MORTON, K P

SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton

DUFF, ROGER & SKINNER, H D (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering on title plate to spine, vii + (xiii) + 405pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl foxing to title plate on spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand archeology archaeology Maori culture ancient history ethnology excavations

FIRTH, RAYMOND & TAWNEY, R H (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 505pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to front & rear eps, lg gift plate to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics Maori business industry

LESLIE, R C & FLETCHER, C R L (Intro) & CARR LAUGHTON, L G (Intro & Additional Notes) & NANCE, R MORTON (Supp. Drawings)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxvi + 328pp + 39pp notes to rear, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate (A W Reed) to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, tidy & sturdy reinforcement to internal side, light tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall's N/D

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history literature boats

KERRY-NICHOLLS, J H

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, some occasional heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout, plate opp. pg62 partially detached, 6cm closed tear & light foxing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1884

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history exploration Maoriland travel writing literature King Country