Author(s): Robin Hyde (pseud. Iris Guiver Wilkinson)

NZ Poetry | Secondhand | Rare or Scarce

Secondhand. First edition. NZ poet Robin Hyde's second collection, The Conquerors and Other Poems (1935) was the first by a New Zealander to be included in Macmillans’ Contemporary Poets series. It included some of her most haunting poems such as ‘Babel Tower’ and one of her own favourites, ‘Nirvana’.

First edition.  Decorative paper covers browned on spine and around edges.  Cover shows some bumping.  Cover in good condition.  Previous owner's signature to front cover.  Interior pages showing some tanning, but overall interior in very good condition.