BROWN, MICHAEL & TAIT, MAT (illus.)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; tall quarto blue illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 156pp., nr. FINE (a touch of sl. creasing to rear corner, v. minor)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2015

KEYWORDS: new zealand folklore folk tales comic legends legend literature signed inscribed graphic novel comics

COUNT POTOCKI OF MONTALK

Numbered, limited pirated first edition; textured heavy cream boards with black lettering, grey cloth with black lettering to spine, 36pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Shack Press 1972

KEYWORDS: polish poland literature powys violet powsyology count potocki montalk new zealand modern first edition limited

MARSHALL, OWEN

FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 115pp, VG+ (light tanning and occasional light foxing) in d/w VG (heavy fading to spine, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern short stories owen marshall first edition

HUNT, SAM

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 360pp., nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry signed inscribed sam hunt

CRUMP, BARRY

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 237pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, a touch of foxing here & there) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Barry Crump Associates 1992

KEYWORDS: barry crump new zealand literature modern first edition signed inscribed memoir autobiography hunting deer bush

LEE, JOHN A.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 254pp, VG (light scuffing and moderte soiling/fading to boards, light tanning and foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and chipping, several large closed tears and small triangular segment lost to front bottom corner)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Henry / N. V. Douglas 1949

KEYWORDS: john a lee new zealand literature signed children of the poor

BREBNER, JOHN & ALLISON

Rare (limited edition of 100 copies) (...Take Two is for established readers... Take One is for beginning... This book is printed especillay for fluent readers), from the library of Betty Gilderdale; oblong super octavo illus. heavy card boards, cloth to spine, illus., VG (cloth coming partially loose to rear (minor), light tanning to boards and contents, with light foxing occasionally also)

PUBLISHER: Homeprint Fielding 1981

KEYWORDS: john allison brebner linocut lino-cut childrens literature new zealand rare scarce limited watercolour water colour illustration

MULGAN, JOHN

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, 205 pp, VG+ ( light bruising to spine edges, v slight fading to spine, v slight bruising & scuffing to board edges, slight foxing to page edges, message of endearment written in pen to former owner on fep, light tanning & foxing to front & rear eps ) in d/w TATTY ( 3 cm by 3 cm & 1.5 by 3 cm closed tear with loss to upper & lower spine of cover, heavy staing to spine, 4 cm + 3 x 1 cm closed tears with loss between covers & flaps, moderate foxing, creasing & chipping to cover, light tanning & foxing inside of cover )

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade Limited 1960

KEYWORDS: literature war soldier stories rest camp travel New Zealand John Muligan economic depression

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light card boards, black printed lettering to front board & spine, 91 pp, VG ( 3 mm closed tear without loss to top of spine, light bruising, creasing, tanning & chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges, small bookshop sticker to fep, v slight foxing to front & rear eps ) in d/w VG- ( 5 mm closed tear with loss to top of spine & 1 cm closed tear with loss to top of rear cover, light soiling, chipping, bruising & tanning to outside & inside of covers )

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Frank Sargeson adventure small town boy meets girl

CONROY, THOM (ed)

Octavo paperback (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: Massey University Press, 2017

KEYWORDS: new zealand academic prose essay creative writing literature

BINSWANGER, OTTI

FIRST EDITION, octavo softcover, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers and spine, 85pp., VG- (moderate cracking and tearing to spine, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate tanning and foxing to covers and spine, heavy scuffing to boards and spine extrems, mild tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Walter Brookes 1945

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa literature short stories modern first edition

FEARNLEY, LAURENCE

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: Penguin 2016

KEYWORDS: literature womens nz new zealand aotearoa

FEARNLEY, LAURENCE

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: Penguin 2016

KEYWORDS: literature womens nz new zealand aotearoa

CULLINANE, MAJELLA

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: Steele Roberts 2018

KEYWORDS: literature nz new zealand aotearoa historical fiction

MANHIRE, BILL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press, 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry prose literature bill manhire new zealand

MASON, R. A. K.

Numbered limited edition; small 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: Nag's Head Press, 1986

KEYWORDS: poetry prose dunedin turning mason new zealand literature

MITCHELL, DAVID & HANLY, PAT (illus.)

FIRST EDITON (SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION); tall imperial octavo silver lettering to front & spine, unpaginated, illus., VG (boards ever so slightly warped, light creasing and sucffing; occasional light tanning soiling & foxing within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, light soiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Stephen Chan 1971

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition poetry signed limited numbered stephen chan pat hanly art pipe dreams ponsonby david mitchell

TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo illus. light card covers, 52pp, illus., VG+ (light creasing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jackstraw Press 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry maori modern first edition short stories hone tuwhare

HULME, KERI

FIRST EDITION, uncommon: square octavo light card covers, 65pp, nr. FINE (a touch of soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Universtiy Press 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry maori modern first edition keri hulme

DAVIN, DAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1959

KEYWORDS: twentieth century literature New Zealand Dan Davin