Books - "signed"
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The Underwater Melon Man, and Other Unreasonable Rhymes
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR WITH EXTRA ILLUS HAND-DRAWN ON COPYRIGHT PAGE, CD LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Monkey Biz 1998
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Fane Flaws Arthur Baysting Peter Dasent verse literature rhymes
Against All Odds: The Dramatic Story of Escape from the Horrors of Nazi-Occupied Vienna to a Life in New Zealand
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)
PUBLISHER: David Ling 2020
KEYWORDS: signed Jillian Rothwell New Zealand nazi holocaust Jews Jewish communities
Beautiful World, Where Are You
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 367pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2021
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Sally Rooney fiction novels literature
The Tao of Tai-Chi Chuan (or Taj ji quan in Pinyin): Way to Rejuvenation
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FOURTH EDITION, super octavo, white buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red gilt lettering & gilt yin/yang illus to front board, xxviii + 272pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor faint highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: Tai Chi Foundation 1988
KEYWORDS: signed Tsung Hwa Jou tai chi tai-chi chuan Chinese philosophy wisdom
Will Ashton: The Life and Work of Artist Sir William Ashton
LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, beige cloth boards, white lettering to brown leather title plates to spine & front board, deckled page edges at base of page block, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 63pp, illus, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor adhesive staining to some pages) in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, bruising & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Legend Press 1961
KEYWORDS: signed limited first editions Will William Ashton art artists Australia Australian
Fighting Fins: Big Game Fishing in New Zealand Waters
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1961
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Neil Illingworth New Zealand hunting fishing big game hobbies
Pacific Game Fishing
FIRST EDITION, dated & warmly inscribed to Hans Christian Adamson (author & castaway survivor), and signed by author, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt fish illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 290pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing to spine & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to front & rear eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminalsoccasional patches of minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges & spine, moderate tanning/foxing/soiling, moderate pink staining to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Coward-McCann, Inc 1942
KEYWORDS: signed first editions pacific fishing hobbies angling game S Kip Farrington Jr
Second Nature: Peter Peryer, Fotografien, Neuseeland
TEXT IN GERMAN, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Edition Stemmle 1995
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art photography Peter Peryer New Zealand signed
Poyntzfield: The McKenzies of Lower Rangitikei
NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, heavy ink annotation to terminals, occasional patch of soiling to pages) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges- heavy surface loss & arvchival tape repairs, moderate generalised chafing, ink numerals to rear)
PUBLISHER: R J Knight 1975
KEYWORDS: signed Rob Knight New Zealand genealogy family history McKenzie Lower Rangitikei early settlers pioneers
Vivid: The Paul Hartigan Story
SIGNED BY PAUL HARTIGAN, imperial octavo, black cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, illus eps, frontispiece, 333pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: RF Books 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Paul Hartigan art artists biography New Zealand
Tapu
FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED (TWICE) BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, printed eps, x + 340pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping top edges- sl surface loss, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Sinclair-Stevenson 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Judt Corbalis New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Maori
Tales of Anna Hoffmann, Volume Three
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 262pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Batwing Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Anna Hoffmann autobiography autobiographies memoir
A Versatile Community: The History of the Settlers of Central Moutere
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 458pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: R G C McMurtry 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed George McMurtry early settlers pioneers Moutere history
Anton Mosimann: Life is a Circus, an Autobiography
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, lg quarto, black heavy boards, red lettering to front board, illus eps, 403pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Werd Verlag 2017
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Anton Mosimann celebrity chefs autobiography autobiographies memoir
Rata: In the Heart of the Rangitikei
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 305pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor crack to front gutter, photocopy of article tipped in to rear)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: signed Murray Haywood New Zealand history Rata Rangitikei articles stories anecdotes
Soul Music
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 286pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1994
KEYWORDS: signed modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature Terry Pratchett
Fishermen of Fiordland
SIGNED, super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, xii + 118pp, illus, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to rear cover edge, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Paul Powell Fiordland maritime fishing fishermen nautical
Station Country: Back-Country Life in New Zealand
SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1994
KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand rural life back-country stations
Woodwork: My First Seventy Years
SIGNED & DATED, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lynn Historical Woodworking Trust Inc 1992
KEYWORDS: hobbies woodwork carpentry Bob Lynn signed
The Science of Discworld II The Globe
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, INC. TERRY PRATCHETT, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 368pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edgessl crack to gutter at full title page) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light fading to rear, minor creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Terry Pratchett fantasy literature fiction Discworld novelettes