WEST, MARGARET & BRODIE, AUDREY & BRODIE, JAMES (Ed)

Quarto, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 235pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, sm ex libris label to base of front cover, sm ink numbers to rear cover, light tanning & soiling/ink staining to page edges, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders history quakers religion religious testimonies

McCORMICK, E H (SARGESON, FRANK)

ASSOCIATION COPY- INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY NZ AUTHOR FRANK SARGESON, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HELEN SHAW, dated Christmas 1981- one of the last books he signed, as he does in March 1982, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to board edges/extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Sargeson association copies Helen Shaw art history biography biographies memoir Frances Hodgkins New Zealand

CHISHOLM, Rev JAMES

DELUXE SIGNED EDITION, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, printed eps, frontispiece, xi + 242pp, illus, VG- (light rubbing & moderate tanning & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, pencil annotation to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pg241, light foxing to terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie and Co 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history presbyterian church Otago churches jubilees

PASCOE, JOHN (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xviii + 331pp, VG (moderate foxing & tape staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, frontispiece sl detached at base of gutter) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate adhesive staining to edges of flaps, moderate creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate tape reinforcement to internal edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Charles Douglas West Coast Westland

RICHARDS, RHYS

Quarto, red light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 152pp, VG+ (light creasing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light fading & bruising to spine, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lithographic Services 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Murihiku southern south early 19th nineteenth century

TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch

MARKS, ROBIN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/gouging to rear, light soiling, light creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Robin Marks New Zealand history Tuapeka County centennial centenary pioneers settlers

MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light staining to top edge of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history G E Mannering autobiography autobiographies memoir

N/A

Quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus/patterned eps, illus title page, xxvi + 615pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & insect damage to leatherwork, moderate chafing & tanning to boards/edges, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor insect damage to rear eps, light soiling to base of page block, occasional light closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cyclopedia Company 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia cyclopedias Nelson Marlborough Westland provincial districts historical

N/A

Quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus/patterned eps, illus title page, xxxvi + 1117pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & insect damage to spine/leatherwork, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front gutter, light foxing to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cyclopedia Company 1903

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia cyclopedias Canterbury provincial districts historical

SARA, W A

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, frontispiece, 47pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing/soiling & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology glaciers Westland National Park geological surveys landscape

HAY, ROBERT

UNCOMMON, octavo, blue string bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 6pp, VG- (moderate wrinkling & staining to covers, top corner of front cover missing, top corners of pages heavily chipped)

PUBLISHER: Wm Clowes and Sons 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Strath Taieri Bridge civil engineering history bridges

MEESON, J T (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, 80

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alpine journals past issues vol ii 2 two historical history mountaineering mountain adventure clubs

BATHGATE, ALEXANDER

LACKS FEP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, vii + 286pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pages, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: James Maclehose 1874

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago colonialism history colonial

PRATT, M A RUGBY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press / J Alfred Sharp 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand southern Maoriland history M A Rugby Pratt

BEATTIE, H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to verso of half title page, occasional cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T B Kennard Otago pakeha biography biographies memoir first editions

SIM, J A (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 420pp + index to rear, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Alpine Journal history historical past issues journals club clubs volume vi 6 six

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers

GREEN, WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD

LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 350pp, VG (spine cocked, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand alpine alps Mount Cook glaciers travel writing literature William Spotswood Green

ROSS, MALCOLM & HAWERIDGE, R (Illus)

Square octavo, illus string bound covers, red lettering to front cover, aeg, unpaginated, illus with tissue guards, VG- (heavy tearing to spine/covers, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to covers with sm ink stains also, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co N/D (c.1900s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated west coast sounds historic history historical