PETERS, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 337pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutter of title page) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Ralph Peters novels fiction literature

MEAD, SIDNEY MOKO (Text & Ed) & SULLIVAN, AGNES et al

SIGNED BY SIDNEY MOKO MEAD & ANNE SALMOND, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to cover edges, sl peeling to edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter, sl soiling to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Harry N Abrams / The American Federation of Arts 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artefacts Maori culture cultural pieces collections signed Sidney Moko Mead Anne Salmond

BENNETT, MICHAEL

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY TEINA PORA (UNCOMMON), super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover extrems & edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate water staining to top edges of first 11 pages, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Paul Little Books 2016

KEYWORDS: signed Teina Pora New Zealand true crime justice law legal biography biographies wrongful imprisonment convictions homicide murder Susan Burdett

CRUMP, BARRY & BAKER, HOWARD (Illus) & BRADLEY, ROGER (Cover Design)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 109pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Crump Productions 1972

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

CRUMP, BARRY & EVANS, MALCOLM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, 163pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate cracking & light foxing to spine, light tanning to rear cover, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Beckett Publishing 1986

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

SOUTO, ADEL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PLUS NUMBERED & SIGNED AGAIN AT REAR OF BOOK, ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPHIC SIGNED NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR, SCARCE, octavo, illus light card wrappers, 84pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to edges, light to moderate soiling to rear cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: signed Adel Souto literature

CRUMP, BARRY & TURNER, DENNIS (illus)

TIPPED IN PAGE WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction literature signed

JOSHI, S T

SIGNED octavo hardcover (near FINE) in d/w (near FINE); 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: PS Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: horror fiction literature signed

GAIMAN, NEIL & RIDDELL, CHRIS (Illus)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (8th IMP.), super octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps & prelims, 69pp, illus, Near FINE, in illus glassine wrapper/jacket, Near FINE (sl discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2014

KEYWORDS: signed Neil Gaiman fantasy literature modern first editions (8th imp.) fiction illustrated Chris Riddell

IBANEZ, ISABEL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt illus/decoration to boards, all page edges stained pink, fore-edges of page block illustrated, ornately illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 404pp + paginated bonus [annotated by author] chapter to rear, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: FairyLoot / Hodderscape 2023

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Isabel Ibanez fairyloot fantasy novels fiction literature

PICKMERE, A H & WATKINS [nee PICKMERE] JANET M (Compiled by)

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR & FAMILY MEMBERS, elephant folio, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/map to eps, unpaginated, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine & board edges, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Janet M Watkins 1974

KEYWORDS: signed Pickmere atlas atlases Northland east coast New Zealand

WALSH, JOHN & REYNOLDS, PATRICK

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, cream & brown lettering to spine, illus prelims, 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor scuffing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to board edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ex-libris ink stamp to verso of half title page, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: architecture New Zealand architects homes residential design houses signed John Walsh Patrick Reynolds

ARNOLD, PETER

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DAVID TUA & OTHERS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining/residue to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss to top edge of spine)

PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1988

KEYWORDS: signed sport history boxing boxers profiles greats sporting legends

KIEWE, HEINZ EDGAR

SIGNED & DATED, ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, jacket covers affixed to boards, xii + 114pp + 87 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, yellowing tape to board edges, spine sl cocked, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing to eps, minor soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (original jacket covers & spine affixed to library jacket, minor scuffing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Art Needlework Industries Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: signed textiles history knitting wool knits Heinz Edgar Kiewe

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

COHEN, JOSHUA

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine & boards, marbled page edges & eps, special signatory plate to ffep, 239pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to board corners), in half title band, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Fitzcarraldo Editions 2024

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions literature biographical fiction novels Joshua Cohen

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

BULLER, Sir WALTER LAWRY & KEULEMANS, J G (Lithographs) & TURBOTT, E G (Ed)

SIGNED BY E G TURBOTT, folio, blue/yellow mottled cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt bird illus to front board, marbled eps, illus title page, xviii + 261pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, page block sl warped) in d/w, VG (light tanning & foxing/soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edge of spine, other light general tanning & soiling) in slipcase, VG (moderate foxing & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds bird paintings ornithology ornithological Buller Buller's art J G Keulemans signed E G Turbott

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