HENDERSON, JIM & DUNSTAN, MARK (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1976

KEYWORDS: Jim Henderson New Zealand writers swaggers prose literature anecdotes collection

BAKER, EVERARD & EDWARDS, RAYMOND (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card wrappers (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: South Otago Newspapers (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Everard Baker anecdotes literature

GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafin g& soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo legends Maui children's literature modern first edition

BACON, R. L. & MATCHITT, PARA (Illus)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white cloth spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & curling/chipping to edges & corners, price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori children's literature R L Bacon

WILSON, PHILLIP

OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history

IHIMAERA, WITI & MAKERETI, TINA (Eds)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand writers authors literature collection anthology short stories novel excerpts

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 28pp, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors poets writers poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature first edition

BISHOP, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, folio, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 65pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, 1mm chip to base of front board)

PUBLISHER: Puffin 2017

KEYWORDS: children's literature New Zealand ancient history antiquity illustrated Aotearoa Maori pakeha exploration first edition

HAMON, REI

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, ALONG WITH TWO POSTCARDS OF HIS ART ALSO DATED & SIGNED, duodecimo, cream stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, some light foxing to rear of postcards)

PUBLISHER: Thames Star N/D (c.1973)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists writers Rei Hamon Maori poems verse literature signed

DUDER, TESSA

FIRST EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Tessa Duder New Zealand writers authors

HOLCROFT, M. H.

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 281pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (chipping to edges & spine with some loss, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges, ligth foxing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950

KEYWORDS: M H Holcroft trilogy New Zealand first edition thus literature discovered isles history

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on front board, 40pp, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand poets writers authors poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature

ROTH, H. O.

Octavo, beige light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade unions bibliography literature

FRAME, JANET

Sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 123pp, VG+ (sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning, chafing & foxing, price clipped, light chafing & loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories collection literature New Zealand writers authors

CLEARY, FRANCES

FIRST EDITION 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: Collins 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature youth frances cleary mrs kingi

CLEARY, FRANCES

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG, some foxing) 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: Collins 1971

KEYWORDS: frances cleary mrs kingi new zealand literature youth bay of islands

KAYES, ANNE

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, small 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: Scholastic 2017

KEYWORDS: childrens children's new zealand fiction literature anne kayes fitzgibbon award

MITCALFE, BARRY

FIRST EDITION, PREV OWNED BY NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KATE BOESE, 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 costsi

PUBLISHER: Seven Seas 1975

KEYWORDS: barry mitcalfe new zealand fiction literature historical maori whalers colonisation settlers

CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature modern first edition

IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella