TRUSSELL, DENYS

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. x + 784; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; spine lightly cocked); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; heay creasing & curling to front flap

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Company 2019

KEYWORDS: Denys Trussell 20th 21st century poetry poems verse New Zealand literature

BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed)

FOUR VOL SET. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 753, xiv + 692, xii + 567, xxviii + 562; illus. heavy card bds, cream spine lettered in black & purple gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand poet prose literature 20th century complete works Dunedin Wellington

WHIM-WHAM (CURNOW, ALLEN)

Octavo, stapled light card covers, black & green lettering to front cover, 47pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & sl foxing to covers- minor creasing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature Allen Curnow Whim Wham poetry poems verse

FOX, JULIAN PEASE

SIGNED, octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J P F (N/D)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Julian Pease Fox literature

PENFOLD, MERIMERI & HOLDAWAY, LINDA

Ex-library, 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: Anthropology Dept, Auckland University 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo literature language

REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on film scenario 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: A H & A W Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature novels fiction A W Reed

DUNSTAN, PEGGY & OATES, JEAN (iLLUS)

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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: literature New Zealand writers authors Peggy Dunstan modern first editions

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 216; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to hinges; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Nicholson & Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin 20th century New Zealand literature fiction novel modern first edition

RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

TE HURINUI, PEI

Octavo, green illus stapled light card covers, black lettering & illus/decoration to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to cover edges, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate separation of gutters at staples, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl, Printer N/D (c.1945)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature Pei Te Hurinui history historical

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to spine, vii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history bookplates ex libris society Auckland

THWAITES, IAN

Loosely enclosed signed single page holograph letter from author to fellow historian Kay Boese, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature history Auckland Museum historic buildings culture Ian Thwaites

IHAKA, KINGI M (Adapted by) & FRIZZELL, DICK (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, oblong octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & boards, sl cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Christmas Xmas children's literature picture books modern first editions illustrated

WILSON, Mrs ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, teal buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 322pp, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to reverse of frontispiece, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor annotation to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1894

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journals writing literature Mrs Robert Wilson first editions

MEADE, Lieut The Hon HERBERT

SECOND EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - ownership bookplate of Rev Sidney Meade, brother of the author & of the editor of the book, with folding map to pg170, frontispiece features naked Maori maidens bathing - an image which isn't always present, super octavo, green half leatherbound buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 375pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light wrinkling to buckram on rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, sm ownership ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1871

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature association copies south seas islands heritage culture

REED, A W & PATERSON, A S (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing/tanning to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1950)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folklore lore tales myths legends illustrated children's literature Maui spirituality

TINNE, J ERNEST

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to front board, folding map frontispiece, unpaginatd prelims + 124pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature north island exploration

PAYTON, E W

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 368pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, smatterings of moderate foxing throughout, sporadic cracking to gutters, sm ink stamp to back page, 2cm closed tear & light to moderate foxing to folding map at rear)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature E W Payton first editions