WESTRA, ANS

Square super octavo, green cloth boards, whte lettering to spine & rear board, photographic plate to front board, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to top edge of front board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Suite Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art photography photos Ans Westra nature

MILLER, CRAIG

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus to inside front cover, illus prelims, xii + 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Millers 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture modern contemporary history coffee houses social baristas Wellington signed Craig Miller

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

MARSH, NORMAN

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light fading & scuffing/bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges with heavy fading also, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trout stream insects entomology fly fishing flyfishing angling lures flies

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

COOPER, WINSTON

BOTTOM EDGE WATER STAINED, 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: Southern Rugby Football Club

KEYWORDS: southern rugby football club history dunedin otago new zealand

HOLDEN, PHILIP

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1987

KEYWORDS: hunting new zealand philip holden game animals

SIMPSON, PETER

Super octavo softcover staplebound (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: Auckland Art Gallery 1995-6

KEYWORDS: colin mccahon james k baxter new zealand art history poet

ALPERS, ANTONY

Super 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: 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

GIBSON, SAM

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: Allen & Unwin 2024

KEYWORDS: Sam Gibson autobiography rural life countryside hunting trap New Zealand Aotearoa shooting south island deer conservation

N/A

Super 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: Lyttelton Centennial Committee 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Christchurch south island Canterbury Lyttelton centennial centenary

MEDWAY, DAVID G

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: Reed Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature wildlife birds ornithology shorebirds identificationfield guides

FORSTER, R R & FORSTER, L M

Ex-library, imperial 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: Collins Bros & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa bugs insects entomology spiders zoology biology arachnids