Dud, Jerry and George
Unbound. Popular performers on Radio ZB in "Chuckles Session". Jerry was a dummy. Letter written by Dud, with signed picture of the trio. More
New Zealand
Inia Te Wiata - Maori Singer
Paper Wrappers. A) Biographical feature in the Auckland Star newspaper of February 15 1947, with photograph. B) Hand-written letter to Miss G. Leatherbarrow, dated March 7 1947 of Mgaryawahia. It states that he is enclosing an autographed envelope, as requested. C) Autograph envelope, as above D) Ticket to a Farewell..... More
Land Grant to George Boyd, 23 November 1865
Wellington: 1865. Unbound. Land grant to George Boyd of Auckland, land in the Parish of Puni in the County of Eden. On vellum with hand-drawn and colour plan of land. With paper seal and signed by George Grey. Very good condition. More
Land Grant to Samuel Jackson, 8 February 1867
1867. Unbound. Land grant to Samuel Jackson of Auckland, land in the Parish of Puni in the County of Eden. On vellum with hand-drawn and colour plan of land. With paper seal and signed by George Grey. Very good condition. More
Land Grant to Samuel Jackson, 8 February 1867
1867. Unbound. Land grant to Samuel Jackson of Auckland, land in the Parish of Puni in the County of Eden. On vellum with hand-drawn and colour plan of land. With paper seal and signed by George Grey. Very good condition. More
Great Knock - Sim's Australians v. Canterbury. Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch 27, 28 February, 2 March 1914
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1994. Small 8vo. Original Boards. pp.67. Very good in original printed wrappers. Hand-set edition limited to 225 copies. Signed by the author/printer. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in mint condition. More
Alone in the Sky.
Auckland: Technical Books, 1979. Revised. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.(9), 190. Hand-signed by the author on title page. Includes newspaper clippings from the1990s. Jean Batten (1909-1982) was a New Zealand woman pioneer in aviation, making a record-breaking flight from England to Australia in 1934, cutting 5 days off Amy Johnson's previous record..... More
Statistics of New Zealand for 1870. Compiled from Official Records.
Wellington: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1872. Folio. Wrappers. 69 statistical tables including information on Population Estimates, Births & Deaths, Shipping, Exports & Imports, Post Office information, Court Cases and more during the Maori Land War period.Appendices of 11 tables of meteorological data from the Provinces. Original blue wrappers with cloth..... More
New Zealand Notables. Series Two
Christchurch: Caxton, 1945. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.190 [1]. Presentation copy, signed by the author. AD ref 319. More
Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand. A Commemoration: A Jubilee Paper: A Retrospect: A Plain and True Story
New Zealand: R.C. Harding, 1888. 8vo. Paperback. pp.49. Frontispiece, 2 additional plates. Soft-bound upside-down. Inscribed on front cover "With the Author's Compliments" More
Bill Culbert Front Door Out Back
Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery, 2013. 1st Edition. 8vo Square. Orig, Cloth. pp. 104. Full colour plates throughout. Published to accompany the solo exhibition, New Zealand Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, 55th International Art Exhibition. Contemp black cloth. Signed by artist to fly leaf. More
A book of New Zealand Verse. 1923-1950.
Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1951. Revised Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 219. Signed inscription by Keith Sinclair, poet and historian and who has 3 poems in the anthology. Revised and enlarged edition of the landmark anthology edited by Curnow with his important Introduction. In original dust wrapper in excellent condition... More
Mr Huckster of 1958; Another and Still Happier POEM for the Family Circle By the Author of That Ever-Popular Ballad The Hucksters & The University...
The Pilgrim Press, 1958. Limited. 22 x 14cm. Unbound. Folded broadsheet. Limited edition of 200, numbered and signed by the author. More
Old Things
New Zealand: Puriri Press, 2006. 8vo. Wrappers. pp. 48. Michael Lett Exhibition booklet with coloured plates throughout. Sewn & bound by hand. Recycled card wrappers. Signed by artist in pencil to inside front cover. With original exhibition postcard. More
John Kinder : Painting & Photographs.
Auckland: Seto Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.xiv,209. Coloured plates, illustrations (some coloured) 28 x 35 cm. This edition limited to 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
He Shall Not Rise
London: Columbia Press, 1930. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 85, [3] index. No.13 of a limited edition of 25 copies, on hand-made paper. Signed by the author. In original dust wrapper, some loss on spine. Included are 2 newspaper articles published after his death in 1957, with photographs of the..... More
Am Rande Des Alphabets : Roman.
Hamburg: Nannen, 1963. 8vo. Cloth. pp.313. First published 1962 under title; The edge of the alphabet. Inscription from Janet Frame to Philip Wilson "Phil, from Janet, with love, March 1978. This is a 'pulped' book!" on title page. A very good interesting copy where Frame mentions the subsequent history of..... More
Diary to a Woman
Wellington: Cats-Paw Press, 1971. 8vo. Original Printed Wrappers. pp.35. Original brown printed wrappers. D/w very good. Hand-set edition limited to 750 copies. Signed by the author. Rare in mint condition. More
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The Conquest of Everest. With a Chapter on the Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. [signed]
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1954. First Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp xx, 300. Frontis, plates, illustrations, maps. Foreword by The Duke of Edinburgh. Blue and beige cloth with Everest illustration to front board. Title page signed by the author. Inscription on flyleaf signed by Ed and Louise Hillary. Also signed..... More
The Whale Rider
Auckland: Heinemann, 1987. HOVELL, John. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. pp 122. Illustrated. Very good in vg dustwrapper. Inscribed by author to ffep with a line drawing of Kahu and the whale, "May Kahu's journey be calm, and her voyage luminous. Arohanui, Witi Ihimaera" More
Greenstone Land Riversong
London: Macdonald, 1985. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. pp 362. A saga of early New Zealand. Very good in vg dustwrapper. Inscribed on ffep "with warmest regards from Yvonne Kalman" More
Winged Words. Our Airmen Speak for Themselves
London: William Heinemann, 1941. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp 261. Frontis, plates. Blue cloth binding, cloth split at front hinge and spine discoloured, else good. Keith Park's copy, inscribed to ffep, "K.R.P. With happy birthday wishes from 'Blitz', "Ginger' & 'Barnado' June 15 1941". A rare association copy. More
Maori Land Wars. Journals Of The Legislative Council of New Zealand. 1863
Auckland: NZ Government, 1863. Folio. Card Wrappers. pp 86, 9. October to December, 1863. Includes "Correspondence and Papers Relative to the Oath of Allegiance with an Exact and Literal Translation Thereof Tendered to Natives at Tuakau and Elsewhere," "Suppression of Rebellion Bill." Important and rare copy of legislation regarding land..... More
Confessions of a Journalist, with Some Observations on Some Australian & New Zealand Writers.
Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1935. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp. xvi, 265. Frontispiece, 35 plates. Inscription from author "For Andy Fair, my friend in books, from Pat Lawlor." The first part of the book comprises impressions of the early 20th C NZ newspaper scene, and the second, accounts of..... More