a network of ex-military friends in Christchurch. Some of these were among the group that got together in June 1880 to form the Canterbury Society of Arts. Temple's role in its formation cannot be overstated and, in acknowledgment of this, he was elected to the key role of Secretary / Treasurer of the Society. In 1882 he moved to Geraldine to a property, 'Castlewood', which he had purchased the previous year. There he lived and farmed for almost 3 decades, a Justice of the Peace from 1883, but mostly concentrating on painting before retiring to live in Timaru in the 1900s. " Christchurch Art Gallery archive. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004934

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Victorian Poetry Edwyn Temple 1835-1920 Canterbury Artist Colonial New Zealand Bookplate Templi Quam Dilecta Signed Copy

JACKSON NIGEL

The Hare and the Rowan ( Hawthorne Poets 13 )

Melbourne, Hawthorn Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0725601612) Pictorial Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Wayne Viney. limited edition, (200 gram rate) soiled wrappers, some foxing to closed fore edge, limited edition of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, copy #252, 72pp. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010249

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Australian Poetry Limited Edition Signed By Author Signed Nigel Jackson 0725601612 Wayne Viney

HORACE. Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS. UBERTRAGUNGEN VON THEODOR KAYSER UND F. O. FREIHERRN VON NORDENFLYCHT

Carmina / Oden, Lateinisch Und Deutsch ( Erster Band Der Tusculum Bucher )

Munchen, Ernst Heimeran. 1923, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. name to fep ' Dr. Franz Neumann, Munchen', assumed first (trade) edition, 145pp (twice, once in Latin , once in German) paper stock browning, leaf at rear states; 'Dieser band tragt die nummer' but no number entered, (keine nummer), trade edition with halb-leinen, may have been left in Germany when Dr Neumann fled at the Nazi seizure of power, and gifted on as per the inscription? Possibly the Dr Neumann who was a political theorist and later Soviet Spy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013290

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Horace Q. Horatius Flaccus Latin Roman Literatur Der Tusculum Bucher Doktor Franz Neumann Munchen

GREY OLIVER

Preludes and Symphonies

London, George Routledge. 1905, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) green cloth with gilt titled cover and spine, top edge gilt, grangerised with two pasted on photographs of a building with a slip pasted down to fep with the name of the place ( indecipherable by myself!) but as "photographed by Oliver Grey", small ink asterisk at head of half title page, some minor age spotting to closed edges, nice paper stock, internals unmarked, xv 223+2pp adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005887

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Verse Literature

GREY OLIVER

Preludes and Symphonies

London, George Routledge. 1905, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. First edition in green cloth with gilt titled cover and spine, top edge gilt, grangerised with two pasted on photographs of a building with a slip pasted down to fep with the name of the place ( indecipherable by myself!) but as "photographed by Oliver Grey", small ink asterisk at head of half title page, some minor age spotting to closed edges, nice paper stock, internals unmarked, xv 223+2pp adverts, (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012136

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Verse Literature

KHAYYAM OMAR & FITZGERALD EDWARD

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Leicester, Edgar Backus. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Ill.: Anthony Rado. undated but post 1946 by advertising, another copy I have seen was gift dated 1949 so assume somewhere in between, blue cloth with gilt designed cover, silver paper DW has insect loss to bottom corners at the folds, price clipped otherwise very tidy , 29pp with full colour full page plates by Anthony Rado, some light surface damage from insects to top edges of boards. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012895

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Persian Poetry Rubaiyat Mysticism Illustrated Rado Anthony Rado

KHAYYAM OMAR & FITZGERALD EDWARD

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Leicester, Edgar Backus. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Ill.: Anthony Rado. undated but post 1946 by advertising, fep is gift dated 1949 so assume somewhere in between, blue cloth with gilt designed cover, silver paper DW has rubbing and loss to spine and edges at the folds, price clipped , front fold in flap is detached but present, 29pp with full colour full page plates by Anthony Rado, some light surface damage from insects to top edges of boards. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 003121

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Persian Poetry Rubaiyat Mysticism Illustrated Rado Anthony Rado

BRAUN OTTO (HEREAUSGEGEBEN VON JULIE VOGELSTEIN )

Otto Braun Aus Nachgelassenen Schriften Eines Fruhvollendeten, Mit Drei Bildern in Kupferdruck

Berlin, Bruno Cassirer. 1920. Half Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. rebound in half khaki cloth, papered boards some surface wear, lower joint small split, title inked to spine by hand, 307pp + 2 plates ( incl frontis.) some light tidy pencil notation, letters and poems from a young volunteer in the Great War, name and bookplate to fep, Sigrid Haag (19)33. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006260

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: German Poetry German Empire Kaiser War Poetry

SEAMAN OWEN

Made in England, Verses

London, Constable. 1916, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) rebacked with white ink hand written title, library pocket at rear, a few instances of a stamp that looks like it may be from an official library, possibly military?, 56pp poems that refer to events occuring during the Great War. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006679

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Edwardian Poetry First World War Jingoism Patriotic War Poetry First Edition

DEHN PAUL

Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse

London, Hamilton. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Edward Gorey. (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket rubbed to edges and foldsshort splits at joint ends and minor chipping to spine ends, 110pp, verse and accompanying cartoon style illustrations on a bleakly pessimistic tone, theme is that of nuclear war and devastation, a slice of Cold War angst. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007341

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Modern English Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction Atomic Age the Bomb Humour Black Humour British Edward Gorey