WOLFE, RICHARD and PAMELA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHORS TO DON BINNEY & FAMILY, square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 31pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Scholastic 1997

KEYWORDS: children's literature signed Pamela Richard Wolfe modern first editions Don Binney picture books

MACLEAN, CHRIS

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing/discolouration to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges, sl foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe Press 1995

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Tararua mountain ranges Chris Maclean

BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

BUCHANAN, IAIN & DUNN, MICHAEL & EASTMOND, ELIZABETH

SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS; Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece: Seated Woman, c.1926, ix+185pp, illus. colour plates, VG+ (light rubbing to board & spine extrems, author's signatures to half-title page in black & blue ink, light tanning/discolouration to page extrems/edges, a few spots of soiling to eps, prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling, moderate sun-fading to covers near spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: signed frances hodgkins paintings drawings michael dunn iain buchanan elizabeth eastmond new zealand expatriate art artists painters modernists british modernism avant garde britain england europe expatriatism

HULME, KERI & MORRISON, ROBIN (photog)

SIGNED BY ROBIN MORRISON; Oblong super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, illus. colour photo plates, VG (light soiling to boards and light scuffing to board extrems, inscription to previous owner in blue ink to verso fep, Robin Morrison's signature in blue ink to half-title page, moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, prelims & terminals, otherwise light tanning & occasional spots of light soiling to page extrems throughout,) in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling, light creasing, moderate sun-fading to spine & covers near spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1989

KEYWORDS: signed keri hulme robin morrison homeplaces new zealand south island coasts coastlines ocean sea okarito moeraki stewart prose photography nature landscapes portraits

SPICER, CHARLES E

SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & surface loss, sm ink lettering to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd (Printer) 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history Wanganui centennial crime prevention signed Charles E Spicer

REID, NICHOLAS

INSCRIBED TO HISTORIAN JUDITH BASSETT & 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: James Michael Liston biographies memoir signed New Zealand history

THOMSON, JOHN MANSFIELD

Inscribed, dated & signed by author twice, to historian Michael Bassett, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand music history composers biographies

DUNMORE, JOHN

Inscribed & signed by author, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Heritage Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed autobiography memoir John Dunmore

BRYDER, LINDA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HISTORIAN JUDITH BASSETT, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand parenting history Plunket infant welfare children childhood

VAN DIJK, KEES

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, viii + 621pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: KITLV Press 2001

KEYWORDS: signed Kees van Dijk Indonesia politics political unrest conflict

STEADMAN, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RALPH STEADMAN, lg quarto, beige heavy boards, maroon lettering to spine, illus eps, 118pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some discolouration also)

PUBLISHER: Paddington Press 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Ralph Steadman art collection cartoons satire humour humor

CLOUSTON, RICHARD

SCARCE! INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to front cover, v + 179pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl curling & creasing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Clouston 2018

KEYWORDS: signed biographies memoir Wing Commander Wilfred Greville Clouston raf royal air force Wilf military history

STAFFORD, D M

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY MAYOR OF ROTORUA (1989), imperial octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 428pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ray Richards Publisher / Rotorua District Council 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed history Rotorua

SANSOM, OLGA

FIRST EDITION; BOOK SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY A.H. REED; LOOSELY ENCLOSED ARE THREE SEAWEED POSTCARDS - TWO OF THEM INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY OLGA SANSOM TO A.H. REED; ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED IS A HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM OLGA SANSOM TO A.H. REED; Octavo, light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. eps: map of Half Moon Bay, frontispiece: partial map of Stewart Island, 249pp, illus. plates, VG (light rubbing & dampstaining to boards, light sun-fading to board extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's(?) blind embossed stamp to fep, signature & inscription of A.H. Reed to title page in blue ink, light staining to a few pages only, early in the text - not impacting on readability) in d/w, VG- (light soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to extrems resulting in v. slight surface loss to spine extrems & approx. 2cm closed tear to upper spine - both with archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition signed olga sansom ah reed stewart islanders new zealand history rakiura

NATUSCH, SHEILA & SWAINSON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 202pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to covers with moderate soiling also, discreet tape repairs to spine, moderate soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to title page, various ephemera to rear- some attached)

PUBLISHER: Sheila Natusch & Geoffrey Swainson N/D

KEYWORDS: signed numbered editions New Zealand history biographies memoir William Swainson naturalists

MAUNDER, PAUL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 252pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl tanning & foxing to top page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Paul Maunder theatre theater stage community entertainment

OLSSEN, ERIK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO JUDITH & MICHAEL BASSETT (FELLOW HISTORIANS), imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional annotation in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1984

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Erik Olssen

WOLFE, PAMELA and RICHARD

INSCRIBED TO DON BINNEY & FAMILY & SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked & faded, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning to page edges, sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first editions children's literature fiction signed Pamela Richard Wolfe

BUSCH, HEATHER

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, quarto, white heavy boards, silver gilt & black lettering to spine, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art signed Heather Busch collection appreciation