BLAIR, JOHN

Octavo, white light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 112pp, G+ (spine & rear cover completely missing, top & bottom corners missing, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing & soiling to front cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: R T Wheeler 1889

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature New Zealand recitations readings John Blair

DEAN, ANDREW

Sm 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. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature economics Andrew Dean politics

DALLAS, RUTH

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to board edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing to spine & creases/folds)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ruth Dallas literature poetry poems verse New Zealand poets writers

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE & BROSNAN, BILL & COLLINS, BRUCE E & JACKSON, LEWIS & WESTON, GEOFF

Oblong quarto, illus white spiral bound covers, 78pp, illus, VG+ (clear pastic cover at rear moderately ripped, top extrem of black spiral binding bent & torn- minor, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Albion Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers poets literature poetry poems verse illustrated Hardwicke Knight

MARSH, NGAIO

FIRST NZ EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: modern first NZ editions New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh

SYMONS, TOD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining; 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: Central Otago News Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Tod Symons signed poetry poems verse literature

ENSING, RIEMKE

LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo softcover (VG-) some water staining & wrinkling; 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 Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature first editions signed poems poetry verse Riemke Ensing

BAXTER, JAMES K

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse James K Baxter

THOMPSON, ROBERT

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse Robert Thompson

JOHNSON, LOUIS

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse Louis Johnson

SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse Kendrick Smithyman

HART-SMITH, W

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse W Hart-Smith

RAWLINSON, GLORIA

Octavo string bound 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: The Handcraft Press 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems in pamphlet poetry verse Gloria Rawlinson

THOMPSON, ROBERT

SCARCE, sm octavo folded pamphlet (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: Handcraft Press 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Robert Thompson poems poetry verse literature

HUNT, SAM

4 VOL SET IN FOLDER/BOXED, octavo, coloured stapled covers, illus & black lettering to front covers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover edges, light foxing to page edges, sl staining to cover edges) in folding presentation box, VG- ( heavy chafing/rubbing/creasing & soiling, minor soiling & foxing to inside covers, moderate warping to folds)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1972

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

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on front board, 51pp, G+ (spine missing, usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps & to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James K Baxter literature poems poetry verse scarce copies first editions

CRUMP, BARRY

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 152pp, illus, VG (light brusing & tanning to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top corner of ffep missing, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1971

KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature New Zealand humour humor comedy Barry Crump

MORELAND, A MAUD

REAR MAP DETACHED (BUT PRESENT), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, index & map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout- some plates may be loose)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure travel writing literature historical history Westland Haast Mount Mt Aspiring A Maud Moreland

MAHY, MARGARET; GARDINER, DEIRDRE (illus.)

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Wendy Pye Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's books juvenile literature fiction

DICKENS, I E

TYPED LETTER TO REED SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., sm ocatvo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, envelope containing aforementioned typed letter tipped in to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & occasionallly throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lakes district southern alps Milford Sound travel writing literature