London: Hutchinson, 1895. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. viii, 314 pp, adverts. Cloth with gilt sun illustration on cover and and spine. Previous owner's stamp on prelims and p.1. Author Louisa Alice Baker. Rare early New Zealand novel in near fine binding. More
Dunedin: Mills, Dick, 1877. Original Cloth. pp.196. Photographic frontispiece oval. Red borders on text pages, original green decorated cloth. Title page in red and black. Bracken wrote the New Zealand National Anthem. A very good copy of this rare New Zealand work.Signede with the compliments of the author. More
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1895. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. [4],416 pp. uncut, original buckram with gilt title, uncut, spots of foxing. Rare early New Zealand novel, providing a picture of early colonial life. More
Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1962. First Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp. 224. Very nice first edition in good d/w. More
Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1969. First New Zealand Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp. 206. Very nice first New Zealand edition in very good d/w. More
Auckland: The Unicorn Press, 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 29 pp, original covers, bookplate of J Holdsworth, Gisborne. First edition of a series of sketches that originally appeared in the fortnightly publication "Tomorrow". Extremely rare and in very good condition. More
London: Gall & Ingles, 1880. 12mo. Original Cloth. pp.127.Coloured lithographed frontispiece titled: "Lucy's arm was thrown round Waihoura's neck whilst she tried to make herself understood". Original decorated cloth, in gilt and colour, a fine copy of this rare New Zealand novel. Bagnall3011. More
London: Favil Press, 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original Printed Wrappers. pp. [3]. A poem, the subject of which is Stanislaw Wyspianski, famous Polish poet, who died in 1907. This is number 72 of 100 copies, printed privately for Bertram Rota. Pages partially uncut. Rare. NZNB M964. More
1939. No Binding. ALS to Miss Leatherbarrow agreeing to autograph her copy of his book and commenting how nice it is to receive "an occasional bit of praise." 2 sides. Dated August 26 1939. More
New Plymouth: Thomas Avery, 1884. 1st Edition. 12mo. Soft cover. pp 21. Original soft cloth binding. Faded title on front cover. A collection of short parables, fables and morality tales. New Zealand and Australian focus. Very rare. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1874. 8vo. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.viii,343. Map. Original cloth. Rare work in the form of a tale, but containing facts and instances that are all true. Scarce in good condition. NZNB 6032. More
Melbourne: W H Williams, 1887. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 132, adverts, frontispiece portrait drawing of the author. 2 pages of blue paper adverts bound in at rear.5 full page illustrations showing the Maori scout 'displays his magic power", "Abduction of Hine-Ra".etc. Original paper cover laid over cloth for library use. Contains..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1874. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. pp 287. Rare early book in original cloth, stained on a portion of the covers, otherwise very good condition. An informative novel, set in the area of the Kapiti coast. More
