Search Results: New Zealand Fiction from All Booked

London: Constable Young Books Ltd , 1965. Out and About Books Series. B/w illustrations. 160pp. Ex-High-School Library. 3 stamps on front endpapers, rear endpapers have remnant of pocket and date slip. Priceclipped DJ has minor edgewear with tape marks on flaps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Peter Forster . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hamilton, New Zealand: Paul's Book Arcade, 1963. Set in and about a New Zealand university and on a backblocks farm, this is in fact the story of a student who does his best to escape from his singular lack of success in life into a world of outrageous imagination, and of the timid nurse, a lover of horses, who confronts him with the challenge of her own poignant yet practical honesty. Green cloth, black lettering on spine. 296pp. Small pencil erasure to top corner of Ffep otherwise contents clean, binding firm. DJ has not been priceclipped, light shelfwear, two small tears, small surface abrasion to rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs , 1964. Green cloth, gilt text to spine. 176 pp. Association copy. Inscription to previous owner and Signed by Author on Ffep. Small felt pen mark to lower text block edge. Clean with tight binding. Included is a small newspaper clipping of a review of this book, dated January 1965. DJ design by Biro, wear to spine tips and corners, small surface loss to lower spine from sticker removal, p/o name stamped on front flap. The story of three neighbouring families in a New Zealand community.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books, 1998. Third Printing. Award-winning author of Let the River Stand. Card Covers, trade size. 274pp. Light cover wear, contents clean and tight. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 1994. 178pp. Moderate edgewear, spine creased. Light spotting on text block edges. Contents clean. This heart-warming, gently ironic novel takes you through the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties of middle-class New Zealand woman-hood.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Whitcoulls, 1976. Kairangi Series. Light brown boards lettered in gilt on spine. 181pp. plus glossary. B/w illustrations. Faint trace of foxing to closed page edges. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has very little wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London and Auckland: Collins, 1972. Blue linen-weave cloth lettered in silver on spine. 127pp. Outer edge of text block lightly spotted o/w a clean, tightly bound copy. DJ un-clipped, mild foxing. Biographical novel about Captain John Bollons. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. Black boards, white lettering to spine. pp.256. Tail of spine has light shelfwear. Foxing to outer text block edges. Contents clean and tight. DJ has trace of shelfwear. "One of the first novels to deal honestly with the complex question of mixed Pakeha/Maori ancestry". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: The Kiwi Gold Publishing Company, 1994. Card Covers. 208pp. Moderate wear to covers, small gift inscription inside front cover, contents clean and tight. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Auckland University Press , 1981. Edited and Introduced by C.K. Stead. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 379 pp. Previous owner's signature to Ffep. Tight and clean. DJ unclipped, surface and edges lightly rubbed, several tiny nicks to top edge, small wite-out mark to top edge of front flap. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tauranga, New Zealand: Moana Press, 1989. 234pp. Spine slightly sunned. Contents clean and tightly bound. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1950. 'A brilliant and unfailingly entertaining picture of New Zealand life which lingers long in the memory'. Blue cloth, gilt and silver on spine. 318pp. Cloth is lightly rubbed on edges and corner tips. Ffep has tiny name and pricemark in pen. Clean and firmly bound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

112 pages. Black and white illustrations. Gift inscription top edge of title page. Pages clean, binding tight.

Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1965. Blue cloth, metallic blue lettering on spine. 128pp. B/w illustrations. Faint trace of foxing to outer edges. DJ has not been priceclipped, light shelfwear, light foxing on flaps and reverse side.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Keith S. Clark. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Published. Yellow cloth, titles in black to spine. 210 pages. Clean and firmly bound.

Wellington, New Zealand: J. Chisholm, 1981. Illustrated Card Covers, staple bound. 64pp. includes Bibliographical Notes. B/w illustrations. Published and Introduced by a daughter, and illustrated by a grandson, of the author. Small label mark to top front corner o/w clean and tight.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Tim Rainey . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Black covers titled in silver on spine. 424 pages. Pages unmarked, binding square and tight.Dust Jacket included.

New Zealand: Vintage, 1996. Card Covers with French flaps. 253pp. Tiny mark to top edge of one page, faint mark to fore edge of closed pages. Name to top edge of synopsis page.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed , 1975. Published in assocation with Rober Hale, London. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. pp.174 plus Glossary. Blue inked gift inscription to Ffep, front & rear pastedown have previous owner's two-line signature, trace of foxing to top and fore edge of text block and eps. Contents clean and tight. DJ has moderate surface rubbing and one tiny tear to rear top edge. "An authentic and fast-moving story of New Zealand's troublous 1860s." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Collins, 1980. Black cloth, gilt text on spine. 189pp. Cloth is worn on upper and lower edges. Small, barely visible mark to feps. DJ is edgeworn, sunned on lower front panel with light creasing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.