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$8.50
xxexh163647

Motherland


FRESNE, YVONNE DU

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: Penguin 1996

KEYWORDS: Literature New Zealand

$30.00
1y85/47

Lays From Maoriland: Being Songs and Poems, Scottish and English


STENHOUSE, WILLIAM M.

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, 194pp + 7pp publishing list to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl cracking to central gutters but still very soundly attached)

PUBLISHER: Paisley: Alexander Gardner 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems verse songs collection anthology

$40.00
1y86/36

Brown Man's Burden


FINLAYSON, RODERICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, cream heavy card boards, quarter bound in brown cloth, small title plate to spine, 86pp, VG (slight soiling to covers, slight bruising to spine and board extrems) , d/w complete open tear, no loss, placed inside book.

PUBLISHER: The Unicorn Press 1938

KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson moder first edition literature maori nz new zealand

$45.00
1y86/44

Falling Leaves of Memory


DU PONTET, E. D.(ed) & MCCALLION, A. J. (ed)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine and boards, 91pp + 2pp index, illus, VG (usual library markings, heavy tanning to covers, 1cm chip with loss to lower back cover)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ literature E D Du Pontet A J McCallion short stories history

$40.00
1y89/27

Sweet Beulah Land


FINLAYSON, RODERICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green light card covers, 102pp, VG- (heavy tanning, light paper cover to spine fallen off, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1942

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand Roderick Finlayson Sweet Belulah Land literature modern first edition

$95.00
ak4/11/2486

Pukunui the Astronaut


WAEREA, JAMES & HOHEPA, PAT

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (as the Porkbone Kid), quarto white illus. laminated card boards, 24pp+vocab. appendix, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards and pages)

PUBLISHER: Probe Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: te reo childrens kids literature New Zealand Maori Pukunui the Astronaut his friend Moata Moa signed inscribed

$195.00
1y91/18

The Quiet Earth


HARRISON, CRAIG

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, small octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp., VG (moderate scuffing to board and spine extrems, moderate staining to page edges and interioirs, terminal page corner cut off) in d/w VG+ (mild curling to edges, mild scuffing to surfaces)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1981

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa literature horror mystery science fiction

$8.50
xxral163853

Landfall 169: A New Zealand Quarterly


BAKER, JUDITH (ed.)

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: N.A.

KEYWORDS: Judith Baker landfall short-stories poetry new zealand nz poems literature commentary reviews

$10.00
xxrcl163891

The New Ships


DUIGNAN, KATE

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: Victoria University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Kate Duignan literature new zealand nz

$90.00
1y94/11

Pukunui The Astronaut


WAEREA, JAMES & HOHEPA, PAT

MISBOUND (UPSIDE DOWN), SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, Quarto hardcover, illus heavy card boards, 23pp., 4pp. glossary of te reo maori terms, illus, VG+ (moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, mild scratching to boards, mild staining to interior pages)

PUBLISHER: Probe Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa te reo maori childrens literature scarce modern first edition

$10.00
xxrmh164234

Erotic Writing


MCCAULEY, SUE (ed.) & MCLAHLAN, RICHARD (Ed.)

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 Books 1992

KEYWORDS: Sue McCauley Richard McLachlan new zealand nz nzl literature romance erotica

$245.00
ak4/2/2377

The Elopement (Te Ponga Raua Ko Te Puhihua


WYNN-WILLIAMS, F. & DENTICE, G. K. (illus.)

SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, square octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, heavy textured paper, 63pp., illus. VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, sl. foxing to boards edges and within, many pages uncut)

PUBLISHER: Griffin Press 1961 (printed at the Pilgrim Press)

KEYWORDS: ronold holloway letterpress handpress press hand letter artisinal pilgrim griffin new zealand maori literature f wynn wynn-williams williams lithography g k dentice

$50.00
ak4/11/2477

Dogg's Eggs: A Study in Powysology (Part One)


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

$35.00
ak4/11/2479

Supper Waltz Wilson and Other New Zealand Stories


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

$50.00
ak4/12/2497

The Life and Times of A Good Keen Man


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

$195.00
ak4/9/2418

The Garden Godzilla. Take Three.


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

$60.00
1y95/33

When the Wind Blows


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

$35.00
ak4/18/2655

Home: New Writing


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

$45.00
1y98/3

And How Do You Like This Country? - Stories Of New Zealand


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

$15.00
xxpmb164457

The Quiet Spectacular


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

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