GEE, MAURICE

Paperback (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: faber and faber 1989

KEYWORDS: literature fiction new zealand

ELL, GORDON

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: Bush Press 1994

KEYWORDS: new zealand traditions folklore folk culture tradition urban legend legends history

LAUPER, JAKOB & LOW, HILARY (trans. & ed.) & [WHITCOMBE, HENRY]

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: Canterbury University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: henry whitcombe jakob lauper southern alps new zealand exploration

JOHNSON, LOUIS

FIRST 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: Pegasus Press 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition louis johnson poetry poet verse new zealand

JONES, ALISON & JENKINS, KUNI KAA

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sunning to spine and covers)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration adventure Tuai Ngare Raumati Maori Bay of Islands

REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 23pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderate chafing/scuffing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: signed A H Reed New Zealand Otago Dunedin history Gabriel's Gully

REED, A H

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, minor rusting to staples, closed tearing to spine)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history A H Reed

SCHAMROTH, HELEN (CLARK, HELEN - Signed by)

INSCRIBED BY HELEN CLARK, quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to edges/extrems, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl discolouration, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: signed Helen Clark New Zealand art craft artists biographies

REED, A H

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & curling to covers with light soiling & foxing, moderate closed tearing & scuffing to spine, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand A H Reed history East Cape Egmont walking

FREYBERG, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN MICHAEL BASSETT & EPHEMERA LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable adhesion to photo pages, some minor underlining in ink, occasional foxing throughout) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: Bernard Freyberg military history biographies memoir New Zealand England

McLEAN, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, DATED, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO SIR DOUGLAS MYERS, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 263pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Denis McLean New Zealand travel writing literature

SUTER, HENRY

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, unpaginated, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to plate 71 onwards, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1915

KEYWORDS: New Zealand molluscs marine biology zoology sealife

MACLEAN, CHRIS

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing/discolouration to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges, sl foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe Press 1995

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Tararua mountain ranges Chris Maclean

BUCKNILL, C E R & POWELL, A W B (Illus)

Imperial octavo, brown paper covered boards,123pp + plates to rear, VG- (moderate chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning and foxing to covers, heavy scuffing to front cover with small patches of surface loss, moderate scuffing to rear cover, moderate foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sea shells marine biology zoology sealife

BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

BUCHANAN, IAIN & DUNN, MICHAEL & EASTMOND, ELIZABETH

SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS; Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece: Seated Woman, c.1926, ix+185pp, illus. colour plates, VG+ (light rubbing to board & spine extrems, author's signatures to half-title page in black & blue ink, light tanning/discolouration to page extrems/edges, a few spots of soiling to eps, prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling, moderate sun-fading to covers near spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: signed frances hodgkins paintings drawings michael dunn iain buchanan elizabeth eastmond new zealand expatriate art artists painters modernists british modernism avant garde britain england europe expatriatism

HULME, KERI & MORRISON, ROBIN (photog)

SIGNED BY ROBIN MORRISON; Oblong super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, illus. colour photo plates, VG (light soiling to boards and light scuffing to board extrems, inscription to previous owner in blue ink to verso fep, Robin Morrison's signature in blue ink to half-title page, moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, prelims & terminals, otherwise light tanning & occasional spots of light soiling to page extrems throughout,) in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling, light creasing, moderate sun-fading to spine & covers near spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1989

KEYWORDS: signed keri hulme robin morrison homeplaces new zealand south island coasts coastlines ocean sea okarito moeraki stewart prose photography nature landscapes portraits

MORELAND, A MAUD

Octavo, teal buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, illus/photos, folding maps- 1x detached but loosely enclosed at rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm crack to front hinge, minor chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional ownership signature in ink throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history south island Haast Mount Aspiring westland A Maud Moreland

GLUCKMAN, ANN (Ed) & FRIEDLER, DEB LEVY (Ed) & DAVIS, LINDY (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, two letters from the author loosley enclosed, imperial octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 460pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Renaissance Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Jewish community jewry ethnicity identity religion religious

SPICER, CHARLES E

SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & surface loss, sm ink lettering to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd (Printer) 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history Wanganui centennial crime prevention signed Charles E Spicer