N/A

Octavo, white ring binder, red lettering to front board, 60pp + 7pp index to rear, VG+ (minor soiling to binder/folder)

PUBLISHER: Grand Chapter 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand supreme grand royal arch chapter laws constitution masonic masons freemasons freemasonry secret societies

N/A

Quarto, blue ring binder, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blue spacers with black lettering to tabs, unpaginated, VG+ (sl soiling to binder with minor chipping to lower edge & adhesive label to front- partially removed)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (2004)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand masons masonic freemasons freemasonry constitution grand lodge of antient free and accepted masons

FALCONER, GARTH

Imperial octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Blue Acres Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architects architecture Harry Turbott landscape buildings nature biographies

PHILLIPS, A. A.

SIGNED, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 72pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Airport Fire Service 1993

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand aviation emergency responders fire service Christchurch airport Harewood

LOCHHEAD, IAN (Ed)

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front eps, light soiling to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch town hall buildings history earthquake damage architecture

INCHBALD, GEOFFREY

EX-LIBRRAY, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 166pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining & tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims, minor creasing to top corners of some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, moderate fading & chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Johnson Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: imperial camel corps military history British Yeomanry Australia New Zealand mounted regiments ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war

RAMSDEN, ERIC & BUCK, PETER H. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xix + 295pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, 2cm open tear to lower spine extrem, heavy staining & discolouration/fading to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history first edition Samuel Marsden missionaries anthropology

N/A

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed lettering to page edges, printed eps, 2112pp + 100pp directory, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light cracking to material at hinges, heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate wrinkling to front eps, boards shaky)

PUBLISHER: Leightons Limited 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland businesses directory townships

TALLON, MARY

SIGNED BY RAYMOND WINDSOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers & edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pause For Effect 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders biography memoir medical surgeons Ray Raymond Windsor signed missionaries

DREW, SAMUEL (Ed)

INCLUDES AN EARLY ARTICLE ON CANNIBALISM IN NZ, octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 578pp, illus, VG- (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards & extrems, heavy cracking to hinges- boards still firmly attached, heay tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some pgs loose but present, prev. owner's names to both pastedowns, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing to pages throughout, some closed tearing & coloured pencil scribbling to portraits, some pgs potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson 1832

KEYWORDS: imperial magazine New Zealand monthly periodicals

N/A

Octavo, illus string & staple bound light card wrappers, red & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, xviii + 966pp, VG- (moderate foxing & tanning & creasing to spine & covers, moderate chipping & closed tearing to spine extrems, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Universal Business Directories Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland business directory 1951 businesses

GISBORNE, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, xii + 360pp, illus/maps, VG (minimal but ususal library markings, spine sl cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, foxing sporadically throughout, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: E. A. Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization settlers William Gisborne

YATE, Rev. WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 310pp + index to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout, occasional clumps of pgs loose but still attached, minor cracking to gutters, may lack maps and/or plates)

PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history church missionaries north island William Yate

GOLDSMITH, PAUL

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 366pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light creasing to pg99)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Alan Gibbs biographies memoir car industry automotive

JONES (HINGSTON), VERNA

DATED & SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 70pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to internal sides of covers)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (c.1982?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers family history genealogy Hingston

WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

DALLAS, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning, soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Ruth Dallas poetry verse poems collection literature first edition

TUWHARE, HONE & MATCHITT, PARA (Jacket Design)

PARA MATCHITT D/W, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 42pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse literature Hone Tuwhare collection

BRASCH, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, brown lettering to cloth spine, 51pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse Charles Brasch literature collection first edition

CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & ROTHENSTEIN, WILLIAM (Portrait)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand writers literary biography memoir autobiography Walter D'Arcy Cresswell poetry literature