MACAULAY, DAVID

Quarto 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: Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: city architecture roman history

BOYER, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jack Boyer 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated autobiography memoir Jack Boyer gold hunting prospecting

PARKINSON, MIKE & MEADS, COLIN (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 313pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mike Parkinson/Paturau Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport history Golden Bay Motueka Murchison the bays statistics

McALOON, JIM

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 261pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Nelson illustrated photos

NEMEROV, ALEXANDER

Square quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 153pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges, sl staining to base of eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing/soiling, 2cm closed tear to top spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian American Art Museum/Yale University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: George Ault art American illustrated history

HARPER, ARTHUR P.

FOLDING MAP TORN, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 336pp, folding map, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to spine, spine cocked, moderate chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, aforementioned heavy tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration pioneers illustrated southern alps south island history

MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

Oblong quarto, stapled light card covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate foxing & creasing to covers, light rusting & separation at staples, 2cm open tearing to lower spine extrem, closed tear to front)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photos Mount Cook glaciers travel history

BESTER, R. (Ed)

Square octavo, illus card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 388pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Nelson anglican church religion essays prose literature collection illustrated

WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, green lettering to spine, 344pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & extrems, sl chafing, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history illustrated trade industry business pioneers settlers

SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, sl scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tokomairiro Otago south island settlers pioneers trade business industry commerce infrastructure

McINTYRE, W. DAVID

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (v sl wear to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light scuffing to covers, moderate sunning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military politics war defence policy history early 20th twentieth century government

NEWPORT, J. N. W.

SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/discolouration to board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate closed tearing to spine & covers with some attempts at subtle tape repairs made, rear flap completely removed & neatly re-attached, reinforcement to internal side of spine- discreet)

PUBLISHER: Express Printing Works (Printer) 1978

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Nelson provincial regional south island

CHAPMAN-COHEN, G.

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue staple covers, silver gilt lettering to front cover, 39pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & tanning to covers, ligth creasing/wrinkling to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: R. Lucas & Son (Printer) n/d (c.1949?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Takaka schools Nelson province regional provincial history

DAWBER, CAROL

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine extrems, sm newspaper clipping affixed to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Tony and Kathy Reilly 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Claude Page Reilly Nelson Golden Bay

ELLIS, REUBEN

Octavo, illus glossy card covers, blue lettering to spine, viii + 231pp, VG+ (light chafing to covers, light soiling & tanning/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history cultural studies mountaineering exploration imperialism politics literature

HINDMARSH, GERARD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 255pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, occasional annotations in pencil to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson social history Kahurangi anecdotes biographies illustrated

N/A

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF CADILLAC HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY (AKA HORACE MENDRY) quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 112pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate foxing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, v occasional highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1954

KEYWORDS: cars sport motorsport racing Indianapolis 500 mile race history 1954 illustrated yearbook

DAWBER, CAROL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, light creasing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sl messy ink stamp to front eps)

PUBLISHER: NZMP 2002

KEYWORDS: dairy farming agriculture Tasman New Zealand co-operatives Nelson history

McDONALD, JANE

SIGNED & DATED, super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine, light occasional markings in ink to text- unobtrusive, heavy water staining to rear pages- otherwise VG+)

PUBLISHER: River Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Takaka Nelson illustrated history Sparrow family genealogy pioneers settlers signed

COOPER, ANNABEL

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 322pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl wear)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand film big screen illustrated entertainment wars history