CLARE, GWENDOLYN

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus half title page, 328pp, Near FINE (v light creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (v light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Imprint 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature fiction fantasy

MIDDLETON, O. E.

ASSOCIATION COPY, DATED SIGNED & INSCRIBED warmly & interestingly from author to fellow author & Dunedin resident Hone Tuwhare, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, VG (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, light discolouration to spine, multiple lg closed tears to edges, price clipped, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature signed short stories collection anthology O E Middleton

ELSTOB, PETER

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, 350pp, VG (light creasing & soiling to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & smudging to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed literature fiction

BOOTHMAN, JOHN & BULMER, TIM (Illus)

LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED, FIRST EDITION IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt cartoon to front board, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to spine) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Red Label Books 2003

KEYWORDS: limited numbered signed first edition humour cartoon poetry poems verse literature collection anthology John Boothman Tim Bulmer

EZARD, TEAGE & MELDRUM, NED (Photo)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, illus prelims, xvi + 174ppp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hardie Grant Books 2005

KEYWORDS: signed illustrated cookery cooking recipes culinary food cuisine

EZARD, TEAGE & DONNELLAN, CHRIS

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON FRONT D/W FLAP, red glossy heavy card boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus, Near FINE (sm bookseller's label to base of fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2011

KEYWORDS: signed cooking cookery food drink cocktails culinary cuisine Asian Asia recipes illustrated

NEWNHAM, TOM

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 339pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: signed Tom Newnham New Zealand literature culture illustrated

LIEDERMAN, WILLIAM

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy card boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press 2007

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir signed Mickey Mantle's William Liederman entertainment sports bar business

HAMON, REI

LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINT SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST, folio, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to boards, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1971

KEYWORDS: signed Rei Hamon New Zealand artist illustrated botany plants flowers

HAMON, REI

LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINT SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST, folio, vol 1- brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, illus, vol 2- green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 95pp, illus, vol 1- Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, vol 2- VG (light gouge to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board edges & corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine with 1cm open tear) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards, sm gouges to spine & rear cover, moderate bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1973 - 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Rei Hamon New Zealand artist illustrated botany plants flowers

HILLARY, EDMUND

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY- ALSO UNCOMMONLY INSCRIBED BY HIM, LOOSELY ENC. PHOTO OF SIR EDMUND WITH THIS COPY OF HIS BOOK, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature of Sir Edmund Hillary to front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light indentations to board edges, light scuffing to page edges, bookseller's label to fep, inscription in ink to copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography memoir exploration climbing Everest Antarctic New Zealand

LONGO, JENNIFER

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, large patch of adhesive label residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2016

KEYWORDS: signed children's literature young adult

STEWART, KEITH

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: Literature nz New Zealand signed

BRIDGE-OPIE, CORINNE

Signed by Author. 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Bridgepress 2012

KEYWORDS: signed by author, opera, memoir singing

PINELLI, DUILIO GIULIANO

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 160pp, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration to spine & covers/edges, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to covers & eps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Eco Printing Co (Printer) 1972

KEYWORDS: signed poems poetry collection anthology romance romantic Duilio Giuliano Pinelli

MOALA, KALAFI

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pacmedia Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: Tonga media journalism newspaper independent Taimi o Tonga Lali media group Pacific Pasifika signed

BROOKES, BARBARA (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 266pp, illus, VG (light chafing & scuffing to covers, moderate water staining to page edges- particularly to spine)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2000

KEYWORDS: signed inscribed New Zealand culture history houses architecture buildings homes

HAMILTON, SCOTT

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, viii + 293pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chippping to edges with some sl discolouration & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: signed British politics history postwar EP Thompson philosophy sociology

GRIFFIN, JAMES

Inscribed and signed by Ali Williams; Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Hachette NZ Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: inscribed and signed by Ali Williams rugby New Zealand photography sports humour memoir

BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L. R. (Illus) & RAMSDEN, J. M. (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 197pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history first edition signed flying pioneer Jean Batten autobiography memoir illustrated