RAYNAL, F E

TEXT IN FRENCH, FIRST EDITION, quarto, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine with raised bands also, blind rule to boards, aeg, textured iridescent eps, frontispiece, viii + map + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate staining to edges of eps, moderate foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter, tissue guard to frontispiece missing)

PUBLISHER: Libraire de L Hachette et Cie 1870

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH New Zealand first editions Auckland Island Islands history historical accounts

BARKER, LADY

BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT McNAB, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges- minor surface loss, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name & other ink scribbles to prelims, light tanning & foxing sporadically throughout, occasional crease & pencil annotation to margins and/or page corners)

PUBLISHER: William Hunt and Company 1873

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical accounts history rural farming communities stations Lady Barker

ECCLES, ALFRED (Ed) & SKINNER, Dr H D (Fore)

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece. 120pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to frontispiece & photographic pages, light scuffing to top edges of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history historical accounts autobiography autobiographical Murray Gladstone Thomson pioneers

MATTHEWS, ELLA

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing/bruising & minor staining to spine & board edges, 1cm chip to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, sl soiling to photographic pages)

PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Ella Matthews New Zealand history Buller Nelson Tasman

BARKER, LADY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, G+ (light bruising to board extrems, v heavy cracking to front spine/hinge - heavily flapping but still tentatively attached, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking of gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural life history historical accounts station stations farming agriculture Lady Barker anecdotes

BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate rust staining to staples, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H Beattie 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history place names European south southern Herries Beattie

BEATTIE, HERRIES

SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, cream light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 74pp, VG+ (sl tanning & creasing to cover edges, sl cracking to middle of spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1941

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand history Moriori south island early settlers Polynesians

SIMPSON, IAN (Ed) & ROBERTSON, VIVIENNE (Cover & Sketches)

Octavo, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Waikoikoi District Centennial Committee

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history West Coast Waikoikoi

TE MAIHAROA, TAARE & HAYTER, MAUD GOODENOUGH (MOSES, Mrs T) & BEATTIE, HERRIES (Ed)

Octavo, blue/teal stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 38pp, VG+ (light tanning/foxing & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage culture history folklore lore fairy tales Canterbury Taare te Maiharoa Maud Goodenough Hayter Mrs T Moses

WALL, Professor ARNOLD

Super octavo, stapled illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 55pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & cracking/closed tearing to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, page block detached from staples but still pretty tidy)

PUBLISHER: The Lyttelton Times Company (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature flora plants flowers botany Mount Mt Cook

MACKENZIE, Mrs PETER (MACKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- yellowing tape repairs to base, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, heavy crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Martins Bay history Alice Mackenzie early settlers pioneers

BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: TPS / Times Printing Service 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie Otago Southland pioneers

McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp rule to spine & board edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 134pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to title page, light tanning & foxing/soiling throughout, map torn out & missing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Suthlerland Falls Fiordland landscape

JOHNSTON, TREVOR (Compiled by) & WRIGHT, LES (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 276pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Kiwi Wild 2011

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Trevor Johnston Moonlight Atarau pioneers settlers George Fairweather Moonlight

McNEE, GEORGE

Quarto, green stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history diaries journals George McNee Murchison

PARHAM, W T

Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers

DE LA MARE, A J

Quarto, illus spiral bound covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/maps to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 121pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light cracking to top edge of front plastic cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A J de la Mare 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lakes District Wakatipu history early settlers pioneers

MANNERING, G E (GEORGE EDWARD)

Oblong quarto, illus stapled light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges & spine at staples, moderate wrinkling & tanning/foxing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to pages, light water staining to top corner of page block)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration adventure Franz Josef glacier glaciers alpine

CHILTON, Chas (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FOLDING MAP TO REAR POCKET OF VOL 2, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt penguin illus to front boards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spines & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & creasing to ffep of vol 1 with 2cm closed tear to base also, moderate scuffing & surface loss to page edges of vol 1 from prev. adhesion- text block mostly unimpeded, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of ffep, occasional scuffing & surface damage/loss to some pgs of vol 2 from prev. adhesion, minor foxing only to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1909

KEYWORDS: geology geography subantarctic islands exploration botany zoology reports history exploration New Zealand south southern

PILLANS, F S

Quarto, beige folder with metal clasps, handwritten black lettering to front cover, 72pp, VG+ (copied pages- expected black copy markings to page edges, page edges roughly cut, otherwise a reasonably tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (1958?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers F S Pillan diary journal Inch Clutha Southland