Lot 461
Frame, Janet
The Lagoon. Stories by Janet Frame. First edition.
1st ed. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1951. 12mo. 130p. Quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, DJ. CB. Jacket wear and FX, small losses (esp to spine head and foot). Boards severe fading, pattern indistinct. POS of Averill Betts on FFEP dated 1953. A handsome copy of this very scarce first edition. G/G.
Realised: $1,600 March 2011

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