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Title
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Sub-title
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Author
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Publisher
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Published
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Pages
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Size
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Condition
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Price
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Comment
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NZ Post
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Aus & Pac Post
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Nth Am & Japan Post
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Europe Post
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Rest of World Post
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Tigers
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Adcock, Fleur
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Oxford University Press
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1967
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(2p) 37p
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8vo
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D-J (slight rubbing) Cloth binding Signature front paste-down Slight foxing EPs, slight strip browning EPs VG
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20
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The author's second volume of poetry, a very tidy copy
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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high tide in the garden
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Adcock, Fleur
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OUP
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1971
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(3p) 36p
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8vo
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D-J (chips extremities, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Signature FEP VG
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25
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A collection moving from shared intimacies and strained personal relationships to a vision of a gaseous future
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3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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New Zealand Verse
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Alexander, WF ; Currie, AE (coll)
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Walter Scott Publishing
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1906
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xxxii 271p
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Small 8vo
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Red full leather, patch of fading front Wear top, bottom spine Aeg Nice inscription FEP VG
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80
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The first comprehensive collection of current NZ verse, with examples from such as Reeves, Baughan, Domett, Lawson, Bracken
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Elfin Dell and other verses...
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Andersen, Johannes
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Reed
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1934
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45
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Small 8vo
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Paper over boards, illustration mounted front board Small piece spine paper missing top, bottom spine Splash of tea stain front board Gd - VG
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50
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Nicely inscribed by the author, a collection of the author's verse
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5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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17.000000
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The Tui-Cymbalist
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and other verses
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Andersen, Johannes C
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Author Pub, The Phoenix Printing Co
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1951
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(1p) 56p
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8vo
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P-B Slight water stain spine VG
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45
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A late volume of the author's verse, reflective and descriptive of New Zealand
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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matuhi / needle
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Baker, Hinemoana
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Perceval Press, VUP
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2004
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80p (CD end pocket)
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8vo
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Laminated boards Slight bump top spine VG - Near Fine
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25
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With paintings by Jenny Rendall, the author's first collection of verse, complete with CD, a nice creation
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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The Fallen House Poems
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Baxter, James K
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The Caxton Press
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1953
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48p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J (browning spine) Paper over boards (light spotting) Signature FEP Light foxing top FE VG
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25
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The author's third collection
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8.000000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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Musings in Maoriland a jubilee volume
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Bracken, Thomas
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Arthur T Keirle
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1890
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viii 359p (1p)
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4to
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Decorated green cloth binding, gilt titles Top, bottom spine lightly rubbed, fore-corners bumped Signature FEP, verso FEP Gd - VG
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50
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With illustrations, the author's heaviest book of verse, includes pieces by Sir Robert Stout (history) and Sir George Grey (the pioneer poets)
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5.000000
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23.000000
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48.000000
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50.000000
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53.000000
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Not Far Off
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Brasch, Charles
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The Caxton Press
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1969
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91
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Light water stain spots on boards and jackets Signature FEP VG
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20
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The author's fifth collection, after 'Landfall'
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Woodland Echoes
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Bryant, James Thomas, 'Woodlander'
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The Evening Star
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1906
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(4p) 197p
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Small 8vo
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P-B (rubbed top, bottom spine) Marks covers Gd
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30
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A collection of verse about historical, natural historical and environmental matters, the author for a long time the head teacher of Owaka School
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
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'Best of the Brew' Poems and Verse of New Zealand
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Burns, William et al
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Author Pub
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1989
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24
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8vo
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P-B Small tea stain back cover VG
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20
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With drawings, verse of events and people in the experience of the writers
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5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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17.000000
|
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Wild Honey
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Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki
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OUP
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1964
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viii 71p
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8vo
|
D-J (slight chip top spine, price-clipped, in protective plastic) VG
|
60
|
The author's third collection of verse, including his sequence on Te Rauparaha 'Sanctuary of Spirits'
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Matins & other verse
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Caselberg, John
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Nag's Head Press
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1992
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44
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8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Fine
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25
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An edition of 175 copies, verse written over 1991-2, a nice copy
|
5.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
Continuum
|
New & Later Poems 1972-1988
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Curnow, Allen
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Auckland University Press
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1988
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227
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8vo
|
D-J Near Fine
|
30
|
A nice copy of this collection of the poet's five published selections between 1972-1988
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
Country Road & other poems
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|
Dallas, Ruth
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The Caxton Press
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1953
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44p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine) Cloth binding Strip browning EPs VG
|
20
|
A collection of verse from 1947-52, the author's first collection
|
8.000000
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22.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
|
|
The Turning Wheel
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Dallas, Ruth
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The Caxton Press
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1961
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33p (1p)
|
8vo
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D-J Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
The author's second collection
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8.000000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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Song for a Guitar
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and other songs
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Dallas, Ruth ; Brasch, Charles (ed)
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University of Otago Press
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1976
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55
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8vo
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P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
40
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Now scarce, the selection of the author made by Charles Brasch just before he died, bringing in verse from three earlier collections
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
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Daddy Am I So Fine
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Donovan, Anne
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Hawk Press
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1978
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10 leaves
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8vo
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Soft card D-J over soft card covers Near Fine
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30
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Limited edition (#172 / 300), printed and bound by Alan Loney
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3.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
|
9.000000
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17.000000
|
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A Little Gallery of Characters
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|
Dowling, Basil
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Nag's Head Press
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1971
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27
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Small 8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Paper label front cover Near Fine
|
20
|
Twelve poems, a limited edition (#17) of 100 copies taken from the 200 issued
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Signs and Wonders poems by Basil Dowling
|
|
Dowling, Basil
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The Caxton Press
|
1944
|
34
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8vo
|
Paper over card covers Marks covers Signature FEP VG
|
25
|
The poet's second collection
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Canterbury and other Poems
|
|
Dowling, Basil
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The Caxton Press
|
1949
|
32
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine, slight marks) Paper over boards, front board paper label VG
|
20
|
The Caxton Poets no. 6, the poet's third collection
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Bedlam: A mid-century satire
|
|
Dowling, Basil
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Nag's Head Press
|
1972
|
33p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Paper label front cover Near Fine
|
25
|
A satire about living in the middle of the twentieth century, a limited edition (#81) of 200 copies
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Unreturning Native & other poems
|
|
Dowling, Basil
|
Nag's Head Press
|
1973
|
45p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Paper label front cover Near Fine
|
25
|
Thirty poems, a limited edition (#60) of 200 copies
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
More Poems
|
|
Duggan, Eileen
|
Allen & Unwin
|
1951
|
68
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (chips top spine) VG
|
25
|
The poet's third collection, a nice copy
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Three Poems
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|
Fairburn, ARD
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New Zealand University Press, Mermaid Press
|
1952
|
67p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Paper wraps with flaps over soft card covers Light foxing wraps, browning spine Slight foxing FEs VG
|
35
|
The text of three scarce Fairburn poems, The Dominion (Caxton 1938), The Voyage (1948), A Friend in the Wilderness (1949), with short notes from the author, still with the yellow Mermaid Press band around the wraps
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5.000000
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6.000000
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16.000000
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10.000000
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17.000000
|
|
Strange Rendezvous
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|
Fairburn, ARD
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The Caxton Press
|
1952
|
103p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine, slight chip top FE) Thin strip browning EPs VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
Collects together the earlier collection 'Poems 1929-1941' and additional verse, a nice, clean copy
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
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The Sky is a Limpet
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|
Fairburn, ARD
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George Fraser, Harold Innes
|
1966 Reprint edition (1939)
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(1p) 12p
|
8vo
|
Card covers String binding Fine
|
40
|
With the original ingenious illustrations, the reprint of this 'pollytickle parrotty'
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
The Pocket Mirror poems
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|
Frame, Janet
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George Braziller
|
1967
|
121
|
8vo
|
D-J (in archival wrapper) Cloth spine, paper over boards Very slight dent in the base of some pages VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
A nice copy of the first US edition of the author's first collection of verse, showing her 'various magic powers'
|
5.500000
|
15.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
The Goose Bath
|
Poems
|
Frame, Janet
|
Vintage, Random House
|
2006
|
221
|
8vo
|
D-J Fine
|
52
|
The first posthumous collection of Janet Frame's verse, rescued from the 'goose bath' of jottings and writings
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Gipsy a sequence of poems
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|
Gallagher, Kathleen
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Nag's Head Press
|
1993
|
(frontis) 51p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board Near Fine
|
25
|
An edition of 165 copies, 32 poems illustrated by David Nepia
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5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Gipsy
|
A sequence of poems
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Gallagher, Kathleen ; Nepia, David
|
Nag's Head Press
|
1993
|
(frontis) 51p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Red cloth binding, title label Fine
|
50
|
A limited edition of 165 copies, beautifully illustrated
|
5.000000
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
9.000000
|
17.000000
|
|
The Luthier
|
Poems
|
Gilbert, Ruth
|
Reed
|
1966
|
55
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight browning spine) Paper over boards Small inscription FEP VG
|
28
|
The poet's third collection, the first section creating a violin
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
For Whom the Cock Crows
|
|
Glover, Denis
|
John McIndoe
|
1978
|
40
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight marks covers VG
|
22
|
A collection of nightly thoughts and daily news
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
On the Fault Line
|
|
Haley, Russell
|
Hawk Press
|
1977
|
16 leaves
|
4to
|
Soft card wrapper over card covers (light fading wrapper) Signature FEP VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
In a limited edition of 300 copies (#292), 'and other poems'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Poems of Dick Harris
|
|
Harris, Richard (Dick) ; Lawlor, Pat (collected by) ; Tracy, Mona
|
New Century Press
|
1927
|
(frontis) 73p
|
Small 8vo
|
Card covers, cloth spine Slight water mark top, bottom FE covers, on back cover Light foxing FE VG
|
30
|
Illustrated by Ken Alexander, a collection of the published and unpublished works of this New Zealand poet, dead at 39
|
3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
Christopher Columbus a sequence of poems
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|
Hart-Smith, William
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The Caxton Press
|
1948
|
61p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (spine browned) Cloth binding Paper label front board VG
|
20
|
The Caxton Poets Number 1
|
6.000000
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18.000000
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35.000000
|
35.000000
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35.000000
|
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Man on a Raft more poems
|
|
Hervey, JR
|
The Caxton Press
|
1949
|
46
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips) Paper over boards Paper label front board VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
The Caxton Poets, no 4, the poet's third collection
|
6.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
the incomplete poems
|
|
Howard, David
|
Cold Hub Press
|
2011
|
274
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Light fading covers VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
Inscribed by the author, poems collected from 1976 to 2010, in probably their final form
|
7.000000
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30.000000
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65.000000
|
60.000000
|
65.000000
|
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the ones who keep quiet
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|
Howard, David
|
Otago University Press
|
2017
|
96
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
Twenty-four new poems, including those inspired by his time in Prague
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
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55.000000
|
|
The Speak House
|
|
Howard, David
|
Cold Hub Press
|
2014
|
30
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
Written while the poet was Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago (2013), a 'feverish tumble of impressions' that might have occurred in the last two hours of RL Stevenson's life, with illustrations from his 'Moral Emblems & other Poems'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
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45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
How to Occupy Our Selves
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|
Howard, David ; Pardington, Fiona
|
HeadworX
|
2003
|
86p (2p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight fading front cover by spine Near Fine
|
35
|
Signed by the poet, with 17 photographs by the photographer, 18 poems by the poet
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
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40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Strands
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|
Hulme, Keri
|
AUP
|
1992
|
65p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight fading spine Near fine
|
40
|
The author's second book of verse, a 'strand-dweller in reality, a strand-loper of sorts'
|
3.000000
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
9.000000
|
17.000000
|
|
Doubtless new and selected poems
|
|
Hunt, Sam
|
Craig Potton Publishing
|
2008
|
259
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
|
A collection of recent poems and a selection from the poet's life in verse
|
5.500000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
|
Houses by the Sea & the later poems of Robin Hyde
|
|
Hyde, Robin
|
The Caxton Press
|
1952
|
163
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning, chips spine, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding VG
|
20
|
With a major introduction by Gloria Rawlinson, the final Hyde collection after her death in 1939
|
8.000000
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23.000000
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45.000000
|
45.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Tiberius at the Beehive
|
|
Ireland, Kevin
|
AUP
|
1990
|
72
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
Illustrated by Malcolm Walker, Tiberius Claudius Nero transferred to PMs in 1980s NZ in verse
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 1951
|
|
Johnson, Louis (ed)
|
Reed
|
1951
|
96
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips top, browning spine) Cloth boards, paper label to front board Light foxing top FE VG
|
20
|
The first Reed Yearbook, includes Baxter, Brasch,Campbell, Curnow, Dallas, Dowling, Glover, and discussion at the rear
|
8.000000
|
24.000000
|
45.000000
|
45.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Living Countries Poems
|
|
Joseph, MK
|
Paul's Book Arcade
|
1959
|
67
|
8vo
|
Wrapper over light card covers Light fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
The poet/author's second collection, a nice copy
|
3.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Imaginary Islands Poems
|
|
Joseph, MK
|
Author Pub
|
1950
|
50
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
20
|
The author's first verse collection
|
6.000000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
From the Antipodes
|
prologue to a work in progress
|
Karena-Holmes, David
|
Maungatua Press
|
2002
|
105
|
8vo
|
D-J Fine
|
90
|
Signed by the author, his initial examination of the universe in verse form, limited to 50 copies
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Going to the Chathams Poems 1977-1984
|
|
Kidman, Fiona
|
Heinemann
|
1985
|
(2p) 50p
|
8vo
|
P-B Light fading covers Nsame whited-out FEP VG
|
20
|
The author's second collection of verse, including the long title poem
|
3.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Verses Various
|
The Serious and the Sunny Side of Life
|
Madill, James
|
North Shore Gazette
|
1947
|
(frontis) (4p) 78p
|
Small 8vo
|
Crimson cloth binding, gilt titles front, spine Spine sunned EPs browned VG - Near Fine
|
50
|
Author signed, New Zealand verse, in lighter vein and darker, at war (Boer War and after) and at peace, including some snapshots of NZ life
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Markings Poems and Drawings
|
|
McQueen, Cilla
|
Otago University Press
|
1992
|
64
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight nick bottom front cover VG
|
25
|
Illustrated by the author, a Southern collection of 29 poems
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Berlin Diary
|
|
McQueen, Cilla
|
McIndoe
|
1990
|
124
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
24
|
The result of the author spending time in Berlin in 1988, before the Wall came down
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Wild Sweets
|
|
McQueen, Cilla
|
John McIndoe
|
1986
|
38
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
22
|
The poet's third collection
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Stoat Spring
|
|
McQueen, Harvey
|
Mallinson Rendel
|
1983
|
24
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8vo
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D-J over card covers Near Fine
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20
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The author's second collection, illustrated nicely by Bruce Rothwell
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Poetry of the Maori
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Mitcalfe, Barry (trans)
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Paul's Book Arcade
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1961
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78
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8vo
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D-J (browning spine) over soft card covers VG
|
20
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Twenty-two Maori 'poems', from waiata and laments to war chants
|
8.000000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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Corrigendum
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|
Moisa, CEG
|
One Eyed Press
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1980
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47
|
8vo
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P-B Fading spine VG
|
14
|
Author's dedication copy. Edition of 300 (No. 191) Illustrated with line drawings.
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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10.000000
|
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Tales from the Angler's Eldorado
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Newton, John
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Untold Books
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1985
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(1p) 43p
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
20
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With illustrations, verse tales from New Zealand
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3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
|
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Winter I Was
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O'Brien, Gregory
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VUP
|
1999
|
104
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8vo
|
Card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
20
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With collages by Brendan O'Brien, poems of arrival and departure, of Winter or its promise
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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18.000000
|
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After Looking for Broadway
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Olds, Peter
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One-Eyed Press
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1985
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56
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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Author signed, poetry on foot in Dunedin and around NZ from the 1980s
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
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Guardians, Not Angels
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|
Oliver, Stephen
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Hazard Press
|
1993
|
79
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
12
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The writer's third collection of verse
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5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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18.000000
|
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Songs of Many Days
|
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Salaman, Nina
|
Elkin Matthews
|
1923
|
(frontis) v 58p
|
8vo
|
Paper over boards, blue cloth spine Titles on laid-on labels Browning EPs Light foxing FEs VG
|
75
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The poet's fourth published collection, includes her 'War Songs'
|
5.000000
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6.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
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Blue Magic
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Service, Marna
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W&T
|
1928
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(frontis) 38p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Thick paper covers, staples rusting Light discoloration of the covers, contents clean VG
|
60
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A scarce collection of verse, illustrated by Alison Grant
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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17.000000
|
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Ambitions of Clouds
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Shaw, Helen
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Nag's Head Press
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1981
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35p (1p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight browning) Cloth spine, paper over boards Owner's plate FEP VG
|
20
|
Limited edition of 150 copies
|
5.500000
|
22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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The New Zealand and Australian SONGSTER & goldfields diary
|
|
Small, Joe
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Nag's Head Press
|
1970
|
60p (2p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Paper label front cover, spine Near Fine
|
25
|
A collection of comic songs and diary extracts from the author's time on the Australian goldfields, first published in 1866, here republished in a limited edition (#168) of 200 copies
|
5.500000
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24.000000
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46.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
|
|
Poems
|
|
Smith, Lucy Evelyn 'A New Zealander'
|
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
|
1897
|
ix 144p (3p)
|
Small 8vo
|
Green cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration Signature FEP, inscription FFEP Teg VG
|
35
|
The author's first collection of verse, including translations of Dante, Goethe and Greek Songs
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
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21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Glencoe
|
|
Stewart, Douglas
|
Angus and Robertson
|
1947
|
39p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine, chips spine) Decorated cloth over boards VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
Sixteen ballads blend time and event in this 'recreation' of the massacre of Glencoe, 1691
|
3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier
|
|
Stewart, Douglas
|
Angus and Robertson
|
1941
|
(frontis) 29p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
Brown paper over boards, paper strip spine Light foxing FEs, EPs VG
|
40
|
With frontis by Norman Lindsay, a collection of poems first published in 'The Bulletin', includes the poet's lament for the passing of his countrymen 'No soft green god in the snowy fern of the clouds/Will spare my people who bleed upon eternity.'
|
3.000000
|
12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The White Cry
|
a book of poems
|
Stewart, Douglas
|
JM Dent
|
1939
|
63p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (browning spine, small piece missing top, bottom spine, price-clipped, in archival wrapper) Red cloth binding, title block spine Slight foxing FE VG
|
40
|
The author's second collection, published on the eve of War
|
3.000000
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12.000000
|
19.000000
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23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Collected Poems 1936-1967
|
|
Stewart, Douglas
|
Angus & Robertson
|
1967
|
xv 337p
|
8vo
|
Green cloth binding, gilt titles Fading spine Otherwise Near Fine
|
20
|
The poet's work from 9 books of poetry
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Green Lions
|
Poems
|
Stewart, Douglas
|
Author Pub, W&T
|
1937
|
(2p) 49p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Paper over boards, green cloth spine Light rubbing top, bottom spine, fore-edges Fore-corners bumped EPs browned Light foxing FEs Gd - VG
|
70
|
The NZ-Australian author's first collection, now quite scarce
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
Hokianga
|
|
Stones, Jane
|
The Griffin Press
|
1994
|
19
|
8vo
|
D-J over paper covers Near Fine
|
25
|
Inscribed by the printer, Ron Holloway, verse from the Hokianga and Dunedin
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
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35.000000
|
30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Night Fishing
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
Victoria University Press
|
2016
|
96
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
A collection that comes home, from what has been missed
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Just this Poems
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
Victoria University Press
|
2009
|
111
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
30
|
Signed by the author, at home in Central Otago 'I'm hunkered down/ here, determined to stay/fighting to escape being fleeced.'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Beyond
|
poems
|
Turner, Brian
|
John McIndoe
|
1992
|
61p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Fine
|
25
|
The author's sixth collection, 'I live in the space between/ long ago and/ from now on,/ the one a blur, the other/ a mystery'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
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45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
All that Blue can be
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
John McIndoe
|
1989
|
64
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
The poet's fifth collection of verse, 'The falcon's wings/ splintered the autumn sunlight/above the remnant fog/that sat on the river/like a marquee...'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
Ancestors
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
John McIndoe
|
1981
|
62p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
The poet's second collection, of people and places, and fishing
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
Footfall
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
Godwit, Random House
|
2005
|
112
|
8vo
|
D-J Fine
|
30
|
Limited, numbered edition, the author's 2-year stint as Te Mata poet bearing matured fruit, with frontis and photo by his mate, Grahame Sydney
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
48.000000
|
43.000000
|
48.000000
|
|
Inside Outside
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
Victoria University Press
|
2011
|
134
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
Poems of love and loss and speculation 'I'm on the edge of what's still called/the back country, nearly/but not quite the back of beyond'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
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45.000000
|
40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
Bones
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
John McIndoe
|
1985
|
60
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight signature HTP VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
Signed by the author, the poet's fourth collection, including 'After Brasch' ..He longed for the abandoned music/of water bounding over stone/and a mountain wind/ singing in his bones'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Taking Off Poems
|
|
Turner, Brian
|
Victoria University Press
|
2002 Reprint edition (2001)
|
95
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
Poems for a new millenium, the separations of the past, and the glories of a beloved Central Otago 'I take off for the hills..and find the wonder is/wonder hasn't died.'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Shape-Shifter
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Steele Roberts
|
1997
|
119p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
25
|
A collection of verse and prose, some published in other collections, a lovely copy, illustrated by Shirley Grace
|
8.500000
|
20.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Something Nothing
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Caveman Press
|
1974
|
47
|
8vo
|
P-B Owner's signature covered HTP VG
|
20
|
With illustrations by Robin White
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Selected Poems
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
John McIndoe
|
1980
|
54p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
Poems drawn from the poet's first four collections
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Short Back & Sideways poems and prose
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Godwit Press
|
1992
|
48
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Browning spine VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
The poet's tenth collection, including work inspired by his time in Berlin in 1985
|
6.500000
|
23.000000
|
48.000000
|
43.000000
|
48.000000
|
|
Ooooooo....!!!
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Steele Roberts
|
2005
|
96
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
50
|
Signed by the poet, 'I'm a veteran of survival of 82 years of age Ooooo!'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
48.000000
|
44.000000
|
48.000000
|
|
Ooooooo....!!!
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Steele Roberts
|
2005
|
96
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
25
|
'I'm a veteran of survival of 82 years of age Ooooo!'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
48.000000
|
44.000000
|
48.000000
|
|
Deep River Talk collected poems
|
|
Tuwhare, Hone
|
Godwit Press
|
1993
|
200
|
8vo
|
D-J (in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Slight rubbing top, bottom spine Near Fine
|
110
|
The limited edition (#230/500) of the poet's collected works from collections until 1992, and some new poems
|
7.500000
|
29.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Hawkeye 1 Don't Listen
|
|
Wedde, Ian
|
Hawk Press
|
1977
|
4 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Paper fault in lower third bound in VG
|
35
|
Limited edition (500), printed and bound by Alan Loney
|
5.000000
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
9.000000
|
17.000000
|
|
Castaly
|
|
Wedde, Ian
|
AUP, OUP
|
1980
|
78p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Short inscription FEP VG
|
15
|
With cover by Jeffrey Harris, collected verse from 1973-1977
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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