MASTERS, READ

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 166pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine- minro archival tape repair to base of spine, light to moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Press Company N/D (c.1928)

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand sport history rugby union ABs All Blacks tours 1920s

McGIBBON, I C

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxi + 446pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: P D Hasselberg, Government Printer 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military navy naval history early 20th twentieth century armed defence forces maritime nautical

McCLYMONT, W G

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp insignia to front board, frontispiece, xii + 538pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems, sl scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official war histories series Greece ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

LEYS, THOMSON W

INCLUDES FOLDING CHRONOLITHOGRAPH PLATE, super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, 56pp + ads to rear, G (heavy scuffing & taoe staining to spine with some loss to extrems, rear cover detached but present, some minor insect damage to rear cover, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, heavy rusting & separation to interior staples, moderate cracking to gutters at staples, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic moderate soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing & Publishing 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical brochures lakes terraces geysers volcanoes geology geography

LLEWELLYN, S P

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 457pp, illus/photos, folding maps- all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand offical war histories series military history 1st first ammunition company 2nd second expeditionary force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

WOODWARD, MARY D

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minro scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, inscription in ink to author's note page)

PUBLISHER: Mary D Woodward 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settler spioneers Waitakere west coast

ANDERSON, ARCHD. G (Illus & Decorations)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 42pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, moderate foxing to covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to bottom corners of prelims, moderate rusting & separation to staples)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1913

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington post office history buildings historical

REID, R C

SECOND EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & brown illus to spine, coloured lettering with coloured & gilt illus to front board, aeg, delicately patterned eps, 176p, illus/plates- 9 of the 20 plates missing, G (heavy rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, 9 of the 20 plates have been removed- some of them quite brutally)

PUBLISHER: The Colonail Printing and Publishing Company 1886

KEYWORDS: old historical travel books south island New Zealand R C Reid history appreciation

N/A

Super octavo, blue light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, (4) + 58pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine missing- binding quite delicate, moderate soiling to covers, whole item vertically folded, occasional minor soiling & tanning/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: James Hughes, Printer 1874

KEYWORDS: geological surveys New Zealand geology historical

RUTHERFORD, J

Octavo, pink stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 46pp, VG (light fading/tanning to stapled spine, light soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University College 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke rebellion Bayley Memorial Lecture 19th nineteenth century wars

BURROWS, Rev R

ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE REINFORCED), octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (firm reinforcement to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners- minor loss to bottom corner of front cover, moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Upton & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke 19th nineteenth century diaries Rev R Burrows wars

THE CYCLOPEDIA COMPANY

Quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, decorated eps, illus title page, xxvi + 767pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, moderate fading & chafing/soiling to boards, minor soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & to rear, occasional light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias cyclopedia encyclopaedia encyclopedia geograpy history towns cities districts historical research

MARCHANT, S & HIGGINS, P J (Co-ordinators)

2 VOLS, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, 1400pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to spines & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, occasional closed tearing to top edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Antarctic birds nature zoology biology ornithology ratites ducks pelicans ducks species penguins

GRINDLEY, G W

POCKET OF MAPS TO REAR, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 68pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, minor chafing to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geological survey bulletins surveys Eglinton Valley history historical Southland

ELDER, JOHN RAWSON (Ed)

LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light scuffing, bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, SCRUFFY (heavy chipping and tearing to spine and front cover, moderate tanning, soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: signed limited edition New Zealand history early settlers pioneers

GUDGEON, Thos. WAYTH

TIDILY RE-BACKED INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE & BOARDS, imperial octavo, half leatherbound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, all page edges stained red, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + xxxvi to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & minor staining to spine & boards, moderate scuffing & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial pioneers early settlers

ILLINGWORTH, NEIL & DINSDALE, ROBERT C (Collab.) & MORELAND, JOHN M (Collab.) & WILKINS, FRED (Collab.)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1961

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Neil Illingworth New Zealand hunting fishing big game hobbies

GREY, ROMER

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, octavo, brown faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt ship illus to front board, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Yestermorrow 1995

KEYWORDS: limited numbered editions New Zealand hobbies outdoors fishing hunting Romer Grey

GREY, ZANE & PHARES, FRANK E (Photos)

FIRST EDITION IN FACSIMILE JACKET, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp publisher's motif to bottom corner of front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, viii + (2) + 228pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand angling fishing Zane Grey adventure literature hobbies

PERYER, PETER & BURKE, GREGORY (Ed) & WEIERMAIR, PETER (Ed)

TEXT IN GERMAN, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Edition Stemmle 1995

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art photography Peter Peryer New Zealand signed