The Education of the Maori - From the "Star"
1898. No binding.
Literature
He Himene Mo Te Karakia Ki Te Atua
New Zealand: 1916. Cloth covered.
Index to New Zealand Periodicals
Wellington: New Zealand Library Association, 1944. Soft cover. 50 pp, title on paper cover. Comprises an author and subject index covering 44 NZ periodicals for the year 1943, including form entries for poetry, book and film reviews and short stories.
An Olive Tree in Dalmatia
Longman Paul, 1980. paperback. Collections of short stories of Dalamatian life in New Zealand. Originally published 1963. CONDITION Covers faded to edges, 150 pages are bright and crisp. Mild spotting at ends and edges.. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Countess of Liverpool's Gift Book of Art and Literature
Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1915. Deluxe. Full Suede. pp [10] 11-160. Mounted colour frontispiece, 24 plates, (5 mounted colour), illus.. Signed presentation copy (No. 189). Ed. A.W.Shrimpton. Contributions of prose, verse and art by various NZ writers and artists, with proceeds to be used for the benefit of sick and.....
Letters from London at Coronation Time
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1987. Hardcover. pp 80. Dustwrapper. Limited edition of 150 hand-set copies.
Landfall A New Zealand Quarterly. Volume 1, No 3
Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1947. Printed Wrappers. pp 160-235, plates. September 1947.
The Voice of The Maori. A Culture-Conflict Anthology.
Christchurch: The Nag's Head Press, 1969. Cloth. pp 53. A hand-set limited edition of 200 copies. Very good in vg d/w. 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.
Te Kooti and Other Poems
Dunedin: Dick & Co, 1872. Original Cloth. pp.48. 2 Previous Owner's names on title page, dated 1874 & 1922. Original dark blue blind stamped cloth. a very good copy of this rare New Zealand work.
A Great New Zealand Poem, Extracted from the July 1917 War number. United Empire,
Dunedin: The Royal Colonial Institute Journal, 1917. Quarter Cloth. pp.441-447&pp.501-506. Early quarter cloth binding, a critique of Domett's poem.
The Adventures of Don Lavington
London: Partridge, 1890. Original Cloth. (c.1890). pp.416,20 (Catalogue of Books). Original pictorial pale blue cloth, minor crease at top of spine, A very good copy of this rare New Zealand novel.
Am Rande Des Alphabets : Roman.
Hamburg: Nannen, 1963. 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 this.....
An Angel at my Table
Auckland: Hibiscus Films Limited, 1990. No Binding. c.1990. Ink note on front cover. A VHS video directed by Jane Campion. Adapted from three autobiographies of the distinguished New Zealand novelist Janet Frame. Telling the story of her childhood, personal struggles and genesis as a writer.
An Angel at My Table; an Autobiography; Volume 2
Auckland: Hutchinson, 1984. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp. 195. A nice copy of Volume II of the Frame Autobiographies.
The Carpathians
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1988. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp. 196. Very minor fading to dust wrapper on spine, otherwise all else in very good order.
Scented Gardens for the Blind
Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1963. First Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp. 192. Good 1st edition. Some edgewear to d/w. Inscription to ffep. A very good first edition but in fair dust wrapper.
Stories and Sketches. The Reservoir. Snowman Snowman. Fables and Fantasies.
New York: George Braziller, 1963. First Edition. Original Cloth. 2 vols. Bound in original cloth with very good original dust wrappers. Both books are nicely contained in original slip case. Somewhat worn on top edge. A handsome set.
Maoriland Stories
Nelson: Betts, 1895. Disbound. pp.205, Lacks covers, but intact.
The Torch
Dunedin: Coulls & Culling, 1877. Original Wrappers. pp. 16. An account of travel in Otago, along with religious tracts. Good in original pink wrappers.
Bibliography of New Zealand Literature
Wellington: Government printer, 1909. Hardcover. pp xii, 619. Standard early bibliography.
Handwritten letter
1936. No Binding. ALS - Handwritten letter signed "Sincerely yours, Iris G. Wilkinson", 22 x 16.5 cm, single sheet, 3 folds. Wilkinson (1906-1939) writing under the pen name Robin Hyde, published notable books such as "Passport to Hell". The letter is addressed from The Grey Lodge, Gladstone Road, Mt Albert.....
Waihoura, The Maori Girl
London: Gall & Ingles, 1903. Original Cloth. pp.128 including advertising matter. B&W Frontispiece plate of "Tall Maori Warrior, Axe in Hand". Original bright decorated blue cloth in colour, a fine copy of this rare New Zealand novel. A variant colour of Bagnall 3012, (being original bright blue cloth). (c.1903).
Waihoura, The Maori Girl
London: Gall & Ingles, 1902. 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 green cloth, in gilt and colour, a fine copy of this rare New Zealand novel. Variant to those in Bagnall, with pale green.....
Waihoura, The Maori Girl
London: Gall & Ingles, 1872. Original Cloth. pp.127.Coloured lithographed frontispiece (with no title underneath). First Edition (c.1872) variant colour of Bagnall 3008, with the original green cloth binding, decorated with black design and gilt labels on front board and spine. Lacks last free end paper, else a fine copy.
Books and Bookmen : New Zealand and Overseas.
Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1954. Lawlor, Margaret. Limited Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp.xii,267. Coloured frontis., plates (incl. portraits and facsims), illustrations. Signed and numbered by author, no. 264 of limited ed. of 400. Spine sunned. Tape marks on endpapers Chiefly about book-collecting including auction sales, private libraries, bookplates, etc., with notes.....