COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in blue, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Constable 1948

KEYWORDS: James Courage New Zealand literature 20th century modern first edition

COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, price clipped) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1954

KEYWORDS: James Courage New Zealand literature 20th century modern first edition

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG; in d/w G (lg segment torn off) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: The Pagasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame modern first edition New Zealand literature

MACINTOSH, JOAN

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: John McIndoe 1979

KEYWORDS: memoir biography New Zealand Southland literature Joan MacIntosh

PALENSKI, RON (Compiled by)

Uncommon very tidy ex library, octavo, illus light card wrappers- stiffened, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (missing front fep, large crack to front gutter- photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame 2013

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature rugby New Zealand sports

BAXTER, JAMES & DOESBURG, INGE (Solar Plate, Etching & Woodblock) & HOLMES, JOHN (Text Print) & GUBBINS, CATHERINE (Binding)

#12 of 85, SIGNED COPY, folio, pink triple fold boards with red cloth spine, black lettering to title plate on front board, beautiful scripted James Baxter poem inserted to central board, flanked by 2x illustrations with embossed blind stamp text & patterns to head & base inserts, all inserts printed on 230gsm paper, with tissue guard to centre, Near FINE (sl fading to red cloth spine)

PUBLISHER: The Bibliography Room, University of Otago, Dunedin 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa literature art James Baxter signed special limited numbered editions poetry verse poems

OLDS, PETER (Poems) & MADILL, KATHRYN (Images)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES, folio, light grey light card wrappers, red artistic lettering & yellow decoration to front wrapper, deckled page edges, Wayzgoose sheet loosely enclosed, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light staining to rear wrapper, sl colour bleed-through from illus recto to Black poem, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otakou Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa art literature poems poetry verse Peter Olds Kathryn Madill first editions signed

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Allen & Unwin 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction short stories

JOHNSON, STEPHANIE

Super octavo softcover (VG+) remains of adhesive label to front cover; photos available on request; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Vintage 2023

KEYWORDS: literature fiction New Zealand Stephanie Johnson satire

GNANALINGAM, BRANNAVAN

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Lawrence & Gibson 2020

KEYWORDS: Brannavan Gnanalingam NZ New Zealand fiction literature novel kiwi crime Ngaio Marsh award

DAVIN, D M (ed.)

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Oxford University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature fiction short stories anthology

BALL, MURRAY

Obl super octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Inprint Limited 1989

KEYWORDS: Murray Ball New Zealand literature comic strip cartoon illustrated

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, heavy beige boards, orange and black lettering handwritten on spine, red and black lettering on front board, VG (ex library, minor fading/soiling to spine, minor wear and staining to extrems, minor tanning to boards, previous booksellers sticker to rear pastedown, minor tanning to page edges of eps).

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand nz literature Frank Sargeson caxton press

MONCRIEFF, P

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor soiling to front board, minor bruising to head of spine, minor tanning and foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling to front and rear wrappers, light 1.5cm closed tear to base of front hinge, light chipping to edges and head of spine, minor creasing/rolling to edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Ambassador Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: Modern First Edition literature fiction New Zealand

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps); in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w moderate to heavy chipping, moderate foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition David Ballantyne New Zealand literature fiction

DAVIN, DAN

Octavo, orange cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG- (fading, scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping/tearing & heavy loss to spine extrems, attempted repair to spine at tail). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1949

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand literature fiction

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing to pg edges & eps, tanning, light to moderate cracking to fr & rear hinge, bdg sl sloppy, bookseller sticker to ffep); in d/w, G (heavy scuffing & soiling, heavy bruising to edges & extrems w heavy chipping/tearing & loss to spine extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Nicholson and Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition

MCCLENAGHAN, JACK

FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to eps); in d/w, VG (light soiling, light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: Jack McClenaghan New Zealand literature modern first edition

DOUGHTY, ROSS A

FIRST EDITION. Signed. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Invictus 1980

KEYWORDS: Ross A Doughty New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition

BERRY, KEN

FIRST EDITION. Signed & warmly inscribed. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Collins 1980

KEYWORDS: Ken Berry New Zealand literature fiction modern first edition