Fortuna Books

Over the White Wall, Poems SIGNED COPY

LAUDER Hugh · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

The Caxton Press softbound, sunned spine, signed presentation copy from author, 56pp S Signed by Author First Edition No Jacket Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair

LOCKE Elsie & DAWSON Ken · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Whitcoulls VG book in the Kairangi series for young adults. DW unclipped and near fine except small short tears at the top corner folds. Book VG+ some dust or light foxing to closed edges only and booksellers pencil to half-title 183pp with illustrations, maps, and a glossary ...

KERI, The Wonderful Kiwi Who Flew

HOPKINS H R · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Reed dust jacket is split along upper joint with short tears to corners, complete but torn along the folds, book tidy but a few sections are detaching from the sewn cords and are only half attached, very nice book however, rare New Zealand illustrated title H First Edition Goo...

Lady Newalls New Zealand Gift Book

NEWALL Lady (James Cowan, Ngaio Marsh, Alan Mulgan, John Pascoe, Frank Sargeson, Edith Howes, Pat Lawlor, Johannes C Andersen ) · 1943

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

P E N & H H Tombs DW some light foxing , surface soiling and wear, minor chipping, book is clean, 180pp, plates in colour and b&w, contributions by many famous New Zealander's, in verse, prose and art, a fundraiser for the armed forces. Ngaio Marsh, James Cowan, Nelle Scanlan,...

The Permit

JONES Bob · 1984

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Collins very nice, signed to half title by author, an allegory on life through the trials of an angler. 151pp H Signed by Author First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good Con Dimopoulos 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

Philosopher Dick, Adventures and Contemplations of a New Zealand Shepherd

CHAMIER George · 1891

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

T Fisher Unwin heavy book may require extra postal charges, first edition, wine coloured cloth with decorative titling to upper board in black, corners lightly frayed and bumped, backstrip sunned to gold brown with gilt titling, DNZB states this was published anonymously but t...

There and Back

CRUMP Barry · 1963

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Reed DW price clipped otherwise just minor corner rubbing, with light chipping to top ends of DW joints, First edition, Classic Kiwi humour H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good Dennis Turner 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Never Enough!

SARGESON Frank · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Reed apart from sunned spine to DW is VG/VG unclipped and no inscriptions etc. 144pp H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

New Selected Poems

MILLAR Paul Edits James K. Baxter · 2001

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Oxford University Press near fine, hardly read, xviii 294pp S First Edition No Jacket Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Dreamscape 2

SUMMERS John · 1993

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Pisces Print fine new uncirculated copy in fine dust jacket 302pp+ plates, frontis H First Edition Fine Christchurch Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

O Darkly Bright

SUMMERS John · 1987

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Pisces Print new uncirculated copy, shelf wear from storage only, 302pp+ plates, frontis H First Edition No Jacket Christchurch Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Tawse Tales - Told Out of School

RICHARDSON Elwyn Editor ( Graeme Lay, Colin Gilbertson, Jean Hendy-Harris, Seamus Hendy-Harris, Elwyn Richardson, Alan Rimmer ) · 1990

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Richardson Press sewn sections with stiff paper wrappers glued over card endpapers, hand set type, some minor surface insect damage to wrappers not affecting the text, 56pp, RARE ltd edition of 250 copies, this out of series and un-numbered, New Zealand authors reminisce of co...

Limanora, The Island of Progress

SWEVEN Godfrey (aka J MacMillan Brown) · 1931

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Oxford University Press Very tidy copy, Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends, solid dark blue binding with bright gilt titling.Tipped onto endpaper is presentation plate [With the Compliments of | the Author, | Professor J. Macmillan Brown, | LL.D., | Cashmere Hills, | Chri...

The Complete Stories of Katherine Mansfield

MANSFIELD Katherine · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Golden Press VG in same DW. Some soiling to page edges, bottom edge a few tiny red ink lines. Thick heavy 830 pp hardback. DW some wear where folds over corners with short tear or rubbing. Includes first book publication of Brave Love. H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very G...

A State of Siege

FRAME Janet · 1967

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Pegasus near fine book and wrapper, small area of ballpen cossing out a name to fep (20 x 5 mm), excellent copy, New Zealand's most well regarded author H First Edition Very Good Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Tandem; The Chain + En Route

CAMPION Edith & Frank Sargeson · 1979

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Reed light wear to DW spine ends, small edge tear to rear panel, two stories in one book, 168pp (500 gram rate) H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Brown Man's Burden

FINLAYSON Roderick · 1938

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

The Unicorn Press quarter brown cloth with paper label, pale lemon boards with slight stain to top edge of boards, lower board and final 15 leaves have two small puncture holes from one staple, minor cosmetic fault with little effect to the text etc. 86pp. offset toned endpape...

Who Rides the Tiger

PRESTON Florence · 1968

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Craig Printing Co. Ltd unclipped dust jacket with Douglas Badcock art has some rubbing to the front panel, small split to bottom corner at the fold, 265pp, historical novel based on the founding years of the Otago Settlement of New Zealand H First Edition Very Good Invercargil...

Man of England Now with I for One and A Game of Hide and Seek

SARGESON Frank · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Caxton near fine book and dust jacket, not price clipped, book spine leans slightly, really top copy, rubricated title page. H First Edition Very Good Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Whiteout; The Fenwick Affair

SUMMERS John · 1980

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Pisces Print / Nag's Head Print dust jacket sunned to spine with some insect damage and small holes at the head damaging WHITE from the title, a few small holes to the dust jacket fore edge folds, otherwise tidy book and wrapper, #245 of 250 numbered copies, SIGNED BY AUTHOR t...