OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

BURTON, ROBBIE

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & black lettering to spine, 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, spine sl cocked, minor bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Robbie Burton autobiography autobiographies memoir travel writing literature tramping landscape nature

JACKSON, CHRISTABEL

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, 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: Christabel Jackson 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders writers authors Christabel Jackson signed literature travel writing Lesotho South Africa

LOCKE, ELSIE & WADDINGTON, DAVID

Tidy ex-library, oblong imperial 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: Brick Row 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature picture books Elsie Locke

GREEN, WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD

LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 350pp, VG (spine cocked, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand alpine alps Mount Cook glaciers travel writing literature William Spotswood Green

BLAIR, JOHN

Octavo, white light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 112pp, G+ (spine & rear cover completely missing, top & bottom corners missing, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing & soiling to front cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: R T Wheeler 1889

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature New Zealand recitations readings John Blair

AVIA, TUSIATA

8vo 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: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023

KEYWORDS: Tusiata Avia 21st century New Zealand poety poems poet literature

DEAN, ANDREW

Sm 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: Bridget Williams Books 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature economics Andrew Dean politics

DALLAS, RUTH

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to board edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing to spine & creases/folds)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ruth Dallas literature poetry poems verse New Zealand poets writers

HULME, KERI

Octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 55pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers & edges, moderate fading & label residue to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature Keri Hulme poems poetry verse

McQUEEN, CILLA

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 296pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to front board & page edges, Cilla McQueen in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Cilla McQueen poetry poems verse literature

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE & BROSNAN, BILL & COLLINS, BRUCE E & JACKSON, LEWIS & WESTON, GEOFF

Oblong quarto, illus white spiral bound covers, 78pp, illus, VG+ (clear pastic cover at rear moderately ripped, top extrem of black spiral binding bent & torn- minor, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Albion Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers poets literature poetry poems verse illustrated Hardwicke Knight

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST NZ EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first NZ editions New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh

SYMONS, TOD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining; 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: Central Otago News Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Tod Symons signed poetry poems verse literature

ENSING, RIEMKE

LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining & wrinkling; 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 Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature first editions signed poems poetry verse Riemke Ensing

BAXTER, JAMES K

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 James K Baxter

THOMPSON, ROBERT

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 Robert Thompson

JOHNSON, LOUIS

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 Louis Johnson

SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

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 Kendrick Smithyman

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