GARRETT, SIMON (ed.); TUWHARE, HONE; POTIKI, ROMA (intro.); HAPIPI, RORE; OWEN, RENA; BROWN, RIWIA; & BROUGHTON, JOHN

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED BY HONE TUWHARE (at p. 53); octavo black illus. light card covers, 239pp, VG (light creasing and scuffing to covers, occasional sl. soiling)

PUBLISHER: Playmarket 1991

KEYWORDS: signed hone tuwhare new zealand maori literature theatre drama plays

BRAZIL, ANGELA & HILEY, FRANCIS (illust)

SPINE CRACKED AT PRELIMS, small octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (TATTY); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east 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: Blackie & Son Ltd (circa 1950's ?)

KEYWORDS: childrens literature twelve year old twins school New Zealand

KNOX, ELIZABETH

Signed, true first edition (NZ), super octavo, illus light card covers w/ french flaps, white lettering to spine and boards, 656pp, Near FINE (light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Victoria Press 2019

KEYWORDS: literature nz lit new zealand fantasy fiction mystery book about books magical realism esoteric science fiction mytholgoy speculative fiction

TRUSSELL, DENYS

Octavo, soft cover (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: Hudson / Cresset 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand poet writers poems poetry literature

ASCROFT, NICK

Super octavo, softcover (NEAR FINE); 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: Beet Box Books 2018

KEYWORDS: modern literature Nick Ascroft New Zealand sci fi science fiction

HULME, KERI

Super 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: Spiral / Hodder & Stoughton 1985

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa literature nz lit maori

WILLIAMS, T. C.

Stapled light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 46pp, folding map to rear, VG (sl. tanning and soiling to front covers, 1cm loss to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: McKee & Co Printers (Printer) 1899

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature land tenure purchase Manawatu Horowhenua Maori Ngatiraukawa

PEARSON, BILL

PENCIL ANNOTATIONS & UNDERLINING THROUGHOUT, 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: Heinemann 1976

KEYWORDS: twentieth century literature Bill Pearson West Coast New Zealand

ALTERIO, MAXINE

SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 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 / Random House 2019

KEYWORDS: nzlit new zealand nz literature suspense historical fiction time travel

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 113pp, VG- (light bruising to board extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x 1cmx9cm sections removed from fep edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature Frank Sargeson

GLOVER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal light card covers, 46pp, VG (light tanning & scuffing/creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration to spine & edges, light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Denis Glover collection anthology New Zealand

RHODES, H. WINSTON (Selected) & GLOVER, DENIS (Selected)

Small octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 38pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout- text still clean)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poems poetry literature collection anthology Beaglehole Fairburn Curnow Glover Milner Julian

FAIRBURN, A. R. D.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey light card covers/boards, 45pp, VG (light tanning to spine & cover edges, poems lettering to rear cover in pencil, moderate foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w & protective mylar cover, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to edges, 4cm closed tear to top spine edge)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1943

KEYWORDS: first edition poems poetry literature New Zealand Fairburn colelction anthology

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (prev. owner attempts to efface library markings) octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, boards sl warped & chafed, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minimal library markings) in d/w & mylar wrapper, VG (moderate staining/discolourations to spine & covers, light chipping & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Frank Sargeson plays theatre drama scripts New Zealand entertainment literature first edition

YEARBURY, PAULINE KAHURANGI & TIRIKATENE-SULLIVAN, WHETU (Fore)

Folio, light brown cloth boards, red lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp Maori motif to front board, 37pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration to boards, sl foxing and soiling to prelims) in d/w & removable protective plastic cover, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand religion Rangi Papa creation history myths legends illustrated poems poetry literature dramatisation Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (sl discolouration & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear cover, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Janet Frame New Zealand

MENZIES, ROSEMARY

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: Hudson / Cresset 1988

KEYWORDS: literature nzlit nz new zealand poems poetry

WEDDE, IAN

Super octavo softcover (VG+) with french flaps; 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 of Wellington 2020

KEYWORDS: literature nz new zealand aotearoa nzlit

IHIMAERA, WITI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated

PARKES, RAY

Octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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: Natural Portal 2008

KEYWORDS: literature the rayman trilogy nzlit nz new zealand aotearoa