COLE, JOHN REECE; HANKIN, CHERRY (ed)

Association copy. Signed, inscribed & dated to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 108; illus. light card covers; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front gutters; moderate tearing to gutters from head to pp. vii-xiv, partially detatched; pp. xv-4 detatched).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction series John Reece Cole 20th century fiction short stories

FINLAYSON, RODERICK

First edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. 8vo, pp. [6] + 144; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing, tanning, foxing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine; moderate tanning, foxing, soiling & scuffing to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1952

KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson New Zealand 20th century fiction Pacific Ocean Polynesia first edition

MANHIRE, BILL

First edition. 8vo, pp. 61; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Bill Manhire 20th century poet

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 216; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to hinges; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Nicholson & Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin 20th century New Zealand literature fiction novel modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw; signed holograph letter tipped to tp from the author to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. unpaginated, [4] ll.; illus. stab stitched light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Co. 1980

KEYWORDS: Riemke Ensing 20th century New Zealand poetry poet poems modern first edition

BAUMFIELD, J M

Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 251; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: J. M. Baumfield 2010

KEYWORDS: Nelson New Zealand history motor cycle motorcycle motorbike bike

DE LANGE, PETER & HEENAN, PETER & NORTON, DAVID, ROLFE, JEREMY & SAWYER, JOHN

Imp. 8vo, pp. 471; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps & tp. photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl adhesion to terminal pgs).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife plants plant life endangered biology botany

POMARE, Sir MAUI; COWAN, JAMES (ed); PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

Thos volume only. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 285; brown heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board illus. in gilt; plates, marbled eps, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Souther Reprints n/d

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand Maori Polynesian myth mythology legend folk-lore folk lore tales stories

HARLOW, RAY

First edition. 8vo, pp. xxxi + 116; yellow light card covers, front cover lettered in red; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Linguistic Society of New Zealand 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dictionary word word-list list Maori South Island first edition

TYACK, KERRY R

Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand winery vineyard wine maker George Fistonich

ROLFE, GLENISE (Researched & Written by)

UNCOMMON, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine/covers & page edges, signature & prev.owner's name in ink to tite page)

PUBLISHER: Glenise Rolfe N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family tree research history genealogy Smith Te Mete 19th nineteenth century

N/A

14 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES (VOL 3 #1 - VOL 3 #14), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor fading & soiling.chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, binder's sm label to base of rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1945

KEYWORDS: Korero past issues collections bulletins New Zealand publications history historical

JEFFERSON, CHRISTINA

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xi + 81pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual but minimal library markings, moderate bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology Chatham Islands Moriori culture customs heritage dendroglyphs karaka trees carving tree carvings art

CUNNINGHAM, BRUCE (Compiled by) & MUSGRAVE, KEN (Compiled by) & STANILAND, LESLEY (Ed)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 160pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & creasing to spine & board extrems, presentation plates to front eps with minor tape staining to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Mount Maunagnui Borough Council 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Mt Mount Maunganui early settlers pioneers

VENNELL, C W & COWAN, JAMES (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, greey patterned heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm ink scribble to ffep, sporadic light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand north island Cambridge settlements early settlers pioneers regional history

RICKARD, L S

FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard

THOMSON, GEORGE M

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, viii + 132pp + plates to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson / Henry Wise & Co 1882

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants ferns thomson's plants cultivation

KING, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori biography biographies memoir Whina Cooper women wahine leaders activists political treaty waitangi land conflict