Fires Return by James Baxter (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Prior owner details inside front cover.

softcover super octavo (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 costs.

first edition 68pp VG (orange cloth boards, sl bruising to board extrems, light dampstaining and soiling, tanning to eps, sl foxing to text).

8vo, x + 68pp. Original loth in plain lemon-coloured dustwrapper, very slightyl bruised at top edge. Name inscription on ffe. A near-fine to fine copy. First edition.

(first edition) octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt letterig, 68pp, VG (moderate foxing to first page and minor foxing to some pages) in VG d/w (tears to extremities, minor foxing ad minor soiling to front).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce, first edition of this compelling collection of poetry, written by New Zealand author James Baxter in the years following his conversion to Catholicism, this being a review copy sent to fellow poet Roy Fuller. First edition.A scarce work. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper, with a Poetry Book Society Recommendation wraparound band. A review copy, with a slip from Oxford University Press loosely inserted requesting a review to be published following 6 November 1958. This copy was sent to English poet and critic, Roy Fuller, with his ink inscription noted to the front endpaper and his review notes written to the verso of the review slip. Written by New Zealand author James K. Baxter, known for his poetry and plays and for his activism surrounding the preservation of Maori culture. This was the first collection of Baxter's poetry to be published internationally. This collection was largely influenced by the author's conversion to Roman Catholicism, although interestingly, Baxter later admitted in a letter to a friend that his conversion was "just one more event in a series of injuries, alcoholism and gross mistakes". Bound in the publisher's cloth and the original unclipped dust wrapper, with a wraparound band for the Poetry Book Society. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and a few marks. Sunning to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.