FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

FEP TORN/CUT; Super octavo, blue & black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 629pp, illus, VG (fep torn/cut, otherwise VG+ with light rubbing & soiling to boards and page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling, moderate creasing, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand united states of america american u.s.a. comparitive history politics political culture cultural values society government democracy democratic liberty freedom individualism

WILLIAMS, TONY (photog) & NEALE, EMMA (essays & interview) & SORZANO, RIGEL (essays)

SIGNED BY TONY WILLIAMS; Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, glossy black lettering to spine & front board, glossy black Tony Williams logo to rear board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 176pp, illus colour plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, autograph in black ink to prelim page) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Tony Williams Gallery 2018

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand south island otago dunedin jewellers jewellery jewelry goldsmiths goldsmithing gemmology gold art artists sculptures sculptors modern crafts illustrated

MORAN, WARREN & FRECKI, IGOR (cartography by)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 376pp, illus: colour photos, maps & figures, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to boards, occasional light soiling to pages/page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand wine industry winemaking manufacturing alcohol drinking viticulture oenology vineyards grape growing harvesting history geography auckland gisborne hawke's bay wairarapa nelson marlborough canterbury central otago illustrated maps

N/A [WISE'S]

This vol. only; Sm. quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering and adverts to spine & boards, adverts to eps & prelims, 512pp + unpaginated Official Directory + several unpaginated adverts throughout, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising & light soiling to boards, heavy creasing to index tabs, light soiling & creasing plus moderate tanning to pages with a couple coming slightly loose)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd. 1957

KEYWORDS: otago southland dunedin south island new zealand wise's post office directories directory reference guides index indices

N/A [WISE'S]

This vol. only; Sm. quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering and adverts to spine & boards, adverts to eps & prelims, 488pp + several unpaginated adverts throughout, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising & discolouration to boards, moderate cracking to hinges at spine extrems, heavy creasing to index tabs, light-moderate foxing, tanning & occasional light creasing to pages with a couple coming slightly loose)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd. 1956

KEYWORDS: otago southland dunedin south island new zealand wise's post office directories directory reference guides index indices

ENSING, RIEMKE

SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION 95/250; Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 23pp, VG (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Corban Estate Arts Centre 2003

KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered editions new zealand auckland poets poems poetry collections literature riemke ensing colin mccahon

BURNET, J. H. (preface)

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 32pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, light-moderate foxing, tanning & creasing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Alexander Museum 1933

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wanganui whanganui museums early history alexander guide books guides handbooks exhibits illustrated

MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed scarce thus new zealand literature literary drama plays theatre theater solo monologues fiction performance performing arts bruce mason te parenga

BIGWOOD, RICK

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: new zealand law legal judicial history permanent court of appeal 20th twentieth century essay collections commonwealth

FOSTER, CATHERINE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to black spine, illus prelims, 208pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House New Zealand 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand small tiny homes houses building interior design architecture buildings construction

MARRYAT, EMILIA (Mrs. NORRIS)

FIRST EDITION; FIRST NOVEL TO USE THE WAIKATO AS A SETTING; Sm. octavo, green cloth boards, green lettering with gilt & black decorative tooling & to spine & front board, blind-stamped rule to rear board, frontispiece, xi + 366pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, light fraying to corners & spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate cracking to gutters - boards sl. shaky, light soiling & tanning to prelims/terminals & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to verso fep)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co. 1874

KEYWORDS: first editions fiction novels literature early literary new zealand waikato maori adventure mrs norris emilia marryat

CRAIK, GEORGE

Sm. octavo, half-bound in maroon leather with marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece: map of New Zealand, iv + 424pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to boards & spine, moreso to edges, moderate discolouration to prelims/terminals incl. frontispiece, otherwise occasional light soiling to pages/page edges, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: new zealand early settler colonial popular history 19th nineteenth century exploration discovery navigation cultural social anthropology indigenous colonialism

DE SEGUR, GASTON

Octavo, marbled heavy card boards, red cloth to spine, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 296pp, illus plates / folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderately soiling to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling to pages/plates throughout, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, light creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Plon 1901

KEYWORDS: text in french new zealand travel writing exploration france writers colonialism

KENT, JOHN & HALLETT, DAVID

Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Viking/ Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies outdoors fly fishing flyfishing trout lakes locations

KIRK, MARCIENNE D (Text) & FRANICH, KATHLEEN (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Mercy Associates 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand faith religion reflections Mother M Cecilia Maher prayers

TOWNSEND, CYRIL

Octavo stapled glossy card covers (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: Lower Hutt Historical Society Publication 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lower Hutt history historical society movie theaters theatres movies cinemas

KATENE, SELWYN and RAHUI (Eds)

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: Huia Publishers 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori politics political leaders biographies government parliament

CRUMP, BARRY & EMMERSON, KERRY (Illus)

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: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Barry Crump

GILLIES, IAIN, JOHN and ANGUS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Gisborne Herald Co (Printer) N/D (c.1980s?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Gisborne region east coast

HUGHES, GARETH & SWARBRICK, CHLOE (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political figures Jeanette Fitzsimons green party leaders biographies memoir mp