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$25.00
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Te Whariki: Reading Ten New Poets from Aotearoa


JACKSON, ANNA & MCNEILL, DOUGAL & SULLIVAN, ROBERT

Imperial 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 2025

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature amy marguerite tru paraha sam duckor-jones robert sullivan tayi tibble robert sullivan anna jackson dougal mcneill mark masterson stephanie burt rebecca hawkes essa may ranapiri dani yourukova chris tse oscar upperton sophie van waardenberg joanna cho brigid quirke ruby solly robin peters nafanua purcell kersel david eggleton

$60.00
3c3/27

Guide to Napier


N/A

Octavo, stapled brown illus light card wrappers, 18pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minot tanning to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The hawke's Bay Motor Co 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand old travel brochures Napier literature guides historical

$245.00
3c3/30

Day and Night: Poems 1924-1934


BETHELL, MARY URSULA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO G A HORSMAN, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minro staining to front & rear eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (top section of spine missing, minor loss to base of spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling, heavy ink annotation to flaps- by G A Horsman)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed poetry poems verse literature poets writers Mary Ursual Bethell

$70.00
3c3/53

The Parihaka Story


SCOTT, DICK

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori

$47.50
3c2/5

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Milton Collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand: Describing Works Printed Before 1801 Held in the Library at December 1975


COLERIDGE, K A (Compiled by)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 536pp + facsimile prints to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: literature collections literary John Milton Alexander Turnbull Library bibliography catalogue New Zealand

$90.00
3c1/9

Short Back & Sideways: Poems & Prose


TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 48pp, VG+ (light tanning to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets literature Hone Tuwhare poems prose poetry verse first editions

$10.00
xxfne220835

Bidibidi


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

$13.50
xxfod220841

Jospeh's Boat


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

$12.50
xxfod220844

The Witch's Thorn


PARK, RUTH

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: Angus and Robertson 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

$9.00
xxfwd220902

If I Don't, Who Will?


SCOTT, MARY

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: Hutchinson 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature

$10.00
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Sun Stream


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

$20.00
xxeef220976

Krystyna's Story


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

$10.00
xxeje221030

1917: Machines of War [Kiwis at War]


FALKNER, BRIAN

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: Scholastic 2017

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

$200.00
3c1/20

The Wild West of New Zealand: A Summer Cruise in the Rosa


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

$40.00
3d5/9

Angel Gear: On the Road With Sam Hunt


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

$75.00
3d4/11

Journalese (First Edition)


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

$40.00
3d2/19

No Ordinary Sun


TUWHARE, HONE

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR PETER ENTWISLE, octavo, illus yellow light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 42pp, VG (minor tanning & foxing to spine, light tanning & rubbing to cover edges, minor scuffing to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackwood and Janet Paul 1965

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

$15.00
xx116pol221207

Beginnings: New Zealand Writers Tell How They Began Writing


DUDDING, ROBIN (Intro & Notes)

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: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary profiles writers authors writing

$35.00
xx116pol221213

Home is an Island: A Writer's Tribute to the Islands of Aotearoa New Zealand


PEAT, NEVILLE

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: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand appreciation islands literature prose Neville Peat

$37.50
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The Long Forgetting: Post-Colonial Literary Culture in New Zealand


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

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