CIORAN, E M & ZARIFOPOL-JOHNSTON, ILINCA (trans & intro)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and black lettering to spine, illus title page, XXI + 128pp, VG+ (light wrinkling to front wrapper, sl tanning to rerar wrapper, minor pencil markings to margins/underlining

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago press 1992

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy E M Cioran

WISH, K

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG+ (photos availabel on request)

PUBLISHER: K Wish 2023

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy signed literature novel fiction adult K Wish

BAILEY, TESSA

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR TIPPED IN, octavo, illus light card wrappers, green, pink, white and green lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Avon 2024

KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions signed Tessa Bailey literature fiction novel

VICTORIA, EMILY

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, octavo, gilt red decoration to front board, gilt red lettering to spine, red staining to all page edges, illus/maps, Near FINE in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature science fiction fantasy novel

BOVALINO, TORI

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, cyan staining to all page edges, marbled eps, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Titan 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed science fiction fantasy novel literature Tori Bovalino

MAY, FRANCESCA

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, NUMBERED, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Orbit 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited numbered signed Francesca May science fiction fantasy literature novel

PALENSKI, RON (Compiled by)

Uncommon very tidy ex library, octavo, illus light card wrappers- stiffened, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (missing front fep, large crack to front gutter- photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame 2013

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature rugby New Zealand sports

JACOBS, W W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, blind stamped lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine, VG- (heavy discolouration & soiling to spine, minor bruising to extrems, light chipping to spine extrems, minor soiling to boards, light foxing to eps, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, minor foxing & soiling to pages throughout, single library stamp- no others detected, ffep possibly missing)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1903

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel W W Jacobs

PRICE, CHRIS & FOSTER, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to front board, stamped black lettering to green cloth spine, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature illustrated Chris Price Bruce Foster

ZAHABI, REBECCA

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow and orange staining to all page edges, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE (loose protective cover)

PUBLISHER: Gollancz & Goldsboro Books 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited numbered signed science fiction literature fantasy novel Rebecca Zahabi

STONE, LEIA

SPECIAL EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, purple-pink illus heavy boards, rose gold gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus page edges, illus, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Arcane Society 2014

KEYWORDS: special edition signed illustrated fantasy science fiction novel literature Leia Stone

CLARK, C L

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering and illus to front board and spine, red staining to all page edges, illus/map, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Orbit 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed C L Clark fantasy science fiction novel literature

FORNA, NAMINA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt decoration to front board, green gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Namina Forna fanasty literature novels fiction children's

BRACKEN, ALEXANDRA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, AUTHOR'S 'POSTCARD' LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed fantasy literature Alexandra Bracken science fiction novel

HAMM, EMMA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGE, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt decoration to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Bookish Box 2021

KEYWORDS: Signed Emma Hamm fantasy novels fiction literature

WOLF, SARA

FIRST EDITION, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGES, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illus, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fantasy literature Sara Wolf novel

STEIN, GERTRUDE & DYDO, ULLA E & RICE, WILLIAM

Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to grey spine, illus/photos, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request) Ownership of NZ art Curator Ron Brownson

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Gertrude Stein biography critical literature

BAXTER, JAMES & DOESBURG, INGE (Solar Plate, Etching & Woodblock) & HOLMES, JOHN (Text Print) & GUBBINS, CATHERINE (Binding)

#12 of 85, SIGNED COPY, folio, pink triple fold boards with red cloth spine, black lettering to title plate on front board, beautiful scripted James Baxter poem inserted to central board, flanked by 2x illustrations with embossed blind stamp text & patterns to head & base inserts, all inserts printed on 230gsm paper, with tissue guard to centre, Near FINE (sl fading to red cloth spine)

PUBLISHER: The Bibliography Room, University of Otago, Dunedin 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa literature art James Baxter signed special limited numbered editions poetry verse poems

OLDS, PETER (Poems) & MADILL, KATHRYN (Images)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES, folio, light grey light card wrappers, red artistic lettering & yellow decoration to front wrapper, deckled page edges, Wayzgoose sheet loosely enclosed, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light staining to rear wrapper, sl colour bleed-through from illus recto to Black poem, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otakou Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa art literature poems poetry verse Peter Olds Kathryn Madill first editions signed

BATESON, F W (Ed) & WATSON, GEORGE (Ed)

HEAVY (6.7kgs) 5 VOL SET, ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained brown/black, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spines, moderate cracking to rear spine hinge of vol 1, minor bruising & scuffing to board extrems of all vols, moderate chafing/scuffing to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters of each vol, occasional foxing to prelims, occasional sl closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940-57

KEYWORDS: English literature bibliography bibliographies history historical