wrestling angel time sowing cradle de sargeson frank (14 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. The Caxton Press Christchurch 1964 First Edition 120pp VG (black cloth sl worn, edges and prelims sl foxed) in VG- DW (sl worn, spine faded chipping to head and foot of spine, tear on rear repaired internally, some creasing same place).

FIRST EDITION EX LIBRARY super octavo hardcover ( VG-) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (prev. owner attempts to efface library markings) octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, boards sl warped & chafed, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minimal library markings) in d/w & mylar wrapper, VG (moderate staining/discolourations to spine & covers, light chipping & creasing to edges).

hardcover octavo, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, exlibrary, (VG+), d/w (VG) light fading to d/w.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Hb. Etat : VG. Etat de la jaquette : None. First Edition. Black cloth on boards with red titles; just a little small smudges and faint rubbed marks to cover. Soft rubbings to head & foot of spine and just a touch to some of the extremeties. Edges: light soiling and faint few only foxings. Eps: ffep with thin short strip of ex-label residue; small circular red stamp with Chinese characters; small penciled note to refp foot. Clean contents. Binding is As New. 120p.

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG+ (light tanning to page edges & slightly heavier to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, heavy browning to spine & inside, tears with loss to spine extrems, some soiling).

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG+ (tanning to eps) in d/w VG (moderate tanning to covers, 1cm closed tear to front, 1cm closed tear to rear).

Hb. Etat : VG. Etat de la jaquette : VG. First Edition. Clean black cloth cover with red titles. Faint foxing to head edge. Clean content, binding tight. 120p Dj: light age browning to spine/ soft browning to flaps spine and thinly to head margin. Head edge with a few teeny chips.

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

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. No tears to dust-jacket. Small price sticker on front panel of dust-jacket "UBS of ChCh". A nice copy of this title.; 120 pages. Black cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 140mm. "The first play, 'A Time for Sowing,' is concenred with missionary settlement in New Zealand at the beginnign of last [19th] century. In dramatizing the unhappy domestic situation of Thomas Kendall [. . .] the author has said something relevant for all who have crossed the seas to remote parts of the world without ceasing to think of themselves as Europeans." - from dust-jacket blurb.

INSCIRBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; octavo black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (light tanning to edges and moderate tanning with light foxing to prelims., light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG ( light scuffing, small tears chips and moderate creasing to spine, small segment lost to rear top, light soiling).

first edition [Sargeson ephemera items loosely inserted] [from the collection of Dennis McEldowney] 120pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,owner's sign.[McEldowney] to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,loosely inserted is a handwritten/signed letter from Frank Sargeson regarding the other item enclosed which is a single sheet slightly soiled programme for a production of his play The Cradle and the Egg inscribed by the author admit two: Frank Sargeson- programme lists Colin McCahon as designer) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (spine and upper edge/hinges sl.browned,v.sl.wear to extrems.).

first edition octavo black cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG+ (light tanning primarily to eps) in VG d/w ( suntanning to spine, light wear to extremities, small closed tear to tail of spine) ASSOCIATION COPY, warmly INSCRIBED, SIGNED (initials) and DATED march 1965 by Frank Sargeson to Janet Frame. Sargeson was a huge influence on Frame, and the title of this book by him was used as the title for the biography of Frame written by Michael King. A UNIQUE and important piece of New Zealand Literary history.