MAHY, MARGARET & WILLIAMS, JENNY (Illus)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MARGARET MAHY, oblong octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, printed inside covers, unpaginated, illus, VG (minor fading & rubbing to spine/staples, light creasing to cover edges, moderate fading & scuffing to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Puffin / Penguin 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Margaret Mahy New Zealand writers authors children's literature fiction picture books

JESSOPP, AUGUSTUS

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute of Cultural Dance 2017

KEYWORDS: augustus jessopp essays literature new zealand

LEE, JOHN A

Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 255pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Henry / N V Douglas 1949 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature autobiographical novels fiction John A Lee

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with minor staining at base also, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale / Whitcombe & Tombs 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels David Ballantyne

TUWHARE, HONE & WHITE, ROBIN (Graphics)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 47pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light to moderate scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light staining to half title page, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poems poetry verse Hone Tuwhare Maori

SMITH, HUGH & BURNS, BERTA SINCLAIR (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR'S SON (1948), octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 390pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light light rubbing to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning to prelims, light foxing & tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hugh Smith Jnr 1946

KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Smith Jr New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature

CLARKE, CATHERINE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Catherine Clarke 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

GRAYLAND, VALERIE & LINTON, ANNE (ILLUS.)

Ex-library 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's fiction literature

GIBSON, COLIN (Ed) & MARR, LISA (Ed)

2 VOL SET, octavo, illus light card wrappers, cross-stitch pattern to spines, cross-stitch lettering to front covers, vol 1- xiv + 373pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 559pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Department of English, University of Otago 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary anthologies essays prose Jocelyn Harris

CORBETT, R T

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ken Pounder 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

MANHIRE, BILL

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand poet laureate poetry literature

YATES, CHARLOTTE

FIRST EDITION octavo softcover (near FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Bumper Books 1999

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand poetry literature songwriter Charlotte Yates Putty in her Hands When the Cat's Been Spayed

LEGGOTT, MICHELE & HARLOW, MICHAEL (ED.)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION; square 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1988

KEYWORDS: signed first edition poetry New Zealand literature

GRIFFIN, ROBIN H

Stapled wrappers octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: O'Griffy 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand radio play script drama Taranaki literature queer LGBTQIA

BLUE JEANS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Blue Jeans Reprinted April 1999

KEYWORDS: blue jeans new zealand poetry literature

JOSEPH, VIVIENNE

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1984

KEYWORDS: literature specials new zealand vivienne joseph

FRENCH, ANNE

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: literature specials new zealand anne french

McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, 302pp, VG- (moderate fading & tanning to spine, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to front & rear eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- binding exposed at front gutter, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: James Hamilton 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders travel writing literature William McHutcheson

BIRNS, NICHOLAS (Ed) & MOORE, NICOLE (Ed) & SHIEFF, SARAH (Ed)

Super octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine, vii + 329pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to board edges)

PUBLISHER: The Modern Language Association of America 2017

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand literature academic study teaching resources

CAIRD, RAY

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/printed inside covers, 12pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kete Media 2019

KEYWORDS: poetry poems prose literature verse Ray Caird New Zealand flax culture Maori weaving