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

EDEN, The Rt Hon Sir ANTHONY (The Rt Hon The EARL OF AVON)

2 VOLS, INSCRIBED & SIGNED (AS 'AVON') DATED 1967 (VOL 2), AND AS 'ANTHONY EDEN' WITH SIGNED LETTER TIPPED IN (VOL 1), FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 619pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 659pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate taoe staining to eps, light foxing to prelims, light to moderate insect damage to rear eps of vol 2, moderate crease to spine of vol 2) in d/w, VG (moderate tape staining to flaps, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate staining to top edges of vol 1, minor general tanning & soiling, moderate wrinkling to vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1960-1962

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Earl of Avon Sir Anthony Eden autobiography autobiographies memoir politics history

JACOBS, HERBERT & JACOBS, KATHERINE

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, octavo, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 147pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, 2.5cm closed tear to base of rear flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: signed Herbert Katherine Jacobs architecture architects Frank Lloyd Wright memoir biography

WIFFEN, JOAN

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl curling to cover edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Random Century 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Joan Wiffen archeology archaeology New Zealand dinosaurs palaeontology

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

ANAE, MELANI (Ed) & IULI, LAUTOFA (TA) & BURGOYNE, LEILANI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED, oblong octavo, illus black light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & covers, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters- some pgs detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Polynesian Panther Party youth politics political parties New Zealand history activism civil rights first editions signed

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