MAHY, MARGARET & WILLIAMS, JENNY (Illus)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MARGARET MAHY, oblong octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, printed inside covers, unpaginated, illus, VG (minor fading & rubbing to spine/staples, light creasing to cover edges, moderate fading & scuffing to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Puffin / Penguin 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Margaret Mahy New Zealand writers authors children's literature fiction picture books

MITCHELL, DAVID

SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & illus to front & rear boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 233pp, Near FINE (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges) in vibrant red slipcase, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Sceptre 2015

KEYWORDS: signed special limited editions literature David Mitchell novels fiction

GLUCK, LOUISE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 53pp, VG (light fading to spine & edges of rear cover, light creasing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters- glue sl cracked & exposed, prev. owner's annotation in ink to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: The Ecco Press 1983

KEYWORDS: signed Louise Gluck poetry poems verse literature Nobel prize winners

MARKHAM, S F & HARGREAVES, H

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MARKHAM, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to bottom corner of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Museums Association 1936

KEYWORDS: signed S F Markham museums India reports

SMITH, HUGH & BURNS, BERTA SINCLAIR (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR'S SON (1948), octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 390pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light light rubbing to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning to prelims, light foxing & tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hugh Smith Jnr 1946

KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Smith Jr New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature

PRATT, ERIC and PAT

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, sm octavo, illus light card covers, burgundy lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 123pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling & soiling to covers, sm piece of clear tape to front cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Academy Street Press 2004

KEYWORDS: signed Eric Pat Pratt Frank Lloyd Wright architecture communities buildings design

FIRTH, J C

FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to his daughter in 1891 (one of his 12 children), octavo, dusky pink buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 402pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG (light tanning/soiling to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, other gift inscription in ink to half title page [author's grand-daughter], moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed first editions J C Firth pioneers early settlers

MARY, ANITA

STAMPED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, WITH BUSINESS CARD LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, xii + 170pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Wild Side Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography autobiographies memoir signed Anita Mary street life mental health redemption surviviors

DOBSON, FRANK

INSCRIBED, DATED & 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Browne Burton & Associates 2004

KEYWORDS: signed George Silvertop historical biography Reformation England British history Catholicism Minsteracres

TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOOKPLATE, 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: Otago Heritage Books 1996

KEYWORDS: signed river punts ferries southern New Zealand boats transport history south island b&w photos southern heritage 150 series book 6

LEGGOTT, MICHELE & HARLOW, MICHAEL (ED.)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION; square 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: The Caxton Press 1988

KEYWORDS: signed first edition poetry New Zealand literature

BOWMAN, ELIZABETH ATKINS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG crudely repaired closed tear); 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: Tom Doherty Associates 1998

KEYWORDS: first edition signed thriller fiction literature

CORLEY, T A B

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & MR PALMER, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + (4) + 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling & rubbing to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (heavy tearing & loss to edges- archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, other light creasing & chipping/tearing/staining to edges, light general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1972

KEYWORDS: Huntley Palmers crackers biscuits history Quakers signed first editions

SAID, SF & McKEAN, DAVE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt illus to boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 291pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to base of page block) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: David Fickling Books 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed SF Said youth young adult ya fiction novels literature

SLATER, Lieut.-Colonel H

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 179pp, VG- (minor bruising to board edges & extrems, light fading/tanning & moderate staining to spine, moderate to heavy soiling to rear board, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's ink stamp & date stamp to preface page, occasional light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1910

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Lieutenant Colonel H Slater military history volunteer force New Zealand autobiography memoir

BLAKESLEE, FRED GILBERT

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 183pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, sl bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate soiling & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Fread Gilbert Blakeslee 1919

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Fred Gilbert Blakeslee military uniforms costumes attire

TATTERSFIELD, BRAD

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY BILL BIRCH, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey lettering to spine, 324pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: signed Brad Tattersfield Bill Birch biography biographies New Zealand politics

CROCOMBE, RON

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black & maroon lettering to spine, maps to inside covers, xix + 623pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, sl fading to spine, prev. owner's name i nink to ffep, light cracking to gutter of half title page)

PUBLISHER: IPS Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ron Crocombe Pacific Islands politics trade foreign relations Oceania economics

RETZLAFF, MISA TELEFONI

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NEW 2024 UPDATED EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 335pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Misa Telefoni Retzlaff 2024

KEYWORDS: signed Misa Telefoni Retzlaff autobiography memoir New Zealand Samoa

WOODYATT, Maj.-Gen. NIGEL C

SCARCE, 7 FOLDING MAPS- ALL PRESENT, SIGNED BY 24 MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT (11 FROM BURMA 1942 & 13 FROM BURMA 1946), super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 441pp, G+ (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine/extrems with moderate cracking to hinges, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutter of title page- boards sl shaky & frontis sl loose, minro cracking to other gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Philip Allan & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: military history 3rd third Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles regiment regimental signed