ASHTON-WARNER,SYLVIA

first edition inscribed by author to publisher G.W.Moore 242pp VERY GOOD+ (blue paper boards w.olive cloth spine,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,author's dated inscr.to ffep - To Bill from Sylvie March 25.59 - content edges v.sl.foxed/browned) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.) association copy - inscribed by author to publisher G.W.Moore

PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand sylvia ashton-warner signed

ASHTON-WARNER,SYLVIA

first edition inscribed by author to NZ playwright Bruce Mason 312pp VERY GOOD+ (white paper boards w.cerise patterned cloth spine,sl.soiling to content edges,author's inscr.to ffep - To Bruce for coming to see me in spite of having read this book. Sylvia February 12.61. Tauranga - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.) from the library of NZ playwright Bruce Mason

PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed sylvia ashton-warner bruce mason

REED,A.W.; HAYWARD,RUDALL C.

first edition signed by Rudall Hayward and Ramai Te Miha 175pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep [Isobel Andrews - playwright, author and wife of E.Stanhope Andrews, founding director of the National Film Unit],prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sign.of Rudall Hayward [film maker, writer, and director] to half-title w.1971 date in ink below,sign of Ramai Te Miha [main star of film] to b/w frontis.portrait also w.1971 date in ink below,content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD dustwrapper (tatty,rubbed and soiled w.stain to front cover,3cm loss to head of spine w.3x2cm loss to foot,wear and chipping to extrems.w.creasing) unique association copy

PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand film signed reed rudall hayward ramai te miha

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed by author [Dorothy Neal White's copy] 192pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.and author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

USHER,LEN

first edition inscribed by author 224pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim.) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: fiji times suva 1992

KEYWORDS: history literature len usher fiji signed

USHER,LEN

first edition paperback inscribed by the author 224pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's warm inscr.to title page)

PUBLISHER: fiji times suva 1992

KEYWORDS: len usher fiji literature history signed

GOSS,PETE

first edition 282pp ills.[col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,owner's bookplate to half-title,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: headline london 1998

KEYWORDS: nautical history travel signed pete goss

KIDD,MARY

first edition inscribed by author 178pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's bookplate to inside of front cover,author's inscr.to title page)

PUBLISHER: bays press [printer] auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed mary kidd

HOROBIN,GILBERT

first edition inscribed by author 64pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,v.sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep)

PUBLISHER: anglo-hellenic publishing greece [1974]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry gilbert horobin signed

WILDING,MICHAEL

first edition 147pp NEAR FINE (blue cloth,author's inscr.to title page,content edges sl.browned) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature michael wilding signed

MIDDLETON,O.E.

first edition inscribed by author 108pp VERY GOOD (in paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping to spine,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's inscr.to ffep verso,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: pilgrim press auckland 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition middleton signed

SYMONDS,JOHN

first edition numbered/limited [8/450] signed by author 206pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,author's sign.to numbered colophon at rear,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: pindar press london 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john symonds signed

MILLEN,JULIA

first edition signed by author 160pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,author's sign.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1984

KEYWORDS: new zealand history julia millen signed

GINN,NOEL; MILLAR,PAUL [ED.]

first edition signed by author 96pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: steele roberts wellington 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature noel ginn signed new zealand

MEDLEY,J.D.G.

first edition inscribed by author 48pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (pale yellow paper boards,sl.soiled,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: melbourne university press melbourne 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry medley signed

ROSEVEAR,WATSON

first edition numbered/limited [84/150] signed by author and Bishop of Waiapu 280pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,ink mark to ffep,author/Bishop's signs.to numbered colophon) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade hamilton 1960

KEYWORDS: geography history watson rosevear waiapu signed new zealand

WAKEFIELD,EDWARD GIBBON; HARROP,A.J.

first edition numbered [104] signed by author 253pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,numbered colophon to prelim.signed by author) LACKS D/W

PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1928

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography edward gibbon wakefield harrop signed

FAIRBURN,THAYER

first edition SIGNED by author 243pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed, light fade to spine

PUBLISHER: western publishing waiuku 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history orpheus thayer fairburn signed

JACKSON,LEE

first edition inscribed by author 276pp NEAR FINE (grey cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to title page) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: st.martin's minotaur new york 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature lee jackson signed

COWLAM,PETER

first edition inscribed by author 47pp NEAR FINE (in wrappers,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep)

PUBLISHER: hub editions wisbech [1997]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature peter cowlam signed poetry