Books - "new zealand"
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James K. Baxter: Complete Prose: 1943-1972 (4 vols)
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
A Lucky Landing: The Story of the Irish in New Zealand
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
Tangi
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
The Visionary
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
Light & Landscape: The New Zealand Photographs of Andris Apse
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
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia: Vol III
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
Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs (Second Edition)
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
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
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
Making the Molecules Dance
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
Shane Cotton
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
The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)
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
Eye Surgeons and Surgery in New Zealand
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
Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand
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
Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number
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
Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story
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
Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998
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
New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy
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
Larry & Viv
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
Just who does he think he is? A theatrical life
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
Dark Empire
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