The Works of Charles Dickens The “Charles Dickens Edition” Chapman & Hall, London, 1887-1894 21 volumes, illustrated plus The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster stippled green cloth boards, green leather spines and corners, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers and edges $750 SOLD

Owls Do Cry Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1957 First New Zealand Edition I also have available a copy of the Second New Zealand edition, published in 1958, without dustjacket Faces in the Water Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1961 First New Zealand Edition The Edge of the Alphabet Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1962 First New Zealand [...]

The Anne Anderson Fairy Tale Book London: Thomas Nelson, no date 190pp, 12 full-page colour plates, B/W illustrations and decorations, decorative eps, blue cloth cover with illustrated paste-down on front The Robber Kitten by R. M. Ballantyne Illustrated by F. A. Williams London: Blackie & Son, no date 32pp, colour frontis., B/W illustrations, pictorial boards [...]

Fleur Adcock :  Tigers London: Oxford University Press, 1967       (8) 37pp. $30.00              James K. Baxter: Pig Island Letters London: Oxford University Press       vii, 51pp. $65.00              David Beach: Abandoned Novel Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006       ISBN: 0864735294. 64pp $20.00              Geoff Cochrane: Hypnic Jerks Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2005       ISBN: 0864735006. 64pp $20.00         [...]

As part of National Poetry Day 2011 at Jason Books 22- 30 July An exhibition of printed poetry: New Zealand poets, artists, and printers in collaboration illustrated poetry books & private press editions Catalogue of the Exhibition The Holloway Press The Holloway Press was established at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1994. It [...]

Friday July 22nd is NATIONAL POETRY DAY and to celebrate we have teamed up with our neighbours in the city Jane Sanders Art Agent, Gus Fisher Gallery, Anna Miles Gallery and Unity Books to bring you a range of events to explore relationships between poetry & art At Jason Books July 22-30 Poetry / Art [...]

Fleur Adcock: High Tide in the Garden London: Oxford University Press, 1971 ISBN: 0192118072 36pp $50.00 Tigers London: Oxford University Press, 1967 (8)37pp $30.00 Ruth Dallas: Day Book: Poems of a Year Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1966 46pp Ex-Library $50.00 Lauris Edmond: 50 Poems A Celebration Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1999. Second Edition ISBN: 1877242039 [...]

Puriri Press produces a range of letterpress/digital books with a strong handmade element. The letterpress is provided by two large hand-fed presses, a Kahle art platen and a Littlejohn cylinder proof press. All the books, whether letterpress, digital or a mixture of the two, are assembled by hand, and most are hand sewn and bound [...]

Kingsley Amis: I Want it Now London: Jonathan Cape, 1968 255pp Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1988 ISBN: 0702221163 511pp Martha Gellhorn ; Pretty Tales for Tired People London: Michael Joseph, 1965 First UK Edition 199pp copy of Maurice Duggan, his name on ffep The Weather in Africa London: Allen [...]

I’ve just acquired a wonderfully diverse collection of illustrated Lewis Carroll titles: 1.Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Charles Blackman: Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1982. ISBN: 0589503502. 128pp $365.00 Margaret W. Tarrant: London: Ward Lock, Fourth Edition 332(12)pp, 48 colour plates $95.00 W. H. Walker: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Reprint. 152pp, 8 [...]