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The Griffin Press
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    Bibliography   

The Griffin output was prolific but irregular, and most books were very limited editions. Even today, we are sure that this listing of Griffin Press publications is incomplete. If you can add any extra details to this list, or correct any details here, please e-mail the webmaster.

A SORT OF SABBATICAL (1996) Click to view a full-size photo.

THE SECRET YEARS (1945). Click to view a full-size photo.

LIVE ROUNDS (1945). Click to view a full-size photo.

THE PIOUS PRINTER, by Kay Holloway. (written 1938, published 1992.)

MEET ME AT THE PRESS, by Kay Holloway (1994).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modern Poetry and the Ideal, D'Arcy Cresswell (1934)
Lyttelton Harbour, D'Arcy Cresswell (c. 1930s)
Vulcan Lane & other poems, Warwick Ritchie Crawford Lawrence (c.1930s)
Who Said Red Ruin? A. R. D. Fairburn (1938)
Prayers for Holy Communion, Patrick Lawlor (1940)
Root & Branch, "Lepanto" (= Hugh McHaigh) (c. 1940s)
The Book of the Congress, 1940, Archdiocese of Wellington (1941)
Sweet Beulah Land, Roderick Finlayson (1942)
Katherine Mansfield: a biography, Isabel Clarke (1944)
The Secret Years, John C. Reid (1945)
Quairs of Quotations, NZ Federation of University Women (1945)
Live Rounds, "Caliban" (= John Reid) (1945)
The Mystery of Maata, Patrick Lawlor (1946)
Co-operation, J. A. Higgins (1947)
Mansfieldiana, Patrick Lawlor (1948)
Ghazels, Persian Love Lyrics, translated by Mrs George Baskerville (1948)
Book of Panmure 1848-1948, Kay Holloway (1948)
Two Poems, R. O. Gross (c.1950)
A Collection of Sixteen Poems, R. O. Gross (1957)
Shakespearian Eleven, John Hooper Harvey [Kay's father] (c.1960)
Seven Love Poems, Oakden Davies (1965)
The Commonwealth Heraldry Bulletin, No. 1, February 1978 (1978)
This My Sorrow, Helen Shaw (1981)
Parade and Celebrations - Poems, Judith Haswell (1983)
Leda's Daughter, Helen Shaw (1985)
Brief Singing, Marie Gaudin (1987)
The Military & Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus (1988)
In Georgina's Shady Garden, R. Finlayson (1988)
Printing Specimens, Ronald Holloway (1989)
Landmarks, Nancy Fox (1989)
The Pious Printer, Kay Holloway (1992)
Beta Plus, Kay Holloway (1992)
Reels, Theresia Marshall (1993)
The Pohutukawa-Beringin Tree, Theresia Marshall (1993)
Hokianga & other poems, Jane Stones (1994)
Meet Me at the Press, Kay Holloway (1994)
A Sort of Sabbatical, Kay Holloway (1996)
KING LEAR, the first printing from 1986. Click to see the title page.

Critical Points in Shakespeare series:

Macbeth, Kay Holloway (1981)
Macbeth, Kay Holloway [Heidelberg reprint] (c.1991)
Hamlet, Kay Holloway (1983)
Twelfth Night, Kay Holloway (1983)
The Merchant of Venice, Kay Holloway (1985)
King Lear, Kay Holloway (1986)
King Lear, Kay Holloway [second printing](1991)
Romeo & Juliet, Kay Holloway (1991)
Othello, Nicholas Reid (1994)


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