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$26.50
xxstg172206

The Spell of Morpheus: A Tale of Mothers and Drugs in One New Zealand City


SUTHERLAND, JULIA

Signed, inscribed & dated. 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: RSVP Publishing

KEYWORDS: literature morpheus dreams drugs motherhood mothers daughters daughterhood dunedin otago new zealand

$16.50
xxstg172240

Farthest West: Afoot and Afloat


REED, A. H. & REED, A. W.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: travel writings stories literature nz new zealand reed west coast otago lake manapouri supper cove dusky sound fiordland history

$45.00
2i45a/5

The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches/Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies (2 Vol Set)


FRAME, JANET

2 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE, octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spines, illus title pages, both vols 182pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems/edges, light scuffing & fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: George Braziller 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature collection anthology Janet Frame short stories fables

$25.00
xxsth172272

Supplement to Hocken's Bibliography of New Zealand Literature


JOHNSTONE, A. H.

SIGNED, Super 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: Whitcombe and Tombes Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature bibliography hocken supplement nz reference catalogue

$18.50
xxsth172273

Supplement to Hocken's Bibliography of New Zealand Literature


JOHNSTONE, A. H.

1975 reprint, limited mastered edition. Super 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: Newrick Associates Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature bibliography hocken supplement nz reference catalogue reprint mastered 1975

$12.50
xxsti172324

Spur of Morning


MULGAN, ALAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature travelling camping in nature nz aotearoa

$60.00
2i48a/34

A Man Walks Out of a Bar.....: Lucien Rizos: New Zealand Photographs 1979-1982


RIZOS, LUCIEN (Photos) & SKINNER, DAMIAN (Essays) & WEDDE, IAN (Essays)

Oblong octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, inscription in ink to full title page, sl cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Rim Books 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photograpy photos Lucien Rizos essays literature collection Ian Wedde Damian Skinner

$45.00
2i48a/35

The Ship of Dreams: Masculinity in Contemporary New Zealandd Fiction


FOX, ALISTAIR

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & fading to cover edges, light tanning/staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary criticism psychology masculinity gender stereotypes men

$48.50
2i48a/38

Steps of the Sun: Poems by Ruth Dallas


DALLAS, RUTH

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 50pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name inlight pencil to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry collection Ruth Dallas

$400.00
2i48a/73

The Luminaries


CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST EDITION IN 2ND ISSUE VARIANT D/W MENTIONING BOOKER PRIZE WIN; VUP EDITION PRINTING CONCURRENTLY WITH UK EDITION IN MUCH SMALLER (1000X) PRINT NUMBER, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edgeslight fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Eleanor Catton fiction New Zealand

$40.00
2i51a/10

The French at Akaroa: An Adenture in Colonization


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FRONTISPIECE & TISSUE GUARD TORN OUT, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, xvi + 420pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape staining & cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, frontispiece & tissue guard roughly torn out, sm ink markings to lettering on full title page, moderate creasing to page edges of prelims & other pgs sporadically throughout, light foxing & gutter cracks to pgs throughout, moderate to heavy creasing/folding & various closed tears to folding map)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Book Depot 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France French literature history Akaroa T Lindsay Buick colonization colonisation

$15.00
xxsti172327

Where Did She Come From? New Zealand Women Novelists 1862-1987


ROBERTS, HEATHER

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: Allen & Unwin 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz aotearoa literature fiction literary analysis writers history women women's mary scott nelle scanlan jane mander robin hyde jow cowley janet frame

$19.50
xxsti172331

In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature


STEAD, C. K.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz literature literary analysis litcrit history aotearoa

$12.50
xxstj172338

South Pacific Sunrise


EGGLETON, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+) light cracking to gutters; 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 1986

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection New Zealand David Eggleton

$30.00
xxstj172340

Tall Tales and True


ANDERSON, RUSSELL McNEE

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: The Greymouth Evening Star (Printer) N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories collection Russell Anderson Auckland Weekly News

$40.00
1w49a/20

Rambles in New Zealand 1839


BIDWILL, JOHN CARNE

LACKS D/W, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to title plates to spine & front board, illus title page, 128pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, notation glued in to ffep, publication inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title pages with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration John Carne Bidwill nature botany plants literature history

$125.00
1y7a/7

Viliami of the Friendly Islands


WESTRA, ANS

UNCOMMON, imperial octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, 57pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen Gov't Printer n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography Viliami education bulletin schools Ans Westra Pacific Islands people culture children's literature

$68.50
1y7a/8

The Vertical Picturesque: Four Essays on Auckland Houses


SCHNOOR, CHRISTOPH & McCONCHIE, GRAEME (Eds)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 98pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to lower cover corner)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture Unitec 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings essays prose collection literature Auckland

$40.00
1y7a/24

Leaves of the Banyan Tree


WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG+ (sl chafing to board edges, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 15mm closed tear to base of front cover with tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature New Zealand Albert Wendt

$95.00
1y7a/49

The Art of Grahame Sydney


SYDNEY, GRAHAME & FINDLAY, MICHAEL & TURNER, BRIAN & JONES, BELINDA & GRAHAM, REG

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to spine and edges of cover, light soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Grahame Sydney collection anthology compilation signed essays literature prose criticism

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