NZLiterature

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Title

Sub-title

Author

Publisher

Published

Pages

Size

Condition

Price

Comment

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The Counterfeit Seal

 

Adams, RN

ODT & Witness (et al)

1897

(1p) 298p

8vo

Blue cloth binding, browning spine Light wear top, bottom spine  Rear hinge beginning to crack  Owner's details front paste-down, FEP VG

25

A story of the Knox family as pioneers of Otago, with much actual experience of the early settlers

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New Zealand Verse

 

Alexander, WF ; Currie, AE (collect)

Walter Scott Publishing

1906

xxxii 271p (8p catalogue)

Small 8vo

Blue cloth binding, gilt titles and decorations  Bump top, bottom spine, fore-corners TEG Slight foxing FE, a few pages  VG

25

The first real collection of New Zealand verse, all written by New Zealanders, although not all in New Zealand

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The Hedge-Sparrow

 

Allen, Charles Richards

Reed

1937

256

Small 8vo

D-J (small chips)  Inscription FEP  Slight foxing FEP  VG - Near Fine

35

A political novel of the Seddon period in NZ, set in Dunedin

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Katherine Mansfield 

A Biography

Alpers, Antony

Jonathan Cape

1954 1st UK edition

xvi 376p xvip Index

8vo

D-J (browning spine)  Slight marks FEs  VG

40

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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Tura and the Fairies 

and  The Overworlds and Tu

Andersen, Johannes

LT Watkins

1936

63

8vo

Card wraps  Browning spine  Slight bumping top, bottom spine  VG - Near Fine

125

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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Printing Types  a second specimen book

 

Anon

The Caxton Press

1948

75p (4p notes)

8vo

D-J (browned spine)  Short inscription front paste-down  Slight foxing top FE  VG

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'

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Reeds' New Zealand Christmas Annual No 1

 

Anon

Reed

1947

80

Oblong 8vo

P-B Slight chips VG

25

Illustrated by such as AB Paterson. a compilation of stories, short biographies, descriptive pieces, contemporary advertisements, the first Annual

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The Dominican Star  A New Zealand Year Book  (Second Edition)

 

Anon

The Caxton Company

1899

(18p ads)  (3p) 152p (20p ads)

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

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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

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Book Six

 

Anon

Caxton Press

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Man on the Horse

 

Baxter, James K

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'

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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Tales of the New Zealand Bush

An Amateur Bushranger, The Valley of the Moas

Eyre, Ernest Leonard

Author Pub, City News

1929

22

8vo

P-B Staple rust VG

40

Two illustrated stories originally published in the 'New Zealand Magazine'  Scarce

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Job and other sacred poems

 

Ferguson, Dugald

James Horsburgh

1898 Revised ed (1891)

(frontis) viii (2p) 128p

Small 8vo

Green cloth binding, gilt titles, decoration spine  Slight foxing prelims, FEs  VG

50

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

 

Ferrall, Charles (ed)

Steele Roberts

2011

166

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

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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Snowman Snowman  fables and fantasies  The Reservoir  stories and sketches  2 vols

 

Frame, Janet

George Braziller

1963

2 vols (2p) 182p; (2p) 182p

8vo

Boxed (slight bump base, slight rubbing of orange colour extremities)  D-J (slight rubbing top, bottom spine, in archival plastic)  Near Fine

85

The first edition of the author's second collection, a nice set

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Towards another Summer

 

Frame, Janet

Vintage, Random House

2007

206

8vo

D-J Fine

65

The first posthumous novel, limited edition #76 of 750

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Towards another Summer

 

Frame, Janet

Vintage, Random House

2007

206

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

45

Numbered, limited edition of this posthumously-published novel, 'distance looks our way' (Brasch)

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The Carpathians

 

Frame, Janet

Century Hutchinson

1988

196

8vo

D-J Near Fine

35

The first New Zealand edition of the author's eleventh novel

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Laya  An Historical Novel

 

Gadd, Bernard

The Kahurangi Co-operative

1985

131

8vo

P-B VG

25

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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Untold 8 Spring 1987

 

Garrett, Simon ; Smith, Shona (eds)

Untold Books

1987

58p (4p)

4to

P-B Small marks covers VG

20

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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The Interpretative Power

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

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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From a Room of Their Own

A Celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship

Gifkins, Michael (ed)

Whitcoulls

1993

(1p) (frontis) 153p

4to

Decorated cloth binding, plate-label laid on front board  Slight tea stains back cloth  VG

30

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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Free to Laugh & Dance

stories

Gilbert, Gavin Robert

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

The writer's first collection, 'This is a simple story...Not even a murder...just.. a little quietness'

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Glass-sharp and Poisonous

 

Gilbert, GR

The Caxton Press

1952

85

8vo

D-J (slight chips, fading spine) Paper over boards, cloth spine  Thin strip of browning EPS  VG

20

A novella that holds that 'all life is a struggle from illusion towards reality'

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The Turn of the Tide

 

Glenn, Rewa

Pegasus

1968

102

8vo

P-B Slight wear covers Sig FEP VG

14

Stories set around the Marlborough Sounds; with 8 lovely wood engravings by Elizabeth Johnston

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ABC A Rhyming Alphabet

 

Gormack, Nick ; Rendall, Jenny

Nag's Head Press

1998

(30 l.)

Small 8vo

D-J Decorated paper over boards Fine

25

Numbered, limited edition of 325 copies, a lovely copy

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The Clutha Bridge

 

Gormack, RS

Nag's Head Press

2000

46p (2p)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight chip fore-corner) Cloth boards  Paper label on front board Near Fine

25

An edition of 65 (#25), a story of Miss McColl and the man who fell off the Clutha Bridge

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The Broadcast

 

Gormack, RS

Nag's Head Press

1999

56p (2p)

Small 8vo

D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board  Near Fine

25

An edition of 65 (#21), leading up to the Anniversary Day Broadcast from Dunedin

5.500000

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Marvellous Codes  The fiction of Margaret Mahy

 

Hale, Elizabeth ; Winters, Sarah Fiona (eds)

Victoria University Press

2005

264

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

25

A collection of essays discussing both Margaret Mahy's subject matter and specific works

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The Share Club

 

Hall, Roger

VUP

1988

63

8vo

P-B Fading cover VG

25

Author inscribed, a take on the growing shared greed of the late 80s in NZ

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State of the Play

 

Hall, Roger

Price Milburn, VUP

1979

100

8vo

P-B VG

25

Author inscribed, includes a piece by Ian Fraser on the three comedies, 'Middle Age Spread', 'Glide Time' and this play

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Sons of the South

 

Highton, Paul

Author Pub

2013

154

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

22

Signed by the author, a novel of mountain adventure in the Southern mountains

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29.000000

Hey Boy!

 

Hill, Jane and Bernie

W&T

1964 5th impression (1962)

40 leaves

4to

P-B VG

30

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

3.000000

17.000000

31.000000

35.000000

35.000000

Timeless World

 

Holcroft, Monte H

Progressive Publishing

1945

131

8vo

Black paper D-J over card covers (slight wear edges) VG

45

A collection of essays of the 40s, dealing with life and literature

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Jacob's Season

 

Hooker, John

Barrie&Jenkins

1971

188

8vo

D-J (slight chip base spine) Near Fine

38

New Zealand author's first novel, a story of lost opportunities

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

A Song in the Forest

 

Hooper, Peter

John McIndoe

1979

218

8vo

D-J (slight chips) Slight foxing top FE  Signature of NZ writer Harry Evison FEP VG - Near Fine

45

After the fall of civilisation, what happens to Tama and the People of the Stag, with illustrations by Chris Gaskin

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

the bone people

 

Hulme, Keri

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

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

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'

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

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

15.000000

30.000000

34.000000

38.000000

The Parihaka Woman

 

Ihimaera, Witi

Vintage, Random House

2011

318

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

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

40.000000

The Trowenna Sea  a novel

 

Ihimaera, Witi

Raupo, Penguin

2009

528

8vo

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

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

40.000000

43.000000

The Matriarch

 

Ihimaera, Witi

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

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

The New Zealand Collection

A celebration of the New Zealand novel

Ireland, Kevin

Random House

1989

223

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

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

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

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

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

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Journal of New Zealand Literature 7 1989

 

Jones, Lawrence ; Murray, Heather (eds)

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Mister Pip

 

Jones, Lloyd

John Murray

2007 7th printing

223

8vo

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

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

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

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

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

10.000000

20.000000

22.000000

24.000000

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

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

19.000000

38.000000

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

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

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

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

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

32.000000

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

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

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

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Still Shines When You Think Of It  a festschrift for Vincent O'Sullivan

 

Manhire, Bill ; Whiteford, Peter (eds)

Victoria University Press

2007

(frontis) 380p
8vo

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

A collection of essays for Vincent O'Sullivan to share in the celebration of his first 70 years

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Prime Minister

 

Manning, Arthur

W&T

1973

207

8vo

D-J (slight chip)  VG - Near Fine

30

An NZ political novel of a man on the rise to the top

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Hero and Leander

 

Marlowe, Christopher

The Caxton Press

1945

36p (2p)

8vo

Soft card wraps over card covers   VG - Near Fine

25

The 818 lines written by Marlowe in the year of his death, based on the first printing for Edward Blount in 1598

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Tied up in Tinsel

 

Marsh, Ngaio

Collins

1972

256

8vo

D-J (faded, slight chips) VG

20

Collins Crime Club

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Colour Scheme

 

Marsh, Ngaio

The Crime Club, Collins, Coulls Somerville Wilkie

1943

256

Small 8vo

D-J (slight chips extremities, in archival wrapper)  Red cloth binding  Owner's signature front paste-down  VG

40

The first New Zealand-printed edition of this murder at the spa in 'Harpoon Inlet'

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Letters and Art in New Zealand

 

McCormick, EH

DIA

1940

(frontis) xii (2p) 205p (1p)

8vo

D-J (small piece missing top spine) Inscription FEP  VG

25

The first serious study of NZ art and literature, with illustrations

6.000000

23.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

New Zealand Literature  a survey

 

McCormick, EH

OUP

1959

vii 173p

8vo

D-J Cloth binding  VG

20

A revised edition of the author's 'Letters and Art in New Zealand' from 1940

7.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Frank Sargeson in his Time

 

McEldowney, Dennis

McIndoe

1976

(frontis) 72

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG

25

The author's study of a still-living Frank Sargeson, with many illustrations

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Jane Mander  The Story of a New Zealand Writer

 

McGregor, Rae

University of Otago Press

1998

146p (2p catalogue)

8vo

P-B  VG - Near Fine

30

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

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Journal of New Zealand Literature No 3 1985

 

McKay, Frank (ed)

Department of English, Victoria University

1985

120

8vo

P-B VG

10

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

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Journal of New Zealand Literature No 1 1983

 

McKay, Frank (ed)

Department of English, Victoria University

1983 Reprint (1983)

(1p) 114p

8vo

P-B VG

10

Along with a review of the 1981-2 years in New Zealand drama, verse and prose, includes pieces on Sargeson, Ihimaera and Stead

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Whare Raupo  The Reed Books Story

 

McLean, Gavin

Reed

2007

(frontis) 294p

4to

D-J Paper over boards  Fine

50

With illustrations, the ups and downs of over 50 years of publishing of New Zealand's premier publishing company

5.000000

20.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

Countless Signs

The New Zealand landscape in Literature

McNaughton, Trudie (comp)

Reed Methuen

1986

xi 389

8vo

D-J (fading spine, slight rumpling top) VG

28

Traces the use of the NZ landscape through prose and verse, from the earliest writings

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Passionate Pilgrimage

 Katherine Mansfield: a love affair in letters

McNeish, Helen (ed)

H&S ; Michael Joseph

1976

143

8vo

D-J (slight wear) VG

30

Illustrated in B-W, the letters of Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murry from the South of France

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Rex Fairburn

Walking on My Feet

McNeish, James and Helen

Collins

1983

x (1p) 236p

4to

D-J Near Fine

40

A lovely copy of this very personal 'biography' of the NZ poet, artist, social comentator and long-range walker

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Loners

Stories and Drawings

Middleton, OE

Square & Circle

1972

111p (1p)

8vo

P-B  Slight browning spine  VG - Near Fine

25

Stories by Middleton, drawings by Hotere, a nice copy

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

Confessions of an Ocelot  and Not for a Seagull

 

Middleton, OE

John McIndoe

1979

116

8vo

P-B Fine

22

Two novellas, Auckland after WW2, with cover by Ralph Hotere, a nice copy

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Spark to a Waiting Fuse

James K Baxter's Correspondence with Noel Ginn 1942-46

Millar, Paul

VUP

2001

567

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

35

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

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Areopagitica  a speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing

 

Milton, John

The Caxton Press

1941

55p (1p)

4to

Cloth spine, paper label Paper over boards panels Light foxing EPs, FEs VG

50

Limited to 150 copies

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Moana

a novel of early New Zealand

Mitcalfe, Barry

Seven Seas

1975

252

8vo

D-J  Near Fine

25

Illustrated with line drawings by Cliff Whiting, a story from the NZ North of Maori relationships and the coming of the early pakeha

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Squid

 

Mitcalfe, Barry

Glenco

1951

(3p) 162

8vo

H-B Slight wear spine VG

25

1st edition of NZ novel

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Salvation Jones

 

Mitcalfe, Barry

MATE

1962

115

8vo

P-B VG

15

Drawings by Anthony Stones embellish this series of narratives of the unlikely experiences of a kiwi character

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Maori Picture

 

Moore, Mary F

Sylvan Press

1947

(frontis map) 172p

Small 8vo

D-J (chips, small pieces missing) Cloth binding Browning EPs  VG

35

With illustrations by Biro, a novelisation of Maori and New Zealand history

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Great Days in New Zealand Writing

 

Mulgan, Alan

Reed

1962

143

8vo

D-J Some foxing FEs  Gd - VG

22

Eleven chapters on various NZ works and authors, including Maning's Old New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield and Tutira

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Shadow Man

 

Ng, Eva Wong

Driving Creek Press

1999

102p (3p)

8vo

Soft card cover with flaps Near Fine

25

Signed by the author, a collection of stories dealing with growing up as a Chinese child in Auckland during the 1940s and 1950s

6.500000

20.000000

35.000000

30.000000

35.000000

The Lucubrations of Scribo the historian concerning wars of nations and a few other things

 

Norris, Thomas Cheal

Michael R Thorn

1915

84

Small 8vo

P-B Small piece missing base spine VG

40

With contemporary advertisements, deliberations, sometimes humorous, about War ingeneral, and WW1 in particular

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Moments of Invention

Portraits of 21 New Zealand Writers

O'Brien, Greg ; Cross, Robert

Heinemann Reed

1988

(1p) 150p

4to

P-B Small crease in cover fore-corner  VG

25

Portraits in photo and word of 21 NZ Writers, of fiction and verse, including Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Hone Tuwhare, CK Stead, Witi Ihimaera

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The Irish Annals of New Zealand

 

O'Leary, Michael

ESAW Seacliff

1991

80

8vo

P-B VG

40

One of the more esoteric and unusual modern NZ literary affairs, a mixture of English language fun and James Joyce theoneandonly

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Katherine Mansfield

Selected Letters

O'Sullivan, Vincent (ed)

OUP

1989

(frontis) xxxi 320p

8vo

D-J  VG - Near Fine

35

Covers a selection of letters from 1903 to letters from a dying KM in the Gurdjieff Institute

5.000000

12.000000

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23.000000

22.000000

I have what I gave

The fiction of Janet Frame

Panny, Judith Dell

Daphne Brasell Assoc Press

1992

(2p) 194p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

Criticism and interpretation of the works of NZ writer Janet Frame, with bibliography

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

I have what I gave

The fiction of Janet Frame (Revised edition)

Panny, Judith Dell

Dunmore Press, Whitireia Publishing

2002 Revised edition (1992)

184

8vo

P-B Near Fine

32

The revised edition of this critical review of Janet Frame's fiction, which reorganises the previous material and considers later views of JF

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Plume of Bees  a literary biography of CK Stead

 

Panny, Judith Dell

Cape Catley

2009

235

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the work of this New Zealand writer, his influences and his influence

6.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Wild Will Enderby

 

Pyke, Vincent

Capper Press

1974 Reprint edition

iv p5-154

8vo

D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Name FEP VG

20

The reprint edition of this 'exuberant romance' of the Otago goldfields

8.000000

24.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

Talking About Ourselves

Twelve NZ poets in conversation

Ricketts, Harry

Mallinson Rendel

1986

176

8vo

P-B Fine

20

Conversations with Hulme, McAlpine, Wedde, Lauris Edmond, Turner, Smither, Curnow, Stead, Adcock, Harlow, Johnson, Murray Edmond

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Where Did She Come From?

New Zealand Women novelists 1862-1987

Roberts, Heather

Allen & Unwin

1989

vi 177p

8vo

P-B VG

35

A study which places contemporary women novelists in the context of their predecessors, with illustrations, including discussions of Robin Hyde and Janet Frame

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

'For Was I Not Born Here?'  Identity and culture in the work of Yvonne du Fresne

 

Ronning, Anne Holden

Editions Rodopi

2010

xiii 187p

8vo

Laminated boards Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a study of this New Zealand writer from a Danish background, and how it affects what she writes

6.000000

23.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Journal of New Zealand Literature 5 1987

 

Ross, JC (ed)

The Department of English, Massey University

1987

(3p) 114p

8vo

P-B Fine

15

Includes pieces on 19th century New Zealand drama, New Zealand's little magazines from 'Freed' to 'And', James Courage and Allen Curnow

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Journal of New Zealand Literature 6 1988

 

Ross, JC (ed)

The Department of English, Massey University

1988

(2p) 232p

8vo

P-B Fine

15

Includes surveys of mid-80s New Zealand literature, and pieces on Katherine Mansfield and Janet Frame

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Monday's Warriors

 

Shadbolt, Maurice

Hodder & Stoughton

1990

(4p) 308p (1p)

4to

D-J  Paper over boards Near Fine

25

The story of Kimble Bent and the New Zealand Wars, a nice copy

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

38.000000

41.000000

Rambling Jack 2

 

Sharp, Iain (ed)

Miracle Mart Receiving

1986

32

8vo

Card covers  VG

22

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

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

The New Zealand and Australian Songster & Goldfields Diary

 

Small, Joe

The Nag's Head Press

1970

60p (2p)

8vo

D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, paper label front board VG - Near Fine

50

Limited, numbered edition (168/200), the songs and diary of this Irish songster on the New Zealand goldfields

4.000000

10.000000

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22.000000

24.000000

the writer at work

 

Stead, Karl

University of Otago Press

2000

281p (7p)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

A selection of 10 years of literary and biographical essays by this NZ writer, considering many of NZ's leading writers

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

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34.000000

A Girl with Red Hair

and other stories

Stewart, Douglas

Angus and Robertson

1944

(3p) 157p (1p)

Small 8vo

Red cloth binding, black titles  Slight browning EPs  Light cock to spine  VG

30

The writer's first prose collection, including some stories from his native New Zealand

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Four Plays

 

Stewart, Douglas

A&R

1958

309

8vo

D-J (slight browning) Small pocket IC VG - Near Fine

30

Four plays from the 40s and 50s, including 'The Fire on the Snow'

5.000000

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Beyond the Foothills

 

Summers, Essie

Ulverscroft

1992 Large print edition

340p (1p) (17p catalogue)

8vo

Laminated boards Near Fine

70

Author's presentation copy, signed and inscribed, the first large print edition, Marilla St John retreats to the countryside

6.500000

25.000000

55.000000

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The Smoke and the Fire

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1964

189p (3p)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight chip, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 12th novel, Dinah Pritchard decides to take the plunge and go to New Zealand for her man

6.000000

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Spring in September

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1978

187p (4p)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight fading spine, slight rubbing top spine, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 40th novel, Susannah Carew has to come back to New Zealand, and past relationships

6.000000

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Beyond the Foothills

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1976

187p (4p)

Small 8vo

D-J (light fading spine, chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

30

The author's 35th novel, Marilla St John gives a television interview, and has to hide away in the countryside as a result

6.000000

23.000000

55.000000

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The Kindled Fire

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1969

188p (3p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (light fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

30

The author's 24th novel, with the heroine returning to New Zealand, ready for love

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Caleb's Kingdom

 

Summers, Essie

Severn House

1996

viii 216p

8vo

D-J (slight fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine

175

A nice copy of this tale of Greta Mountford who leaves England to work in the magic world around Lake Wakatipu

6.500000

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Design for Life

 

Summers, Essie

Severn House

1997

(3p) 214p

8vo

D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine

175

A nice copy of this tale of New Zealand writer, Dane Inglethorpe, returning from Britain with artist Chloe

6.500000

25.000000

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Anna of Strathallan

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1975

187p (3p)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in protectivel wrapper)  Paper over boards   VG - Near Fine

30

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

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1967

220 (3p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

30

The author's 20th novel, set in the Southern Lakes area of NZ's South Island, Annabel in search of her family

6.500000

25.000000

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45.000000

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One More River to Cross

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1979

188p (3p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in archival wrapper)  VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 43rd novel, two cousins on a high-country station

5.000000

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Return to Dragonshill

 

Summers, Essie

Mills & Boon

1971

191p (1p)

8vo

D-J (slight chip top spine, in archival wrapper)  VG - Near Fine

45

Signed by the author, Johnny reappears in Henrietta's life to complicate life on her farm, Dragonshill

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Through all the Years

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1974

192p (1p)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight rubbing top spine, small hole in middle spine, price cut, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

25

The author's 34th book, set on Banks Peninsula, with Thomasina and Luke

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Bride in Flight

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1964

192

Small 8vo

D-J (slight chips, price clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

35

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

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1977

187p (4p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 38th novel, Faith in search of her New Zealand-dwelling father

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Revolt - And Virginia

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1969

191p (1p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, price clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 23rd novel, Virginia leaves a life behind, but comes across Nicholas Muir

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Heir to Windrush Hall

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1966

223p (1p ad)

Small 8vo

D-J (foxing on flaps, in archival wrapper)  Slight foxing Eps VG - Near Fine

30

The author's 17th novel, Janet in a 'pretend' engagement in New Zealand

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No Legacy for Lindsay

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1965

188p (4p)

Small 8vo

D-J (slight fading spine, in protective wrapper)   VG - Near Fine

30

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

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1973

191p (1p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, in protective wrapper)  VG - Near Fine

30

On Drumlogie sheep station, Lucinda is invited down to look around

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No Orchids by Request

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1965

192

Small 8vo

D-J (short closed tear front, price-clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 15th book, can Elizabeth trust, and then love, her boss?

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The House on Gregor's Brae

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1971

191p (1p)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 27th novel, can Jennifer's childhood dreams turn into reality?

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Daughter of the Misty Gorges

 

Summers, Essie

Mills&Boon

1981

190p (1p ads)

Small 8vo

D-J (fading spine, price-clipped, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards   Short inscription FEP VG - Near Fine

35

The author's 46th novel, Christabel in New Zealand, the place she wanted to stay in forever

6.000000

18.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Earthenware

 

Summers, John

Pisces Print, Nag's Head Press

1977

75p (1p)

Small 8vo

D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board  Near Fine

25

A signed,  limited edition of 300 copies (#248), a story set in an alternative Southland

5.500000

24.000000

45.000000

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45.000000

Work in Progress from Fernie Brae

 

Summers, John

Pisces Print, Nag's Head Press

1977

31

Small 8vo

D-J Cloth boards Paper label front board  Near Fine

25

A signed,  limited edition of 300 copies (#26), a story set in an alternative Southland

5.500000

23.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

lake, mountain, tree

an anthology of writing on New Zealand nature and landscape

Temple, Philip (ed)

Godwit

1998

287

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps  VG

20

From New Zealand's earliest writings, with Cook, to contemporary pieces, the author chooses prose and verse which features the New Zealand landscape

5.000000

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Journal of New Zealand Literature No 2 1984

 

Thompson, John (ed)

Department of English, Victoria University

1984

96

8vo

P-B Date stamp front cover VG

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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Denis Glover

New Zealand writers and their work

Thomson, JEP

Oxford University Press

1977

55

8vo

P-B Fading spine  VG

15

A study of this New Zealand 'poet, printer, boxer, sailor, irreverent iconoclast and wit'

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Books and Bibliography

Essays in Commemoration of Don McKenzie

Thomson, John (ed)

VUP

2002

216

8vo

P-B Fading spine Owner's small stamp FEP  VG

30

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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14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Anno Domini 2000 or Woman's Destiny

 

Vogel, Julius ; Robinson, Roger (ed)

Exisle Pub

2000

(frontis) 184p

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

25

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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Anno Domini 2000

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

"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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16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Making ends meet  essays & talks 1992-2004

 

Wedde, Ian

Victoria University Press

2005

368

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A collection of essays dealing with New Zealand art and literature

6.500000

27.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

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