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An Anthology of New Zealand Verse
by Chapman, Robert and Bennett, Jonathan (selected by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. Gilt title and motifs on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a contemporary inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has taped repairs and wear to edges but is complete. xxxii + 341 pages. In this anthology the 275 selections from nearly 50 poets survey the development of New Zealand poetry from its beginning a century ago. The greater part consists of work published in the late 1920's and 1930's, but the inclusion of poems by Alfred Domett, Jessie Mackay, William Pember Reeves, Hubert Church and other pioneers gives particular interest to the anthology as the first to trace the evolution and definition of a New Zealand idiom in poetry. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007739
- Title
- An Anthology of New Zealand Verse
- Author
- Chapman, Robert and Bennett, Jonathan (selected by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NEW ZEALAND POETRY, POETS, ALFRED DOMETT, WILLIAM PEMBER REEVES, HUBERT CHURCH, JESSIE MACKAYDAVID MCKEE WRIGHT, A.R.D. FAIRBURN, MARY URSULA BETHELL, D'ARCY CRESSWELL, KATHERINE MANSFIELD
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- Poetry;
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