Rak Mason (55 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. First published by the Pegasus Press in 1962 and reissued by VUP in 1990, this is the definitive collection of the poems of R.A.K. Mason.Mason has long been recognised as a poet of rare originality and distinction in New Zealand.R.A.K. Mason is the poet we think of as being the first genuinely New Zealand Poet. He is certainly the first New Zealand poet I read with enthusiasm. Bill ManhireAllen Curnow was a journalist, poet, and university professor. He is widely regarded one of the defining and influential voices of 20th-century New Zealand literature. Poet, wit and controversialist, A.R.D. Fairburn was one of the best-known New Zealanders of his time. The poet Allen Curnow said in 1947: More than any other New Zealand poet, Mr Fairburn has value for what he is, as much as for what he writes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 49p. Dust jacket a bit foxed, chipped o/w sound. Previous owner's signature, W.J.B. Owen, world renowned Wordsworth scholar.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Owner's Name inside.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 336 pages. ex-library book, This book, written on behalf of the poet's widow Dorothea Mason, has been som e thirty years in the making. In 1998 Victoria University Press agreed to publis h a revised version of Asclepius's manuscript, to be co-authored by Rachel Barro wman. Eventually it was decided - because of diverging views on R.A.K. Mason and on the nature of biography - to produce separate volumes. This is Asclepius's o riginal text, which stands on its own or may be read as a companion volume.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. With an Introduction by Allen Curnow. Annotated; Owner's Name inside. Several poems have large pen written notes at the poem written at end of each poem.

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

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 costs.…

First edition, 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Papered boards with color illustration on front and back covers. Minor wear at extremities; some soiling to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. pp. 71, [1]. Includes the first appearance of T.S. Eliot's ''Doris' Dream Songs''. Published by The Poetry Bookshop, Bloomsbury. Literary contributions by Richard Aldington, Alec Brown, Padraic Colum, Frances Cornford, Camilla Doyle, T.S. Eliot, Eleanor Farjeon, John Gould Fletcher, Edward Johnston, R.A.K. Mason, Susan Miles, Harold Monro, Paul Nash, J. Nishiwaki, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Anna Wickham, and Humbert Wolfe. Illustrations by John Nash, E. McKnight Kauffer, Albert Rutherston, Terence Prentis, Eric Daglsih, Theo Scharf, and Rene Ben Sussan. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited. This is copy 14 of a limited edition of 225 copies. The text is Monotype Poliphilus. Navy hard cover with titles on paper label on front. Tight and clean inside. 47pp. Loosely enclosed is publishing details and order form. Dust jacket is tidy with minor edge-wear and some rubbing on the rear. Nice copy. "Found among the RAK Mason Papers held on the Hocken Library, this handwritten diary letter to a friend covers most of the month of January 1930, when the poet turned twenty-five. As it unfolds, it shows many different sides to his personality and outlook at that important stage of his writing development.". …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 112p ; 23cm. Subjects; Ancient Ionia Poetry. New Zealand Poetry. R. A. K. Mason 1905-1971. New Zealand poetry 20th century. English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First edition, octavo, red buckram boards with black lettering to spine, 113pp, VG (tanning to eps, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light tanning, small untidy tears to edges).

First edition, octavo softcover with French flaps - insect damage to cover (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.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. First published by the Pegasus Press in 1962 and reissued by VUP in 1990, this is the definitive collection of the poems of R.A.K. Mason.Mason has long been recognised as a poet of rare originality and distinction in New Zealand.R.A.K. Mason is the poet we think of as being the first genuinely New Zealand Poet. He is certainly the first New Zealand poet I read with enthusiasm. Bill ManhireAllen Curnow was a journalist, poet, and university professor. He is widely regarded one of the defining and influential voices of 20th-century New Zealand literature. Poet, wit and controversialist, A.R.D. Fairburn was one of the best-known New Zealanders of his time. The poet Allen Curnow said in 1947: More than any other New Zealand poet, Mr Fairburn has value for what he is, as much as for what he writes. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION (#94/242), sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & decoration/border to title plate on front board, 46pp, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & top edges, light soiling & foxing). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1986 reprint. Paperback. 20x13cm. 575 pages with index. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref dch.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 112p ; 23cm. Subjects; Ancient Ionia Poetry. New Zealand Poetry. R. A. K. Mason 1905-1971. New Zealand poetry 20th century. English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 112 pages. cover worn, spine faded.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. First published by the Pegasus Press in 1962 and reissued by VUP in 1990, this is the definitive collection of the poems of R.A.K. Mason.Mason has long been recognised as a poet of rare originality and distinction in New Zealand.R.A.K. Mason is the poet we think of as being the first genuinely New Zealand Poet. He is certainly the first New Zealand poet I read with enthusiasm. Bill ManhireAllen Curnow was a journalist, poet, and university professor. He is widely regarded one of the defining and influential voices of 20th-century New Zealand literature. Poet, wit and controversialist, A.R.D. Fairburn was one of the best-known New Zealanders of his time. The poet Allen Curnow said in 1947: More than any other New Zealand poet, Mr Fairburn has value for what he is, as much as for what he writes. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Soft Copy. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. Plain card cover. Cover: no titles; light foxing, yellowing and rubbing. Spine: paperthin splitting to centre of spines top edge. Edges: light foxings. Light foxings to pages albeit mostly to the margins. Stapel binding is Good albeit staples are rusty. 6p. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Dust wrapper in plastic jacket taped to boards. Adhesive tape along gutters at hinges.; 113 pages. New Zealand poet.; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. This collection of poems by the noted NZ poet R A K Mason was published by Pegusus in conjunction with Denis Glover and with the assistance of the NZ Literary Fund and was the first major assembly of his works, beginning from 1923 and moving chronoligically to the early 1940s. It was regarded as definitive for his poems to that time. Included are a selection from his unpublished manuscripts. An introduction by Alan Curnow summarises Mason's career and achievements. About 70 of his poems are included in the collection. 113 pages, neatly inked name on front pastedown, text block otherwise excellent. Red hard covers with black spine titles VG+. Wrap-round colour art DJ VG with few small chips, small repaired tear top front adjacent spine.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Spine faded. Light crease to front cover.; 1975 reprint of the 1971 "New Edition". 113, [3 (blank)] pages. Cover title: "R. A. K. Mason 1905-71 - Definitive Edition - Collected Poems". (The dates 1905-1971 are the birth and death dates of this New Zealand poet, rather than the dates of the poems.) "Housman most obviously attracted him and a comparison between the two has often been made." - Times Literary Supplement, review quoted on rear cover.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. reprint. 112 pages. tidy ex library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Corner clipped from front free endpaper. 25mm tears and chips along upper margin of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 113, [3 (blank)] pages. Red boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 139mm. New Zealand poet. With an introduction by Allen Curnow. "R. A. K. Mason has long been recognized, in his native New Zealand and elsewhere, as a poet of rare originality and distinction." - from dust-jacket blurb.…

150 copies issued, loosely enclosed holograph signed dated letter from publisher Jon Bennett, octavo, stapled wrapper, black lettering to front wrapper, unpaginated, scruffy (heavy chipping and creasing to wrapper edges, 3cm messy closed tear to front wrapper edge, moderate fading to either side of spine, light soiling to wrappers, moderate foxing throughout, light crayon scribble to title and enclosed letter, annotation in ink to 'Judas Iscariot').…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 46 pages. ex-library book, plastic protective sleeve on djLimited Edition no 175 of an edition of 250 copie s of the poet's birthday. January 1930.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Spine faded.; 1975 reprint of the 1971 "New Edition". 113, [3 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. New Zealand poet. Cover title: "R. A. K. Mason 1905-71 - Definitive Edition - Collected Poems". (The dates 1905-1971 are the birth and death dates of this New Zealand poet, rather than the dates of the poems.) "Housman most obviously attracted him and a comparison between the two has often been made." - Times Literary Supplement, review quoted on rear cover.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. No signatures. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy.; This copy is number 76 of a limited edition of 150 copies. [2 (blank)], [6], 41, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Tipped-in photograph portrait frontispiece. Pink paper covers with tan printed dust-jacket attached at spine. Black lettering on spine and front panel of dust-jacket Red illustration on front panel of dust-jacket. Page dimensions: 232 x 152mm. Contains four short stories: The Meth Fiend; Spring-time and the Sick-bed; His End was Peace; The Mountain of the Gods. With 3 poems. With 3 linocuts by L. D. Morrison. With 1 woodcut by S.F. Champ. Afterword by Rachel Barrowman. Letterpress printed and bound by Tara McLeod. "The lino and woodcuts are printed from photopolymer blocks."; 8vo.…