GRIBBIN, G A

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 237pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking/damage to front & rear gutters, ownership ink markings/inscriptions to prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield (Printer) 1909

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BAXTER, CAPTAIN D R

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#332/500), imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, xv + 536pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light creasing to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing to spine & covers, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: South China Morning Post (Printer) 1966

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RAINE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ POET HELEN SHAW, octavo, blue/grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 67pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & sm pencil markings to pages throughout, ink & pencil writing to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Enitharmon Press 1977

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Kathleen Raine poems poetry verse literature

KAUFMANN, RANDALL & O'KEEFE, BRIAN (Photos) & STIDHAM, MIKE (Illus)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, black cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 415pp, illus/photos, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing to front, moderate chafing to rear, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Western Fisherman's Press 2000

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BERTRAM, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO 'HELLA' - FELLOW AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, green light card string bound covers- blind stamp patterned, black lettering to front cover, 39pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/bruising to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1971

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JOHNSON, LOUIS

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW (HELLA HOFMANN), FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 53pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1951

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BAXTER, JAMES K

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, single folded sheet pamphlet, VG (minor creasing, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

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KENDALL, GRAEME

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2016

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WOODWARD, BOB

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PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2006

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McKENZIE, OLIVE & McRAE, D G (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY PUBLISHERS, octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: McKenzie Family 1978

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MORRIS, Dr WILLIAM E

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PUBLISHER: William E Morris 1977

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HUNT, SAM

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PUBLISHER: Sam Hunt 1972

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MORRIS, WILLIAM E & GHOSE, AMAL (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: Tagore Institute of Creative Writing International 1981

KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature signed William E Morris

LELIC, SIMON

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2010

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GUILFOILE, KEVIN

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2010

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AYSON, WILLIAM

SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & lettering to front board, frontispiece, 109pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1937)

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HADDEN, O BRUCE & McGHEE, CHARLES N J (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO HOLOGRAPH SIGNED DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wairau Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history opthamology eye surgery surgeons healthcare signed O Bruce Hadden

BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L R (Drawings)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED ON TIPPED IN PLATE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders aviation history aviators Jean Batten autobiography autobiographies memoir signed

BENSON, W N & HOLLOWAY, J T

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY W N BENSON, super octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 24pp + folding map & plates to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & tanning to cover edges, moderate to heavy tearing to base of spine area, moderate creasing to page edges, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology landscapes geography rocks rock formations signed W N Benson J T Holloway Otago south island

FOX, JULIAN PEASE

SIGNED, octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J P F (N/D)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Julian Pease Fox literature