THOMSON, JOHN MANSFIELD

Inscribed, dated & signed by author twice, to historian Michael Bassett, 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: Victoria University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand music history composers biographies

DUNMORE, JOHN

Inscribed & signed by author, 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: Heritage Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed autobiography memoir John Dunmore

BRYDER, LINDA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HISTORIAN JUDITH BASSETT, 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: Auckland University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand parenting history Plunket infant welfare children childhood

VAN DIJK, KEES

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, viii + 621pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: KITLV Press 2001

KEYWORDS: signed Kees van Dijk Indonesia politics political unrest conflict

STEADMAN, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RALPH STEADMAN, lg quarto, beige heavy boards, maroon lettering to spine, illus eps, 118pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some discolouration also)

PUBLISHER: Paddington Press 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Ralph Steadman art collection cartoons satire humour humor

CLOUSTON, RICHARD

SCARCE! INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to front cover, v + 179pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl curling & creasing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Clouston 2018

KEYWORDS: signed biographies memoir Wing Commander Wilfred Greville Clouston raf royal air force Wilf military history

STAFFORD, D M

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY MAYOR OF ROTORUA (1989), imperial octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ray Richards Publisher / Rotorua District Council 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed history Rotorua

DALZIEL, RAEWYN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to fellow historians Judith & Michael Bassett, includes speech for book launch written by Judith Bassett, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional underlining & markings in ink to text & margins) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics politicians Julius Vogel biography memoir signed Raewyn Dalziel

SANSOM, OLGA

FIRST EDITION; BOOK SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY A.H. REED; LOOSELY ENCLOSED ARE THREE SEAWEED POSTCARDS - TWO OF THEM INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY OLGA SANSOM TO A.H. REED; ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED IS A HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM OLGA SANSOM TO A.H. REED; Octavo, light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. eps: map of Half Moon Bay, frontispiece: partial map of Stewart Island, 249pp, illus. plates, VG (light rubbing & dampstaining to boards, light sun-fading to board extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's(?) blind embossed stamp to fep, signature & inscription of A.H. Reed to title page in blue ink, light staining to a few pages only, early in the text - not impacting on readability) in d/w, VG- (light soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to extrems resulting in v. slight surface loss to spine extrems & approx. 2cm closed tear to upper spine - both with archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition signed olga sansom ah reed stewart islanders new zealand history rakiura

NATUSCH, SHEILA & SWAINSON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 202pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to covers with moderate soiling also, discreet tape repairs to spine, moderate soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to title page, various ephemera to rear- some attached)

PUBLISHER: Sheila Natusch & Geoffrey Swainson N/D

KEYWORDS: signed numbered editions New Zealand history biographies memoir William Swainson naturalists

NATUSCH, SHEILA

SIGNED, octavo stapled light card 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: Nestegg 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors Sheila Natusch signed

MAUNDER, PAUL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 252pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl tanning & foxing to top page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Paul Maunder theatre theater stage community entertainment

WONG, DIANA & HOLMWOOD, JOHN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG (sl scuffing/bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Abco Press (Printer) 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Diana Wong Grimm fairy tales adult fiction literature

OLSSEN, ERIK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO JUDITH & MICHAEL BASSETT (FELLOW HISTORIANS), imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional annotation in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1984

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Erik Olssen

WOLFE, PAMELA and RICHARD

INSCRIBED TO DON BINNEY & FAMILY & SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked & faded, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning to page edges, sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first editions children's literature fiction signed Pamela Richard Wolfe

BUSCH, HEATHER

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, quarto, white heavy boards, silver gilt & black lettering to spine, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art signed Heather Busch collection appreciation

BARTON, E A

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED, octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 126pp, illus, deckled page edges, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & board edges, light soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, numerous inscriptions in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing sporadically thorughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co 1943

KEYWORDS: signed hobbies angling fly fishing flyfishing

HARKER, JACK

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Silver Owl Press 2000

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand minesweepers naval history military war second world war two ww2 wwii

WELLS, DYANA

INSCRIBED AND 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Fiery Scribes 2016

KEYWORDS: inscribed signed dyana wells spirituality nature sailing nautical new zealand

MCNEISH, JAMES

FIRST EDITION; SIGNED & INSCRIBED 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage 2003

KEYWORDS: james mcneish new zealand history 20th century twentieth signed first edition