JOSEPH, GEORGE

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1957

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GEORGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION 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: Hazard Press 2000

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HUNT, JANET

Imperial ctavo, illus light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1998

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MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros and Co N/D

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TRUSSELL, DENYS

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 784pp, illus, Near FINE, ( sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing 2019

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CHING, RAY (Paintings) & WOLFE, RICHARD (Intro)

Oblong super octavo, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 227pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges - internally near fine) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & discolouration & light soiling - no creasing or curling) All in all, a very charming & tidy copy!

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

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MAHY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A DRAWING OF A LION BY HER AS WELL, octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 493pp, VG (moderate to heavy creasing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, minor damp wrinkling & staining to lower page edges, sl cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2005

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HOLT, MOLLY JILL

UNPUBLISHED THESIS, lg quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, v + 368pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & board edges, spine cocked, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, bindery adhesive label to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland (Thesis) 2000

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CAMP, KATE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2022

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SULLIVAN, JIM

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: The Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute 2013

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ORR, SUE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2015

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JOSEPH, M. K.

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PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

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FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF NZ POET MICHAEL JACKSON, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 212pp, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to front board, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (sl creasing & tanning to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1973

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ADAMS, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, pink lettering to spine, 88pp, Near FINE (sl creasing to top edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2017

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DRUETT, JOAN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: St Martin's Minotaur 2005

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GURNEY, STEVE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Random House 2012

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DUCKWORTH, MARILYN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1987

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VOGEL, JULIUS (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, ALL 7 PHOTOGRAPHS (AS NOTED IN CONTENTS), octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled page edges, 272pp, photos, folding maps & illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss, light fading to marbling on page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout, minor creasing & foxing & closed tearing to folding map at pg184)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa handbook history first edition papers collection literature colonists colonial

ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN & ELDRED-GRIGG, HUGH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white, brown & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 427pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges with some light occasional creasing)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

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CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

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

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

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