CATHIE, CAPTAIN BRUCE

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, SCARCE THUS, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/printed eps, 207pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: signed Captain Bruce Cathie New Zealand autobiography autobiographies memoir aviation ufos space aliens spacecrafts sightings

HARVEY, BRUCE and TRIXIE (Eds)

Lg heavy quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 542pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to verso of title page, minor cracking at some gutters, light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some minor tape repairs, light fading to spine, light wrinkling & chafing, sm patch of label residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: The Waitakere Ranges Protection Society Inc 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature Waitakere ranges scenery landscapes geology

SHEEHAN, PAUL

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board extrems & edges, minor bruising to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's catalogue number unobtrusive in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG+ (in removable plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Transpress 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Air NZ aircraft aeroplanes design engineering civil

McCALL, CLAIRE

Tidy ex-library- minimal markings, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate bruising to inside rear board, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture homes houses buildings eco green contemporary ecology ecologically

BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp profile/portrait to front board, xv + 459pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture villages anthropology pre-European pre-colonial Elsdon Best

SHEEHAN, GRANT (Photos) & BURTON, DAVID (Text)

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, oblong quarto, black lettering to spine, 42pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling/creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Phantom House 1994

KEYWORDS: signed Grant Sheehan David Burton New Zealand coffee culture cafes shops photos

BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp profile/portarit to front board, xii + 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Elsdon Best Maori buildings culture structures

ALLEN, Lieut.-Col S S

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, INSCRIBED & SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 188pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Auckland France French campaigns first editions

WESTON, Lt.-Col. C H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, maps to prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing to spine- 2cm loss to base of spine, moderate cracking to hinges, moderate scuffing & bruising to board extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions military history New Zealand ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers

N/A

FACSIMILE REPRINT, super octavo, black leather effect boards, gilt lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xviii + 358pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (Modern Facsimile Reprint)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first ist world war one i 1 the great war soldiers expeditionary force roll of honour soldiers

BROWN, AL & SCOTT, KIERAN

Imperial octavo, black textured heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, glassine pocket with 4x postcards to front pastedown, 342pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light cahfing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand celebrity chefs Al Brown cookbooks cookery cooking recipes food culinary

FRIZZELL, DICK

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, purple stiff card covers, black & white lettering to spine, printed eps, 279pp, illus, VG+ (light curling/scuffing to cover corners, light fading to spine, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2011

KEYWORDS: signed Dick Frizzell art philosophy New Zealand

HOOD, LYNLEY

First edition, signed by author. Super 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: Longacre Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand crime journalism Christchurch Peter Ellis

TARLING, NICHOLAS

Signed and dated by author. Small 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: Dunmore Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand opera essays

CAMPBELL, ALISTAIR & KENNEDY, RICHARD (illus)

First edition. Small 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: Alistair Campbell Richard Kennedy New Zealand fiction

WELLS, PETER

Inscribed, dated & signed by author. 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: Might Ajax Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature social media Peter Wells

MULGAN, ALAN

Heavy 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington history 19th century 20th century

BELL, CLAUDIA

Inscribed & signed by both author and artist. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Gilt Edge Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists

BLOOD, JENNY

First edition. Octavo, 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: Jenny Blood 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets poetry literature

PHILP, ELENA

Signed by author. 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: Palabra Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets poetry