McKAY, FRANK

DATED, INSCFRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 320pp,illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light soiling to board edges, light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG+ (light fading to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand literature biography memoir James K Baxter

PHILLIPPS, W. J.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, stapled light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus, VG (light foxing & tanning to covers, moserate creasing to bottom corners, moderate rust stains to staple and surrounding paper, 7cm moderate scuff to rear cover with some surface loss, last 3 pgs completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1941

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church illustrated signed art carving crafts religion

TRANTER, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction signed

ROBINSON, DEREK

LIMITED NUMBERED COPY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 410pp, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whistle Books 2008

KEYWORDS: limited numbered edition signed inscribed literature fiction military war

RICHLER, MORDECAI

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, 419pp, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps/prelims, 8cmx8cm corner of pgs 215/216 missing- including text) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, bookseller's label to front flap, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature fiction

ABBOTT, DON

SIGNED BY AUTHOR & SUBJECT, imperial octavo, blakc cloth boards, blind stamp vivid to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: RF Books 2015

KEYWORDS: signed Paul Hartigan New Zealand art

BESLEY, TINA & MARSHALL, JAMES (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, xx + 265pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, boards sl warped, light indentations to front board, light creasing to edge of pg xvii)

PUBLISHER: Praegar 2002

KEYWORDS: signed philosophy literature Foucault counseling counselling psychology youth young adults therapy

SMITHERS, REAY H. N. & ABBOTT, CLARE (Illus)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt decorative rule to front board, illus eps, xxii + 736pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, & clear contact, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light sun fading to spine, light adhesive residue to cover flaps from clear contact)

PUBLISHER: University of Pretoria 1983

KEYWORDS: signed illustrated southern Africa animals mammals

TAIAROA-SMITHIES, KAREN & TAIAROA, MERVYN

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, lg quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 72pp, illus, VG (light chafing & moderate indentations to covers, light creasing to cover corners, moderate water staining to base of pages)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: signed children's literature legends New Zealand Maori illustrated

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM J. & FALLA, Dr. R. A. (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, light soiling & indentations to front board, light creasing to page edges) in d/w, tatty (v heavy chipping to edges with some loss, heavy creasing to edges, moderate chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen 1955

KEYWORDS: first edition signed New Zealand Maori culture houses carving ethnology history illustrated architecture

BELASIK, PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: J. A. Allen 1990

KEYWORDS: signed dressage horses riding horse equine equestrian

HORNER, GORDON

SIGNED by Bill Bowes (who wrote preface) & inscibed by fellow inmate, oblong super octavo, yellow buckram boards with green spine, gilt lettering to spine, illus half & full title pgs, unpaginated, illus, VG- (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Waterlow and Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: SIGNED pow prisoner of war illustrated ww2 world war two military Gordon Horner art collection anthology

NICHOLLS, CHARLES NORMAN STREAK

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers, v + 162pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: C. Norman Nicholls 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand outdoors hobbies tramping hiking history illustrated signed

MILLIGAN, DAVID

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Dipton Centennial Committee 1977

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Dipton illustrated

HULL, PETER & JOHNSON, NORMAN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY PETER HULL, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutter of pgs 64-65) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, price clipped, light tanning to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: McDonald & Co 1967

KEYWORDS: history motor cars Alvis illustrated vintage engines engineering first edition signed

COLLIE, J. NORMAN

DATE & OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ESTEEMED NZ CLIMBER MAVIS DAVIDSON, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, coloured folding maps, vii + 315pp + plates, illus, VG- (spine competely detached but present, light bruising to board corners, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout, 8cm loss to top corner of fep, frontispiece completely detached but present, cracking to full length of gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: David Douglas 1902

KEYWORDS: Himalayas climbing mountains mountaineering signed Mavis Davidson illustrated history

DICKIE, ALEX D. & DICKIE, PAULA (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR & EDITOR, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 152pp, illus, VG+ (moderate bruising to top of front board edge) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine, light staining to front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland history illustrated Croydon Siding signed

COX, STEPHEN

SIGNED & NUMBERED AT REAR (63/150), imperial octavo, cream heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Artiste Gallery/Bath International Festival 1988

KEYWORDS: art Stephen Cox exhibition South India sketches collection anthology illustrated signed

CLARK, MICHAEL

SIGNED BY KENNY SMITH, oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus full title page & prelims, 208pp, illus, Near FINE (previous bookseller's price label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand biography memoir Kenny Smith auto motorsport racing cars

LOWNDES, CRAIG & FOGARTY, MARK

SIGNED BY CRAIG LOWNDES, super octavo, illus light card covers, 248pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: ABC Books/HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia motorsport racing Craig Lowndes autobiography memoir cars signed