CAPRA, Dott. GIUSEPPE

BAGNALL C228, ORIGINAL COMES BOUND IN TO 3/4 LEATHER BINDING, TEXT IN ITALIAN, super octavo, half leather bound patterned boards, gilt lettering & tooling/rule with raised bands to spine, deckled page edges, teg, patterned eps, viii + 312pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light discolouration to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: N/A

KEYWORDS: text in Italian Bagnall c228 New Zealand travel literature exploration anthropology culture geography

YOUNGER, SUE

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Eunoia Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors modern first editions signed Sue Younger novels fiction literature

KIDMAN, FIONA

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: Heinemann Publishers 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers literature modern first editions Fiona Kidman novels fiction

McNEIL, HELEN

INSCRIBED & 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cloud Ink Press 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors signed Helen McNeil literature fiction novels

DU FRESNE, YVONNE

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: Penguin Books 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Yvonne du Fresne

HILL, LARRY R. (Compiled by)

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: Larry R. Hill 2009

KEYWORDS: aviation history New Zealand bibliography bibliographies literature

ZAMBUCKA, KRISTIN

Square super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Kristin Zambucka 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture children's literature Kristin Zambucka

CRUMP, BARRY & MAHONEY, WILL (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Barry Crump literature fiction modern first editions

WILFORD, JOHN RUSSELL

EX-LIBRARY, PAGE 15/16 LOOSE, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Martini Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history John Russell Wilford prose writings literature collection

CROWHURST, T. E.

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 163pp, VG- (moderate tanning and creasing to covers, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate soiling, rusting to staples, staples have pulled through at first and last pages, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture settlers pioneers literature T E Crowhurst

KNOX, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, octavo, light card covers, green lettering to spine, 87pp, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate tanning to page edges & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Elizabeth Knox

THWAITES, IAN

SECOND EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & PRINTER, oblong imperial octavo, blue buckram boardsm gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand bookplates art signed Auckland crafts literary literature limited numbered editions

DRAYTON, JOANNE

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 336pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing & chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature autobiographical Joanne Drayton lgbtq gay lesbian first editions uncorrected proof copies

MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, 308pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, ffep missing, heavy cracking to some gutters, sections of page block partially detached, minor scuffing & loss to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane / Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Jane Mander

N/A

Oblong quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, 192 black & white plates & 22pp index to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature culture scenery photography photos

MILLER, IAN J.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate chafing, soiling & tanning, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Arthur H. Stockwell 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Ian J Miller

HUNT, SAM

SECOND REVISED EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black string bound light card covers, silver gilt lettering to front cover, tissue guards to eps, unpaginated, VG- (moderate creaisng & heavy fading to covers with some minor chafing & soiling also, light tanning & foxing with moderate bruising to page edges, top extrems of tissue guards detached, prev. owner's name in ink to front tissue guard, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Glenbervie Press 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Sam Hunt poetry poems verse literature signed

HERBERT, ARTHUR STANLEY

Octavo, grey light card covers, teal lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 284pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy creasing/cracking & chipping to spine with some moderate loss to extrems, light creasing & tanning to covers, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: H. K. Lewis & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature hot springs hydro thermal geology spas hydrothermal environment climate minerals

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 309pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy staining & discolouration to spine- moderate to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light staining to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia history culture Australia New Zealand travel literature

VEGAS, PETER

AMUSINGLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED, 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: Aladdin 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed New Zealand writers authors children's literature adventure novels fiction Peter Vegas