MAHY, MARGARET & GARDINER, DEIRDRE (Illus)

Octavo stapled 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: Learning Media 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Margaret Mahy children's literature young readers

COWLEY, JOY & ROENNFELDT, ROBERT (Illus)

Ex-library, octavo stapled 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: Heinemann Publishers 1988

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

MAHY, MARGARET & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

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: Moa / Hachette 2016

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated New Zealand writers authors Margaret Mahy Quentin Blake novels fiction young readers

O'DONOHUE, JIM

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: Jim O'Donohue 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand faith spirituality Jim O'Donohue travel writing literature

BAXTER, JAMES K & WEIR, JOHN (Ed & Intro)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus front boards, peach coloured spine & rear boards, black & purple gilt lettering to spines, printed front eps, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate fading to spines, sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate cracking & bruising of seams, clear tape repair/reinforcement to top edge)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors anthologies prose James K Baxter writings

DE GOLDI, KATE

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: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: kate de goldi literature christchurch new zealand

ELLIOT, DAVID

Quarto 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: Random House NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: childrens literature new zealand dunedin author illustrator david elliot

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Hone Tuwhare illustrated Ralph Hotere Maori graphics

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (minor fading & 'ghost' lettering from jacket to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction short stories modern first editions Frank Sargeson

HYDE, ROBIN

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR HELEN SLAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, pink heavy boards, pink lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Robin Hyde New Zealand writers poets ownership Helen Slaw Hella Hofmann

BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James Bertram first editions signed poetry poems verse literature

JOHNSON, LOUIS

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 53pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Louis Johnson first editions poetry poems verse literature signed ownership of Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, PENCIL SIGNED & DATED OWNERSHIP OF AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 48pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & folds, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James K Baxter literature poems poetry verse first edition ownership of Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets James K Baxter signed first editions literature poems poetry verse

FAIRBURN, A R D

TRUE FIRST EDITION, DATE & SIGNATURE OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey stiff card covers, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 32pp, VG (moderate tanning & rubbing/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rubbing & staining to rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

KEYWORDS: true first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse A R D Fairburn ownership signature Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

MASON, R A K

LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION (#94/242), sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & decoration/border to title plate on front board, 46pp, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & top edges, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers literature R A K Mason letters diaries literary correspondence poets

ENSING, RIEMKE (Poem) & BROWN, NIGEL (Graphics)

ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 48pp, illus, VG (sl creasng to edges, moderate foxing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature Riemke Ensing poetry poems verse illustrated Nigel Brown association copy Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann first editions

ALPERS, ANTONY

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PUBLISHER: Viking Press 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary biographies biography memoir writers authors Katherine Mansfield

PHILLIPS, HAZEL

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: Massey University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa travel writing literature adventure exploring rural countryside tramping hiking

CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & SHAW, HELEN (Selected by)

200 COPIES ISSUED, tidy ex-library, sm 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 Nag's Head Press 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature collections Walter D'Arcy Cresswell sonnets