HART-SMITH, W

Octavo string bound light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse W Hart-Smith

RAWLINSON, GLORIA

Octavo string bound light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse Gloria Rawlinson

THOMPSON, ROBERT

SCARCE, sm octavo folded pamphlet (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Handcraft Press 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Robert Thompson poems poetry verse literature

WALL, ARNOLD et al & CURNOW, ALLEN (Chosen by)

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poets writers poems literature anthologies anthology Allen Curnow

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & MURRY, J MIDDLETON (Ed)

US FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, BOOKPLATE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors letters correspondence Katherine Mansfield literature literary US first editions

LORD, E I (Compiled by)

Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, printed eps, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate wrinkling, soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Company 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Greymouth district jubilee diamond brochures literature history historical publications

HUNT, SAM

4 VOL SET IN FOLDER/BOXED, octavo, coloured stapled covers, illus & black lettering to front covers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover edges, light foxing to page edges, sl staining to cover edges) in folding presentation box, VG- (moderate to heavy chafing/rubbing & soiling, minor soiling & foxing to inside covers, moderate warping to folds)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Sam Hunt poetry poems verse literature anthologies

BAXTER, JAMES K

SCARCE, ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on front board, 51pp, G+ (spine missing, usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps & to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James K Baxter literature poems poetry verse scarce copies

ESCOTT-INMAN, Rev H

REBACKED, octavo, brown patterned buckram boards, blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 319pp, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, multiple newspaper clippings glued in to front eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, frontispiece moderately torn & wrinkled with tape repairs at gutterlight to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Partridge 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history nautical Dundonald Auckland Island literature novels true stories

CRUMP, BARRY

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 152pp, illus, VG (light brusing & tanning to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top corner of ffep missing, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1971

KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature New Zealand humour humor comedy Barry Crump

MORELAND, A MAUD

REAR MAP DETACHED (BUT PRESENT), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, index & map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout- some plates may be loose)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure travel writing literature historical history Westland Haast Mount Mt Aspiring A Maud Moreland

MAHY, MARGARET; GARDINER, DEIRDRE (illus.)

Super 8vo hardcover (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: Wendy Pye Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's books juvenile literature fiction

DICKENS, I E

TYPED LETTER TO REED SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., sm ocatvo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, envelope containing aforementioned typed letter tipped in to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & occasionallly throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lakes district southern alps Milford Sound travel writing literature

COWLEY, JOY & JORDAN, SHERRYL (Illus)

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1982

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction New Zealand writers authors Joy Cowley

WENDT, ALBERT

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage / Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand literature writers authors Albert Wendt novels fiction

CATTON, ELEANOR

First NZ edition. Signed by author. 8vo, pp. 317; illus. light card covers, french flaps; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Eleanor Catton New Zealand 21st century fiction novel literature modern first edition

GILES, PAUL

Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 575; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Australasia United States of America Australia New Zealand North American literature lterary history

MIDDLETON, O E

Signed & inscribed by author. 8vo, pp. 244; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1964

KEYWORDS: O E Osman Edward Middleton 20th century New Zealand fiction author literature short stories

LAWSON, PATRICIA

FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, UNCOMMON IN HARDCOVER, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whare-iti Press 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Patricia Lawson New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction

HOWARD, DAVID & CURRIN, GARRY (Paintings)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed poetry poems verse literature signed David Howard illustrated Garry Currin