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Real Illusions: A Selection of Family Lies and Biographical Fictions in Which the Ancestral Dead Also Play Their Part
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, 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: Victoria University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa literature fiction short stories collection first edition
How to Read a Book
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: Awa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa the Ginger series literature literary
A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand
Sm octavo, terracotta textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus title page, vii + 264pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & surface loss to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge and Sons N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature Jules Verne New Zealand Aotearoa culture history
Stray Thoughts: Political and Other
EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black rule to spine & rear board, black rule & lettering to front board, errata slip to prelims, vi + 208pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, usual but minimal library stamps/markings, light foxing throughout, heavy crack to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Mackay, Risk, and Munro 1885
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa philosophy politics political prose literature A Landels
Plume of Bees: A Literary Biography of C.K. Stead
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Cape Catley 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors C K Stead literature literary biographies memoirs
Tell Me My Name
FIRST EDITION, CD IN REAR POCKET, octavo hardcover (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 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa poetry poems poets music literature collection Bill Manhire Norman Meehan Hannah Griffin Peter Peryer first edition
First With the Sun
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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: J. M. Dent & Sons 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa collection anthology writings prose articles Cyrano literature first edition
The Adventures of Tupaia
Lg quarto hardcover (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: Allen & Unwin 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori children's literature history
2000ft Above Worry Level
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 of Wellington Press 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors literature fiction novels Eamonn Marra
Lie Fallow My Acre
FIRST EDITION, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors George Joseph novels fiction literature
Wooden Horses
FIRST EDITION 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: Hazard Press 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first editions new zealand james george historical literary fiction literature conflict war northland bosnia
Hone Tuwhare: A Biography
Imperial ctavo, illus light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl creasing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori writers authors biography memoir Hone Tuwhare literature literary art
Died in the Wool
FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Collins Bros and Co N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors modern first edition Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers detective novels fiction literature
By Sea Mouths Speaking: Collected Poems 1973-2018 and Related Prose
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 784pp, illus, Near FINE, ( sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa poets writers Denys Trussell collection anthology literature poems poetry verse prose writings
Aesop's Kiwi Fables
Oblong super octavo, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 227pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges - internally near fine) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & discolouration & light soiling - no creasing or curling) All in all, a very charming & tidy copy!
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014
KEYWORDS: Ray Ching illustrated Aesop's fables New Zealand Aotearoa kiwi art literature
Maddigan's Fantasia
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A DRAWING OF A LION BY HER AS WELL, octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 493pp, VG (moderate to heavy creasing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, minor damp wrinkling & staining to lower page edges, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed Maragret Mahy children's literature New Zealand Aotearoa authors writers novels fantasy fiction
Children's Writing in New Zealand Newspapers, 1930s and 1980s
UNPUBLISHED THESIS, lg quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, v + 368pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & board edges, spine cocked, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, bindery adhesive label to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland (Thesis) 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa children's literature literary criticism thesis theses newspapers
Reading Matters: A History of the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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 Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Dunedin Otepoti local history Jim Sullivan libraries buildings literary literature
Towards a Grammar of Race in Aotearoa New Zealand
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: Bridget Williams Books 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aoteaora essays prose collection literature race relations communication racism
The Party Line
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: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors literature fiction novels Sue Orr