ALTERIO, MAXINE

SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Super octavo, softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin / Random House 2019

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SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 113pp, VG- (light bruising to board extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x 1cmx9cm sections removed from fep edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature Frank Sargeson

GLOVER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal light card covers, 46pp, VG (light tanning & scuffing/creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration to spine & edges, light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Denis Glover collection anthology New Zealand

RHODES, H. WINSTON (Selected) & GLOVER, DENIS (Selected)

Small octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 38pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout- text still clean)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poems poetry literature collection anthology Beaglehole Fairburn Curnow Glover Milner Julian

FAIRBURN, A. R. D.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey light card covers/boards, 45pp, VG (light tanning to spine & cover edges, poems lettering to rear cover in pencil, moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w & protective mylar cover, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to edges, 4cm closed tear to top spine edge)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1943

KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry literature New Zealand Fairburn colelction anthology

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (prev. owner attempts to efface library markings) octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, boards sl warped & chafed, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minimal library markings) in d/w & mylar wrapper, VG (moderate staining/discolourations to spine & covers, light chipping & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Frank Sargeson plays theatre drama scripts New Zealand entertainment literature first edition

YEARBURY, PAULINE KAHURANGI & TIRIKATENE-SULLIVAN, WHETU (Fore)

Folio, light brown cloth boards, red lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp Maori motif to front board, 37pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration to boards, sl foxing and soiling to prelims) in d/w & removable protective plastic cover, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand religion Rangi Papa creation history myths legends illustrated poems poetry literature dramatisation Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (sl discolouration & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear cover, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Janet Frame New Zealand

MENZIES, ROSEMARY

Super octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hudson / Cresset 1988

KEYWORDS: literature nzlit nz new zealand poems poetry

WEDDE, IAN

Super octavo softcover (VG+) with french flaps; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University of Wellington 2020

KEYWORDS: literature nz new zealand aotearoa nzlit

IHIMAERA, WITI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated

PARKES, RAY

Octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Natural Portal 2008

KEYWORDS: literature the rayman trilogy nzlit nz new zealand aotearoa

FRAME, JANET

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 front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Janet Frame collection short stories

FRAME, JANET

SECOND EDITION, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 211pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping and several small tears to cover edges, light scuffing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1958

KEYWORDS: second edition Janet Frame New Zealand literature

GRAHAM, FRANK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Black Cat Productions 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes literature Westland history illustrated signed

BURTON, PASCALL (Poems) & SMITH, WARWICK (Photo)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red & green lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate curling/bending to lower half of whole book, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Hawk Press/Brick Row 1981

KEYWORDS: art photography photos poems poetry literature collection anthology New Zealand Warwick Smith Pascall Burton

TAYLOR, APIRANA

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 167pp, VG+ (sl curling to extrems, light chafing to covers, light soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poems poetry signed Apirana Taylor collection anthology literature

BAXTER, JAMES K. & WEIR, J. E. (Ed)

First edition, Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 656pp, VG+ (light scuffing and bruising to spine and board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to edges, light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems literature James K Baxter collection anthology

FOORD, NEIL

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Front Line Fiction 1986

KEYWORDS: literature new zealand crime fiction

RONNIE, MARY

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiv + 412pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to cover edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Libraries 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin library history illustrated signed literature