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Alexander Turnbull His Life His Circle His Collections
first edition 324pp ills.[b/w] Fine in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface losses to spine due to insects,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: alexander turnbull library wellington 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature history biography alexander turnbull library
Lessons in the English Language for Maori Schools
first edition [part 2; vi - xvi] 71pp VG (in pink paper wrappers w.beige cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,tape stains to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall 6104
PUBLISHER: didsbury [printer] wellington 1875
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori literature williams
That Summer and Other Stories
first edition 192pp VG+ (blue cloth,spine sl.foxed,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine stained and sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: john lehmann london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature frank sargeson new zealand
Katherine Mansfield
first edition numbered/limited [36/250] first edition 43pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (fawn cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1944
KEYWORDS: biography history new zealand literature katherine mansfield isabel clarke
Books and Bookmen New Zealand and Overseas
first edition numbered/limited signed by author [179/400] 268pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,author's sign.to numbered colophon on half-title verso,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1954
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature history bookmen pat lawlor signed
Authors' Week 1936 Annals of New Zealand Literature
first edition 117pp ills.[b/w w.8 tipped-in b/w bookplates] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained,owner's inscr.to inside front cover and sign.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: new zealand authors' week [np] 1936
KEYWORDS: arts new zealand literature
A Lifetime of Verse
first edition inscribed by author 76pp NF (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,inscribed by author to another NZ author Peggy Dunstan on title page)
PUBLISHER: privately printed [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry winifred ponder peggy dunstan new zealand
Birds Flying
first edition inscribed by author 62pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiling and bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to fellow NZ author Peggy Dunstan on ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed alistair paterson
Enter Without Knocking: Selected Poems
first edition thus [enlarged edition] 171pp VG+ (teal cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry denis glover new zealand
In My Father's Den
first edition 175pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.foxed,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,1cm tear to head of upper hinge) scarce first edition of this NZ novel
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand maurice gee
Not Far Off
first edition 91pp VG+ (white cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand charles brasch
Island & Time
ex-lib.first edition 45pp VG- (red cloth,rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spine,usual stamps and labels,remnants of d/w flaps to pastedowns,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand allen curnow
Fire in the Forest
first edition 174pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's isng.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington [1975]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand james sanders
Scented Gardens for the Blind
first NZ edition 192pp VG (red cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm tear to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame
The Scarecrow
first NZ edition 181pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems, tiny closed treat to rear lower corner)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ronald hugh morrieson new zealand
O'Leary's Orchard & Other Stories
first edition 185pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maurice duggan new zealand
Daughter Buffalo
first NZ edition 212pp VG+ (brown cloth,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame
Jazz Waiata
first edition [from the Dennis McEldowney collection] 52pp NF (in glossy wrappers,sign.of McEldowney to ffep)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert sullivan dennis mceldowney new zealand
Bread and a Pension
first edition 79pp NF (white cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry louis johnson new zealand
Imaginary Islands
first edition 50pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to inside front cover,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: [whitcombe and tombs] [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand joseph