IHIMAERA, WITI & HOVELL, JOHN (Illus)

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mandarin 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Witi Ihimaera literature illustrated novels fiction Maori

GORST, J E & SINCLAIR, KEITH (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 284pp, folding map to rear, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & prev. booksellekr's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil markings to margins, sl foxign to folding map) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history king Waikato war Te Awamutu

CROSBY, RON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white and blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 271pp, illus +16 plates VG+ (sl.rubbing & curling to spine and cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Oratia 2023

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wars te kooti whanganui whakatohea waioeka maori aotearoa ron crosby bay of plenty east coast first editions thomas porter

FOWLER, LEO

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF FORMER HEAD OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 37pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/tanning & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to guter of pgs vi-vii) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: NZ Historic Places Trust 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage carved houses Gisborne marae

BUICK, T LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & bruising to spine & extrems, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & scuffing & soiling to spine, minor fadin gto top of front cover, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand war history Hone Heke Maori

STIRLING, ERUERA & SALMOND, ANNE

FIRST EDITION- UNCOMMON IN HARDCOVER, imperial octavo, orange heavy borads, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & rubbing to spine- some surface loss, prev bookseller's label to rear flap, moderate rubbing to folds of flaps/covers, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori heritage teachings wisdom Eruera elders

GREY, Sir GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1857

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI first editions literature poems poetry verse Sir George Grey songs travel

TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card covers, orange lettering to front cover, 22pp, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago / Hone Tuwhare 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poets writers literature poetry poems verse Hone Tuwhare first editions