EADDY,P.A.

[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES

first edition inscribed by author 63pp VG (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled,losses of paper to margins of both covers probably due to insects,chipped yapp edges,author's dated inscr.and sign.to ffep verso - 1945)

PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed johannes andersen

DUNSTAN,PEGGY

first edition inscribed by the author 79pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,author's inscr.to half-title verso and sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed peggy dunstan

BURT,NATHANIEL

first edition inscribed by author 306pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled w.crease to top board,author's inscr.to nz author una platts on ffep dated june 1968,content edges sl.soiled) in G+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,insect holes to upper/lower edges and spine,missing upper 2cm of spine due to hungry insects)

PUBLISHER: little,brown boston [1968]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature una platts signed nathaniel burt

MONIKOVA,LIBUSE

first edition signed by author 440pp [text in german] NF (grey cloth,author's sign.to title,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: carl hanser verlag munchen [1987]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed libuse monikova

RENDELL,RUTH

first edition proof copy limited/numbered signed by author [20/150] 314pp F in wrappers (author's sign.to title) in F slipcase

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ruth rendell signed

KENNEDY,A.L.

first edition proof copy signed/dated by author 281pp F ( in wrappers,author's dated sign.to title - edinburgh,'97)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies signed a.l.kennedy

KENNEDY,A.L.

first edition proof copy signed and dated by author 311pp F ( in wrappers,author's dated sign.to title - edinburgh '97)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies a.l.kennedy signed

KENNEDY,A.L.

first edition proof copy signed/dated by author 248pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled,author's dated sign.to title - edinburgh '97)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature a.l.kennedy proof copies signed

KENNEDY, A.L.

first edition numbered/limited signed by author [71/100] unpaginated NF (in wrappers bound w.cord tie,minor wear to extrems.,author's sign.to numbered colophon on rear inside cover)

PUBLISHER: privately printed [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature a.l.kennedy signed

WELSH,IRVINE

first edition signed by author 391pp, super octavo hardcover Near FINE in Near FINE d/w (red lettering and banana image on cover)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature irvine welsh signed

WELSH,IRVINE

first softcover edition SIGNED by author 391pp, super octavo softcover Nr. FINE (three different cover designs, this one features a banana with red lettering.)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature irvine welsh signed

WELSH,IRVINE

first softcover edition SIGNED by author 391pp, super octavo softcover Nr. FINE (three different cover designs; this one features a sausage with yellow lettering)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature irvine welsh signed

WELSH,IRVINE

first softcover edition SIGNED by author 391pp, super octavo softcover Nr. FINE (three different cover designs;this one features an asparagus shoot with blue lettering)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature irvine welsh signed

AUSTIN,CASSANDRA

first edition inscribed by author 266pp FINE in FINE d/w (author's inscr.to title)

PUBLISHER: random house milsons point 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature cassandra austin signed

LLEWELLYN,KATE

first edition inscribed by author 110pp ills.[b/w] NF (in glossy wrappers,author's dated inscr.to title - '97)

PUBLISHER: angus & robertson sydney 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed kate llewellyn

JOHNSON,STEPHANIE

first paperback edition signed by author 268pp NF (in wrappers,dealer's label to prelim.,author's sign.to title)

PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature stephanie johnson signed

BRASSEY,LADY [ANNIE]

first edition inscribed by author 490pp ills.[b/w w.col.fold-out map at front] VG (blue cloth w.gilt border to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,bevelled edges sl.worn and chipped,lower half of cloth on spine is now a flap due to split at lower hinge,author's inscr.tipped-in to ffep gutter - signed Brassey most likely Lord Brassey given date (Lady Brassey died on last voyage) ,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,prelim.section loosening slightly,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1889

KEYWORDS: travel geography nautical lady brassey signed biography

GALBRAITH,JOHN KENNETH;MULDOON,SIR ROBERT

first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed

GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed