The Lagoon and Other Stories

Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1961 (500 gram rate) second edition in the German printed variant (but in English language) after the rare first edition, unclipped dust jacket has minimal edge wear, and the backstrip is browned and sunned, light handling soiling, a little offset toning to free end papers, cloth spine sunned, gift inscription to fep, otherwise tidy copy, 123pp. Second… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1961 Green cloth titled in black on spine. Very tidy, moderate library markings, minimal wear. Dust jacket is price clipped, unfaded, library sticker to lower spine.

Christchuch: Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Some light marks to rear panel of dust wrapper. A 3/4" tear to margin of dust wrapper. Small <1/4" chip at one corner of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 123 pages. Originally published in… Read more about this item

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light spotting to page edges. Slight bumping to ends of spine. No dust wrapper. ; 123 pages. Green papered boards. Dimensions: 7 3/8" by 4 3/4". "The Lagoon" was Janet Frame's first published book. The scarce first edition was published in 1951. This… Read more about this item

Christchurch, New Zealand: Caxton Press, 1961. Janet Frames first book released 1951. It won the Hubert Church Memorial Award, at that time one of New Zealand's most prestigious literary prizes. CONDITION Ex Library, Green bds unworn, 123 pages, very bright and crisp. Has been in cover so DJ unworn, price clipped. Library stamps to ends and edge, tape residue to… Read more about this item

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Moderate browning and spotting to page edges. Dust wrapper spine chipped with loss. Dust wrapper foxed and brittle, particularly at spine and margins. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; 123 pages. Dimensions: 7 3/8" by 4 3/4". "The Lagoon" was… Read more about this item

Bloomsbury, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1961 Green texture boards titled in gilt on spine. No marks, just faint toning in endpapers.

Random Century 1990. Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.

The Caxton Press 1961. Sm octavo, green mottled pattern boards, yellow lettering to spine, 123pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to lower spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, 1cm loss & discolouration to… Read more about this item

The Caxton Press 1961. Small octavo, red/green mottled boards with gilt lettering to spine, 123pp, VG (light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, inscription in ink to fep, some tanning to eps) in d/w, Vg (price clipped, moderate tanning, creasing to upper edges)

caxton press christchurch 1961. second edition [German edition] 123pp [text in English] NEAR FINE (green cloth,dealer's label to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,price-clipped)

The Caxton Press 1961. Sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 123pp, VG+ (sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, chafing & foxing, price clipped, light chafing & loss to spine)

Christchurch, Australia : The Caxton Press, 1961. This book is in near fine condition and has not been read. The dust jacket is in near fine condition, is price clipped, and is in new mylar.. Second Edition, German Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Short Fiction.

London: Bloomsbury, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. small octavo. 5th printing. Prior owner inscription to flyleaf. Top edge toned, otherwise as new. DJ complete, a little grubby.

Caxton Press 1951. first edition, rare, octavo, off-white boards with light blue decoration motif and blue cloth spine, red lettering with red and blue frame to front board, blue lettering to spine, 130pp, VG (tape residue approx 2cm on top and bottom of both boards, moderate fading to spine, small red crayon mark to lower rear board, slight wear… Read more about this item

Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1961. 2nd Edition. 123 pages. All pages are clean. Speckled green and red cloth binding with dark purple title on spine. DJ is clean with black titles on spine and front cover. Small mark on back cover from previously removed price tag sticker. Price clipped. FINE/FINE.. 2nd Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

NZ: Random Century. Good. Hardcover. 1990. pp 98 reasonable ex library copy d/j has been plastic protected .

Hardback. Good.

Christchurch, Caxton Press 1961.. 123pp. 8vo. Original boards in internally strengthened dustwrapper, name and pale offsetting to endpapers, a very good copy.. First reprinting of the author's rare first book (which was originally published in 1951 by the same press).