LAFARGUE, PAUL & KERR, CHARLES H.

Duodecimo, grey stapled light card wrappers, 62pp, tatty (covers completely detached but present, moderate creasing/chipping & soiling to covers, moderate tanning to pages, prev. ownership ink stamp to title page, pgs 8-9 missing)

PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kerr & Company N/D (c.1900)

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy Paul Lafargue

GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafin g& soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo legends Maui children's literature modern first edition

BACON, R. L. & MATCHITT, PARA (Illus)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white cloth spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & curling/chipping to edges & corners, price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori children's literature R L Bacon

WILSON, PHILLIP

OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history

IHIMAERA, WITI & MAKERETI, TINA (Eds)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand writers authors literature collection anthology short stories novel excerpts

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 28pp, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors poets writers poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature first edition

BISHOP, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, folio, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 65pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, 1mm chip to base of front board)

PUBLISHER: Puffin 2017

KEYWORDS: children's literature New Zealand ancient history antiquity illustrated Aotearoa Maori pakeha exploration first edition

LURKER, MANFRED

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, SINGLE VOLUME EDITION, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 695pp, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling to page edges, sl creasing to top page edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Heitz GmbH 1968

KEYWORDS: bibliography literature

BAISSETTE, GASTON

TEXT IN FRENCH, REBOUND, octavo, marbled red half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled eps, 273pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, heavy cracking to hinges/gutters, moderate chafing to leather, light to moderate tanning to page edges, lengthy inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Editions Bernard Grasset 1931

KEYWORDS: text in French Hippocrate literature

BAISSETTE, GASTON

TEXT IN FRENCH, REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 398pp, VG (light to moderate tanning to pages, moderate cracking to gutters- some pgs loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Les Editeurs Francais Reunis 1956

KEYWORDS: text in French literature Gaston Baissette full leather bindings

KOLLER, ANGELIKA & BELLIS, WILLIAM W. (Trans)

Imperial octavo, pink cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate & gilt rule to front board, illus eps, 141pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board)

PUBLISHER: arsEdition 1994

KEYWORDS: Berta Hummel illustrated children's literature artist biography memoir

BAISSETTE, GASTON

TEXT IN FRENCH, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white heavy boards, nlack lettering & green rule to spine, 314pp, VG (light tanning & bruising to board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Julliard 1968

KEYWORDS: text in French signed literature Gaston Baissette

BAISSETTE, GASTON

LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED TWO INVITATION CARDS, ONE WITH HANDWRITING OF THE AUTHOR, octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering & green rule to spine, 207pp, VG+ (sl tanning to board edges, sl scuffing/bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to top page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss & tape repairs to any closed tearing, light tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Julliard 1966

KEYWORDS: text in French signed literature Gaston Baissette

BAISSETTE, GASTON

TEXT IN FRENCH, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#185), INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to lower spine extrem, top corners of occasional page removed)

PUBLISHER: Les Arcades 1974

KEYWORDS: text in French literature poems poetry verse collection Gaston Baissette numbered limited editions signed

HAMON, REI

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, ALONG WITH TWO POSTCARDS OF HIS ART ALSO DATED & SIGNED, duodecimo, cream stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, some light foxing to rear of postcards)

PUBLISHER: Thames Star N/D (c.1973)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists writers Rei Hamon Maori poems verse literature signed

JAMES, CLIVE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 280pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate discolouration to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: Clive James media journalism journalists humour literature tv television entertainment criticism first edition

ZINOVIEV, G.

Sm octavo, orange stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, 70pp, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with moderate discolouration & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, heavy rusting to staples, prev. ownership ink stamps to fep)

PUBLISHER: Communist Party of Gt. Britain 1925

KEYWORDS: politics political social science Russia communism G Zinoviev philosophy literature writings

DUDER, TESSA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Tessa Duder New Zealand writers authors

CAMI

REBOUND, TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo hardcover (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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: Editions Baudiniere 1929

KEYWORDS: text in French literature Cami

BAISSETTE, GASTON

HALF LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED EPS, TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo hardcover (VG) front hinge/gutter moderately cracked; 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: Editions Bernard Grasset 1945

KEYWORDS: text in French literature Gaston Baissette