BISHOP, GAVIN

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: children's fiction picture book colour illustrations New Zealand literature

MACDONALD. CAROLINE & GASKIN, CHRIS (illus.)

FIRST EDITION imperial 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1988

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand children's picture books colour illustrations fiction literature

PARK, RUTH

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PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

SCOTT, MARY

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

GREEN, PAULA

First Edition Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry literature

OGONOWSKA-COATES, HALINA

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: Bridget Williams Books 1992

KEYWORDS: Polish New Zealand historical fiction literature

FALKNER, BRIAN

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PUBLISHER: Scholastic 2017

KEYWORDS: children's historical fiction literature world war one New Zealand

PAULIN, ROBERT

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to front board, frontispiece, viii + 121pp, G+ (bottom half of spine partially detached & flapping loose, moderate to heavy chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership embossed to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- tape reinforcement to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to verso of half title page, top corner of title page missing [text affected] with repairs, numerous tears with tape repairs to pages throughout, prev. owner's minor ink markings sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, large crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Thoburn & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel literature Robert Paulin south west

HOGG, COLIN

SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, imperial octavo, turquoise heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 'ghost' lettering from Sam Hunt's signature to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Sam Hunt Colin Hogg biography literature poems poetry verse

HYDE, ROBIN

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 230pp, VG- (moderate discolouration to spine, light to moderate scuffing & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate foxing/staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss with archival tape repair to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, adhesive label to spine)

PUBLISHER: The National Printing Company 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Robin Hyde journalism opinion

DUDDING, ROBIN (Intro & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary profiles writers authors writing

PEAT, NEVILLE

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PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand appreciation islands literature prose Neville Peat

EVANS, PATRICK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED (TWICE) BY THE 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand post-colonial history literature literary culture Patrick Evans signed

SIMPSON, TONY

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PUBLISHER: Blythswood Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa literature literary essays collection anthologies Tony Simpson social commentary

TIBBLE, TAYI

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 of Wellington Press 2021

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers poets authors literature poetry verse Tayi Tibble poems

STEAD, C K (Selected by) & GIFKINS, MICHAEL (Selected by)

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: Department of English, University of Auckland 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand short fiction poetry poems verse literature anthologies collections

N/A

Ex-library- stiffened boards utillizing original cover, octavo, black hand-written lettering to spine, marbled eps, large folding map to prelims- tidy, 20pp + 18pp ads to rear, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & foxing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Langbridge & Edgcumbe 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical travel literature guides Rotomahana Taupo hot lakes thermal pools

EGGLETON, DAVID

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 313pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, prev. bookseller's label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: signed David Eggleton New Zealand poets writers authors literature poetry poems verse

LYNCH, JENNY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2025

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Jenny Lynch short stories fiction

FRAME, JANET

Octavo, green cloth boards, blue & white lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to egdes, light fading to spine, moderate chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Brazillier 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Janet Frame