RUSSELL, G WARREN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 332pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & heavy soiling/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to rear gutter, single page at terminals detached but present, light folding to top corners of pages 241-248)

PUBLISHER: G W Russell 1919

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history internal affairs

GRACE, A A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/illus to spine, blind rule & lettering to front board, 257pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, ffep missing, moderate tanning to eps, light foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folk tales folklore lore literature collection first editions

OLSSEN, ERIK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO JUDITH & MICHAEL BASSETT (FELLOW HISTORIANS), imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional annotation in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1984

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Erik Olssen

WILLSON, R J

FIRST EDITION, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & covers with light fading & soiling also, sm ink scribble to front cover, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 59-70 loose but present)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Educational Books 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings design homes planning guide first editions

WARD, The Right Hon Sir J G & FRASER, M

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, 2x sm coloured maps to prelims, viii + 1005pp, folding map, VG (moderate to heavy soiling/surface loss to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters, inscription in ink to rear eps, minor water staining/wrinkling to lower page corners of prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 1911 yearbooks official land statistics

BUTCHER, J W (Preface)

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, viii + 776pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, smatterings of foxing to some gutters throughout, no damage to folding map)

PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history official yearbooks 1945 land statistics

FRASER, MALCOLM

Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 710pp, sm coloured maps to prelims, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris label to ffep, prev. ownership ink stamps & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Gov't Printer 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history official yearbooks 1916 land statistics

WOLFE, PAMELA and RICHARD

INSCRIBED TO DON BINNEY & FAMILY & SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked & faded, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning to page edges, sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first editions children's literature fiction signed Pamela Richard Wolfe

BUSCH, HEATHER

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, quarto, white heavy boards, silver gilt & black lettering to spine, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art signed Heather Busch collection appreciation

IHIMAERA, WITI

Softcover (NF); 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: raupo 2009

KEYWORDS: literature fiction new zealand

BROWN, MARGARET & MASTERS, DIANA & SMITH, BARBARA

SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR MARGARET BROWN LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Margaret Brown, Diana Masters, Barbara Smith 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland School of Nursing history education institutions healthcare health

WEBB, C J & SYKES, W R & GARNOCK-JONES, P J

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, lxviii + 1365pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Botany Division, DSIR 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora plants flowers botany nature fauna

AKERS, MOLLY J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & fading to spine, sl curling to covers, sl foxing to top page edges, sl musty smell)

PUBLISHER: Molly J Akers 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand toll bridges Opiki history suspension transport

KNIGHT, LINDSAY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Rugby Press Ltd 1991

KEYWORDS: lindsay knight all blacks new zealand rugby sport sports football national team history fred allan bob stuart wilson whineray brian lochore ian kirpatrick andy leslie graham mourie andy dalton david kirk wayne shelford

HAMMER, MARGARET

SIGNED BY AUTHOR; large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Diocesan School for Girls 2003

KEYWORDS: margaret hammer diocesan school for girls auckland anglican anglicamism history new zealand education

HARKER, JACK

SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Silver Owl Press 2000

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand minesweepers naval history military war second world war two ww2 wwii

WELLS, DYANA

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Fiery Scribes 2016

KEYWORDS: inscribed signed dyana wells spirituality nature sailing nautical new zealand

HAMMER, MARGARET

SIGNED; large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Diocesan School for Girls 2003

KEYWORDS: margaret hammer diocesan school for girls auckland anglican anglicamism history new zealand education

WELLS, DYANA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; 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: Fiery Scribes 2016

KEYWORDS: dyana wells spirituality sailing wisdom new zealand

DEANS, JOHN & MILLER, G.M. (with assistance from)

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: Simpson & Williams Limited 1964

KEYWORDS: port cooper plains deans family riccarton christchurch new zealand history settler settlers pioneer pioneer