COOPER, MICHAEL & MORRISON, ROBIN (photog.)

Quarto, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1988

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand wines vineyards

PRIESTLEY, REBECCA (Ed)

Octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light pencil markings to text & margins sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand science natural history nature illustrated

WHITE, JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, DUAL TEXT- ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, PGS I-IV LOOSE BUT PRESENT, PGS 1 & 2 MISSING, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Maori illus & rule in black to front board, frontispiece, x + 245pp (in English) & 236pp (in Te Reo), VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece, light cracking to gutters, some pgs either loose or missing- see aforementioned, moderate sporadic foxing & tanning to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori traditions myths mythology history anthropology

HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, cream light stapled covers, black lettering to front cover, folding map to front/frontis, xl + 92pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate creasing & foxing/tanning to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rusting/staining to staples, 3cm loss to top edges of title pg to pg 11, light to moderate foxing to pages & folding maps throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology history landscape exploration

SCHOLEFIELD, G. H. (Ed)

2 VOLUME SET, EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- xxxii + 512pp, vol 2- vi + 571pp, VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minimal library markings- if any internally, prev. owner's name ink stamp to ffep of vol 1) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & chipping to edges with tidy heavy tape reinforcements, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers, possible tidy partial removal of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Dep't of Internal Affairs 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dictionary biographies literature who's who history

BECA CARTER HOLLINGS & FERNER

Oblong quarto, spiral bound cream covers, black lettering to front cover, 19pp + maps to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand development proposals Northcote Onepoto report Auckland plans maps

WOODWARD, ROBIN & STRINGER, TERRY

imperial 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: Terry Stringer 2013

KEYWORDS: art catalogue exhibtion new zealand terry stringer sculpture sculptor kiwi

HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, li + 270pp, folding maps throughout, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & rear cover with considerable closed tearing & some loss, light to moderate foxing to covers & throughout inc. maps, moderate to heavy insect damage to terminals & appendix, light cracking to gutters throughout, some small closed tearing to some maps)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps colonial history

WALTON, J. N.

REBOUND, octavo, red cloth boards, frontispiece, 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, title handwritten-neatly-to spine in black marker, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 25-32 loose but still attached, occasional ink & pencil annotations to text)

PUBLISHER: Light Steam Power N/D (c.1959?)

KEYWORDS: steam transport history Doble illustrated New Zealand engineering manufacturing

N/A

Octavo, pink stapled light card covers, black lettering to covers, printed eps, folding map to front, 20pp + 18pp adverts to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & covers, 5cm closed tear to lower spine, sm ink deletions to front cover & ffep, light foxing to covers & page edgeslg white paper patch affixed to front ep, light foxing & closed tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Langbridge & Edgcumbe 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical guide Tauranga Bay of Plenty Taupo hot lakes travel exploration

SIMMONDS, J. H.

Folio, green buckram boards, gilt letetring to spine & front board, xviii + 164pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to board & spine extrems & edges, light chafing & staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to pgs throughout) in stiff boarded box, VG (hinges/corners of lid loose/separated, moderate staining & rusting from staples, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1927

KEYWORDS: trees New Zealand eucalyptus illustrated building timber botany nature

McKAY,R. A. (Ed)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#97/600), quarto, half bound heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 252pp, illus, VG (reference & prev. ownership stamps & markings- not ex library- to eps & prelims, light tape residue to lower spine extrem, moderate scuffing with some surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Richard Alexander McKay n/d (c.1940)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing history illustrated Maori culture government printing office trade industry

N/A

Quarto, blue heavy boards with brown cloth spine, black lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, red speckling to page edges, xvi + 529pp, folded chart to rear, VG (light scuffing & chafing to boards & edges, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics history historical data colony governing bodies

NICHOLSON, C. M.

Quarto, brown light card covers with black cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, 119pp + photos & contents to rear, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers, prev. ownership stamps to covers & eps)

PUBLISHER: C. M. Nicholson 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime Paul Chase police shooting shootings history report Attorney-General

HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, light card covers, lviii + 243pp, illus, folding maps, scruffy (front cover completely missing, light foxing throughout, extensive insect damage to all page edges inc. maps)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps history report landscape

BROOKING, TOM

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography Richard Seddon prime ministers politics memoir

WELLS, ANNETTE

Quarto, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to upper edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson churches buildings architecture history

CURRIE, A. E. (ed.)

Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: otago new zealand south island nz aotearoa poetry poems verse centennial treasury archibald baxter james k baxter

BRUNTON, ALAN

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED, octavo illus. light card covers, 67pp., VG+ (sl. tanning and foxing within, small newspaper clipping tipped in to colophon) in red wrappers with photograph tipped in (VG-, moderate scuffing & chipping, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Bumper Books 2001

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton signed inscribed

BRUNTON, ALAN

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: Bumper Books 1996

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton