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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers James K Baxter literature poems poetry verse first edition ownership of Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

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

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

KEYWORDS: true first editions New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse A R D Fairburn ownership signature Helen Shaw Hella Hofmann

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

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers literature R A K Mason letters diaries literary correspondence poets

ALPERS, ANTONY

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PUBLISHER: Viking Press 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary biographies biography memoir writers authors Katherine Mansfield

PHILLIPS, HAZEL

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PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa travel writing literature adventure exploring rural countryside tramping hiking

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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature collections Walter D'Arcy Cresswell sonnets

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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed Olive McKenzie family history

MORRIS, Dr WILLIAM E

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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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors G K Saunders literature modern first editions historical novels fiction kairangi series

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)

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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

BREWER, IAN H & FURLONGER, STEPHEN (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Gov't Printer 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature education primary school schools history historical

REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on film scenario by)

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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