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$10.00
xxehe91339

Allen Adair


MANDER, JANE & TURNER, DOROTHEA (Ed)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand literature novel fiction Jane Mander

$95.00
1b27a/19

The Quiet Earth


HARRISON, CRAIG

First edition thus (film tie-in), small octavo (paperback), illus light card covers, 232pp, VG- (moderate browning to page edgs, reading crease to front cover, v. slight bruising to spine base, owner' sname in ink to title page, v sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton / COronet 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition thus Craig Harrison New Zealand literature science fiction

$175.00
2f11b/19

Nga Moteatea / The Songs: Remnants Left Behind from Many Canoe Areas : Part IV


NGATA, A. T. (Ed) & MEAD, HIRINI MOKO (Trans)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, CD in rear & front pockets, this volume only, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, maroon eps, xviii + 380pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, small dent to rear lower board edge with sl cracking to cloth, light soiling to front board) in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to front cover, light soiling and rubbing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Sir Apirata AT Ngata Hirini Moko Mead New Zealand Maori songs verse waiata text in Maori and English parallel text literature culture

$27.50
1b46a/5

Selected Poems


HYDE, ROBIN & WEVERS, LYDIA (Ed)

First edition thus, octavo, patterned light blue light card covers, dark blue lettering to spine, xxi +104pp, VG (some fading to cover edges & spine, v light soiling to covers, owner's name to upper f.e.p., some tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: Robin Hyde Lydia Wevers New Zealand literature poetry poems first edition thus

$12.00
xxctj91848

The Wall of Night Book One: The Heir of Night


LOWE, HELEN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Orbit 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Helen Lowe New Zealand fiction literature novel

$10.00
xxctk91876

Among the Cinders


SHADBOLT, MAURICE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Shadbolt New Zealand fiction literature novel

$10.00
xxfnj92050

The Wall of Night, Book One: The Heir of Night


LOWE, HELEN

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Orbit 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Helen Lowe New Zealand fiction fantasy literature novel

$275.00
1w16a/29

Wild Pork and Watercress


CRUMP, BARRY & EVANS, MALCOLM (Illus)

SCARCE IN HARDCOVER & WITH DUST JACKET; First edition, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (some soiling, esp to rear, some creasing to edges, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Beckett Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: Barry Crump New Zealand literature humour

$30.00
1s8a/16

Anthology of New Zealand Literature


STAFFORD, JANE & WILLIAMS, MARK (Eds)

Small quarto, grey boards with black lettering to spine & front board, bue eps, xv + 1162pp, nr fine (small ding to base of spine) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poems anthology

$8.50
xxfnk92136

The Word Burners


FLETCHER, BERYL

NEW 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Spinifex Press 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Fletcher New Zealand literature fiction novel

$100.00
1t19c/76

Versions from Verlaine


CURRIE, ERNEST

Warmly inscribed & signed by author, loosely enclosed cutting of newspaper obituary of author by Denis Glover, also a copy of the author's personal ex-libris bookplate, and a single page holographic letter signed by the author. Super octavo, mottled orange boards with black lettering to front board & darker orange satyr head to front, 32pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & upper board edges, some foxing to page edges & less so to pages, one correction in ink) in d/w, G+ (heavy fading, some foxing, moderate creasing & nicks to edges, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, spine almost worn through)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Ernest Currie Paul Verlaine literature poetry poems signed New Zealand

$40.00
2d2a/35

Henwise - a poem sequence


OLIVER, STEPHEN & BARR, POLLY (cover illus)

First editoin, quarto, cream light card covers sewn with blue thread, 21pp, VG+ (slight tanning to edges) in blue light card covers with hen & mountains illus to front cover, VG (some browning to spine & peripheries)

PUBLISHER: Hawk Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Stephen Oliver

$10.00
xxseb92463

The Windsor Conspiracy


PONDER, MIKE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Bantam 2007

KEYWORDS: Specials Mike Ponder Literature Fiction Thriller New Zealand

$24.00
1g75a/12

Christopher Columbus: A Sequence of Poems


HART-SMITH, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, brown heavy card boards with white title label mounted to front board, sailing ship motif to title page, 61pp, VG (heavy foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning, light foxing, fading & wear to spine, 1cm nicks to corners & folds)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition William Hart Smith New Zealand literature poems poetry verse

$27.50
xxsef92667

Two Obscene Poems by James K. Baxter: With an Introduction by Max Harris


BAXTER, JAMES K.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mary Martin Books

KEYWORDS: Specials literature poetry New Zealand James K Baxter Max Harris

$50.00
2f51/15

162 Haiku: A Korean War Sequence


BERRY, ERNEST & KILBRIDE, JERRY

Signed by Ernest Berry, silver fern sellotaped to fep, octavo, illus red light card covers with yellow & black lettering, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to rear cover lower edge) in d/w, VG (some fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Post Pressed 2000

KEYWORDS: Ernest Berry signed Jerry Kilbride New Zealand Korean poetry literature haiku

$60.00
2g34a/10

Forbidden Gold


LAWSON, WILL

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 184pp, VG- (heavy fading to spine & front board peripheries, moderately heavy browning to page edges & eps, some browning to page peripheries, owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Oswald Sealy (n/d)

KEYWORDS: first edition Will Lawson New Zealand literature novel Cape Terawhiti

$12.50
xxsef92684

A. R. D. Fairburn,1904 - 1957: A Bibliography of his Published Work


JOHNSON, OLIVE

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: The University of Auckland 1958

KEYWORDS: specials ARD Fairburn Olive Johnson bibliography New Zealand literature

$9.50
xxseg92707

I Got His Blood On Me


PRATCHETT, LAWRENCE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Pratchett New Zealand fiction literature novel

$125.00
2g18a/22

The Land of the Lost: A Tale of the New Zealand Gum Country


SATCHELL, WILLIAM

True first edition (adverts at rear are dated 1901), octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, 310pp + 48pp book adverts, VG- (moderately heavy staining to boards & spine, moderately heavy browning to page edges & to eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1902 (adverts at rear are dated 1901)

KEYWORDS: first edition William Satchel New Zealand literature

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