BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, PENCIL SIGNED & DATED OWNERSHIP OF AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 48pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & folds, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1953

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FAIRBURN, A R D

TRUE FIRST EDITION, DATE & SIGNATURE OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), octavo, grey stiff card covers, green & red lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 32pp, VG (moderate tanning & rubbing/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rubbing & staining to rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

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MASON, R A K

LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION (#94/242), sm octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & decoration/border to title plate on front board, 46pp, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & top edges, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1986

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PHILLIPS, HAZEL

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: Massey University Press 2022

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CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & SHAW, HELEN (Selected by)

200 COPIES ISSUED, tidy ex-library, sm 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: The Nag's Head Press 1976

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McKENZIE, OLIVE & McRAE, D G (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY PUBLISHERS, 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: McKenzie Family 1978

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MORRIS, Dr WILLIAM E

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: William E Morris 1977

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HUNT, SAM

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PUBLISHER: Sam Hunt 1972

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SAUNDERS, G K

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PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1979

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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PENFOLD, MERIMERI & HOLDAWAY, LINDA

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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)

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PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944

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DUNSTAN, PEGGY & OATES, JEAN (iLLUS)

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PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1981

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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

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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

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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

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