PARHAM, W T

SIGNED, scruffy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 221pp, illus, G+ (usual librray markings/pockets, v heavy scruffing & rubbing to spine & board edges- surface loss, heavy tape staining/residue to board edges, other more minor markings to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & tape staining to eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, binding sloppy) in d/w, G (considerable closed tearing to front hinge/fold, moderate fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, heavy folding/creasing to flaps, heavy water stain to rear flap & cover, moderate soiling, failed attempts at tape repairs to internal sides, long ink inscription in ink to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: signed biography biographies memoir Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky 19th nineteenth century explorers exploration south America history

CRICK, FRANCIS

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 317pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1994

KEYWORDS: signed first editions science research soul spirituality psychology brain activity neurology

SMITH, ALEXANDER McCALL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, viii + 137pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine, prev. owner's initials in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: signed Alexander McCall Smith literature

SNOW, DAVID & CHISHOLM, A H & SOPER, M F

LIMITED NUMBERED (#219) SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN FULL LEATHER BINDING, WITH SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT THE FLEDGLING OWL LOOSELY ENC. AT REAR. Elephant folio, brown leather binding, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, aeg, illus eps, absolutely stunning frontispiece, 142pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to edges of eps & gutters, minor foxing to prelims, minor creasing & tanning to edges of loosely enclosed plate of The Fledgling Owl but still very presentable & tidy) in slipcase, VG (light to moderate soiling & foxing, minor rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Collins: The Tryon Gallery 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Raymond Ching signed limited special editions numbered birds ornithological water colours pencil drawings leather bindings

PORT (WAIORA), RAMARI VIOLA

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A SINGLE SHEET HOLOGRAPH PERSONAL SIGNED & DATED NOTE TIPPED IN, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, iii + (5) + 209pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional ink markings- v minor)

PUBLISHER: Te Whare Wananga o Tamaki Makaurau / University of Auckland 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand University of Auckland signed Ramaria Viola Port thesis Maori disabilities disability clubfoot health

BARNETT, GERALD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, oblong super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 124pp, illus, VG (light tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Random Century New Zealand 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Toss Woollaston signed

SUMMERS, JOHN

OWNERSHIP SYMBOL ON FEP OF HELEN SHAW, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, faded black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/rubbing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pisces Print 1982

KEYWORDS: association copies Helen Shaw signed John Summers New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature first editions

O'ROURKE, MARIS

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: signed Maris O'Rourke New Zealand Zealanders autobiography autobiographies memoir Maris O'Rourke

HARRISON, NOEL

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY SIR GRAHAM LATIMER, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xi + 228pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Huia 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Maori Sir Graham Latimer politics government biography signed biographies memoir

HAMBLETT, CHARLES

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN PENCIL, sm octavo, mauve heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine- faded, frontispiece, 32pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light foxing to eps, light soiling & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Fortune Press 1946

KEYWORDS: signed first editions literature poetry poems verse Charles Hamblett

McMILLAN, KAREN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (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: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: signed Karen McMillan New Zealand writers authors novels historical romance fiction literature

REED, A H

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, 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: A H & A W Reed 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions signed A H Reed New Zealand history Great Barrier Island

ROBINSON, VIVIANE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus white boards, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 276pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine, minor tanning & soiling to boards, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light crack to gutter of title page)

PUBLISHER: Pergamon Press 1993

KEYWORDS: signed Viviane Robinson research methods methodology academic

CHUN, MALCOLM NAEA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xix + 72pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, sl water staining to base of front & rear gutters, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling, heavy creasing & chipping.closed tearing to egdes)

PUBLISHER: The Bess Press 1986

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Hawaii Hawai'i medicine health history chants culture

GIBSON, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to teal spine, blind stamp lettering front board, unpaginated prelims + 356pp, VG+ (sl fading/tanning to board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, minor tanning & soiling to flaps)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed William Gibson literature novels fiction

RUSHDIE, SALMAN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, charcoal grey boards, gilt lettering to balck cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 575pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Salman Rushdie novels fiction literature

DESMOND, PIP

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, pink & white lettering to spine, 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & chafing to covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2009

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Pip Desmond New Zealand gangs organised organized crime women Aroha Trust

VIDAL, GORE & KAPLAN, FRED (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp initials to front board, deckled page fore-edges, xxx + 988pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling with minor label residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: signed Gore Vidal literature essays

MORTON, TEX & SPITTLE, GORDON (Intro)

SIGNED BY GORDON SPITTLE & TEX MORTON, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: GWS Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment Tex Morton signed autobiography biography memoir

ALLAN, ROSETTA

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo softcover (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: Boheme Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature signed Rosetta Allan poetry poems verse