Books - "new zealand"
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Daughter Buffalo
first US edition inscribed and signed by author 212pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's name to front pastedown,author's inscr.to ffep - for Rose Marie & John from Janet - eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1972]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Adaptable Man
first NZ edition inscribed and signed by author 270pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep - to Rose Marie & John from Janet - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Carpathians
first edition inscribed and signed by the author 196pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title page - for Robin & Rosemary Gordon with best regards & many thanks for answering ill-timed phone calls on the nature & behaviour of fowl, wild & tame, from Janet, the goose woman, Shannon, January 1989 - content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) Janet Frame kep geese and her last book [published posthumously] was named by her 'The Goose Bath Poems'
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed
The Pocket Mirror
first edition inscribed and signed by author 121pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John with best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: w.h.allen london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature janet frame new zealand signed poetry
Owls Do Cry
first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Reservoir / Snowman Snowman [2 books]
first edition 2 vols.inscribed and signed by author 182/182pp NEAR FINE (cream cloth,spines v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep both vols. - John, best wishes from Janet Frame ) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ slipcase (ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: george braziller new york [1963]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed
The Passionate Puritan
first colonial edition inscribed and signed by author 308pp VERY GOOD- (brown cloth w.ochre dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed for Warwick Lawrence Jane Mander - colonial edition stamp to copyright page,spine cracked but solid)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london new york 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jane mander new zealand signed
Poems (1921-1927)
first edition [fromt the collection of Ian Donnelly] 78pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown [Donnelly],eps and untrimmed content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.) extremely rare dustwrapper particularly in this condition
PUBLISHER: wells gardner darton london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry walter d'arcy cresswell donnelly
Nga Waka Maori Maori Canoes
Oblong octavo softcover (VG+)
PUBLISHER: macmillan auckland 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history canoe nga waka nelson
New Zealand at War
first edition 351pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled edges,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm tear to foot of lower hinge)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand history kenneth hancock military
Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica
third edition 247pp VERY GOOD+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: random century auckland 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand birds ornithology antarctica natural history
Broadsheet Been Around for Quite a While
ex-lib.first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (in glossy wrappers,covers have been clear sealed,mod.rubbed and soiled,usual lib.stamps and labels,content edges sl.soiled/stained)
PUBLISHER: new women's press auckland 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand history feminism broadhseet rosier
Nga Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi A New Zealand Archaeology in Aerial Photographs
first edition 294pp ills.[b/w and col.] imperial octavo softcover VG (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled, creasing)
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand archaeology photography jones
Denis Glover
first edition [New Zealand Writers and their Work] 55pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography new zealand denis glover thomson
Men of God
first edition 125pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand denis glover
Verses Or Hawk Or Basilisk
first edition unpaginated VG- (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled, insect damage to extrems of front cover)
PUBLISHER: catspaw press wellington [1978]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denis glover new zealand
Diary to a Woman
first edition numbered/limited [19/750] signed by author unpaginated VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's sign.to numbered colophon on front flap)
PUBLISHER: cats-paw press wellington 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed denis glover
Bruce Mason
first edition inscribed and signed by Bruce Mason 53pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.and sign.of Mason to title page)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature arts biography mason mcnaughton signed
Solo The End of the Golden Weather / To Russia, with Love / Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes / Courting Blackbird
first edition thus signed by author 234pp FINE (black cloth,author's sign.to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wrinkle to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature arts signed bruce mason
A Touch of Clay
first edition proof copy 190pp VERY GOOD (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.ink price to front cover,mod.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand proof copies maurice shadbolt