GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed

MENUHIN,YEHUDI;MENUHIN,HEPHZIBAH

unpaginated concert programme signed by menuhin and his sister ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,v.sl.wear,sign.of menuhin to b/w photo in contents w.sister's sign.to her photo)

PUBLISHER: [np] printed auckland new zealand 1951

KEYWORDS: music arts violin signed yehudi menuhin hephzibah menuhin

SPAFFORD,R.N.

first edition signed by author limited/numbered [0553/1000] 84pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: picton publishing chippenham 1972

KEYWORDS: stamp collecting antiques arts philately spafford falkland islands signed

HAYDER,MO

first edition proof copy signed by author 361pp NF (in glossy wrappers,ink date to upper edge,author's sign.to title)

PUBLISHER: bantam london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies mo hayder signed

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

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

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

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 octavo red cloth boards, VG-(moderate bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, prev owners name in ink to fep, prev. bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, spine lightly cocked, moderate foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,moderate.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