NEW ZEALAND FICTION from Fortuna Books

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. … Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1969 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. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Good. Illus. by H R Hopkins. 4to -… Read more about this item

Wellington: P E N & H H Tombs, 1943 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, M. H. Holcroft, Edith Howes, Mary Scott, John… Read more about this item

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.

Auckland: Collins, 1984 very nice, signed to half title by author, an allegory on life through the trials of an angler. 151pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Con Dimopoulos. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1963 DW price clipped otherwise just minor corner rubbing, with light chipping to top ends of DW joints, First edition, Classic Kiwi humour . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Dennis Turner. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: T Fisher Unwin, 1891 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 this copy has Chamier on the spine (blocked) but not the title page of the… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1977 apart from sunned spine to DW is VG/VG unclipped and no inscriptions etc. 144pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2001 near fine, hardly read, xviii 294pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Pisces Print, 1993 fine new uncirculated copy in fine dust jacket 302pp+ plates, frontis. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1958 June 1958 second edition. spine and cloth very slight fade, no inscriptions or marks etc to the text. fep offset toned from DW flaps. DW is G+ rubbed along flap folds, chipped bottom corner, peice chipped from the top of the S of 'owls' clipped top corner, top of spine strip chipped with loss to the… Read more about this item

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: Pisces Print, 1987 new uncirculated copy, shelf wear from storage only, 302pp+ plates, frontis. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1931 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, | Christchurch. ] [1], ix, 711pp. closed page edges extrememly lightly age browned.… Read more about this item

Henderson New Zealand: Richardson Press, 1990 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 corporal punishment in their school days,. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1967 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. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1979 light wear to DW spine ends, small edge tear to rear panel, two stories in one book, 168pp (500 gram rate). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 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.… Read more about this item

Invercargill: Craig Printing Co. Ltd, 1968 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. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Douglas Badcock Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7? -… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Caxton, 1972 near fine book and dust jacket, not price clipped, book spine leans slightly, really top copy, rubricated title page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.