Search Results: NEW ZEALAND FICTION from Fortuna Books

Christchurch: Frontiers Press, 1976 (200 gram rate) single sheet folded once to make 4pp, front cover art attributed to Joce White ( maybe typo for Joyce?), limited to 300 numbered copies on Glastonbury Antique paper (1-50 sgd) this is number 120, Pat White, Librarian of Ashburton Public Library. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joce White. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Booklet.

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1965 tidy copy with minor handling soiling to closed edges, unclipped DW has edge wear with minor splits or chips at spine ends and corners, surface rubbing and mild handling soiling, reverse of DW has tape at head and tail of spine, plastic scotch tape not the ugly yellowing cellulose type, New Zealand's most well regarded author, outshines Mansfield . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Scarborough Beach: Raymond Mehlhopt, 1983 (cheaper shipping rate available please enquire) Printed and bound by the author Scarborough Beach, Sumner,1983 photographic card wrappers, 58pp letterpress, minor soiling to wrappers. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Whatamongo Bay: Cape Catley, 1990 fourth printing, name to first page, book clean, prelims + 276pp, historical novel set in pre-European Maori culture and society. reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Don King. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1973 (500 gram rate) light handling wear to DW, 62pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1976 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 of terms at rear . decorated endpapers. near fine copy. In the back country of New Zealand a young boy has to deal with many dangerous circumstances. Trips to Canterbury and South Westland. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jean Oates. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney: Harper & Row, 1979 unclipped DW small split at head of front panel, minor handling wear, signed to title by author, 345pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1972 very tidy copy in similar unclipped DW with art by Biro, 254pp, faint foxing to closed edges, one pencil stroke to closed top edge, New Zealand author, novel set in Oxford, England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Biro. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Auckland: The Unicorn Press, 1938 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 endpapers, author first work. former owners signature to free end paper. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984 (500 gram rate) light wear to DW but not chipped , torn or stained, unclipped, 202pp Canoe in the Mist is a true story of strange events and real people. A hundred years ago, Lillian came with her widowed mother to live in a volcanic wonderland of boiling springs, fierce geysers and bubbling mud pools. It was (and still is) a place of great beauty and mystery. The Maori village of Te Wairoa was the gateway to the famous lake of Rotomahana with its Pink and White Terraces two huge fairy-like staircases with pools of extra­ordinary treasure. But although travel­lers crossed the oceans to see this ‘eighth wonder of the world? Lillian had no chance to go there herself until the English girl Mattie arrived on tour with her parents. The day they set off for Rotomahana some very strange things happened. An enormous wave suddenly lifted the quiet waters of Lake Tarawera, which must first be crossed in the tourist boat. And what was the mysterious canoe they saw… Read More

Christchurch: Pisces Print, 1989 (500 gram rate) as new soft cover, 96pp poetry. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1981 (200 gram rate) DW glued to spine of plain wrappers (as issued) name to top corner of front cover under the dust wrapper, 46pp with illustrations by Jurgen Waibel. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jurgen Waibel. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Auckland: Tin Drum Publications, 1980 (200 gram rate) Poetry, stapled folded sheets, 18pp includes full page colour art, . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phil Clairmont, Alan Taylor, Sally Griffin. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1986 (500 gram rate) covers are flexible card with illustration, binding is stapled with the wrappers glued over, the inside edges of the covers have been taped and some bleed shows through to front, rear hinge taped, a presentation inscription, with a quote from T S Eliot is written to the half title and signed 'Paddy'108 +2pp adverts, hand printed with letterpress, the binding at rear has pulled away from the staples, but still holds well. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Private Press.

Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1982 unclipped dust jacket with very minor insect damage at foot of front fold in flap, minor light rubbing to jacket folds, small area blacked out to paste down, edited by Howard McNaughton, xvi 336pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1962 unclipped DW light edge wear, small water mark to bottom corner of first and last few pages, 113pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1966 name and date to fep, dust jacket under plastic sleeve, posthumously collected by Denis Glover, 220pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Auckland: Golden Press, 1973 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Dean Farren (Printproductions), 1988 facsimile of the 1936 first (and only) edition, folded stapled sheets in olive stiff paper wrappers, 29pp, undated (1988?) facsimile of the Unicorn Press original, very rare in original edition, uncommon in this facsimile. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. facsimile.

Auckland: Collins, 1973 near fine in same unclipped DW, maori text by Potae, illustrated in colour, story of a Maori family by the sea. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Barbara Strathdee. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.