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$200.00
1y48a/9

James K. Baxter: Complete Prose: 1943-1972 (4 vols)


BAXTER, JAMES K; WEIR, JOHN (ed)

FOUR VOL SET. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 753, xiv + 692, xii + 567, xxviii + 562; illus. heavy card bds, cream spine lettered in black & purple gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand poet prose literature 20th century complete works Dunedin Wellington

$20.00
1y48a/17

A Lucky Landing: The Story of the Irish in New Zealand


ROGERS, ANNA

4to, pp. 246; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Random House 1996

KEYWORDS: Anna Rogers New Zealand settlement Irish colonial colonize colonization settlers

$120.00
1y48a/19

Tangi


TURNER, DENNIS; OPPENHEIM, ROGER (introd)

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Obl fol. pp. [50] unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front gutters; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori social history illustration illustrated pictorial

$1650.00
1y48a/20

The Visionary


ENSING, RIEMKE & FAITH, RANGI & FRASER, ROSS & HASWELL, JUDITH & HULME, KERI & MCQUEEN, CILLA & O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT & PATERSON, ALISTAIR & SHAW, HELEN & TRUSSELL, DENYS; SERJEANT, ELIZABETH (illus.)

SIGNED BY JOHN DENNY & ARTISTS ELIZABETH SERJEANT & JOHN TAYLOR. NO. 17/50 COPIES. Fol. pp., [48] unpaginated; cream cl bds, spine lettered in red; fore & bottom edge deckled, illus.; VG (light to moderate foxing, scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate foxing). Won the BNZ Art Award.

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists works poetry poems poets BNZ Art Award book arts design

$40.00
1y48a/24

Light & Landscape: The New Zealand Photographs of Andris Apse


APSE, ANDRIS

Obl fol., pp. 151; illus. heavy card covers, spine & front board lettered in white; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; bookplate to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2015

KEYWORDS: Andris Apse New Zealand photographs photography photos photographer

$185.00
os3/30

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia: Vol III


GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Supervision)

THIS VOL ONLY - FEATURES NEW ZEALAND, folio, half leatherbound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, paginated as viii + 531-800pp (+ 1pp postscript), illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine & hinges with some minor loss, heavy scuffing to leatherwork, leather on front board corners missing, v heavy scuffing/bruising & staining to boards, heavy water staining to eps & page edges throughout, minor mould staining to page fore-edges, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: atlas atlases travel geography Australasia New Zealand historical maps geology Australia Pacific regions

$200.00
1q1a/9

Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs (Second Edition)


GREY, Sir GEORGE

SECOND EDITION, suepr octavo, black/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule/decoration to boards, vignette, illus title page, xxiii + 255pp + 199pp in te reo Maori to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate chipping to top edge of spine, light fading to spine, heavy tanning & light soiling to page edges, gift presentation/inscription in ink to ffep, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, moderate tanning/discolouration to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, some pages remain uncut at top edges)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Evening Star Office 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Polynesia Polynesian myths mythology folklore lore religion

$245.00
1q1a/14

New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson


VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND & SAUTER, EDWARD (Trans)

ALL PLATES & BOTH MAPS PRESENT, imperial octavo, teal/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, gilt illus & blind decoration to front board, marbled page edges, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 515pp, folding maps to rear, G+ (spine completely detached but present- with minor chipping also, moderate scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, 5cm tear to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lettering to rear eps in pencil, minor closed tearing & foxing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography natural history geology Auckland Nelson

$200.00
1q1a/18

Making the Molecules Dance


CASTLE, LEN

Lg quarto, yellow heavy boards, still sealed in publisher's plastic wrap, 248pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Unavailable (c.2008)

KEYWORDS: ceramics pottery Len Castle New Zealand potters art appreciation

$65.00
1q27b/2

Shane Cotton


COTTON, SHANE & SAVAGE, PAULA (Preface)

Quarto, illus light card covers with lg french flaps, blue & black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: City Gallery Wellington / Victoria University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Shane Cotton contemporary exhibitions appreciation

$50.00
1y48a/31

The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)


N/A

FACSIMILE REPRINT OF FIRST ISSUE OF NZ HERALD, elephant folio, facsimile reprint newspaper- folded, 6pp, VG+ (folded to size, occasional sl closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Herald 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)

KEYWORDS: printed news history NZ New Zealand Herlad facsimile reprints 1863 first issues past newspapers historical

$45.00
1u35a/9

Eye Surgeons and Surgery in New Zealand


HADDEN, O BRUCE & McGHEE, CHARLES N J (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO HOLOGRAPH SIGNED DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wairau Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history opthamology eye surgery surgeons healthcare signed O Bruce Hadden

$50.00
w1a/4

Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand


WELLS, PETER (Ed) & PILGRIM, REX (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHORS, square octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spine & covers, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers literature gay lgbtq anthologies collections signed

$125.00
w1a/11

Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number


N/A

Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908

KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical

$45.00
w14a/8

Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story


WRIGHT, DON

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir

$70.00
w14a/10

Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998


WEBSTER, MARK

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand car industry history 20th twentieth century engineering economy

$100.00
w14a/15

New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy


HURSTHOUSE, CHARLES

2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, xv + 519pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, residue of ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, some closed tearing & foxing to folding maps, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1861

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial governance

$25.00
2f9d/24

Larry & Viv


LAY, GRAEME

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. 287; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Renaisance Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: Graeme Lay 21st century fiction New Zealand Australia

$45.00
2f5b/12

Just who does he think he is? A theatrical life


WEBBY, GEORGE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. 311; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: George Webby 20th century life lives biography autobiography memoir New Zealand

$40.00
2f5b/16

Dark Empire


HORROCKS, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. 256; illus. light card covers; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2020

KEYWORDS: John Horrocks 21st century New Zealand historical fiction

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