Books - "new zealand"
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Caring For Our Coast: An EDS Guide to Managing Coastal Development
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems/spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Environmental Defence Society Inc 2013
KEYWORDS: eds New Zealand coastline coastal policy defence defense geology conservation pollution biodiversity environment environmental issues
The Pioneering Days of Southern Maoriland
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, scruffy (v heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- above author's signature, heavy cracking to gutters, tape reinforcements to photo pages, light staining to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy tape staining & repairs to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press 1932
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history autobiography memoir pioneers settlers M A Rugby Pratt Maori culture signed
Mervyn Williams: From Modernism to the Digital Age
Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl wrinkling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Ron Sang Publications 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Mervyn Williams criticism appreciation
Maori Scenes and Portraits
LOOSELY ENCLOSED SIGNED NOTE, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 94pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading & chipping to spine & edges, 2.5cm closed tear to top edge, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori scenery portraits cuture history
The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor
HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg quarto, brown faux leather boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 440pp, illus/photos, VG (sl musty/old book smell, minor soiling/staining to boards & eps, light staining & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to lower edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Millwood Heritage Productions 2007
KEYWORDS: James Walter Chapman-Taylor biographies memoir New Zealand pioneers settlers
Figures of Motion: Len Lye Selected Writings
Ex-library, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate scuffing tape staining/residue to spine & board edges, spine cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling & moderate tape staining to eps, light to moderate tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, in removable plastic cover, moderate wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Len Lye collection anthology writings
Bambury: Works 1975-1999
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 44pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: City Gallery, Wellington 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions Wellington city gallery Stephen Bambury
Gretchen Albrecht: Illuminations
Square super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 71pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Auckland Art Gallery 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Gretchen Albrecht modern contemporary
The Politics of Geometry
SIGNED & DATED BY RICHARD KILLEEN, sm octavo, beige stapled light card covers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light tanning to cover egdes) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear & tanning to spine, sl tanning to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Workshop Press 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art signed Richard Killeen geometry
Trout in New Zealand: Where to Go and How to Catch Them
Octavo, blue buckram covered stiff card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, ii + 99pp, folding maps, VG- (heavy staining & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, staples moderately rusted, occasional smattering of foxing throughout, foldin map to rear detached & in heavy state of disrepair- lower portion detached but present, heavy tape staining to torn areas)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892
KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies trout fly fishing flyfishing angling
Fit to Fight: Compulsory Military Training and National Service in New Zealand 1949-72
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 631pp, illus/photos, VG+ (prev. owner's name to prelims in ink, light bruising to extrems & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history compulsory training national service
The Year-Book of New Zealand 1885. Compiled for the Use of Intending Settlers, Tourists, Merchants, and Manufacturers
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, page edges stained red, printed eps, 904pp, folding maps/charts, illus, VG- (heavy fraying & cracking to spine extrems, light scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy rubbing & discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to boards & page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, varying degrees of creasing/soiling to folding maps/charts, binding loose- boards shaky)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Chambers 1885
KEYWORDS: New Zealand yearbooks past editions history historical 1885 signed
Saving the Ranges: The First 40 Years of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; 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: Waitakere Ranges Protection Society 2013
KEYWORDS: signed waitakere ranges protection society auckland new zealand nature conservation preservation natural history trixie bruce harvey
Mr Albiones' Ferrets: an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids
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: Vintage 2007
KEYWORDS: fiona farrell fiction humour humor new zealand
The Smiths of Dunedin and of Woodlands, Hina Hina, South Otago; An account of a New Zealand settler family
Octavo softcover (Nr 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ally McBride 2022
KEYWORDS: ally mcbride smiths dunedin woodlands hina hina catlins south otago south island new zealand family histories history settlers farmers grocers grocery trade immigration
Diary of S. J. Smith in Samos 1914-1919
Octavo softcover (Nr 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ally McBride 2022
KEYWORDS: ally mcbride stephen john jack sj smith diaries diary memoirs autobiographies autobiography samoa world war one wwi first new zealand military history pacific islands
Yours Faithfully, Henry Jewsley; from his personal letterbook of the colonial years 1954-78
Super octavo softcover (Nr 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ally McBride 2015
KEYWORDS: henry jewsley ally mcbride letters letterbook dunedin otago south island new zealand history colonial settler immigration immigrants melbourne victoria australia
Light Cones
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Submarine 2018
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers Peter Rawnsley poetyr poems verse literature collections
Harry Ricketts: Selected Poems
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse literature collection Harry Ricketts poems first editions
Colour of Stealth
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Porath Press 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Mark Porath