RICKARD, L S

FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard

SCOTT, JEREMY & DEVLIN, GERRY (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Clarke / AD42 2014

KEYWORDS: adventure cycling travel writing literature self discovery mental health signed Jeremy Scott

RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

CHIRNSIDE, ANGUS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 326pp, VG (moderate scuffing to covers, light creasing to edges of covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus Chirnside N/D

KEYWORDS: signed Angus Gus Chirnside literature novels fiction

MAU, MICHAEL P

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: The Sanctus Germanus Foundation 2004

KEYWORDS: signed Michael P Mau new age movement sanctus germanus prophecies mysticism New Golden Era

KELLY, LESLIE, G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was cloudedby controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 482pp + index & folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing to fore-edge of ffep, prev. owner's details in red ink to reverse of frontispiece) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to edges with considerable -but tidy- archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

O'CONNOR, DENIS

LARGE ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH, INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 144pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to boards)

PUBLISHER: H Books / Aitche Books 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions signed Denis O'Connor

O'CONNOR, DENIS

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black H illus to front board, illus eps, 95pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H Books / Aitche Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions signed Denis O'Connor

WITTNER, LAWRENCE S

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 641pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Lawrence S Wittner nuclear bombs peace history disarmament antinuclear movement politics political

HORN, Dr JOSHUA S & SNOW, EDGAR (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board extrems & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlyn 1969

KEYWORDS: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF AMPUTATIONS first editions signed J S Horn medical medicine health China Chinese surgeon autobiography autobiographies memoir

TARLING, NICHOLAS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & brown lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling New Zealand history autobiography autobiogarphies memoir

BAKER, ROBERT J (Trans, Intro, Commentary & Latin Text by)

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, ix + 241pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of New England 1990

KEYWORDS: signed latin texts Robert J Baker ancient history literature Sextus Propertius Rome Roman antiquity elegies

FOWLER, MICHAEL

WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY MICHAEL FOWLER, square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, University of Auckland coat of arms tipped in to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel 1993

KEYWORDS: art New Zealand artists Michael Fowler University of Auckland signed

HOWIE-WILLIS, IAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINTED SIGNED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 487pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Ian Howie-Willis medical officers military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Major-General Ginger Burston biography biographies memoir

WOODWARD, ALISTAIR & BLAKELY, TONY

INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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: Auckland University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward

HUSTON, PERDITA

INSCRIBED, DATED & 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: Earthscan Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: women's rights gender politics family planning health children pregnancy signed Perdita Huston

WOODWARD, MARY D

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (with initial 'B' for Bob- her nickname), also signed as Mary Woodward on title page, oblong 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: Mary D Woodward 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Mary Bob Woodward New Zealand Piha history

SCARFE, ALAN

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 595pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2013

KEYWORDS: signed Alan Scarfe New Zealand history Maraekakaho Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers Sir Donald McLean

HOLDEN, PHILIP

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers, light fading/tanning to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand sheep farming agriculture Nicholas Station rural