LESLIE,SHANE

first edition numbered/limited [181/350] signed by author 96pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to numbered colophon at front) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.internal/external tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: cayme press london 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry shane leslie signed

MULGAN,ALAN

first edition inscribed by author 13pp VG- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep dated 1938,contents mod.foxed) scarce - Bagnall M2136

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch [1937]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry alan mulgan new zealand signed

COOPER,BARBARA

first edition inscribed by author 32pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscription to title page)

PUBLISHER: turangi district historical society turangi [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history barbara cooper signed

BARTOCCI,GIANNI

first US edition inscribed by author 49pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep dated 1969,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,upper edge sunned)

PUBLISHER: dorrance philadelphia [1969]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry gianni bartocci signed

FORD,RICHARD

first Australian edition signed by author 485pp F (in wrappers,author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london [printed in australia] 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature richard ford signed

MCDONELL,NICK

first edition signed by author 244pp F (author's sign.to title page) in F dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: grove press new york 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed nick mcdonell

SUMMERS,HOLLIS

first edition inscribed by the author 56pp F (teal cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,signed handwritten letter by author's wife loosely inserted) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: rutgers university press new brunswick [1972]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed hollis summers

SIGGINS,LORNA

first edition signed by some of the climbers [Dermot Somers/Robbie Fenlon/Frank Nugent/Mick Murphy/John Murray] 191pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (dk.blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,sign.of climbers to half-title) in VG+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,1cm hole to spine,publisher's removable sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: mainstream publishing edinburgh 1994

KEYWORDS: travel everest mountaineering signed lorna siggins dermot somers robbie fenlon frank nugent mick murphy john murray

MAHON, LORD ( STANHOPE, Earl PHILIP HENRY )

Expertly rebacked full brown leather with decorative gilt, raised bands, black label with gilt to spine 173pp aall edges marbled, marbled eps, VG+ moderate wear to boards, light foxing to eps Delightful warm INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE of Author to Emily Stanhope

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1858

KEYWORDS: india history lord mahon stanhope signed

BEILHARZ, PETER

First Edition black gloss cloth boards with silver design and lettering 168pp FINE INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Routledge London 1992

KEYWORDS: politics history socialism utopias bolshevism signed

FREEMAN, J D & GEDDES, W R (eds)

Signed by H.D. Skinner, imperial octavo, white and blue faux leather cloth boards with gilt to spine, illus eps, 267pp illus 92 flding), VG (light wear and bruising to extremities, sl soiling to eps, owners name on half-title) in VG d/w (light soiling, sl stains and wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: thomas Avery & Sons New Plymouth 1959

KEYWORDS: pacific anthropology signed

FRAME, JANET

Modern First Edition (UK) ASSOCIATION COPY brown boards with gilt lettering to spine 212pp VG+ (sunning to spine and extremities) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and discolouration) INSCRIBED AND FAMILIARLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Janet) to John Beston, Australian academic, and his american wife Rose-Marie. Beston wrote a bibliography of Frame, and she stayed with him and his family several times in the US. Signed copies of Janet Frame are notoriously SCARCE and becoming increasingly valueable

PUBLISHER: W H Allen London 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition signed

FRAME, JANET

Modern First Edition (US) blue boards 277pp VG+ (light bruising to extremities, v sl discolouration to eps) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing, light wear to extremities) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR (using her full name - Janet Frame, a SCARCE author signature

PUBLISHER: George Braziller New York 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition signed

LARSEN, REIF

First edition illus boards 374pp illus eps, illus - NEW - this book was purchased direct from the publisher - SIGNED in person by the author on the title page. No d/w (as issued)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker London 2009

KEYWORDS: modern first edition reif larsen signed

IRWIN,GEOFFREY

first edition signed by author 118pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (in wrappers,owner's and author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: new zealand archaeological association [np,nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history pa polity irwin signed

EDWARDS,GLEN D.

first edition inscribed by author 222pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (grey cloth,author's inscr.to ffep) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: glen edwards salisbury 1992

KEYWORDS: vietnam military history signed glen edwards

WELDON,FAY

first australian edition signed by author 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (green cloth,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: flamingo harpercollins [printed in australia] 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography fay weldon signed

FOLLETT,KEN

first australian edition signed by author 1111pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's sign.to title page,content edges v.sl.soiled) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: macmillan london [printed in australia] 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ken follett signed

OPIE,JUNE

ASSOCIATION COPY first edition SIGNED by author 265pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,author's sign.to title page,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,short splits to head/foot of hinges) association copy - June Opie was a New Zealander who courageously and famously battled polio - the ownership signature is that of NZ author Dennis McEldowney who wrote The World Regained based on his survival as a blue baby - NZ's two most highly respected and famous survivors

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1957

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography june opie dennis mceldowney signed medicine

CUMMING,IAN

first edition signed by author 260pp [b/w frontis.] NEAR FINE (green cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title page) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography helvetius cumming signed