The Life of Dan Davin, writer, soldier, publisher. Pp. xxii+470(last blank), 4 plates, notes, select bibliography, chronology of Dan Davin's principal publications, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; book label of..... More
Pp. 70, illustrated; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, with short creased split from top edge into front panel;Cabeman Press, Dunedin, 1973. First edition. More
Pp. [24], pictorial title page and text illustrations by Anna Tarm; printed paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper with rectangular cut-out revealing part of the illustration beneath, the wrappers a trifle soiled; Hallard Press, Auckland, 1995. More
Pp. 132; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly worn; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1977. Firstpaperback edition. *From the collection of Australian writers Thomas Shapcott and Judith Rodriguez, with inscription to them on half-title page. More
Pp. 188 ; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, the laminate lifting near backstrip, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1971. First edition. *New Zealand born author's first novel. More
Pp. [viii]+222, decorative headpieces; pictorial paper wrappers, fore-corners and head of spine faintly creased; Penguin Books, Auckland, 2006. First New Zealand edition, paperback. *Originally published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2006. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007; winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best book in Southeast Asia..... More
Pp. [x]+224(last blank), decorative headpieces; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; John Murray, London, 2007. First U.K. edition. *First published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2006. The author's first novel. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, it won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best book in Southeast..... More
Pp. [x]+346(last blank); edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, tiny split at head of backstrip; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, tiny scribble near bottom edge p. 243; Harper & Row, Sydney, 1979. First edition. *New Zealand playwright, poet and critic's first novel. More
Short stories. Pp. 170(last blank); dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, light scratch near centre of front panel; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Century Publishing, Auckland, 1998. First edition. More
Poems. Graphics by Wilhelmus Ruifrok. Pp. [vi]+38(last blank), title page printed in brown & black; plain stiff paper wrappers, stapled; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle chipped; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Caveman Press, Dunedin, N.Z., 1971. Edition limited to 500 copies. More
With coloured lithographs by Marie Laurencin. Pp. [x]+318(last colophon), 16 coloured lithographs (10 full page), the title page printed in red & black, publisher's printed note tipped-in after title page; narrow cr. 4to; patterned paste-papered boards with gilt lettered red title label on spine, edges a trifle rubbed, slight bruise..... More
Pp. xxviii+396, frontispiece portrait, 9 illustrations, indices; dust wrapper; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989. First edition. The Soho Bibliographies. *A comprehensive bibliography. More
A Brief Katherine Mansfield Bibliography. With an Introduction by G. N. Morris. Pp. vi+10(last blank), frontispiece; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper a trifle silverfished, top fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased; edges of leaves faintly browned; The Beltane Book Bureau, Wellington, 1948. N.Z. Collectors' Monographs No. 3..... More
publications in Australia, 1907-09. With four sketches and a poem now collected for the first time. Pp. 54, frontispiece portrait, full page illustrations, select checklist of first editions, references; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly rubbed; half-title page faintly soiled; The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1977. First edition, limited to 750 copies..... More
The Work of Guy N. Morris. Pp. 18(last advertisement, verso blank), frontispiece; printed paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled and creased, the lower wrapper quite silverfished along top edge; a few corners lightly creased; The Beltane Book Bureau, Wellington, 1951. Edition limited to 400 copies; this one of 350 not signed..... More
Pp. 64; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed; Caveman Press, Dunedin, 1976. Caveman Poets series. More
