FORNA, NAMINA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt decoration to front board, green gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 2020

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Namina Forna fanasty literature novels fiction children's

BRACKEN, ALEXANDRA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, AUTHOR'S 'POSTCARD' LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed fantasy literature Alexandra Bracken science fiction novel

LLOYD-JONES, EMILY

IN YELLOW 'ILLUMICRATE' BAG, FIRST EDITION, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON BOUND IN PAGE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, bronze gilt decoration to from cover, bronze gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, book advertising enclosure loosely enclosed, Near FINE in d/w, Near FINE, in Illumicrate bag

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2022

KEYWORDS: First Edition Illustrated Foredge Signed by Author science fiction novel

HAMM, EMMA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATED FOREDGE, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt decoration to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (minor scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Bookish Box 2021

KEYWORDS: Signed Emma Hamm fantasy novels fiction literature

MCLEAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Winter Productions 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first edition signed history maritime pioneers sailing settlers exploration

BAXTER, JAMES & DOESBURG, INGE (Solar Plate, Etching & Woodblock) & HOLMES, JOHN (Text Print) & GUBBINS, CATHERINE (Binding)

#12 of 85, SIGNED COPY, folio, pink triple fold boards with red cloth spine, black lettering to title plate on front board, beautiful scripted James Baxter poem inserted to central board, flanked by 2x illustrations with embossed blind stamp text & patterns to head & base inserts, all inserts printed on 230gsm paper, with tissue guard to centre, Near FINE (sl fading to red cloth spine)

PUBLISHER: The Bibliography Room, University of Otago, Dunedin 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa literature art James Baxter signed special limited numbered editions poetry verse poems

OLDS, PETER (Poems) & MADILL, KATHRYN (Images)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES, folio, light grey light card wrappers, red artistic lettering & yellow decoration to front wrapper, deckled page edges, Wayzgoose sheet loosely enclosed, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light staining to rear wrapper, sl colour bleed-through from illus recto to Black poem, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otakou Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa art literature poems poetry verse Peter Olds Kathryn Madill first editions signed

DAY, DIXIE

SIGNIFICANT KNOWLEDGEABLE ANNOTATION ADDING INFORMATION OF IMPORTANCE TO THE BOOK, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, pink lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to spine & wrapper edges, whole item warped, minor tanning & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor water damage/staining to edges of page block, extensive highlighting & annotioan in ink throughout, heavy crack to pg84-85 gutter)

PUBLISHER: The Waiheke Historical Society 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa Waiheke history signed Dixie Day pioneers early settlers

MORRIS SCOBIE, J

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo softcover, stapled (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Lake Tarawera Ratepayers' Association 1986

KEYWORDS: signed J Morris Scobie NZ New Zealand Lake Tarawera centennial centenary history geology pre-colonial Maori

GREENLAND, D J

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: CAB International 1997

KEYWORDS: farming rice paddy fields signed D J Greenland economics history production

MICHAELIS, MARGARET & ENNIS, HELEN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2005

KEYWORDS: first edition signed photography art Margaret Michaelis

FRIEDLANDER, MARTI & MANSON, HUGO

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO ARTIST GREER TWISS & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, grey heavy boards, blind stamped lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: first edition signed New Zealand art Greer Twiss Marti Friedlander photography

GEKOSKI, RICK

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black illus heavy boards, white lettering to front cover and spine, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (Photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Peribo 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition signed by bibliomemoir Rick Gekoski history biography

WARD, GARETH

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, printed light card wrappers, gilt and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine, illus/maps, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Bateman 2022

KEYWORDS: signed Gareth Ward scifi science fiction novel

WARD, GARETH

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, printed light card wrappers, gilt and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Bateman 2023

KEYWORDS: signed Gareth Ward scifi science fiction novel

DAVIS, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, afton light blue boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 315pp, VG+ (minor damp staining to lower corner of front board & base of rear board, minor scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (moderate creasing & light water staining to edges, minor chipping to front fold)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 2015

KEYWORDS: biography Duke Kahanamoku olympics sports swimming signed

SHEPHARD, ALASTAIR

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white and red lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/maps, VG+ (minor soiling to front board, minor creasing to heads of hinges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Rara Avis 2020

KEYWORDS: Inscribed Dated & Signed by Author Japan Southern Burma Tenasserim war military history

TAYLOR, CAL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper, blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, folding diagrams at rear, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor scuffing to front hinge, minor soiling to rear hinge, minor curling to edges of wrappers, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Firstfleet Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: signed Cal Taylor planes history Douglas C-133 Cargomaster

TYSON, DICK & WRIGHT, ALAN (ed) & MCBRIDE, WILLIE JOHN (intro)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, EDITOR & OTHERS, quarto, sky blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading/discolouration to edges, minor creasing to base of spine and heads and bases of hinges, minor creasing and scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (minor foxing to flap edges, minor creasing to edges and extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: JJG Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: Signed by Author & Editor rugby sport history

GEKOSKI, RICK

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering and decoration to front cover, white lettering to spine, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges and extrems)

PUBLISHER: Peribo 2009

KEYWORDS: First Edition Signed by Author Bibliomemoirs memoirs biography