frank sargeson (59 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ. DJ faded Dedication inside from donor. 133 pages.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Two novels - 2 in 1 two in one tandem omnibus. DJ; Previous owner's name inside.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. When Michael Newhouse takes early retirement to avoid certain disgrace he is 'stung by the snake of memory' into recording his early life up to the point when he becomes a peon to conventions that he thought his great talents would deliver him from. DJ; Ex Library. 288 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 152 pages. Cover worn.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 290 pages. d.j. grubby & worn book shows wear, marks, spotting.

Zustand: Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. In this book - I for One - is reprinted along with - A Game of Hide and See k- A firmly bound copy with foxing/ spotting to page edges. D/J spine slightly faded, light wear to upper edge with several tiny nicks, stains on reverse.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. MacGibbon & Kee London 1969 First Edition VG (red cloth sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped,edges sl foxed, owners name on fep) in VG DW (sl worn, has been trimmed for plastic wrap, since removed and why dw is so bright!).

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 351 pages. cover and spine worn, spine faded, name on inside cover, pencil writing throughout, page edge foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. MacGibbon & Kee London 1967 First Edition VG (blue cloth w title in gilt on spine, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, edges foxed, prize plate pasted into fep) in VG- DW (sl rubbed and worn, spine faded, extrems bumped and chipped, price clipped, plastic protected).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 288 pages.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 91 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; New Zealand fiction. 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 288pp. Light foxing to page edges, minor stains to last few pages - d/j has l ight edge wear with small tears to extremes & light toning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Once is Enough A Memoir by Frank Sargeson. Publisher: Reed , 1973, First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket, no inscriptions, minor marks. He is considered one of the most prominent short story writers of New Zealand, alongside Katherine Mansfield. Sargeson has been credited with introducing everyday New Zealand English to literature.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine - tanned, spotty page edges, in tid y dj with faded spine, reverse edges sunned with slight wear.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. firmly attached, slightly tanned page edges. A tidy copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 91 pages. d/j on semi stiff card covers-d/j spine worn and corner stain on back panel of the d/j.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 91 pages. d/j slight spine wear- some age browning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. John Lehmann London 1949 First Edition 279pp VG- (black cloth red design and title on spine, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, edges and prelims foxed, binding sl cocked, owners name x2 on fep) in VG- DW (sl rubbed and worn, chipping, bumping and creasing on extrems, piece missing from head and foot of spine, plastic protected).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. Label on front endpaper "Glen Historic Collection / Southland". Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 159, [1 (blank)] pages. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 128mm. New Zealand author. A novel. "For the first time in his life beyond the close reach of his father's domination, he had never been so conscious of a wish to be decisively his own separate self. He was Jeremy Bohun." - the opening sentences.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 1974 edition of a title originally published in 1949. xix, [3], 273, [1 (blank)] pages. Beige boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 139mm. New Zealand writer. This edition edited and with an introduction by H. Winston Rhodes.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. Black cloth with titles in red on spine. Contents tight with age-discolouration of e/p's. No inscriptions. Bookseller's plate on front paste-down. Dust jacket has sunned spine and minor edge-wear. It is not price clipped. Nice copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. "First Cheap Edition", 1941. Paperback with wrap-around cover. Slight rubbing to cover; slight foxing to page edges. 96 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. ex library hardback with dust jacket in protective cover, usual stamps/markings. 1969 publication by MacGibbon & Kee, London with 159pp. D/J ok, very slight lean to spine, page edges little grubby/foxed otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 14C*.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 3rd Edition. ex library hardback with dust jacket covered in plastic, usual library stamps & markings. 3rd edition published in 1973 by Longman Paul, Auckland. Spine of dj sunned, minor shelf wear to boards & dj, light foxing to head edge of text block otherwise a good, clean copy. Will be despatched immediately from UK. 34F*.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 120 pages. tidy copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. The Caxton Press Christchurch 1940 First Edition 113pp G (yellow cloth w title in red ink on spine and front board, worn, spine very faded and discoloured, head and foot of spine bumped, cloth split bw front board and spine 6", edges and prelims as well as extrems sl foxed) lacks dw.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Quite heavy foxing to wrap-around covers. Splitting to cover along most of front joint and some of rear joint. Large diagonal crease and 60mm tear across front cover. Some pieces of adhesive tape on spine and front cover and at front gutter. Lacking half-title leaf.; "New Cheap Edition July 1944". [3]-96, [2 (blank)], [6 (advertisements)] pages. Lacking the half-title leaf. Cream card covers with cream wrap-around covers with blue panel, with lettering in red on spine, lettering in red and blue on spine and front cover. "Second Cheap Edition" printed on front cover. Page dimensions: 212 x 137mm. Short stories. Includes, amongst others, the stories: Boy; The Making of a New Zealander; White Man's Burden; Conversation with my Uncle; An Affair of the Heart; In the Department; The Last War; A Pair of Socks; A Man and his Wife; Good Samaritan; Old Man's Story; An Attempt at an Explanation; Last Adventure. [References: c.f. Bagnall S176; McLaren "Caxton Press" 980].

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 91, [5]. Blue, red and white dust jacket with black lettering. Publisher's off-white card boards with black lettering on red title blocks. Very good, clean and unmarked throughout with some shelfwear at edge of boards. In good dust jacket with some tanning and soiling.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Slight dampstains to boards. Moderate foxing. Lacking the dust-jacket.; 288 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 129mm. "Frank Sargeson exploits to the full and with superb aplomb, the picaresque novel - not of a latter day 'Lucky Jim', but of a contemporary 'Tom Jones' or 'Gil Blas.'" - from dust-jacket blurb. "So here I am stung by the snake of memory." - the opening sentence. ; 8vo.