Baxter, James K.

Howrah Bridge and Other Poems

James K. Baxter · 1961 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.71 | $80.06 | ¥12,713)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poems by New Zealand poet and playwright James Kier Baxter. The first edition. In the publisher's original grey hardback binding. In the original unclipped du...

In Fires of No Return

James K. Baxter · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.78 | $60.04 | ¥9,535)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. 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 Full...

New Zealand in colour, volumes One & Two

BAXTER, James K. · 1964 · Cotswold Internet Books

£17.50 (€20.91 | $23.35 | ¥3,708)

Wellington, A.H. & A. W. Reed, 1964. Used - Good. Good hardbacks in presentation slip case . Slight musty smell present. Faux leather boards with gilt titles on front boards and spines; a few marks on end papers; images within bright & clear. Dustjacket of volume two price cli...

James K. Baxter: The Selected Poems

James K. Baxter and John Weir · 2023 · Book Haven

$19.50 (€17.47 | £14.61 | ¥3,097)

Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023 Paperback 332 James K. Baxter (1926-72) was, as he once described Louis MacNeice, 'the most human of poets': a flawed, passionate, complex, haunted man, a 'lively sinner' who revealed himself fully and unapologetically in his poems. As edi...

Oil

JAMES K. BAXTER · 1957 · Tinakori Books

$120.00 (€107.49 | £89.94 | ¥19,056)

Wellington, Government Printer. 1957, First Edition. Soft cover, Oblong. Ill.: William Jones, Roy Cowan. Book, 36 pages, illustrations and diagrams. Old name on front cover. Probably the rarest book by New Zealand poet James K. Baxter. Very Good.

New Selected Poems

MILLAR Paul Edits James K. Baxter · 2001 · Fortuna Books

$45.00 (€40.31 | £33.73 | ¥7,146)

Oxford University Press near fine, hardly read, xviii 294pp S First Edition No Jacket Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Ode to Auckland and Other Poems

BAXTER James K. · 1973 · Fortuna Books

$20.00 (€17.91 | £14.99 | ¥3,176)

Caveman Press (200 gram rate) folded sheets and card wrapper stapled through spine, 19pp, first reprint in February after the January first impression, name in red pen at head of title page S reprint No Jacket Dunedin Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Collected Plays

BAXTER James K. · 1982 · Fortuna Books

$45.00 (€40.31 | £33.73 | ¥7,146)

Oxford University Press unclipped dust jacket with very minor insect damage at foot of front fold in flap, minor light rubbing to jacket folds, small area blacked out to paste down, edited by Howard McNaughton, xvi 336pp H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over ...

Newspeak 6

ROWLANDS & SALINGER Editors, Includes James K. Baxter · Fortuna Books

$30.00 (€26.87 | £22.48 | ¥4,764)

Wellington Teachers Training College Students Association (200 gram rate) covers sunned to edges, stapled sheets in printed wrapper, includes a poem by J K Baxter; ' A Bucket of Blood for a Dollar' and some varied college related or anti- Vietnam War material, issued by the We...

Autumn Testament

James K. Baxter · 1972 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.56 | £5.66 | ¥1,200)

Price Milburn 1972 Paperback, 54pp. Spine breaking top third. Previous owner's name crossed out on on title page. (ISBN: 9780705503686). Fair.

Horse

James K. Baxter · 1985 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.80 | £7.34 | ¥1,556)

Oxford University Press 1985 Paperback, 125pp. Horse is almost twenty, a college drop-out with a job in a steel mill and a girlfriend named Fern with golden brown hair down to her waist. But his drinking, poetry writing, and above all a predilection for the disreputable combin...

Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry

Baxter, James K · 1952 · Ariel Books

$22.00 (€19.71 | £16.49 | ¥3,494)

The Caxton Press Baxters' lecture which enthralled the Canterbury University New Zealand Writers' Conference May 1951. CONDITION Stapled card wraps, 20 pages, Very nice copy is a little toned with previous owners name inside front. S 2nd Impression Christchurch, New Zealand Ne...

The Iron Bread-Board : Studies in New Zealand Writing

Baxter, James K · 1957 · Ariel Books

$40.00 (€35.83 | £29.98 | ¥6,352)

Mermaid Press Skillful imitations of seventeen noted New Zealand poets. Some of the original poets were not pleased by his parody of their works. CONDITION Yellow stapled wraps, unpaginated (20 pages) although each poem has a page. Spine edge faded Covers are slightly discolo...

The Fire and the Anvil : Notes on Modern Poetry

Baxter, James K · 1955 · Ariel Books

$46.00 (€41.20 | £34.48 | ¥7,305)

New Zealand University Press The three 1954 Macmillan Brown lectures Baxter gave on poetry at Victoria University. CONDITION Grey DJ pasted to spine of thin card wraps, 78 pages. Crisp and bright copy, cover is a little toned with mild edge wear, previous owners name to front ...

Letter to Peter Olds Poem

Baxter, James K · 1973 · Ariel Books

$26.00 (€23.29 | £19.49 | ¥4,129)

Caveman Press First printed 1972 in numbered ed of 400, 2nd and 3rd impressions were of 240 copies each. Scarce item. CONDITION Blue illus stapled card wraps, 7 pages of poems printed in brown text on heavy art paper stock with a glossary of Maori terms used printed in black t...

In Fires of No Return

Baxter, James K · 1958 · Ariel Books

$52.00 (€46.58 | £38.97 | ¥8,258)

Oxford University Press Baxters' first published international edition, Orange cloth has minor insect damage spots to coating on rear board causing no damage to cloth, partial toning to end pages, 68 pages are nice and bright. Original DJ is in clear acetate cover, has some ma...

The Tree House Poems and other for Children

Baxter, James K · 1974 · Ariel Books

$42.00 (€37.62 | £31.48 | ¥6,670)

Price Milburn Very scarce. Baxters' major contribution as a teacher was this series of children's poems published posthumously. CONDITION Yellow illus card wraps by Margaret Augustyn, 53 pages with 3 illus inside. Bright and crisp copy with faded spine and faintest wear to spi...

Howrah Bridge and other Poems

Baxter, James K · 1961 · Ariel Books

$38.00 (€34.04 | £28.48 | ¥6,034)

Oxford University Press Baxters' collection of Asian Poems written after his Unesco scholarship in Japan and India where the poverty unsettled him, later causing him to leave and set up a commune. CONDITION Bound in handmade paper, 56 pages. Ex National library copy with minim...

Poems Unpleasant

Baxter, James K; Johnson, Louis; Vogt, Anton · 1952 · Ariel Books

$30.00 (€26.87 | £22.48 | ¥4,764)

Pegasus Press Contains 12 poems by each poet, many on Wellington subjects where they all resided at the time. CONDITION Purple DJ pasted to spine of binding of heavy card, 61 pages printed on heavy cream paper stock. Copy is faded to edges, bright and crisp with minor spotting...

Numbers Ten

Baxter, James K · 1959 · Ariel Books

$60.00 (€53.74 | £44.97 | ¥9,528)

Numbers Rare. Numbers Magazine was produced twice a year by 'the Wellington Group' including James K Baxter, Peter Bland, Louis Johnson and others in reaction against fashionable nationalistic aspirations, Bland and Johnson insisted that poetry engage with the commonplace subu...