CAMPION, SARAH (ALPERS, MARY ROSE / ALPERS, SARAH)

SCARCE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream light card covers, blue lettering to spine (mis-aligned) & covers, illus inside covers, unpaginated prelims + 215pp, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, moderate creasing/curling to cover edges, moderate annotation in ink & pencil to rear cover, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, front cover partially detached, some minor markings in ink to margins)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1942

KEYWORDS: modern first editions uncorrected proof copies Sarah Campion Mary Rose Alpers Burdekin trilogy novels fiction literature

RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

TE HURINUI, PEI

Octavo, green illus stapled light card covers, black lettering & illus/decoration to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to cover edges, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate separation of gutters at staples, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl, Printer N/D (c.1945)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature Pei Te Hurinui history historical

LAYMAN, JOHN & MACCHIO, RALPH (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Marvel Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: marvel comics comic books graphic novels literature zombies evil dead army of darkness modern first editions

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to spine, vii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history bookplates ex libris society Auckland

THWAITES, IAN

Loosely enclosed signed single page holograph letter from author to fellow historian Kay Boese, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature history Auckland Museum historic buildings culture Ian Thwaites

IHAKA, KINGI M (Adapted by) & FRIZZELL, DICK (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, oblong octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & boards, sl cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Christmas Xmas children's literature picture books modern first editions illustrated

DANKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM (Revised & Ed)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxxix + 1108pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, spine warped, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, light creasing to half title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Greek English lexicons dictionaries language biblical new testament Christian literature Christianity

CHIRNSIDE, ANGUS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 326pp, VG (moderate scuffing to covers, light creasing to edges of covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus Chirnside N/D

KEYWORDS: signed Angus Gus Chirnside literature novels fiction

WILSON, Mrs ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, teal buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 322pp, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to reverse of frontispiece, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor annotation to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1894

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journals writing literature Mrs Robert Wilson first editions

MEADE, Lieut The Hon HERBERT

SECOND EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - ownership bookplate of Rev Sidney Meade, brother of the author & of the editor of the book, with folding map to pg170, frontispiece features naked Maori maidens bathing - an image which isn't always present, super octavo, green half leatherbound buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 375pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light wrinkling to buckram on rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, sm ownership ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1871

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature association copies south seas islands heritage culture

REED, A W & PATERSON, A S (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing/tanning to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1950)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folklore lore tales myths legends illustrated children's literature Maui spirituality

TINNE, J ERNEST

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to front board, folding map frontispiece, unpaginatd prelims + 124pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature north island exploration

SWIFT, JONATHAN (& ANONYMOUS)

A very scarce forged illegitimate third volume of Gulliver's Travels, issued in 1727, octavo, brown leather boards, remnants of gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt rule/borders to boards, decorative blind stamp to board edges, (14) + 159pp, vignette to prelims, decorated headers at begininning of new chapter pages, G (boards & ffep completely detached but present, spine heavily crackled with severe rubbing & heavy surface loss, heavy scuffing to boards & board edges with age appropriate discolouration, heavy tanning & moderate soiling/staining to page edges, level of internal tanning & markings at level expected of books this age but text block still very clear, multiple prev. owners' names in ink to prelim pgs- historical)

PUBLISHER: LONDON: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXVII. (1727)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books collectables collectibles Jonathan Swift forgeries forged copies literature adventure Gulliver's Travels leather bindings novels fantasy classics

PAYTON, E W

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 368pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, smatterings of moderate foxing throughout, sporadic cracking to gutters, sm ink stamp to back page, 2cm closed tear & light to moderate foxing to folding map at rear)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature E W Payton first editions

REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER

Octavo, nicely rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling & raised bands to spine, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xv + 430pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board & spine extrems, minor soiling & chafing to leatherwork, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 2cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature heritage William Pember Reeves

CLYDE, CONSTANCE & MULGAN, ALAN E

A LOVELY COPY! Quarto, maroon light card covers, illus plate to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, unpaginated prelims, 58pp + catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to cover edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's ink stamp to reverse of frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture heritage customs history historical travel writing literature

N/A

Octavo, red cloth stiff card covers, black lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, printed eps, unpaginated illus prelims + 194pp + memoranda to rear, VG+ (sl fraying to cover edges, prev. owner's sm ex-libris plate to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical tourist travel writing literature guides history

HUPPAUF, BERND (Ed) & WULF, CHRISTOPH (Ed)

Super octavo, blue glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiii + 372pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2009

KEYWORDS: image philosophy imagination literature psychology art

NELSON, VICTORIA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xiv + 350pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism scifi science fiction puppets supernatural Victoria Nelson