McCORMICK, E H (SARGESON, FRANK)

ASSOCIATION COPY- INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY NZ AUTHOR FRANK SARGESON, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HELEN SHAW, dated Christmas 1981- one of the last books he signed, as he does in March 1982, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to board edges/extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Sargeson association copies Helen Shaw art history biography biographies memoir Frances Hodgkins New Zealand

TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch

MARKS, ROBIN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/gouging to rear, light soiling, light creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Robin Marks New Zealand history Tuapeka County centennial centenary pioneers settlers

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers

RYMILL, ARTHUR & DRYSDALE, RUSSELL (Fore)

SIGNED BY ARTIST, oblong quarto 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: David Dridan 1972

KEYWORDS: signed art David Dridan collections

HALL-JONES, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, FROM COLLECTION OF PETER CHANDLER, octavo stapled light ard 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: Fiordland National Park Board 1979

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand history Fiordland place names

McGRATH, PATRICK and PATSY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (VG+) staining to page edges; 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: Patrick & Patsy McGrath 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Patrick McGrath New Zealand Irish immigration migration migrants autobiography autobiographies memoir

MOORE, L B & IRWIN, J B

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LACKS D/W, NUMBERED EDITION (#1/12) quarto, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plates on beige buckram spine & front board, xxii + 234pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing/soiling & fading to spine, light foxing/staining to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & index pages to rear, occasional sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand plants nature botany sketches signed

FOSTER, FRANK & Fiel-Marshal Lord BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES (Fore)

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, WITH MODERATE WATER DAMAGE, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, moderate but faint water damage/staining top edges of spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light damp wrinkling to frontispiece) in d/w, VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrap- fully affixed, price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light rubbing to spine, minor tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington and Son N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Foster military history autobiography autobiographies memoir

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

TIDHAR, LAVIE

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/200), octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 209pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge), in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PS Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: signed special numbered editions scifi science fiction novels literature Lavie Tidhar

RILLSTONE, DOUGAL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine, 247pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: signed Dougal Rillstone hobbies outdoors fly fishing flyfishing angling Mataura

CHISHOLM, Rev JAMES

DELUXE SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION (#76/100), imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, printed/patterned eps, frontipsiece, xi + 242pp, folding group photo of Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1897, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters- pgs97/98 sl detached at base, occasional sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie and Co, Printers and Publishers 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Presbyterian church Otago history historical jubilee signed special editions Rev James Chisholm

HILTON, CRAIG & MAHALASKI, BRUCE, LYTHBERG, BILLIE (Fore)

SIGNED & DATED BY MAHALASKI, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Rim Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists signed Bruce Mahalaski bones sculptures

SYDNEY, GRAHAME et al

SIGNED & DATED WITH WARM INSCRIPTION, obling quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to base of boards, sl water staining to top of spine & rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Grahame Sydney signed

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

PEARCE, BRIAN LOUIS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, 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: Woodruff 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Brian Louis Pearce literature poems poetry verse

O'BRIEN, Sister MARY MILDRED

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ex-library- minimal markings, 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: The Sisters of Mercy of the Australian Union 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Sister Mary Mildren O'Brien religion religious biographies biography memoir Mother Mary Patricia O'Neill sisters of mercy

BALTZER, ANNA

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Paradigm Publishers 2007

KEYWORDS: signed Anna Baltzer war zones middle east Palestine Palestinian Jewish Americans