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Sub-title
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Published
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Size
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Condition
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Comment
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NZ Post
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Aus & Pac Post
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Nth Am & Japan Post
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Europe Post
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Rest of World Post
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The Counterfeit Seal
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Adams, RN
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ODT & Witness (et al)
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1897
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(1p) 298p
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8vo
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Blue cloth binding, browning spine Light wear top, bottom spine Rear hinge beginning to crack Owner's details front paste-down, FEP VG
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25
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A story of the Knox family as pioneers of Otago, with much actual experience of the early settlers
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6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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New Zealand Verse
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Alexander, WF ; Currie, AE (collect)
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Walter Scott Publishing
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1906
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xxxii 271p (8p catalogue)
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Small 8vo
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Blue cloth binding, gilt titles and decorations Bump top, bottom spine, fore-corners TEG Slight foxing FE, a few pages VG
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25
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The first real collection of New Zealand verse, all written by New Zealanders, although not all in New Zealand
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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The Hedge-Sparrow
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Allen, Charles Richards
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Reed
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1937
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256
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Small 8vo
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D-J (small chips) Inscription FEP Slight foxing FEP VG - Near Fine
|
35
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A political novel of the Seddon period in NZ, set in Dunedin
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
|
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Katherine Mansfield
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A Biography
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Alpers, Antony
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Jonathan Cape
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1954 1st UK edition
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xvi 376p xvip Index
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8vo
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D-J (browning spine) Slight marks FEs VG
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40
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The first, 'definitive' biography based on the author's extensive research giving much new information (at the time) and a judicious assessment of KM' s relations with her family
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Tura and the Fairies
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and The Overworlds and Tu
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Andersen, Johannes
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LT Watkins
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1936
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63
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8vo
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Card wraps Browning spine Slight bumping top, bottom spine VG - Near Fine
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125
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A nice copy of this scarce work, especially in this condition, retelling in verse-dramatic form two tales from Maori lore
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5.000000
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18.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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|
Printing Types a second specimen book
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|
Anon
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The Caxton Press
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1948
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75p (4p notes)
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8vo
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D-J (browned spine) Short inscription front paste-down Slight foxing top FE VG
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35
|
The current type faces avaliable at the Caxton Press, most hand set, although 'if more good faces had been available for machine composition, either linotype or monotype, we should have used them'
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
|
|
Reeds' New Zealand Christmas Annual No 1
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|
Anon
|
Reed
|
1947
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80
|
Oblong 8vo
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P-B Slight chips VG
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25
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Illustrated by such as AB Paterson. a compilation of stories, short biographies, descriptive pieces, contemporary advertisements, the first Annual
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
|
|
The Dominican Star A New Zealand Year Book (Second Edition)
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|
Anon
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The Caxton Company
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1899
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(18p ads) (3p) 152p (20p ads)
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8vo
|
Decorated grey cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration Slight rubbing spine Owner's plate Front Paste-down VG
|
60
|
A really eccentric curiosity. It states 'Second Edition', but it was the first edition. A book-magazine, a collection of 'Papers Literary, Artistic, Scientific, Entertaining', including chats between the 'Grand Old Man' and the children, also serves as ad
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
|
|
The Dominican Star A Literary Annual Volume II
|
|
Anon
|
NZ Tablet
|
1900
|
(4p) 248p
|
8vo
|
Decorated green cloth binding, gilt titles and decorations VG
|
60
|
The second volume of this curious mixture of magazine-book and religious chats, including some historical curios from around the area, with ads built in this time
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
|
|
Book Six
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|
Anon
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Caxton Press
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1942
|
16
|
8vo
|
P-B Rubbing spine Signature front cover Gd
|
48
|
The sixth of these Caxton collections of 'miscellany', including a Leo Bensemann illustration
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Follow the Call
|
A posthumous novel
|
Anthony, Frank S
|
Reed
|
1936
|
187p (4p catalogue)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing top, bottom spine) Light foxing FEs VG
|
44
|
The final work by the author of the 'Me and Gus' stories, the experiences of a WW1 returned soldier farming in Taranaki, full of the quirky humour of the author, and with a memoir of the author
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Fabulous & Familiar children's reading in New Zealand, past and present
|
|
Atwool, Mary (et al)
|
National Library of New Zealand
|
1991
|
57
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a collection of essays discussing both children's reading from the 1890s and the influence of reading on children, including the role of the School Journal
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Twelve Echoes From France
|
|
Barker, Arthur
|
Progressive Pub Soc
|
1943
|
26
|
8vo
|
D-J over paper covers (some staining) Stain IC, slight foxing FEP, rusting on staples Contemporary reviews on inside flap Gd - VG
|
40
|
An earlier Caxton, with 12 early French poems facing English translations
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Mason the life of RAK Mason
|
|
Barrowman, Rachel
|
VUP
|
2003
|
455
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the life of this New Zealand poet and social activist, whose verse brought nourishment into the general desert of thirties New Zealand literature
|
5.000000
|
20.000000
|
37.000000
|
43.000000
|
46.000000
|
|
Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand
|
|
Baxter, James K
|
The Caxton Press
|
1967
|
41
|
8vo
|
P-B Signature HTP VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
The text of the author's talk at Victoria University, when he was at the height of his powers
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
|
|
The Man on the Horse
|
|
Baxter, James K
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University of Otago Press
|
1967
|
155
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight rubbing spine VG
|
20
|
Five talks mostly prepared for audiences during the author's Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University in 1966 and 1967, including a piece on the 'Education of a New Zealand Poet'
|
3.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
|
|
Verse 1951
|
|
Baxter, JK (et al)
|
Glenco
|
1951
|
50
|
8vo
|
P-B Staples rusting VG
|
15
|
Introduced by James K Baxter, an A-Z collection of new verse, and some older poets, from Judith Alley to Anton Vogt
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Katherine Mansfield A Critical Study
|
|
Berkman, Sylvia
|
Wellesley College, Yale University Press
|
1959 3rd print (1951)
|
(frontis) (3p) 246p
|
8vo
|
D-J (spine browned, marks) VG
|
35
|
A blend of biography and criticism, relating the central experience's of KM's life to her work, with plates
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
Song of the Circle
|
Journeys into ancient wisdom
|
Brailsford, Barry
|
StonePrint Press
|
1996
|
300
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
The first book of the Chronicles of the Stone
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
27.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
|
Verena visits New Zealand
|
|
Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
|
W&R Chambers
|
1951
|
79
|
8vo
|
Decorated cloth covers over card Slight browning spine Slight library number front cover School rubber stamp Half-title page Paper disturbance inside back cover from removal of library pocket Gd - VG
|
145
|
With illustrations in B/W and cover by John Mackay, the author takes her readers to New Zealand in a fictional travelogue. Scarce, a tidy ex-school library copy
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
By Bush and Sea Tales New and Old from New Zealand
|
|
Bright, Amy Dora
|
Unity Press
|
1931
|
(frontis) 118p
|
Small 8vo
|
Brown cloth binding, brown titles Light rubbing top, bottom spine, small piece wear top spine FEs browned VG
|
25
|
Stories for children, legendary and commonplace, with an NZ setting, illustrated by Kennaway and Frank Wright
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
The Diamond Smugglers
|
|
Brookes, OM
|
Collins
|
1965
|
188
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (rubbing extremities, slight chips, slight foxing inside) VG
|
15
|
A story set in NZ, with Lan and his Maori friend, Hongi and his cousin, Thomasina, set out to solve the case of a gang of diamond smugglers
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Journal of New Zealand Literature 4 1986
|
|
Broughton, WS (ed)
|
The Department of English, Massey University
|
1986
|
(3p) 86p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
15
|
Includes pieces on classical models of Empire in early New Zealand writing, inventory of Robin Hyde, checklist of Curnow's critical prose, Frank Sargeson
|
3.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Call me Poet/Hunter The life and work of RF Brown
|
|
Brown, Nigel (comp)
|
Moana Press
|
1987
|
121p (3p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine VG
|
20
|
Illustrated by Nigel Brown, a collection of his father's verse
|
5.000000
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
9.000000
|
17.000000
|
|
Landfall 180 December 1991
|
|
Brunton, Alan (et al, eds)
|
The Caxton Press
|
1991
|
p387-508
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
10
|
Illustrated by Stuart Shepherd, the 'Hamilton Hometown' issue, with literary and other memories, includes verse by Martin Edmond, Maia Severna, Bob Orr, playscript by Alan Brunton, comic by Barry Linton
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
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20.000000
|
22.000000
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24.000000
|
|
Woodland Echoes
|
|
Bryant, James Thomas
|
Author Pub
|
1928 2nd ed, revised and enlarged
|
(4p) 333p
|
Small 8vo
|
Blue cloth binding, slight wear top, bottom spine Gilt titles, decoration front Fore-corners bumped Light foxing EPs VG
|
30
|
A scarce collection of NZ verse, enlarged from the first edition of 1906 to include poems of WW1, NZ poems, and his religious verse
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Review Vol 2 Dec 1940
|
|
Butterton, M (ed)
|
John O'London Literary Club
|
1940
|
27
|
8vo
|
P-B Staples rusting Covers slightly marked VG
|
20
|
Not just a review of the society's year, but also of NZ literature, history, and writers
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
When Stars were Brightly Shining
|
|
Campbell, Wilson
|
Author Pub
|
2000
|
447
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
40
|
Signed and inscribed by the author, a novel of WW2 and Fiordland, with much autobiographical material, a novel of female strength against great adversity
|
5.000000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Chart to my Country
|
|
Caselberg, John
|
McIndoe
|
1973
|
136
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
20
|
Selected prose 1947-1971 Travel, art criticism, stories, with cover designed by Colin McCahon
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The Book of Iris A Life of Robin Hyde
|
|
Challis, Derek ; Rawlinson, Gloria
|
AUP
|
2002
|
xxii 778p
|
4to
|
D-J Near Fine
|
50
|
A monumental study of the NZ writer Iris Wilkinson, pen-name Robyn Hyde, by her son and NZ poet Gloria Rawlinson, with many illustrations
|
5.000000
|
26.000000
|
54.000000
|
58.000000
|
62.000000
|
|
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
|
|
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor ; Bensemann, Leo
|
The Caxton Press
|
1952
|
(frontis) 39p (2p)
|
4to
|
Green cloth spine (fading) Paper over boards Black titles Slight marks EPs browned VG
|
175
|
Limited to 275 copies, with frontis, titling and initial letter by Leo Bensemann, printed on hand-made paper, a very good copy
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
The Literature relating to New Zealand a bibliography
|
|
Collier, James
|
Govt Print
|
1889
|
(3p) 235p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Green plasticised boards Gilt titles Blind tooling Slight foxing top FE, FE Sprinkling of foxing beginning, end VG
|
95
|
The first bibliography of books relating to New Zealand written by New Zealanders and non-New Zealanders, including periodicals
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
North South
|
|
Colquhoun, Glenn ; Brown, Nigel
|
Steele Roberts
|
2009
|
30 leaves
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
30
|
Hand-written and illustrated by Nigel Brown, the poet puts his Celtic heritage gods together with his country's Atua Maori, a 'feast for the eyes'
|
3.000000
|
14.000000
|
26.000000
|
29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
My Little State Home in Suburbia
|
|
Cooze, Frank ; 'Locataire'
|
Jason Publishing
|
1946
|
(frontis) 75p (4p)
|
Small 8vo
|
Paper wraps (marked on back) VG
|
35
|
A scarce collection of humorous sketches on suburban life based in the State Houses of the Welfare State in NZ, illustrated by the author
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Two of a Kind
|
|
Cowley, Joy ; Williams, Mona
|
BlackBerry Press
|
1984
|
79
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
32
|
Inscribed, signed by Mona Williams, 11 stories by 2 NZ writers, illustrated by Jane Amos
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Jungle Rock Blues
|
|
Cox, Nigel
|
VUP
|
2011
|
463
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
A moden New Zealand classic, the story of the great New Zealand warrior, Caliban, discovered by a record producer and made famous as a Presley, resurrected from a supposed end, and now alive and challenging the world
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
33.000000
|
41.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Tarzan Presley
|
|
Cox, Nigel
|
VUP
|
2004
|
463
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
60
|
A moden New Zealand classic, the story of the great New Zealand warrior, Tarzan, discovered by a record producer and made famous as a Presley, resurrected from a supposed end, and now alive and challenging the world
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
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33.000000
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41.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Forest
|
a comedy in Three Acts
|
Cresswell, D'Arcy ; E Mervyn Taylor
|
The Pelorus Press
|
1952
|
97
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing back, in archival plastic) Patch browning EPs Slight foxing FE VG - Near Fine
|
45
|
With wood engravings by E Mervyn Taylor, a play set on Friday, December 19 1947 and the next morning
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
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26.000000
|
29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
Shorty
|
|
Crump, Barry
|
CW Associates
|
1980
|
110
|
8vo
|
Wrapper with flaps over card covers Slight rubbing of black colour extremities of wrapper Slight spotting base VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
Signed and inscribed by the author, his 14th piece of extended fiction, in which he exposes the perils of golf
|
4.000000
|
11.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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|
Bird, Hawk, Bogie essays on Janet Frame
|
|
Delbaere, Jeanne (ed)
|
Dangaroo Press
|
1978
|
138
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
A collection of essays dealing with the novels of Janet Frame, written by critics from around the world
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Landfall 219 Autumn 2010 On Music
|
|
Direen, William (ed)
|
Otago University Press
|
2010
|
207p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
10
|
With illustrations, poets and writers contemplating music in their lives, including discussions of New Zealand musicians
|
5.500000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Collected Poems
|
|
Dobsin, Austin
|
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
|
1897
|
xv 527p
|
8vo
|
Red cloth binding, fading spine, gilt titles Teg Neat inscription FEP Slight foxing paste-downs VG - Near Fine
|
75
|
Comprising all the verses written 'during the last thirty years', with some previously unpublished poems
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
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21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Sleep in the Woods
|
|
Eden, Dorothy
|
H&S
|
1960
|
284 (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J slight wear Slight inscription FEP VG
|
20
|
A Romance of the early settlers, with Europeans having to live with the Maori inhabitants
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Here on Earth the landscape in New Zealand Literature
|
|
Eggleton, David ; Potton, Craig
|
Craig Potton Publishing
|
1999
|
139
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, selections from New Zealand literature in verse and prose, and their landscapes
|
6.000000
|
24.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Charles Brasch Esq In the Company of Artists
|
|
Elliott, Laura (et al)
|
Hocken Collections
|
2009
|
34p (7 leaves)
|
8vo
|
Soft card wraps Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations and reproductions, Charles Brasch's relationship with such as Colin McCahon, Toss Woolaston and Rodney Kennedy
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Ko Aotearoa Tatou We Are New Zealand an anthology
|
|
Elvy, Michelle (et al, eds)
|
Otago University Press
|
2020
|
247
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, prose and verse, a collection of diverse New Zealand voices and artists
|
8.000000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
50.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
A Strange Friendship
|
a story of New Zealand
|
Evans, (Mrs) C(harlotte)
|
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle ; Reith & Wilkie
|
1874
|
viii 247p (48p catalogue)
|
Small 8vo
|
Red cloth binding, gilt titles, decorations, black rule front Gilt titles, black and gilt decoration spine Rubbing top, bottom spine, fore-corners bumped, rubbed Inside hinges cracked but tight Owner's plate front paste-down Gd
|
125
|
A good copy of a scarce early New Zealand romantic novel, domestic affairs in the new colony, Hocken: 'a love story, without local colouring', the first of a cycle of light romance
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Rich Man Poor Man
|
A Play in 3 Acts
|
Evans, Claude
|
The Pegasus Press
|
1957
|
125
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Signature FEP VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
Limited edition of 300 copies, a drama of testing business morality
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
That Man Harlington
|
|
Evans, Claude
|
The Pegasus Press
|
1952
|
87p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J over card covers VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
A satirical comedy in three acts, set in the private office of Mark Harlington, Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Thord
|
|
Evelyn, Alexander (Kenneth Alfred Evelyn Alexander)
|
Pacific Press
|
1944
|
382
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (slight wear extremities, marked back) Covers a little dirty, spine faded VG
|
40
|
A small town romance, with a central character who searches for 'something more than bread, and journey's full-circle to find it'
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
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Tales of the New Zealand Bush
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An Amateur Bushranger, The Valley of the Moas
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Eyre, Ernest Leonard
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Author Pub, City News
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1929
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22
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8vo
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P-B Staple rust VG
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40
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Two illustrated stories originally published in the 'New Zealand Magazine' Scarce
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3.000000
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Job and other sacred poems
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Ferguson, Dugald
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James Horsburgh
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1898 Revised ed (1891)
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(frontis) viii (2p) 128p
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Small 8vo
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Green cloth binding, gilt titles, decoration spine Slight foxing prelims, FEs VG
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50
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The author has put the Book of Job into rhymed verse, and has added various verse on religious topics
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Henry Lawson in New Zealand
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Ferrall, Charles (ed)
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Steele Roberts
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2011
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166
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the writing eminating from the times Henry Lawson spent in New Zealand, when the two neighbours were merely a journey apart
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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Snowman Snowman fables and fantasies The Reservoir stories and sketches 2 vols
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Frame, Janet
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George Braziller
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1963
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2 vols (2p) 182p; (2p) 182p
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8vo
|
Boxed (slight bump base, slight rubbing of orange colour extremities) D-J (slight rubbing top, bottom spine, in archival plastic) Near Fine
|
85
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The first edition of the author's second collection, a nice set
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5.000000
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22.000000
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41.000000
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47.000000
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49.000000
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Towards another Summer
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Frame, Janet
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Vintage, Random House
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2007
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206
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8vo
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D-J Fine
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65
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The first posthumous novel, limited edition #76 of 750
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Towards another Summer
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Frame, Janet
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Vintage, Random House
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2007
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206
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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45
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Numbered, limited edition of this posthumously-published novel, 'distance looks our way' (Brasch)
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5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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29.000000
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31.000000
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The Carpathians
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|
Frame, Janet
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Century Hutchinson
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1988
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196
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8vo
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D-J Near Fine
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35
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The first New Zealand edition of the author's eleventh novel
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Laya An Historical Novel
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Gadd, Bernard
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The Kahurangi Co-operative
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1985
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131
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8vo
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P-B VG
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25
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A story of a Pacific girl who is abducted into a people who are crossing the South Pacific in search of a home
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5.000000
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12.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Untold 8 Spring 1987
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Garrett, Simon ; Smith, Shona (eds)
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Untold Books
|
1987
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58p (4p)
|
4to
|
P-B Small marks covers VG
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20
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The eighth 'untold' collection of pieces from NZ Artists - prose, verse, painting, photograph, with contemporary adverts, by such as Kendrick Smithyman and Bill Manhire
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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22.000000
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The Interpretative Power
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Essays on Literature in Honour of Margaret Dalziel
|
Gibson, Colin (ed)
|
Department of English University of Otago
|
1980
|
(frontis) (4p) 156p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
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Twelve essays by members of the English Department, covering subjects as diverse as a comparison between the romances of the thirteenth century ('The Lay of Havelock the Dane') and the twentieth ('James Bond'), Chaucer, 'Little Dorrit', Lowry, and RAK Mas
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5.000000
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22.000000
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From a Room of Their Own
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A Celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship
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Gifkins, Michael (ed)
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Whitcoulls
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1993
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(1p) (frontis) 153p
|
4to
|
Decorated cloth binding, plate-label laid on front board Slight tea stains back cloth VG
|
30
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With paintings by Peter Featherstone, an illustrated selection from the works of the NZers who have been Katherine Mansfield fellows at Menton
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Free to Laugh & Dance
|
stories
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Gilbert, Gavin Robert
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The Caxton Press
|
1942
|
101p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Soft paper wrappers with flaps over card Browning spine Titles written on spine Pages lightly yellowed VG
|
30
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The writer's first collection, 'This is a simple story...Not even a murder...just.. a little quietness'
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3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Glass-sharp and Poisonous
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|
Gilbert, GR
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The Caxton Press
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1952
|
85
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8vo
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D-J (slight chips, fading spine) Paper over boards, cloth spine Thin strip of browning EPS VG
|
20
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A novella that holds that 'all life is a struggle from illusion towards reality'
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Turn of the Tide
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|
Glenn, Rewa
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Pegasus
|
1968
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102
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8vo
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P-B Slight wear covers Sig FEP VG
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14
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Stories set around the Marlborough Sounds; with 8 lovely wood engravings by Elizabeth Johnston
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5.000000
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12.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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ABC A Rhyming Alphabet
|
|
Gormack, Nick ; Rendall, Jenny
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Nag's Head Press
|
1998
|
(30 l.)
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Small 8vo
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D-J Decorated paper over boards Fine
|
25
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Numbered, limited edition of 325 copies, a lovely copy
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5.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Clutha Bridge
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|
Gormack, RS
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Nag's Head Press
|
2000
|
46p (2p)
|
Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chip fore-corner) Cloth boards Paper label on front board Near Fine
|
25
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An edition of 65 (#25), a story of Miss McColl and the man who fell off the Clutha Bridge
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5.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Broadcast
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|
Gormack, RS
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Nag's Head Press
|
1999
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56p (2p)
|
Small 8vo
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D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board Near Fine
|
25
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An edition of 65 (#21), leading up to the Anniversary Day Broadcast from Dunedin
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5.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Marvellous Codes The fiction of Margaret Mahy
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Hale, Elizabeth ; Winters, Sarah Fiona (eds)
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Victoria University Press
|
2005
|
264
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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A collection of essays discussing both Margaret Mahy's subject matter and specific works
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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The Share Club
|
|
Hall, Roger
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VUP
|
1988
|
63
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8vo
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P-B Fading cover VG
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25
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Author inscribed, a take on the growing shared greed of the late 80s in NZ
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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State of the Play
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|
Hall, Roger
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Price Milburn, VUP
|
1979
|
100
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8vo
|
P-B VG
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25
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Author inscribed, includes a piece by Ian Fraser on the three comedies, 'Middle Age Spread', 'Glide Time' and this play
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5.000000
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22.000000
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Sons of the South
|
|
Highton, Paul
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Author Pub
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2013
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154
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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Signed by the author, a novel of mountain adventure in the Southern mountains
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Hey Boy!
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Hill, Jane and Bernie
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W&T
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1964 5th impression (1962)
|
40 leaves
|
4to
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P-B VG
|
30
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An illustrated day-in-the-life in a 1960s Maori family, the beginning of the day, school, the Museum, play, after school, and the boy's relatives
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3.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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Timeless World
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|
Holcroft, Monte H
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Progressive Publishing
|
1945
|
131
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8vo
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Black paper D-J over card covers (slight wear edges) VG
|
45
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A collection of essays of the 40s, dealing with life and literature
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Jacob's Season
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|
Hooker, John
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Barrie&Jenkins
|
1971
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188
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8vo
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D-J (slight chip base spine) Near Fine
|
38
|
New Zealand author's first novel, a story of lost opportunities
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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A Song in the Forest
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|
Hooper, Peter
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John McIndoe
|
1979
|
218
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8vo
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D-J (slight chips) Slight foxing top FE Signature of NZ writer Harry Evison FEP VG - Near Fine
|
45
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After the fall of civilisation, what happens to Tama and the People of the Stag, with illustrations by Chris Gaskin
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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the bone people
|
|
Hulme, Keri
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Spiral
|
1983
|
(6p) 469p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight fading spine Slight crease fore-corner Crease back cover Discrete signature TP VG
|
140
|
The first issue of this Booker-winning novel, the author's name in the white strip on the cover
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Te Kaihau The Windeater
|
|
Hulme, Keri
|
VUP
|
1986
|
239p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J Slight foxing FEs VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
The author's second short story collection, including 'Hooks and Feelers'
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Check to your King
|
|
Hyde, Robin (Wilkinson, Iris)
|
Hurst & Blackett
|
1936 5th impression
|
xii (1p) p15-288 (48p August 1936 Catalogue)
|
8vo
|
D-J (thin strip missing top, bottom spine, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Short inscription FEP Browning HTP Light foxing FE VG
|
90
|
The 5th impression of this 'novel' of the life story of the 'dreamer' who thought he had been given sovereignty over the new country in the South Pacific to become New Zealand
|
5.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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38.000000
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|
The Parihaka Woman
|
|
Ihimaera, Witi
|
Vintage, Random House
|
2011
|
318
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8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
22
|
The story of Enora and her home of Parihaka in the New Zealand world of the 1870s and 80s
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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The Trowenna Sea a novel
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|
Ihimaera, Witi
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Raupo, Penguin
|
2009
|
528
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
A nice, clean copy of this tale of the five Maori who were transported to Maria Island, near Hobart, and the experiences thereon
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5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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40.000000
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43.000000
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The Matriarch
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|
Ihimaera, Witi
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Heinemann
|
1986
|
(1p) 456p
|
8vo
|
D-J Near Fine
|
45
|
The first edition of this powerful novel, blending NZ history into a story of a Maori family
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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|
The New Zealand Collection
|
A celebration of the New Zealand novel
|
Ireland, Kevin
|
Random House
|
1989
|
223
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4to
|
D-J Near Fine
|
45
|
Extracts from 52 NZ novels chosen by the editor, decorated and with a short biography of the author, from Chamier's 'A South Sea Siren' of 1895 to Koea's 'The Grandiflora Tree' of 1989, a lovely concept
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand writing since 1945
|
|
Jackson, MacDonald P ; O'Sullivan, Vincent
|
OUP
|
1983
|
xxxvi 679p
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine VG
|
35
|
A selection of the 35 years after WW2 in verse and prose, with some omissions which would now be expected eg Janet Frame's short stories
|
5.000000
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22.000000
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41.000000
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47.000000
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49.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 9 1991
|
|
Jones, Lawrence (ed)
|
Department of English, University of Otago
|
1993
|
(4p) 138p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
10
|
Includes pieces from a symposium on historical fiction (including Kidman, Eldred-Grigg, Ihimaera, Shadbolt), from Sargeson to Marshall, and the passing of Roderick David Finlayson
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature 17 1999
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
|
The Department of English, University of Otago
|
2000
|
x 164p
|
8vo
|
Laminated card covers Fine
|
15
|
Includes more from the Curnow, Caxton and the Canon conference (Curnow and Caxton writers), a piece on 'the bone people' and 'Once were Warriors' from book to film and beyond
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature 12 1994
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
|
The Department of English, University of Otago
|
1995
|
(3p) 167p
|
8vo
|
Laminated card covers Fine
|
15
|
Includes pieces on New Zealand literature in 1990 (Theatre, Poetry, Short Story, Novel) and Part II on Celebrating NZ writers 1951, and the supplement to the list of theses on NZ Literature
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature 7 1989
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
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The Department of English, University of Otago
|
1991
|
(4p) 130p
|
8vo
|
Laminated card covers Fine
|
15
|
Includes pieces on new drama and novels in 1988, literary biography in New Zealand, and New Zealand literary history in the 1980s
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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|
Journal of New Zealand Literature 8 1990
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
|
The Department of English, University of Otago
|
1992
|
(3p) 130p
|
8vo
|
Laminated card covers Fine
|
15
|
Includes Ian Cross on 'The God Boy', pieces on Mansfield, Sargeson in Europe, 'Owls do Cry' and the Poetry of Lauris Edmond
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 14 1996
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
|
Department of English, University of Otago
|
1998
|
(7p) 230p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
10
|
Concentrating on New Zealand literature and contemporary critical theory, including the work of Janet Frame, Maurice Gee, Bill Manhire and Ian Wedde, and surveys of contemporary New Zealand verse, dramas and prose
|
3.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 10 1992
|
|
Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)
|
Department of English, University of Otago
|
1993
|
(3p) 129p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
10
|
Includes pieces from a gathering of Immigrant and Emigrant writers (eg Rob Jackaman, David McKee Wright, William Hart-Smith), Alan Loney on the influence of american Poetry, New Zealand Writers 1931, Janet Frame's 'The Rainbirds'
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Mister Pip
|
|
Jones, Lloyd
|
John Murray
|
2007 7th printing
|
223
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
|
Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, the seventh printing, a lovely copy
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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|
Guests of the New Gold Hill
|
|
Kang, Jye
|
H&S
|
1985
|
154
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
Covering three generations, from the 1860s to 1940, the Oon family finding a place in New Zealand among the goldfields of Central Otago
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Magic Rings
|
|
Kenny, Alice A
|
Reed
|
1943
|
47
|
8vo
|
Card covers Slight foxing covers VG
|
70
|
With illustrations by E Mervyn Taylor, the adventures of David and Dinkie, two little orphans, Percy the donkey, and the wood Scarce
|
3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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|
Sing To Me, Dreamer
|
|
Koea, Shonagh
|
Random House
|
1994
|
172p
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J Fine
|
95
|
Signed, limited edition (No 243 of 300) of a novel dealing with a former mistress of a Maharajah
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Legend of the Kiwi
|
|
Krieger, Lyn
|
Alister Taylor
|
1981
|
25
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Decorated laminated boards Near Fine
|
25
|
Beautifully illustrated by the author, how the kiwi lost its wings, and other things
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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|
Players in the Ballgame
|
|
Langford, Gary
|
Macmillan
|
1979
|
(1p) 169p
|
8vo
|
D-J VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
A humorous creation of days in Sydney by this NZ-Australian poet and writer
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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|
Books and Bookmen New Zealand and Overseas
|
|
Lawlor, PA
|
Whitcombe & Tombs
|
1954
|
xii 267p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (thin piece missing top spine, chips, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Small owner's plate FEPSlight foxing Top FE VG
|
105
|
Signed, limited edition 393/400, with illustrations, a fascinating compilation of discussions on books in general and in New Zealand, including some of the author's fiction and verse
|
5.000000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
|
46.000000
|
|
The Mystery of Maata
|
|
Lawlor, PA
|
Beltane Book Bureau
|
1946
|
40 (2p)
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth over boards, cloth spine Slight foxing covers Slight signature FEP VG
|
30
|
A Katherine Mansfield novel, limited to 1000 copies, explaining the mystery
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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|
Books and Bookmen New Zealand and Overseas
|
|
Lawlor, Pat A
|
W&T
|
1954
|
(frontis) xii 267p (1p)
|
4to
|
Brick coloured cloth binding, gilt titles VG - Near Fine
|
110
|
With illustrations and photographs, signed and numbered (#204 of 400), a nice copy of this study of especially NZ writers and publications
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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|
An Affair of the Heart a celebration of Frank Sargeson's centenary
|
|
Lay, Graeme ; Stratford, Stephen (eds)
|
Cape Catley
|
2003
|
234
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a celebratory mix of Frank Sargeson's writing, of those who knew him, and of those who were awarded the FS fellowships
|
5.500000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
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32.000000
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|
An Affair of the Heart
|
A celebration of Frank Sargeson's centenary
|
Lay, Graeme ; Stratford, Stephen (eds)
|
Cape Catley
|
2003
|
234
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a collection of articles and pieces about the writers' reactions to Frank Sargeson
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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The Birthday Burglar & A Very Wicked Headmistress
|
|
Mahy, Margaret
|
Dent
|
1984
|
144
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rumpling top FE) VG - Near Fine
|
24
|
Illustrated humourously by Margaret Chamberlain, two lovely stories by the author, told with her usual rumbustification
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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|
Still Shines When You Think Of It a festschrift for Vincent O'Sullivan
|
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Manhire, Bill ; Whiteford, Peter (eds)
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Victoria University Press
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2007
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(frontis) 380p
8vo
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30
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The Prime Minister
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Manning, Arthur
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W&T
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1973
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207
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8vo
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D-J (slight chip) VG - Near Fine
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30
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An NZ political novel of a man on the rise to the top
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Hero and Leander
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Marlowe, Christopher
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The Caxton Press
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1945
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36p (2p)
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8vo
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Soft card wraps over card covers VG - Near Fine
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25
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The 818 lines written by Marlowe in the year of his death, based on the first printing for Edward Blount in 1598
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Tied up in Tinsel
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Marsh, Ngaio
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Collins
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1972
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256
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8vo
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D-J (faded, slight chips) VG
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20
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Collins Crime Club
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Marsh, Ngaio
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The Crime Club, Collins, Coulls Somerville Wilkie
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1943
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256
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chips extremities, in archival wrapper) Red cloth binding Owner's signature front paste-down VG
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40
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The first New Zealand-printed edition of this murder at the spa in 'Harpoon Inlet'
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Letters and Art in New Zealand
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McCormick, EH
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DIA
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1940
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(frontis) xii (2p) 205p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J (small piece missing top spine) Inscription FEP VG
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25
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The first serious study of NZ art and literature, with illustrations
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New Zealand Literature a survey
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McCormick, EH
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OUP
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1959
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vii 173p
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8vo
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D-J Cloth binding VG
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20
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A revised edition of the author's 'Letters and Art in New Zealand' from 1940
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Frank Sargeson in his Time
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McEldowney, Dennis
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McIndoe
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1976
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(frontis) 72
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine VG
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25
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The author's study of a still-living Frank Sargeson, with many illustrations
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Jane Mander The Story of a New Zealand Writer
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McGregor, Rae
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University of Otago Press
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1998
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146p (2p catalogue)
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a biography of the NZ writer who shocked NZers with her 'Story of a New Zealand River' but went on to write around the world
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 3 1985
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McKay, Frank (ed)
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Department of English, Victoria University
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1985
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120
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8vo
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P-B VG
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10
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Along with a review of the 1983-84 years in New Zealand drama, verse and prose, includes pieces on Katherine Mansfield, with a bibliography, and the migrant experience in New Zealand short story
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 1 1983
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McKay, Frank (ed)
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Department of English, Victoria University
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1983 Reprint (1983)
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(1p) 114p
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8vo
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P-B VG
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10
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Along with a review of the 1981-2 years in New Zealand drama, verse and prose, includes pieces on Sargeson, Ihimaera and Stead
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Whare Raupo The Reed Books Story
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McLean, Gavin
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Reed
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2007
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(frontis) 294p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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50
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Countless Signs
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The New Zealand landscape in Literature
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McNaughton, Trudie (comp)
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Reed Methuen
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1986
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xi 389
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine, slight rumpling top) VG
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28
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Traces the use of the NZ landscape through prose and verse, from the earliest writings
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Passionate Pilgrimage
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Katherine Mansfield: a love affair in letters
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McNeish, Helen (ed)
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H&S ; Michael Joseph
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1976
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143
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8vo
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D-J (slight wear) VG
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30
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Illustrated in B-W, the letters of Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murry from the South of France
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Rex Fairburn
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Walking on My Feet
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McNeish, James and Helen
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Collins
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1983
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x (1p) 236p
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4to
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D-J Near Fine
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40
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A lovely copy of this very personal 'biography' of the NZ poet, artist, social comentator and long-range walker
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The Loners
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Stories and Drawings
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Middleton, OE
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Square & Circle
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1972
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111p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Slight browning spine VG - Near Fine
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25
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Stories by Middleton, drawings by Hotere, a nice copy
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Confessions of an Ocelot and Not for a Seagull
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Middleton, OE
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John McIndoe
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1979
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116
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8vo
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22
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Two novellas, Auckland after WW2, with cover by Ralph Hotere, a nice copy
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Spark to a Waiting Fuse
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James K Baxter's Correspondence with Noel Ginn 1942-46
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Millar, Paul
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VUP
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2001
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567
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8vo
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35
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With illustrations and facsimiles, a volume which adds much to an understanding of the younger, developing JK Baxter in these letters sent to Noel Ginn, imprisoned as a conscientious objector
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Areopagitica a speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing
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Milton, John
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The Caxton Press
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1941
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55p (1p)
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4to
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Cloth spine, paper label Paper over boards panels Light foxing EPs, FEs VG
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50
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Moana
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a novel of early New Zealand
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Mitcalfe, Barry
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Seven Seas
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1975
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252
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8vo
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25
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Illustrated with line drawings by Cliff Whiting, a story from the NZ North of Maori relationships and the coming of the early pakeha
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Squid
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Mitcalfe, Barry
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Glenco
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1951
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(3p) 162
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8vo
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25
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1st edition of NZ novel
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Salvation Jones
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Mitcalfe, Barry
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MATE
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1962
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115
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8vo
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Maori Picture
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Moore, Mary F
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Sylvan Press
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1947
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(frontis map) 172p
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Small 8vo
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D-J (chips, small pieces missing) Cloth binding Browning EPs VG
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35
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With illustrations by Biro, a novelisation of Maori and New Zealand history
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Great Days in New Zealand Writing
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Mulgan, Alan
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Reed
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1962
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143
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8vo
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D-J Some foxing FEs Gd - VG
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22
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Eleven chapters on various NZ works and authors, including Maning's Old New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield and Tutira
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Shadow Man
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Ng, Eva Wong
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Driving Creek Press
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1999
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102p (3p)
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8vo
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Soft card cover with flaps Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, a collection of stories dealing with growing up as a Chinese child in Auckland during the 1940s and 1950s
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The Lucubrations of Scribo the historian concerning wars of nations and a few other things
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Norris, Thomas Cheal
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Michael R Thorn
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1915
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84
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40
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Moments of Invention
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Portraits of 21 New Zealand Writers
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O'Brien, Greg ; Cross, Robert
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Heinemann Reed
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1988
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(1p) 150p
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4to
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25
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Portraits in photo and word of 21 NZ Writers, of fiction and verse, including Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Hone Tuwhare, CK Stead, Witi Ihimaera
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The Irish Annals of New Zealand
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O'Leary, Michael
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ESAW Seacliff
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1991
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80
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8vo
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40
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One of the more esoteric and unusual modern NZ literary affairs, a mixture of English language fun and James Joyce theoneandonly
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Katherine Mansfield
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Selected Letters
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O'Sullivan, Vincent (ed)
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OUP
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1989
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(frontis) xxxi 320p
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8vo
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D-J VG - Near Fine
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35
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I have what I gave
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The fiction of Janet Frame
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Panny, Judith Dell
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Daphne Brasell Assoc Press
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1992
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(2p) 194p
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8vo
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Criticism and interpretation of the works of NZ writer Janet Frame, with bibliography
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I have what I gave
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The fiction of Janet Frame (Revised edition)
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Panny, Judith Dell
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Dunmore Press, Whitireia Publishing
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2002 Revised edition (1992)
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184
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8vo
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The revised edition of this critical review of Janet Frame's fiction, which reorganises the previous material and considers later views of JF
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Plume of Bees a literary biography of CK Stead
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Panny, Judith Dell
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Cape Catley
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2009
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235
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8vo
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With illustrations, the work of this New Zealand writer, his influences and his influence
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Wild Will Enderby
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Pyke, Vincent
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Capper Press
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1974 Reprint edition
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iv p5-154
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8vo
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Talking About Ourselves
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Twelve NZ poets in conversation
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Ricketts, Harry
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Mallinson Rendel
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1986
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176
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8vo
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20
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Conversations with Hulme, McAlpine, Wedde, Lauris Edmond, Turner, Smither, Curnow, Stead, Adcock, Harlow, Johnson, Murray Edmond
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Where Did She Come From?
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New Zealand Women novelists 1862-1987
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Roberts, Heather
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Allen & Unwin
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1989
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vi 177p
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8vo
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P-B VG
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A study which places contemporary women novelists in the context of their predecessors, with illustrations, including discussions of Robin Hyde and Janet Frame
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'For Was I Not Born Here?' Identity and culture in the work of Yvonne du Fresne
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Ronning, Anne Holden
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Editions Rodopi
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2010
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xiii 187p
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8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a study of this New Zealand writer from a Danish background, and how it affects what she writes
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Journal of New Zealand Literature 5 1987
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Ross, JC (ed)
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The Department of English, Massey University
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1987
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(3p) 114p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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15
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Includes pieces on 19th century New Zealand drama, New Zealand's little magazines from 'Freed' to 'And', James Courage and Allen Curnow
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Journal of New Zealand Literature 6 1988
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Ross, JC (ed)
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The Department of English, Massey University
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1988
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(2p) 232p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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15
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Includes surveys of mid-80s New Zealand literature, and pieces on Katherine Mansfield and Janet Frame
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Monday's Warriors
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Shadbolt, Maurice
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Hodder & Stoughton
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1990
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(4p) 308p (1p)
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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Rambling Jack 2
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Sharp, Iain (ed)
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Miracle Mart Receiving
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1986
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32
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8vo
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Card covers VG
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22
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The second in a short-lived NZ literary magazine, this devoted to short-short fiction and prose poems, with art by such as Nigel Brown, and contributions by such as CK Stead, Michael Harlow, Cilla McQueen, Russell Haley, Chris Else
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The New Zealand and Australian Songster & Goldfields Diary
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Small, Joe
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The Nag's Head Press
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1970
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60p (2p)
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8vo
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D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, paper label front board VG - Near Fine
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Limited, numbered edition (168/200), the songs and diary of this Irish songster on the New Zealand goldfields
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the writer at work
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Stead, Karl
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University of Otago Press
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2000
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281p (7p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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A selection of 10 years of literary and biographical essays by this NZ writer, considering many of NZ's leading writers
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A Girl with Red Hair
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and other stories
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Stewart, Douglas
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Angus and Robertson
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1944
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(3p) 157p (1p)
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Small 8vo
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Red cloth binding, black titles Slight browning EPs Light cock to spine VG
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30
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The writer's first prose collection, including some stories from his native New Zealand
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Four Plays
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Stewart, Douglas
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A&R
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1958
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309
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8vo
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30
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Four plays from the 40s and 50s, including 'The Fire on the Snow'
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Beyond the Foothills
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Summers, Essie
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Ulverscroft
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1992 Large print edition
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340p (1p) (17p catalogue)
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8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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70
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Author's presentation copy, signed and inscribed, the first large print edition, Marilla St John retreats to the countryside
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The Smoke and the Fire
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1964
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189p (3p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chip, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 12th novel, Dinah Pritchard decides to take the plunge and go to New Zealand for her man
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Spring in September
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1978
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187p (4p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight fading spine, slight rubbing top spine, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 40th novel, Susannah Carew has to come back to New Zealand, and past relationships
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Beyond the Foothills
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1976
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187p (4p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (light fading spine, chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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The author's 35th novel, Marilla St John gives a television interview, and has to hide away in the countryside as a result
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The Kindled Fire
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1969
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188p (3p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (light fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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The author's 24th novel, with the heroine returning to New Zealand, ready for love
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Caleb's Kingdom
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Summers, Essie
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Severn House
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1996
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viii 216p
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8vo
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175
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A nice copy of this tale of Greta Mountford who leaves England to work in the magic world around Lake Wakatipu
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Design for Life
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Summers, Essie
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Severn House
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1997
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(3p) 214p
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8vo
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D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
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175
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A nice copy of this tale of New Zealand writer, Dane Inglethorpe, returning from Britain with artist Chloe
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6.500000
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Anna of Strathallan
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1975
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187p (3p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in protectivel wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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The author's 35th novel, in Central Otago, with Anna Drummond re-united with her grand-parents
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A Place Called Paradise
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1967
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220 (3p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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The author's 20th novel, set in the Southern Lakes area of NZ's South Island, Annabel in search of her family
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One More River to Cross
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1979
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188p (3p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in archival wrapper) VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 43rd novel, two cousins on a high-country station
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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Return to Dragonshill
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Summers, Essie
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Mills & Boon
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1971
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191p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J (slight chip top spine, in archival wrapper) VG - Near Fine
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45
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Signed by the author, Johnny reappears in Henrietta's life to complicate life on her farm, Dragonshill
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5.000000
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28.000000
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Through all the Years
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1974
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192p (1p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight rubbing top spine, small hole in middle spine, price cut, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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The author's 34th book, set on Banks Peninsula, with Thomasina and Luke
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Bride in Flight
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1964
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192
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chips, price clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's thirteenth book, Kirsty goes to New Zealand for her honeymoon, but without the wedding and a husband, a nice, clean copy
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Goblin Hill
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1977
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187p (4p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 38th novel, Faith in search of her New Zealand-dwelling father
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Revolt - And Virginia
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1969
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191p (1p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 23rd novel, Virginia leaves a life behind, but comes across Nicholas Muir
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Heir to Windrush Hall
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1966
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223p (1p ad)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (foxing on flaps, in archival wrapper) Slight foxing Eps VG - Near Fine
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30
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The author's 17th novel, Janet in a 'pretend' engagement in New Zealand
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28.000000
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No Legacy for Lindsay
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1965
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188p (4p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight fading spine, in protective wrapper) VG - Near Fine
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30
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The author's 14th novel, on a sheep station in New Zealand, where Lindsay comes up against its manager, Euan Hazeldean
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A Touch of Magic
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1973
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191p (1p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, in protective wrapper) VG - Near Fine
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30
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On Drumlogie sheep station, Lucinda is invited down to look around
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No Orchids by Request
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1965
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192
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D-J (short closed tear front, price-clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 15th book, can Elizabeth trust, and then love, her boss?
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5.000000
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The House on Gregor's Brae
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1971
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191p (1p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 27th novel, can Jennifer's childhood dreams turn into reality?
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5.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Daughter of the Misty Gorges
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Summers, Essie
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Mills&Boon
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1981
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190p (1p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (fading spine, price-clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Short inscription FEP VG - Near Fine
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35
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The author's 46th novel, Christabel in New Zealand, the place she wanted to stay in forever
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18.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Earthenware
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Summers, John
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Pisces Print, Nag's Head Press
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1977
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75p (1p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board Near Fine
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25
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A signed, limited edition of 300 copies (#248), a story set in an alternative Southland
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5.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Work in Progress from Fernie Brae
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Summers, John
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Pisces Print, Nag's Head Press
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1977
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31
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Small 8vo
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D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board Near Fine
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25
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A signed, limited edition of 300 copies (#26), a story set in an alternative Southland
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5.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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lake, mountain, tree
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an anthology of writing on New Zealand nature and landscape
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Temple, Philip (ed)
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Godwit
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1998
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287
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps VG
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20
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From New Zealand's earliest writings, with Cook, to contemporary pieces, the author chooses prose and verse which features the New Zealand landscape
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 2 1984
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Thompson, John (ed)
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Department of English, Victoria University
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1984
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96
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8vo
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P-B Date stamp front cover VG
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10
|
Along with a review of the 1982-83 years in New Zealand drama, verse and prose, includes pieces on a Shadbolt bibliography, four poets (O'Sullivan, Adcock, Manhire, Wedde) and recent biography
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Denis Glover
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New Zealand writers and their work
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Thomson, JEP
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Oxford University Press
|
1977
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55
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine VG
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15
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A study of this New Zealand 'poet, printer, boxer, sailor, irreverent iconoclast and wit'
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Books and Bibliography
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Essays in Commemoration of Don McKenzie
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Thomson, John (ed)
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VUP
|
2002
|
216
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine Owner's small stamp FEP VG
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30
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Fourteen essays written to celebrate the life of Don McKenzie, teacher at Victoria University, and his passion for the history of the book, with illustrations
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Anno Domini 2000 or Woman's Destiny
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Vogel, Julius ; Robinson, Roger (ed)
|
Exisle Pub
|
2000
|
(frontis) 184p
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
25
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The re-edition of this Utopian NZ novel, first published in 1898, with a useful introducton by Roger Robinson which not only gives some background to the book and its writer, but also shows how right Vogel was in some of his literary predictions
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5.000000
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Anno Domini 2000
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or, Woman's Destiny
|
Vogel, Sir Julius
|
Hutchinson
1889 Colonial Edition
|
1889 Colonial Edition
|
(frontis in facsimile) viii 331p (4p catalogue)
|
Small 8vo
|
Decorated grey cloth binding, gilt titles Slight marks cloth Some pages rough cut VG - Near Fine
|
70
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"The Colonial Edition of the author's Victorian novel of the near future (for him), and, as Bagnall points out, the first edition (of 2000 copies)
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Making ends meet essays & talks 1992-2004
|
|
Wedde, Ian
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Victoria University Press
|
2005
|
368
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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A collection of essays dealing with New Zealand art and literature
|
6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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