MCMILLAN,MARGARET; CRESSWELL,D'ARCY

first edition inscribed by the author to his own biographer Roderick Finlayson 160pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,slc.cocked) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: biography literature new zealand d'arcy cresswell roderick finlayson margaret mcmillan

BRATHWAITE,ERROL

first edition proof copy 255pp VERY GOOD- (in wrappers w.paper title label to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,chipping to spine,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies errol brathwaite

FAIRBURN,A.R.D.

first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed and stained)

PUBLISHER: lowry [printer] devonport 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand fairburn

MASON,BRUCE

first edition inscribed by author 109pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: new zealand university press wellington 1969

KEYWORDS: arts drama modern first edition literature new zealand bruce mason

SMITHYMAN,KENDRICK

first edition inscribed by author 238pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)

PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry kendrick smithyman

JOHNSON,MIKE

first edition proof copy in 12 gatherings printed in negative [white on black] (ink question mark to front cover of first gathering,publisher postcript states this print job has been aborted) unique item

PUBLISHER: hard echo press auckland 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies mike johnson

SARGESON,FRANK [ED.]

first edition signed by Frank Sargeson and Maurice Duggan 121pp GOOD (in wrappers,rear cover detached but present w.front cover barely attached,missing spine,rubbed and soiled/foxed,wear and chipping to extrems.,dealer's label to ffep,contents browned w.edgs sl.stained) also has signatures of Eric Lee Johnson,John Reece Cole,G.R.Gilbert

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1945

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand sargeson duggan signed

RAWLINSON,GLORIA

first edition inscribed by author [to Willow Macky] unpaginated VERY GOOD- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.few small tears,author's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed) scarce

PUBLISHER: unicorn press auckland 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry gloria rawlinson signed

O'BRIEN,GREGORY

second edition numbered/limited [5/8] signed by author 20pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,spine v.sl.sunned,author's sign.to numbered colophon)

PUBLISHER: animated figure 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand gregory o'brien

O'BRIEN,GREGORY

first edition unpaginated NEAR FINE (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: modern house auckland 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry gregory o'brien new zealand

O'BRIEN,GREGORY

first edition numbered/limited [7/75] signed by author and designer unpaginated ills.[col.by Tara McLeod] FINE (in wrappers,author and designer sign.to numbered colophon at rear,loosely inserted is a postcard from the author to Dennis McEldowney)

PUBLISHER: pear tree press auckland 1998

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature poetry modern first edition gregory o'brien

O'BRIEN,GREGORY

first edition numbered/limited [41/95] signed by author and illustrator unpaginated ills.[b/w by Brain Gregory] FINE in wrappers in original printed envelope

PUBLISHER: puriri press auckland 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand gregory o'brien

MCCARTEN,ANTHONY

2x first edition galley proof copies NEAR FINE (spiral bound galley proofs,v.sl.wear to extrems.) 2x versions of the novel

PUBLISHER: vintage [np] 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies new zealand anthony mccarten

THOMPSON,MERVYN

first edition inscribed by author 185pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (dk.grey cloth,author's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1980

KEYWORDS: biography autobiography mervyn thompson new zealand literature signed

MCCARTEN,ANTHONY

first edition proof copy 207pp FINE (in wrappers)

PUBLISHER: [np,nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies anthony mccarten

MCCARTEN,ANTHONY

first edition galley proof copy 381pp NEAR FINE (galley proofs in spiral binding,extrems.v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: vintage [np] 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies anthony mccarten

ROBINSON,DEREK

first edition 306pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,inscription to ffep whited-out,content edges sl.browned) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature derek robinson

SHAW,BERNARD; GIBBS,A.M.

first edition 554pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2005

KEYWORDS: biography literature bernard shaw gibbs

BURCHETT,WILFRED

first edition 785pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,fore-edge sl.soiled) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2005

KEYWORDS: journalism wilfred burchett literature biography

WILLIAMS,NIGEL

first edition 266pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's sign.to ffep,sl.mark to half-title) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: granta books london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nigel williams