No New Thing - Mason, R. A. K

Moderate rubbing and flecking cloth boards and spine A 1/4" chip cloth in front joint Some foxing.; A shining star in the milky way of New Zealand literature This copy is signed by Mason on the front free endpaper "R A K Mason" 30 leaves Brown cloth boards with printed paper labels on spine and front board Page dimensions 227 x 145mm An edition of 120 copies was intended by the publishers Mason had first sought for overseas publishers for this work including Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press in the United Kingdom Spearhead Publishers also become known as the Unicorn Press was set up by Mason and Bob Lowry in 1934 After Mason left in 1936 Lowry carried on the imprint with other partners "He's a crack-brained socialist with some literary ability. " Bob Lowry discussing Mason in a letter Denis Glover This title is number 46 on The Listener's list of the best 50 New Zealand books Scarce Reference Jones Lawrence 2003 "Picking up the Traces The Making of a New Zealand Literary Cultu...