BURDON, R M

First edition. 8vo, pp. xvi + 261; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters); in facsimile d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, some loss to spine at head and tail; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1953

KEYWORDS: R M Burdon New Zealand war warfare military history first edition

PLOWMAN, JEFFREY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 168pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italy Italian battles Orsogna

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine edge, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS New Zealand novels fiction literature David Ballantyne

ETHEREDGE, M K & PRIDMORE, R D

Imperial ocatvo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 122pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to top half, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Water and Soil Directorate , Ministry of Works and Development 1987

KEYWORDS: marine biology freshwater planktonic blue-greens New Zealand water nature

HOARE, ROBERT J B & RHODE, B E (Colour Plates)

Super ocatvo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 201pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Manaaki Whenua Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature bugs entomology moths lepidoptera oecophoridae classification

TURNER, E PHILLIPS

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 14pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports Waimarino District nature history historical

COCKAYNE, L

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 23pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports nature Kapiti history historical

COCKAYNE, L

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 42pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining & prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports nature history historical Tongariro National Park

HUNT, SAM

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 259pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Sam Hunt New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature

CUNNINGHAM, ASHLEY

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, vi + 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to board edges, prev. seller's sm label to rear board, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A Cunningham 2014

KEYWORDS: signed Ashley Cunningham New Zealand autobiography autobiographies memoir rural life

MOREL, LEON G

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front covers, x + 110pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, L G Morel in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: New Century Press (Printer) 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medals history historical commemorative

CAMPBELL, PAUL

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine & covers, light soiling & foxing to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Configureation Design Ltd N/D (c.2000s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history photography historical Tudor Washington Collins

MacMASTER, HAMISH & PURDY, MARTIN (Ed & Typeset)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus/printed inside covers, 206pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medals history commemorative catalogues

MEYER, R J

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, x + 118pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (moderate brusiing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm patch of label residue to front pastedown, white out to front & rear eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & tearing/loss to edges, light tanning & soiling, 2cm open tear to spine- tape repairs to interior)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed first editions shipping Lake Wakatip history Queenstown

THOMPSON, HELEN M

CAPPER PRESS REPRINT, SIGNED & DATED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape repairs & sl loss, moderate to heavy discolouration, moderate soiling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history settlers Strath Taieri Macraes district Otago signed Helen M Thompson

HALL-JONES, JOHN

TIPPED IN SIGNATURE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 199pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, messy patch of white out to copyright page) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, light tanning & wrinkling, minor adhesive staining to bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand Fiordland history early Lakes District

N/A

Octavo, grey heavy stringbound boards, blue trim to board edges/spine area & board corners, 134pp, illus/folding diagrams, VG- (heavy chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front board, moderate staining to gutters, minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: R V Paul, Gov't Printer 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains air brakes engineering passenger rail railways maintenance repairs

MACGREGOR, MIRIAM

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl bruising to top edge of front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: signed Miriam Macgregor New Zealand history early stations rural Hawke's Bay

McKERCHAR, MAKUINI

Octavo, green ring binder folder, unpaginated, unpaginated, title tabbed dividers, VG+ (light soiling to folder, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & tanning to title page, light scuffign to tabs on dividers)

PUBLISHER: Dept. of Human Nutrition, University of Otago N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori food nutrition Makuini McKerchar Te Roopu Hauora Maori ki Murihiku recipes

EVISON. HARRY C

4to, pp. 312; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Harry C Evison New Zealand colonial history Nai Tahu 19th century