IHIMAERA, WITI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

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GODWIN, FAYE & FOWLES, JOHN (Essay) & JEFFREY, IAN (Intro)

SIGNED, square quarto, illus glossy card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xxxii + 127pp, illus, VG (light creasing to cover egdes & corners, light fading to spine, light soiling & chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1985

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GRAHAM, FRANK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Black Cat Productions 1996

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TAYLOR, APIRANA

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 167pp, VG+ (sl curling to extrems, light chafing to covers, light soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2009

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HOGG, COLIN

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2017

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CATRAN, KEN

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. 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: HarperCollins 1995

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BIRCHAM, DERIC N.

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, folio, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 51pp double paginated, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light discolouration to top of board edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to top edges, 3cm closed tear to top front corner, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: La Pierre 1984

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KERR, DONALD JACKSON

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 424pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2015

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JAMES, RUTH MARCHANT

SIGNED, oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, gold & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to cover edges & spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dominican Sisters of Western Australia 1999

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DANIELEWSKI, MARK Z.

Very scarce UK hardcover FIRST EDITION (200 copies in hardcover issued concurrent with the UK paperback), SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED by author on a visit to NZ (d/w is quite different to the US edition). Cased and stiched, blank boards, 709pp. new NEAR FINE in like d/w. PLEASE NOTE: the whole colophon is replete with metafictional misinformation: the first editions all state 2nd edition, with the fictional 'privately distributed' edition that the 'editors' of the Foreword allude to being the (ficitonal) first edition, etc.

PUBLISHER: Anchor London / Hard Echo Press NZ 2000

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GRANATH, BO

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to edges, sl chafing to boards, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: Bo Granath 2015

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THOMPSON, FRANCIS

LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PUBLISHER & PRINTER (#94/500), Quarto, cream soft card boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front cover, grey ribbon woven through covers, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 413pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light curling to front cover, moderate discolouration to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, grey ribbon to covers partially missing & slightly frayed) a charming copy!

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1908

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MOLLOY, CLAIRE

SIGNED BY GINGER MOLLOY, quarto, illus light card covers, 219pp, illus, VG (light soiling and scuffing to covers, moderate soiling to lower right corner of cover and page edges, prev owners name in ink to inside cover)

PUBLISHER: Hazelwood Print (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand motorcycle racing biography memoir Ginger Molloy illustrated sport

LUDVIGSEN, KARL & BRABHAM, Sir JACK (Fore)

SIGNED, Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Dan Gurney biography memoir sports racing motorsport car illustrated signed

WOOLLETT, MICK & AGOSTINI, GIACOMO (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2000

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MATEER, EDDIE ET AL

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 220pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ulster Speed Promotions 2016

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EKEROLD, JON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#1738/4000), super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, illus title page, 190pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Text&Technik Verlag 2002

KEYWORDS: motorcycles signed limited numbered racing autobiography illustrated Jon Ekerold motor racing sport

HAYHOE, DAVID

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, SECOND EDITION, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, blue & grey lettering to spine, 544pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2019

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POTTINGER, BILL & CLARK, MICHAEL (Ed)

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY BILL POTTINGER, oblong quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, sm numbering in ink to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bill Pottinger 2016

KEYWORDS: motorsport sport Bill Pottinger collection illustrated photos car racing automotive signed

EDGREN, GRETCHEN

SIGNED BY HUGH HEFNER ON BOOKPLATE TIPPED IN TO FFEP, quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering & playboy bunny motif to spine & frontboard, illus prelims, 368pp, illus, folding display of prev. bunnies to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems with some light surface loss, light chafing to boards, light chafing to fold out, light vertical creassing to rear ep, boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: General Publishing Group 1994

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