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Auckland: Collins, 1964. Blue patterned cloth, gilt text to spine. 384 pp. includes a List of People (Historical Figures), Places, People and Things, and Pronunciations. Small felt pen mark across lower edge of text block. Light trace of foxing to endpapers. Very clean with tight binding. Priceclipped DJ is lightly rubbed on edges. A very nice copy. The first of a trilogy covering the whole of the Maori Wars of the 1860s and recording the beginning of New Zealand's nationhood, The Flying Fish is complete in itself. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Methuen Publications , 1979. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. 120pp. B/w illustrations. DJ bears moderate handling marks, faint label mark on front. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by G. E. Minhinnick. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1975. Author's First Novel. In writing this novel, the author's concern is the spirit of one small boy caught up in an adult drama for which he is not responsible, and damaged, probably permanently, by what he suffers. Card Covers. 181pp. Lower corner bumped. P/o sticker on Ffep. Tightly bound.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: The Pegasus Press, 1959. Tan cloth titled in black on spine. 240pp. Trace of foxing and small spot to top edge. Small dampstain to cloth on front cover. Contents clean and tight. Unclipped DJ worn at corner tips with small area of dye bleed on reverse of front panel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1960. Black cloth, red and white text on spine. pp.232. Light shelfwear. Remainder marks to lower edge of text block. Lightly foxed eps and text block edge. New Zealand Fiction.. First Published. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959. Maroon cloth, gilt text on spine. 204pp. Light foxing to early and late pages plus textblock edges. Ffep has lower half neatly removed with name and numerals on upper half. Unclipped DJ has light shelfwear. A novel of early New Zealand. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1964. 174pp. Trace of foxing. One page has a word underlined with 2 words written in the margin. Several small marks throughout. Binding firm. DJ, designed by the author, has price intact, a trace of foxing, tears to spine extremities with small paper loss to front lower corner, protected in removable cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1938. Publisher's Original Red Cloth, black lettering to spine. 257pp. + 14 page list of other New Zealand titles. Spine faded, lightly rubbed at tips. Light foxing to outer edge of text block. No signatures, bright and clean internally, text block tightly bound. Recreation of the author's Wellington childhood.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: John McIndoe Limited, 1989. Card Covers. Large Trade size. 99pp. B/w Cartoon illus. Corner tips lightly rubbed. Binding tight. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Illus. by Jan Maxim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Collins, 1974. A witty and entertaining book, with much that will make you smile - sometimes laugh aloud - but always there is an Amanda, the problem pupil who resists all attempts on the part of her teachers to establish contact and understanding. Blue boards, black text on spine. 211pp. Edgewear to top and bottom of boards. Small pen mark on ffep corner. DJ has tiny chip at joint extremites and on spine with light foxing on the reverse. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd , 1974. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. 178 pp. Cloth rubbed at spine tips and lower tips of boards. Wite-out marks to top edge of Ffep. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has mildly sunned spine with light shelfwear. "This powerful and disturbing novel is based on the problems of many Samoans, intelligent and part-educated, who feel stultified by the lack of opportunity in their own islands, and the restrictions of the Samoan way of life".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Price Milburn for Victoria University Press, 1979. New Zealand Playscripts Series. This edition reset and published as a New Zealand playscript. General Editor John Thomson. Card Covers staple bound. 25 pp. Cover illustration shows Patric Carey as Jack Winter in the National Film Unit's screen adaptation of the play. Rear cover has slight sunning and lightly rubbed corner tips. Clean and tightly bound. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Tandem Press, 1994. 184pp. Light crease to front cover otherwise a tight, clean copy. Fiction set in New Zealand. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

325 pages includes Glossary. Front lower corner creased.

Auckland, New Zealand: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Card Covers. Trade Size. pp.316. Corner tips of covers very slightly buffed else like new. "A fiery new heroine in the Hell-Hole of the Pacific from the bestselling author of Tamar and Union Belle." . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

127 pages plus Appendix. Black & white illustrations. Ownership name to top corner of Ffep. Light shelfwear to spine ends. Unclipped Dust Jacket has small tear to rear top edge.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1971. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. 135 pp. B/w illus. Cloth is rubbed at upper spine tip and lower edges. Small felt pen mark to lower text block edge. Narrow horizontal indentation across half of the top edge of front cover, small vertical indentation to rear top edge. Name on Ffep concealed with wite-out. Pages clean, binding firm. DJ has light rubbing to top edge and one small tear to bottom edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Kim Gabara . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Beverly Mills Publishing Co., 1996. Card Covers. Trade Size. 307 pp. Clean and firmly bound. Set in the 1850s and 1860s, it is both a romance and a rousing adventure story about pioneer life in a developing society and of Maori and Pakeha striving to live together.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Beverly Mills Publishing Co. , 1996. Card Covers. 307pp. Mild cover wear, surface reading crease to spine. Contents clean and tight. Novel about pioneer life in New Zealand.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber , 1998. First Printing. Card Covers with Dustjacket. 264 pages. DJ has not been priceclipped, very slightly buffed at head of spine. An exquisite piece of writing by one of New Zealand's finest novelists. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.