GREENWOOD, WILLIAM

SCARCE, octavo, green light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 88pp, illus/folding ancestry chart, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling & minor insect damage to front cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1942 (Second Printing)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ringatu religion Polynesia anthropology Polynesian

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

CROWE, ANDREW

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: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature native plants ferns botany

FINLAYSON, CHRISTOPHER

Super 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: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand politics attorney-general Christopher Finlayson

LEHNDORF, HELEN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Seraph Press 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Helen Lehndorf

COMPTON, JENNIFER

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (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: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Jennifer Compton poems poetry verse literature New Zealand poets writers

LEE, A L

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Auckland Province 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki

GAU-GHAN, DAVID

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: The Bradbury House of Words 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Davod Gau-Ghan fiction novels

PATON, JUSTIN & SHANE COTTON

Folio, black cloth boards, white & blue lettering to spine & front board, blue illus to front board, all page edges stained blue, 192pp, Near FINE (still in plastic wrap- torn at base)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists Shane Cotton art

TURLEY, SUZANNE & PATTERSON, ANDREW (Frore) & SUMICH, LAWRENCE (Fore) & CANNINGS, THOMAS (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate fading & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa gardens landscaping design

KING, CAROLYN M (Ed) & FORSYTH, DAVID M (Ed)

Quarto, iluus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, xxxviii + 538pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, 2cm gouge/scuff to front board, other light chafing to boards also, sl soiling to page edges, minor cracking to top portion of front gutter, occasional highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: CSIRO / Otago University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mammals zoology animals biology

AUSTIN, Lieut.-Col. W S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, xx + 587pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & light scuffing to board corners, moderate wrinkling to material on boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light foxing & creasing/closed tearing to folding maps- still reasonably tidy, heavy crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: L T Watkins Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history Rifle Brigade expeditionary force ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

McCALLION, A J & BENNETT, E D & GARDNER, A L (Compilers)

Super octavo, beige light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, 91pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning & creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history BOP Bay of Plenty north island early settlers pioneers

LENTLE, ROGER & SAXTON, FRANK

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to page edges, annotation in ink to ffep, minor soiling sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing to edges- 2cm closed tear with archival tape repair to top edge, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies hunting outdoors guides

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 478pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976 (Hart and Keeling 1900)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T Lindsay Buick Marlborough

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, spine price clipped, rear flap almost detached but still hanging on, minor staining)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions birds ornithology New Zealand nature wildlife H Guthrie-Smith

FILDES, H

FIRST EDITION, loosely enclosed single page signed holograph letter of publishing interest from the author to the publisher A H Reed, octavo, maroon stiff card covers, lg illus plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 15pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers Captain James Cook Maori tribes bush countryside iwi first editions

VON HAAST, H F

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blu etextured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light insect damage to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & foxing to folding maps at rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss/tape repairs to edges, light tanning & moderate wrinkling to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir history first editions

TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

BULLER, Rev JAMES

INC. FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 503pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to rear hinge & spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep glued dow to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1878

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Rev James Buller religion Christianity