BADCOCK, DOUGLAS

FIRST EDITION, oblong lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & full title page, 125pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art Douglas Badcock painting charcoal drawing first edition

COWAN, JAMES & POMARE, The Hon. Sir MAUI (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W (TIDY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS), octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 180pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light creasing/folding to edges of folding map to rear, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- neat & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Maori Regimental Committee 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori great war military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Te Hokowhitu a Tu Gallipoli pioneer battalion France Flanders first edition

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, 577pp + lxii, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate creasing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards with prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pgs 371-382 loose but still attached, some pages remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transactions proceedings records history 1883 animals nature crustaceans insects entomology

KING, MICHAEL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League

MORSE, PAULINE & MERTON, DON (Fore)

LIMITED NUMBERED (#1370/2000) SIGNED FIRST EDITION, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl soiling and rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Halcyon Press 1994

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Pauline Morse New Zealand wildlife animals art artists birds butterflies ornithology collection

LEYS, THOMSON W. (Ed)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, 1208pp, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonist guide history culture cyclopedia cyclopaedia pioneers settlers

GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafin g& soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo legends Maui children's literature modern first edition

BACON, R. L. & MATCHITT, PARA (Illus)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white cloth spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & curling/chipping to edges & corners, price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori children's literature R L Bacon

BESWICK, ANDREW (Photos)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Andrew Beswick Photography N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art photography Andrew Beswick collection scenery landscapes landmarks Aotearoa

BROWN, WARWICK

Octavo, brown light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing/curling to extrems & edges)

PUBLISHER: Godwit /Random House 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists contemporary art collection guide biographies

WILSON, PHILLIP

OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history

IHIMAERA, WITI & MAKERETI, TINA (Eds)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand writers authors literature collection anthology short stories novel excerpts

SWALLOW, RONA

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)

PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers

GOING, KEITH & GOING, CYRIL M. C.

Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)

PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers

WONG, DIANA

SCARCE, oblong lg quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to board edges, sl bruising to board extrems, sl foxing to front eps, sl musty/old book smell) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/curling & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abco Press (Printer) 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture women Auckland photos photography collection Diana Wong art

PAINTER, JANE

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light cracking to front gutter, sm inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Jeff Oliver Print (Printer) 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Kamo community

McKAY, MARY & NEMESH, VJEKOSLAV (Fore)

Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collection biography Mary McKay

BRADFIELD, ANN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history

CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 28pp, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors poets writers poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature first edition

BALLARA, ANGELA

Super octavo, patterened light card covers, grey & black lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing to eps, moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori iwi tribes ancient history anthropology antiquity