Books - "signed"
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Mutton Birds and Other Birds
TIPPED IN TO VERSO OF DEDICATION PAGE- INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH HIS STAMPED ADDRESS, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 200pp + (9), illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate soiling & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1914
KEYWORDS: first editions signed H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand mutton birds ornithology birds nature wildlife
This City
DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Jennifer Compton poems poetry verse literature New Zealand poets writers
Past & Present, and Men of the Times
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 253pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & staining to spine, minor bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, moderate foxing througout, moderate chipping/tearing to base of ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters, 3cm scuff to index page at rear)
PUBLISHER: McKee, Gamble, Printers and Publishers 1897
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonies colonial history Captain W Jackson Barry signed
The Maori: Yesterday and To-Day
FIRST EDITION, TIPPED IN PLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine- heavy but tidy archival repairs, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with archival repairs, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions signed James Cowan New Zealand history Maori culture heritage
The Mystery of the Moa: New Zealand's Avian Giant
FIRST EDITION, tipped in bookplate signed & dated by author, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 357pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, sl occasional foxing throughout, 2cm loss to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1931
KEYWORDS: New Zealand prehistoric creatures moa moas giant birds extinct first editions signed T Lindsay Buick
The Coming of the Maori to Ao-tea-roa
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green stiff card covers, lg illus title plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 23pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to covers- sl tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, prev owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1934
KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand history Maori A W Reed
Rewi's Last Stand
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature
Hakataramea Hundred
SIGNED, octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station
Response to a Vision: The First Hundred Years of the Nelson School of Music
SIGNED, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Nelson School of Music 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff
Memoirs of an Early Settler: William Duncan
SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton
A White Boy Among the Maoris in the Forties
SIGNED BY A H REED, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems.edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: A H Reed 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed James West Stack autobiography autobiographies memoir Maori culture customs
Puha Road
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 142pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine & folds of flaps/covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: C & C Associates N/D
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature
The Maori and His First Printed Books
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions signed A W Reed Maori books literature literary history
The Adventures of Kimble Bent: A Story of Wild Life in the New Zealand Bush
FIRST EDITION, PLATE INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TIPPED IN, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xxi + 336pp, VG- (moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine- 935 ink numerals also, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, sm ink numerals & minor scuffing to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout, sm ink stamp to base of pg193)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions James Cowan New Zealand bush life Kimble Bent wild survival history historical signed
The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing
SIGNED, square super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Denley Publications 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Howden Ganley motorsports automotive history autobiography autobiographies memoir f1 formula one 1 New Zealand Zealanders
Farthest North: Afoot in Maoriland Byways
FIRST EDITION, DATED (1947) & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1946
KEYWORDS: signed first editions A H Reed New Zealand history north island Northland
Tempo: A Circus Romance
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pixi Robertson 2014
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Pixi Robertson literature novels fiction
Travelling
SIGNED, LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Bob Jones literature signed
A Way Home
SIGNED, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016
KEYWORDS: signed Jillian Sullivan New Zealand Central Otago lifestyle autobiography autobiographies memoir
Finding the Path: Awaken Your Connection to Spirit
SIGNED, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2011
KEYWORDS: signed Kelvin Cruickshank New Zealand mediums mediumship psychics spirituality