NG, JAMES

THIS VOLUME ONLY, SIGNED, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993

KEYWORDS: Chinese communities New Zealand gold mining goldmining Otago Alexander Don goldfields heritage ancestry history genealogy signed

BRADLEY, J. FRANK

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green leather soft boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vii + 92pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tape staining to eps, various historical ownership names in ink to prelims, light creasing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Queenhithe Printing and Publishing c.1910

KEYWORDS: sport boxing refereeing rules guidelines history knock-outs signed

BETTINSON, A. F. & TRISTRAM, W. OUTRAM (Eds)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY BOTH AUTHORS, PLATES LOOSE, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 215pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing with some surface loss to boards & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name stamp to half title page & contents page, moderate cracking to gutters throughout- some plates loose)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sport club house history illustrated boxing signed national sporting club

HORROCKS, DYLAN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH COLOUR PENCIL SKETCHES BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 221pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: graphic novel literature Dylan Horrocks cartoon signed new zealand

MALIFA, FATA SANO

FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 258pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed New Zealand Western Samoa pacific pasifika literature

BUTTON, JOHN

SIGNED & DATED, quarto, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Lyalldale Historical Group 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Lyalldale photos illustrated south Canterbury signed

FARNOL, JEFFERY

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, duodecimo, blue soft leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, author's signature in gilt to front cover, teg, vii + 120pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems with sl surface loss, light chafing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low Marston & Co n/d c.1936?

KEYWORDS: regency romance literature signed

HOAGLAND, SARAH LUCIA

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, purple & black lettering to spine, xv + 349pp, VG (light scuffing to spine & covers/edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Lesbian Studies 1988

KEYWORDS: signed lesbians gay lgbtq literature ethics culture discussion

RICHMOND, DAVID E. & MILLER, THOMAS E. & MURPHY, JUDY

SIGNED BY ALL 3X AUTHORS, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 429pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to cover & spine extrems/edges, light chafing to covers, light fading to inscription to ffep, sm lettering in ink to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: David E. Richmond, Thomas E. Miller & Judy Murphy 2013

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Auckland hospital history medical unit Auckland university medicine

LOFFLER, DNON

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square super octavo, illus glossy covers, black & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, occasional annotation in ink)

PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Holden cars transport business automotive fj illustrated history Australian Australia signed

BEWICK, THOMAS & STONE, REYNOLDS (Selected & Intro)

LIMITED EDITION (#141/1000), SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, illus title page, 53pp + plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading to board edges, light chafing & foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to pgs at gutters throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss at spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: art wood engravings Thomas Bewick signed limited edition illustrated

BRUNTON, ALAN

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED, octavo illus. light card covers, 67pp., VG+ (sl. tanning and foxing within, small newspaper clipping tipped in to colophon) in red wrappers with photograph tipped in (VG-, moderate scuffing & chipping, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Bumper Books 2001

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton signed inscribed

GODWIN, FAY & MUIR, FRANK (Fore) & GORDON, GILES (After)

SIGNED, oblong octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1982

KEYWORDS: art photography photos collection Fay Godwin signed

HERBERT, JAMES

SIGNED PROOF COPY, NUMBERED EDITION (#217/500), lg quarto, spiral bound glossy card covers, white lettering to front, 387pp, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to coverslight soiling to page edges, sl closed tearing to extrems at spine)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edtion proof copy James Herbert horror ghosts signed numbered literature

NEWPORT, J. N. W.

SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/discolouration to board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate closed tearing to spine & covers with some attempts at subtle tape repairs made, rear flap completely removed & neatly re-attached, reinforcement to internal side of spine- discreet)

PUBLISHER: Express Printing Works (Printer) 1978

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Nelson provincial regional south island

McDONALD, JANE

SIGNED & DATED, super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine, light occasional markings in ink to text- unobtrusive, heavy water staining to rear pages- otherwise VG+)

PUBLISHER: River Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Takaka Nelson illustrated history Sparrow family genealogy pioneers settlers signed

BUTTERWORTH, SUSAN & BUTTERWORTH, GRAHAM & CLARK, Rt Hon HELEN (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked with some light fading, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Shetland Society of Wellington 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed illustrated Scottish Shetlands vikings Norse heritage settlers pioneers

SHAW, MARGARET S. & FARRANT, EDGAR D.

SIGNED BY AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history signed first edition Taieri Plain Otago south island

BADCOCK, DOUGLAS

SIGNED, lg oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, 87pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate water staining to base of boards & pages, light plucking to cloth on rear board, light tanning, foxing & damp wrinkling to page edges) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy chipping & creasing to edges, v heavy closed tearing with archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1971

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand art Douglas Badcock collection south island oil paintings

REID, R. C. (BOB)

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasng to edges, light fading to spine, ligth chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed transport trains rail steam locomotive Bob Reid illustrated NZR