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$24.50
xxscm88954

The Jubilee Book of Canterbury Rhymes


ALPERS, O. T. J. (Ed)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1900

KEYWORDS: specials OTJ Alpers New Zealand Canterbury literature poetry poems rhymes anthology

$32.50
xxscn88990

A Century of Art in Otago: Being a Survey of the Work of Otago's Painters, Writers and Musicians


TOMBS, H. H. (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-, loss to spine); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harry H. Tombs (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials HH Harry H Tombs New Zealand Otago art painting writing literature music biography biographies history

$75.00
1t4a/45

Zero Inn: A Play in Three Acts


MASON, BRUCE

Uncommon first edition, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers with black lettering, 96pp, VG (light tanning to covers & page edges, light stain to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Theatre Federation 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Bruce Mason New Zealand literature drama play theatre

$125.00
1t4a/48

The Anzac Book: Written and Illustrated in Gallipoli by The Men of Anzac


For the Benefit of Patriotic Funds connected with the A&NZAC

BEAN, C. E. W. (Ed)

Pencilled ownership name of AE Ward (an AE Ward was Captain (Adjutant) of 5th Battalion (Territorial) at Gallipoli but was listed as missing presumed killed), Trojan War article attributed to Arthur Adams, large quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blue lettering to front board, mounted illus by David Barker Gallipoli 1915 to front board, frontispiece, xv + 170pp, illus + 12 full-page plates + folding map, VG (large internal closed tear to illus at page 164 without loss of illus, heavy browning to page edges & to prelims & terminals, lighter browning elsewhere, some sellotape-residue staining to eps, some foxing, occasional light creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: Anzac Army Corps Gallipoli WW1 Australian New Zealand literature short stories poems poetry art drawings articles

$85.00
1t4b/12

A Preliminary Bibliography of Works by and About James K Baxter


WEIR, J. E. & LYON, BARBARA A. (Eds)

Scarce, octavo, brown light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, 170pp, VG (light fading to covers & spine, light creasing to front cover corners, owner's name in ink to f.e.p., light foxing to f.e.p. & page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1979

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter Father JE Weir Barbara A Lyon New Zealand literature bibliography

$15.00
xxaxe89213

No Lasting City


KERINS, GORDON

First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Kerins New Zealand literature fiction novel first edition

$20.00
xxscs89300

The Ships


BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

$20.00
xxscs89302

Our House


BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

$20.00
xxscs89303

Rain


BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

$40.00
1t4c/4

The Reservoir: Stories & Sketches / Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies


FRAME, JANET

First edition two-volume set in slipcase, octavo, cream cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 182pp + 182pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), VG+ (some browning to spines & v slight browning to board edges) in d/w, VG (5cm of upper spine missing in vol 2, some light creasing) in slipcase, VG- (some rubbing & soiling, ding to upper corner)

PUBLISHER: George Braziller 1963

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame New Zealand literature short stories

$30.00
xxbhe89332

Te Ao Marama: Contemporary Maori Writing: Volume 1 Te Whakahuatanga o te Ao / Reflections of Reality


IHIMAERA, WITI (Ed)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Reed 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Witi Ihimaera New Zealand literature short stories Hone Tuwhare Mihi Edwards June Mitchell Hemi Henare Tom Poata Amy Brown JC Sturm

$35.00
xxcvc89615

The Purple Twilight


DURNEY, PETER

first edition, softcover super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Rimu Publications 1999

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Peter Durney novel literature fiction new zealand

$12.00
xxcvc89623

The Irish Annals of New Zealand


O'LEARY, MICHAEL

Inscribed and signed by author, softcover 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 cost

PUBLISHER: E. S. A. W. Seacliff 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Michael O'Leary New Zealand literature poetry art signed

$50.00
1t5a/32

The Lagoon and Other Stories


FRAME, JANET

Small octavo, red/green mottled boards with gilt lettering to spine, 123pp, VG (light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, inscription in ink to fep, some tanning to eps) in d/w, Vg (price clipped, moderate tanning, creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame New Zealand literature short stories

$10.00
xxscx89805

The Vintner's Luck


KNOX, ELIZABETH

softcover octavo (nr 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: Victoria University 1999

KEYWORDS: Elizabeth Knox specials fiction novel literature new zealand

$17.50
xxkda90068

Hey Boy!


HILL, JANE & BERNIE

Quarto 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: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: specials Jane Bernie Hill New Zealand children's literature

$9.50
xxsdd90453

The Haunting


MAHY, MARGARET

Paperback (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: Magnet 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Margaret Mahy New Zealand fiction children's literature

$45.00
2g24a/6

Beyond the Breakwater: Stories 1948-1998


MIDDLETON, O. E. & JONES, LAWRENCE (Ed)

First edition thus, scarce signed, octavo, blue-grey heavy card boards with white lettering, 367pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories OE Middleton signed

$75.00
1u31/34

The Big Game and Other Stories


GASKELL, A. P.

First edition, scarce in hardcover in dustjacket, burnt orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 142pp, VG (light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep,) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & to flap folds, some tanning & foxing, light nicks & bruising to spine extrems & corners)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1947

KEYWORDS: AP Gaskell New Zealand literature short stories first edition

$30.00
xxsdl91153

I Play the Mermaid Song: The Autobiography of a Dead Transvestite


HALES, SEBASTIAN

Octavo softcover (nr 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sebastian Hales 2011

KEYWORDS: specials Sebastian Hales New Zealand literature

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