YAO,C.J.

first edition signed by artist unpaginated ills.[col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.sl.chip to spine,author's signed inscr.to ffep dated 1981)

PUBLISHER: yao new york [1981]

KEYWORDS: arts yao signed

AW,TASH

first edition thus limited/signed by author 362pp F (signed copy sticker to front cover,author's sign.to title)

PUBLISHER: harper perennial london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature tash aw signed

DRYLAND,GORDON

first edition inscribed by author 192pp VG+ (green cloth,spine and upper/lower edges sl.sunned,author's warm inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gordon dryland new zealand signed

NICHOLSON,WILLIAM

first edition signed by author 341pp F [author's sign.to title] in F d/w

PUBLISHER: mammoth london 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed william nicholson

NICHOLSON,WILLIAM

first edition signed by author 340pp F [author's sign.to title] in F d/w

PUBLISHER: mammoth london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william nicholson signed

NIFFENEGGER,AUDREY

first edition signed by author 518pp MINT in MINT d/w [author's sign.to title page]

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature audrey niffenegger signed

BUSCH,HEATHER

first edition signed by author 112pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (white cloth,minor shelf wear,author's sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hazard press christchurch 1989

KEYWORDS: arts biography signed new zealand heather busch

ASHTON-WARNER,SYLVIA

first edition inscribed by author 312pp VG (cream paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine/hinge area,sl.rubbed w.rear boards stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown,author's inscr.to bill moore [g.w.moore on the bookplate] dated dec.15.60 on ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxedte red,spine cracked but tight) in G d/w (in 2 pieces separated at lower hinge,rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and closed tears)

PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1960

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

O'KANE, LESLIE

first edition signed by author 216pp, NF (black cloth, minor foxing to foredges, signed by author at tp.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing and discolouring to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: st. martin's press, new york, 1996

KEYWORDS: leslie o'kane modern first edition literature signed

CRESPI, CAMILLA T.

first edition signed by author 309pp, NF (orange cloth, signed by author at tp, minor browning to extrems of contents.) in NF d/w (minor creasing to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: harper collins new york 1997

KEYWORDS: camilla t crespi modern first edition literature signed

MARTIN,LEE

first edition signed by author 231pp NF (black cloth,minor wear to extrems.,author's sign.and real name to ffep - lee martin anne wingate) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: st.martin's press new york 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed anne wingate lee martin

FRENCH,MARILYN

first edition signed by author 223pp F (author's sign.to title page) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: summit books new york 1992

KEYWORDS: literature feminism sociology marily french signed

STEPHENSON,NEAL

first uk edition [bookplate signed by author] 892pp MINT in MINT d/w [bookplate signed by author loosely inserted]

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature neal stephenson signed

LONG,MAX FREEDOM

first edition inscribed by the author 288pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to ffep - to mel ward - my friend by proxy through shack and george,max freedom long laguna beach 1936,inscr.to ffep verso - best wishes mel - from shack dec.1936,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: rider london 1936

KEYWORDS: literature history signed max freedom long magic occult

DINGLE,GRAEME

first edition inscribed and signed by author 177pp ills.[col.] VG (blue cloth,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,maps to eps,author's dated inscr.to half-title - 26.7.77 - ,author's sign.to title page,sl.stain to foot edge of plates,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.stain to foot edge)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand mountaineering graeme dingle jannu signed

REED,A.W.

first edition inscribed by author 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep and to card loosely inserted) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: educational explorers reading 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand publishing biography history signed reed

DANBY,MARY

first edition signed by author 234pp VG+ (brown cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,internal foxing,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mary danby signed

EADDY,P.A.

[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows

ANDERSEN,JOHANNES

first edition inscribed by author 63pp VG (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled,losses of paper to margins of both covers probably due to insects,chipped yapp edges,author's dated inscr.and sign.to ffep verso - 1945)

PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed johannes andersen

DUNSTAN,PEGGY

first edition inscribed by the author 79pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,author's inscr.to half-title verso and sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed peggy dunstan