TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

LAWLOR, P A & SCHOLEFIELD, G H (Intro)

FIRST LIMITED EDITION, UNCOMMON IN D/W, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to borwn spine, red gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 39pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & fading to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG-/G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy rubbing to flaps- partially detached, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beltane Book Bureau 1946

KEYWORDS: first limited editions New Zealand literature P A Lawlor literary unfinished works Katherine Mansfield

SATCHELL, WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, viii + 310pp, VG (minor tanning & foxing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & chipping to spine- minor loss, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1938

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand literature novels historical fiction William Satchell

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

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers literature poetry poems verse Vincent O'Sullivan first editions

BLAND, PETER

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: John McIndoe 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Peter Bland poetry poems verse literature

TEMPLE, PHILIP

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: Hazard Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Philip Temple

BROCKER, SUSAN

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: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia

HOCKEN, T M

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 619pp, VG (light soiling to spine & boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light occasional foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues T M Hocken New Zealand literature

MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, STAMPED COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, 308pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board corners/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & throughout, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate crack to rear gutter, numerous sm date ink stamps to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature New Zealand novels fiction Jane Mander colonial editions

KERRY-NICHOLLS, J H

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, some occasional heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout, plate opp. pg62 partially detached, 6cm closed tear & light foxing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1884

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history exploration Maoriland travel writing literature King Country

CRUMP, BARRY & POULTON, LINDA (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 142pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine & folds of flaps/covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: C & C Associates N/D

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature

WALKER, WILLIAM SYLVESTER (COO-EE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red & black lettering & coloured illus to front board, bottom page edges deckled, 329pp + catalogues to rear, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to front gutter, 1.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of ffep, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Long 1902

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels William S Walker Coo-ee New Zealand Zealandia

JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY

Super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning/foxing/soiling to spine & cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to rear gutter- separation at staples, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Journal of the Polynesian Society 1932

KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best tributes obituaries eulogies New Zealand literary literature

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse Vincent O'Sullivan first editions

FOOTE, W J

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: The Glen Press N/D (c.2014)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand peace movement literature Will Foote

JACKSON, BRIAN ANDREW

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 236pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, sm patch of label residue to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining English miners oil exploration gas literature Brian Andrew Jackson

SELWYN, DON et al

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Playmarket 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature stage plays playwrights theatre theater

CLARKE, ISABEL C & LAWLOR, P A (Intro)

Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Beltane Book Bureau 1944

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

JONES, BOB

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 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Bob Jones literature