SHAW, HELEN & KNOWLES, DEBORAH GROSSMAN (Ed)

LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (#73/200), FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, blue buckram boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, 58pp, VG+ (light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 1995

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SHAW, HELEN

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES (THIS ONE UN-NUMBERED), sm octavo, beige cloth boards, black lettering & decoration to title plate on front board, 41pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1985

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ASHER, RON

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 424pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers)

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BLOEM, MARJA & BROWNE, MARTIN

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PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2004

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ALPERS, ANTONY (Ed)

BOOK INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, loosely enclosed 4-page handwritten letter dated & signed by Antony Alpers to author Helen Shaw, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 579pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

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MANHIRE, BILL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 61pp, VG (sm closed tear to top edge of front cover- tidy tape repair, minor discolouration & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

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BIELESKI, R L (Ed) & FERGUSON, A R (Ed) & CRESSWELL, M M (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: The Royal Society of New Zealand 1974

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JONES, JENNY ROBIN

LARGE PRINT, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, vi + 596pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2011

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CHAMBERLAIN, JENNY [BRADFORD, SUE]

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, viii + 388pp, illus/photos, Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2017

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SINCLAIR, KEITH

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, white stapled light card covers, 24pp, VG+ (light tanning to cover edges, sl foxing to top edge of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl rusting of stapled to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning/fading/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

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N/A

Octavo, illus/printed light card covers, blue & red lettering to spine, single punched hole to top of page block, printed eps, x + 801pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing/bruising to spine & covers/edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning/foxing/soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Arnold D Baldwin / Universal Business Directories Ltd 1957

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ORBELL, MARGARET; MOON, GEOFF (photos)

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PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1996

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WESTMOUNT SCHOOL

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PUBLISHER: Westmount School 2004

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WHITE, JEANIE; EDWARDS, PHILLIP (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: South Street residents, Nelson 1995

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NISSEN, WENDYL; GREEN, EMILY HLAVAC (photos)

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2020

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TREWICK, STEVE & MORGAN-RICHARDS, MARY

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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014

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DOWLING, VIVYAN

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PUBLISHER: J. W. Baty 1974

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DEVOY, SUSAN

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WILLIAMSON, OWEN DONALD

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JAMES, COLIN

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PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2017

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