PARRY, GORDON

SIGNED, 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: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station

TUNNICLIFF, SHIRLEY

SIGNED, 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: Nelson School of Music 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff

D'URVILLE, DUMONT & WRIGHT, OLIVE (Trans) & LANCIAL, M EMMANUEL (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ex-library, imperial octavo hardcover (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: Wingfield Press N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dumont D'Urville signed Olive Wright

BRICKHILL, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 384pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, light bruising to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems- heavy loss & archival tape repair, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine & flap/cover folds, moderate soiling & foxing, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1954

KEYWORDS: military history aviation pilots Douglas Bader amputees biography biographies memoir war heroes first editions signed Paul Brickhill

MORTON, K P

SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton

HUNT, VERA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Vera Hunt 2011

KEYWORDS: signed Vera Hunt New Zealand history Rongotea district townships Campbelltown

STACK, JAMES WEST & COXON, Mrs FRANK (Fore) & REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY A H REED, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems.edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed James West Stack autobiography autobiographies memoir Maori culture customs

CRUMP, BARRY & POULTON, LINDA (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 142pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine & folds of flaps/covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: C & C Associates N/D

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature

REED, A W

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions signed A W Reed Maori books literature literary history

COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, PLATE INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TIPPED IN, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xxi + 336pp, VG- (moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine- 935 ink numerals also, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, sm ink numerals & minor scuffing to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout, sm ink stamp to base of pg193)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1911

KEYWORDS: first editions James Cowan New Zealand bush life Kimble Bent wild survival history historical signed

GANLEY, HOWDEN

SIGNED, square super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Denley Publications 2015

KEYWORDS: signed Howden Ganley motorsports automotive history autobiography autobiographies memoir f1 formula one 1 New Zealand Zealanders

REED, A H

FIRST EDITION, DATED (1947) & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: A H & A W Reed 1946

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A H Reed New Zealand history north island Northland

ROBERTSON, PIXI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, paperback (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: Pixi Robertson 2014

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Pixi Robertson literature novels fiction

JONES, BOB

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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: Whitcoulls 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Bob Jones literature signed

ELLIOT, DAVID

SIGNED, oblong octavo hardcover (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: Gecko Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed writers David Elliot children's literature

SULLIVAN, JILLIAN

SIGNED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016

KEYWORDS: signed Jillian Sullivan New Zealand Central Otago lifestyle autobiography autobiographies memoir

CRUICKSHANK, KELVIN

SIGNED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2011

KEYWORDS: signed Kelvin Cruickshank New Zealand mediums mediumship psychics spirituality

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