BILLENS, ROBERT H. & VERRY, H. LESLIE (Eds)

Octavo, orange light card covers with black decoration & black lettering to front cover, cover extends 1cm beyond body of book at all edges, unpaginated, illus, VG- (bruising & creasing to cover edges due to extension beyond book body, light rubbing to covers, rusting to staples, foxing to upper page edges, some v light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Palmerston North Diamond Jubilee Committee 1937

KEYWORDS: Robert Billens Leslie Verry New Zealand Palmerston North history diamond jubilee

GRACE, PATRICIA

First edition, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 155pp, nr fine (slight creasing to title page lower corner) in d/w, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1976

KEYWORDS: first edition Patricia Grace New Zealand literature

MEESON, J. T. (Ed)

Limited edition reprint of 500, octavo, royal blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: NZ Alpine Club 1976 facsimile reprint of Whitcombe & Tombs

KEYWORDS: JT Meeson New Zealand Alpine Club journal mountaineering climbing history

GEE, MAURICE

First US edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: St martin's Press 1983

KEYWORDS: first US edition specials New Zealand maurice Gee literature

IHIMAERA, WITI (Ed)

First edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 1996

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Witi Ihimaera New Zealand Maori literature fiction

MANHIRE, BILL (Ed)

First edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Bill Manhire Victoria University New Zealand literary literature education creating writing anthology short stories

DAVEY, A. J.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald 1952

KEYWORDS: specials AJ Davey New Zealand Geraldine local social history government

TURNER, SAMUEL

First edition second impression, scarce, octavo, blue cloth boards with gjilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 283pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, sl. foxing to page edges, sl. foxing within)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1913

KEYWORDS: first edition second impression Samual Turner mountaineering climbing autobiography France New Zealand South America Aconcagua Switzerland Siberia

n/a

Scarce, imperial octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, unpaginated but aprox 20pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ministry of Transport 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature story picture book Ministry of Transport educational

HARPER, ARTHUR P.

First edition thus, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 2 x frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG- (slight bruising to spine extrems, small ding to rear board lower edge, owner's name stamp to fep, moderate tanning esp to page edges & page peripheries, moderate foxing to some illus) in d/w, G (owner's name stamp to front, plastic-covered, 2cm x 2cm tear with loss to rear upper edge, small tears & nicks to all edges & corners, many closed tears held together by plastic covering, tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams Ltd 1946

KEYWORDS: Arthur P Harper New Zealand mountaineering climbing exploration autobiography

MCLAREN, FERGUS B.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with back lettering to spine, illus eps, 109pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate soiling, light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition Fergus B McLaren Auckland Islands sub-Antarctic history Enderby colony shipwrecks New Zealand

FOWLDS, GEORGE M.

Signed & dated by author, super octavo, beige light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, printed eps, ii + 16pp, VG (v light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: George Fowlds 1965

KEYWORDS: George Mathew Fowlds New Zealand Campbell Island Elizabeth Parr history Bonnie Prince Charlie legends

ROMANOS, JOSEPH

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Joseph Romanos literature sport novel fiction New Zealand

HIDE, RODNEY

Super octavo softcover (fine); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Rodney Hide New Zealand politics memoir autobiography

TYRRELL, A. R.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1996

KEYWORDS: specials A R Tyrrell New Zealand South Island boats ferries river punts nautical transport

ALEXANDER, RON & RADCLIFFE, GRAHAM

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Steam Traction Society 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Ron Alexander Graham Radcliffe New Zealand transport agriculture history traction engines pictorial photographic history

MCGLONE, MATT & CLARKSON, TOM & FITZHARRIS, BLAIR

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: GP Books 1990

KEYWORDS: specials matt mcglone tom clarkson blair fitzharris science new zealand enviroment agriculture nature

HALL-JONES, F. G.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, illus, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate browning to eps, inscription in ink to fep, v. v. slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Southland Historical Committee 1946

KEYWORDS: first edition FG Hall-Jones New Zealand Southland Invercargill pioneers settlers

REED, A. W.

First edition, octavo, dark green heavy card boards with mounted pohutakawa coloured illus to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 23pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to front board, v slight rubbing to rear board)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Maori history Hawaiki migration

BRASCH, CHARLES (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1962

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Charles Brasch literature anthology short stories poems poetry articles literary criticism Landfall magazine