DE GOLDI, KATE

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2022

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CATTON, ELEANOR

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PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023

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ELLIOT, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Random House NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: childrens literature new zealand dunedin author illustrator david elliot

TUWHARE, HONE & HOTERE, RALPH (Graphics)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, unpaginated prelims + 42pp, illus/graphics, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light fading to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, moderate sized patch of scuffing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1975

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SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (minor fading & 'ghost' lettering from jacket to spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1946

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HYDE, ROBIN

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR HELEN SLAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, pink heavy boards, pink lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning/discolouration to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

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BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

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JOHNSON, LOUIS

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 53pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

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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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BAXTER, JAMES K

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

PUBLISHER: None Stated

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FAIRBURN, A R D

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PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1938

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MASON, R A K

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PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1986

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ALPERS, ANTONY

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PUBLISHER: Viking Press 1980

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PHILLIPS, HAZEL

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PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022

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

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PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1976

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McKENZIE, OLIVE & McRAE, D G (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: McKenzie Family 1978

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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

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TRUSSELL, DENYS

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PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Company 2019

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