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$50.00
1y99b/28

Wanaka: Earth to Heaven at Whare Kea


McKAY, MICHAL & SCOTT, KIERAN (Photos)

Quarto, teal heavy boards, white lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 324pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (spine cocked), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear flap, 1cm waxy drop to front cover, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Wanaka central Otago Lakes District travel food literature Whare Kea lodge chalet

$15.00
xxsdu180711

Maori Legends (The Creation Stories)


BACON, RON (retold by) & JAHNKE, ROBERT (illus.)

VERY TIDY 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Shortland Educational Publications 1984

KEYWORDS: maori legends creation illustrated children children's youth literature mythology aotearoa new zealand

$37.50
xxsed180785

The Big Game and Other Stories


GASKELL, A. P.

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: The Caxton Press 1947

KEYWORDS: first edition short stories collection New Zealand Aotearoa literature fiction A P Gaskell

$30.00
xxsed180786

Real Illusions: A Selection of Family Lies and Biographical Fictions in Which the Ancestral Dead Also Play Their Part


HALEY, RUSSELL

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

$325.00
1y99b/35

A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand


VERNE, JULES

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

$40.00
1y99b/36

Stray Thoughts: Political and Other


LANDELS, A.

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

$15.00
xxsfo181012

Plume of Bees: A Literary Biography of C.K. Stead


PANNY, JUDITH DELL

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

$30.00
xxsfo181014

Tell Me My Name


MANHIRE, BILL (Riddles) & MEEHAN, NORMAN (Music) & GRIFFIN, HANNAH (Song) & PERYER, PETER (Photographs)

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

$27.50
xxsfu181052

First With the Sun


MULGAN, ALAN & BOWER, OLIVIA SPENCER (Illus)

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

$32.50
xxsgo181148

The Adventures of Tupaia


MEREDITH, COURTNEY SINA & TAIT, MAT

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

$17.50
xxshr181324

2000ft Above Worry Level


MARRA, EAMONN

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

$25.00
xxsif181374

Lie Fallow My Acre


JOSEPH, GEORGE

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

$15.00
xxsih181408

Wooden Horses


GEORGE, JAMES

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

$47.50
1y99c/81

Hone Tuwhare: A Biography


HUNT, JANET

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

$20.00
xxsml181519

The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture: Volume 69, 1944


N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial 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: Blundell Bros (Printer) 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa farming agriculture journals literature collection agricultural 1944

$40.00
1y99d/17

Died in the Wool


MARSH, NGAIO

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

$40.00
1y99d/46

By Sea Mouths Speaking: Collected Poems 1973-2018 and Related Prose


TRUSSELL, DENYS

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

$40.00
1y99d/74

Aesop's Kiwi Fables


CHING, RAY (Paintings) & WOLFE, RICHARD (Intro)

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

$100.00
2i3a/24

Maddigan's Fantasia


MAHY, MARGARET

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

$50.00
2i3a/31

Children's Writing in New Zealand Newspapers, 1930s and 1980s


HOLT, MOLLY JILL

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

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