HASSING, G M

SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 74pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- page block partially detached, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Southland Times Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir G M Hassing

McDONALD, K C

Octavo, yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, vii + 275pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges & spine, moderate fading & soiling to spine, minor ink markings to rear cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: North Otago Centennial Committee 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history North Otago centenary centennial committee

HARPER, A P

ARTICLE RECOVERED WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to title plate on front cover, 10pp, folding map to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Royal Geographical Society 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology glaciers historic articles maps royal geographical society history

BOBBITT, MALCOLM

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Breedon Books Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: W O Bentley biography biographies memoir automotive history cars manufacturers design

WEST, MARGARET & BRODIE, AUDREY & BRODIE, JAMES (Ed)

Quarto, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 235pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, sm ex libris label to base of front cover, sm ink numbers to rear cover, light tanning & soiling/ink staining to page edges, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders history quakers religion religious testimonies

McCORMICK, E H (SARGESON, FRANK)

ASSOCIATION COPY- INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY NZ AUTHOR FRANK SARGESON, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HELEN SHAW, dated Christmas 1981- one of the last books he signed, as he does in March 1982, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to board edges/extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Sargeson association copies Helen Shaw art history biography biographies memoir Frances Hodgkins New Zealand

GRENFELL, WILFRED T

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 240pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & light bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to frontispiece & title page, light foxing to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Marshall Brothers 1895

KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology travel exploration Labrador history historical Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen

CHISHOLM, Rev JAMES

DELUXE SIGNED EDITION, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, printed eps, frontispiece, xi + 242pp, illus, VG- (light rubbing & moderate tanning & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, pencil annotation to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pg241, light foxing to terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie and Co 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history presbyterian church Otago churches jubilees

PASCOE, JOHN (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xviii + 331pp, VG (moderate foxing & tape staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, frontispiece sl detached at base of gutter) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate adhesive staining to edges of flaps, moderate creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate tape reinforcement to internal edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Charles Douglas West Coast Westland

TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch

MARKS, ROBIN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/gouging to rear, light soiling, light creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Robin Marks New Zealand history Tuapeka County centennial centenary pioneers settlers

MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light staining to top edge of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history G E Mannering autobiography autobiographies memoir

HAY, ROBERT

UNCOMMON, octavo, blue string bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 6pp, VG- (moderate wrinkling & staining to covers, top corner of front cover missing, top corners of pages heavily chipped)

PUBLISHER: Wm Clowes and Sons 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Strath Taieri Bridge civil engineering history bridges

A BANK OFFICIAL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 179pp, VG (moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling & wrinkling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to prelims, minor soiling to eps, sm red label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, sl soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at rear)

PUBLISHER: Edwards, Dunlop & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: first editions history Australia Victoria NSW New South Wales New Zealand goldfields

TORTZEN, CHRISTIAN

TEXT IN DANISH, 4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering to spines, blue lettering & illus to front boards, illus/maps at eps, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & fading to spines, light chafing & soiling, sl staining to front of vol1)

PUBLISHER: Grafisk Forlag 1981-85

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH history nautical maritime Danish merchant fleet

MEESON, J T (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, 80

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alpine journals past issues vol ii 2 two historical history mountaineering mountain adventure clubs

BATHGATE, ALEXANDER

LACKS FEP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, vii + 286pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pages, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: James Maclehose 1874

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago colonialism history colonial

BEATTIE, H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to verso of half title page, occasional cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T B Kennard Otago pakeha biography biographies memoir first editions

SIM, J A (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 420pp + index to rear, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Alpine Journal history historical past issues journals club clubs volume vi 6 six

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers