GOULD,TONY

first edition inscribed by author 269pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1979

KEYWORDS: history stanley military tony gould signed

WESKER,ARNOLD

first edition signed and dated by author 225pp VG+ (grey cloth w.yellow cloth spine,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,author's dated sign.to title - nov.1960) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts drama arnold wesker signed

SHADBOLT,MAURICE

first edition signed by author 166pp VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed maurice shadbolt

KNOX,ELIZABETH

first edition thus signed by author 503pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,owner's sign.to prelim.w.author's sign.to title)

PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed elizabeth knox

PRIESTLEY,J.B.

first edition thus limited signed by author [69/80 limited to 400 copies] 35pp FINE (full burgundy leather w.gilt stamps and lettering,minor soiling,marbled eps,author's sign.to numbered colophon at rear) in NF slipcase (burgundy cloth,minor shelf wear)

PUBLISHER: whittington press andoversford [1976]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature priestley signed

MARSH,NGAIO

first edition signed by author 256pp VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed,author's sign.to title,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned as usual,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.minor internal foxing,internal tape reinforcing to head of spine and hinges)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand signed ngaio marsh

KEILLOR,GARRISON

first uk edition signed by author 305pp NF (green cloth,minor shelf wear,author's sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed garrison keillor

BEDDOE,JOHN

first edition inscribed by author 271pp+appendix [col.maps w.fold-out diagrams] G (brown cloth w.black/blind borders,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.amateur tape repairs to head/foot of spine,splits to hinges,top board/spine section barely attached to rear,author's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: arrowsmith bristol 1885

KEYWORDS: natural history anthropology john beddoe signed

MCNAUGHTON,COLIN

first edition signed by author 93pp ills.[col.] NF (in laminated boards,sl.soiled,author's sign.to ffep) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: walker books london 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature colin mcnaughton signed

HALDEMAN,JOE

first edition thus signed by author 186pp F in wrappers (author's sign.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joe haldeman signed

SPENDER,STEPHEN

reprint signed and dated by author 69pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,front cover and flap of d/w cut out and pasted to feps,author's sign.to half-title [1936],prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed stephen spender

VILLIERS,ALAN

first edition inscribed by author 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep [1968],author's inscr.postcard loosely inserted,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses)

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1956

KEYWORDS: nautical history signed alan villiers

WOODROOFE,GORDON T.

first edition, 320pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.creasing to spine, light soiling, inscription in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: riverside publications orewa [1998]

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography signed gordon thomson woodroofe

SWARUP,VIKAS

first edition octavo hardcover signed by author 303pp FINE in FINE d/w (author's sign.to title) scarce signed true first edition of the book now made into the movie Slum Dog Millionaire

PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed vikas swarup

REEVES,WILLIAM PEMBER;SINCLAIR,KEITH

first edition inscribed by author 356pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to ffep,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history william pember reeves keith sinclair signed

HUNT, SAM; MCCORMICK, GARY; MCDERMOTT, JOHN [PHOTOGRAPHY]

first edition inscribed [by mccormick to family of former new zealand prime minister david lange] 128pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,v.minor soiling,inscr.to half-title by gary mccormick to the lange family) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hodder moa beckett auckland 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics sam hunt gary mccormick david lange john mcdermott signed

YALLOP,DAVID A.

first australian edition inscribed by author 334pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear,author's inscr.to half-title verso) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london [printed in australia] 1984

KEYWORDS: history theology david yallop vatican signed

JOSEPH,M.K.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 253pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled, prev. bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, ,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade/gollancz london [1962]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand joseph signed

ANDERSON-DARGATZ,GAIL

first edition signed by author [includes author-inscribed handmade bookmark] 294pp NF (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's sign.to title w.inscribed bookmark loosely inserted) in NF d/w (v.minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: knopf toronto 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gail anderson-dargatz signed

FLINT,SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL

first edition thus numbered/limited [480/500] signed by author and inscribed by publisher 59pp+[2pp] ills.[some b/w tailpieces] F (in black/blue cloth w.gilt key stamp to top board,warmly inscribed by publisher to supervising printer and dated 1967 on blank prelim.,numbered colophon to rear prelim.w.author's sign.opposite) in NF d/w (clear acetate sl.wrinkled) in VG+ slipcase (blue paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: charles skilton london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature typography william russell flint charles skelton signed arts