COLE, G D H

THIS VOL ONLY, red octavo buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 346pp, VG (slight fading to spine, slight rubbing to board edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, prelims & postlims, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (light to moderate fading to jacket, moderate chipping to edges, 0.5cm open tear to upper edge of spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1953

KEYWORDS: g d h cole socialist thought political history socialism

SOLE, LARAINE

Super octavo, brown illus light card wrappers, white & brown lettering to wrapper & spine, 276pp, illus VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 2008

KEYWORDS: whanganui wanganui castlecliff community history laraine sole north island new zealand

STARR, JOAN

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gold lettering to front board, 278pp, illus VG+ (v slight brusing & scuffing to spine, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading to spine, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Melton Shire Council

KEYWORDS: melton australia australian victorian community history

WILLIAMS, ZELMA & WILLIAMS, JOHN

SIGNED BY AUTHORS ON TIPPED IN BOOKPLATE, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 262pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges, v slight soiling to boards, v slight soiling & prev owner's name in ink to fep, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (v slight creasing to edges, v slight chafing to jacket, moderate foxing to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Williams Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: thames coromandel peninsula zelma john williams maori european british aotearoa new zealand history

BREEN, BOB

Super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 316pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading & rubbing to edges of spine & boards, v slight chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, v slight sporadic soling to pages) in d/w VG (light tanning, light to moderate soiling to jacket, 3cm tear to jacket hinge, light chipping & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1988

KEYWORDS: vietnam war australian diggers new zealand kiwi soldiers united states paratroopers nz usa american australia new zealander military history

BYE, KEN

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue text to wrapper & spine, illus inside wrappers, 320pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling to fep, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Southland District Council 2000

KEYWORDS: wallace county rural southland rebel new zealand aotearoa history rebellion

ANTHONY, MEL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, multi-coloured lettering to spine & wrapper, illus title pages, 287pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to spine, v slight creasing to wrapper, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sylvester Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: midget racing northwest early auto racing automotive history american west coast ken bye

BINNEY, JUDITH

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO ARTIST GREER TWISS, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red, grey & gold text to wrapper & spine, frontispiece, 424pp, illus VG+ (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to wrapper, light soiling to page edges, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2010

KEYWORDS: judith binney new zealand aotearoa essays history historian

TAYLOR, JACK (compiled by)

SCARE IN HARDCOVER, imperial octavo, red & black heavy boards, black & white lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, illus title page, 308pp, VG+ (slight fading to spine & board edges, slight bruising to spine & edges, v slight soiling & chafing to boards, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Flaxbourne Settler's Association 2000

KEYWORDS: flaxbourne district marlborough ward renwick blenheim south island aotearoa new zealand history

SPICER, CHARLES E

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus, VG (soiling & fading to spine, light v slight rubbing to board edges, fep removed, 4cm tear to front pastedown, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling to spine, light rubbing to edges, light fading to jacket, light foxing & tanning to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1988

KEYWORDS: new zealand policing police whanganui wanganui history north island aotearoa

DOBBIE, RAY & PERRIN, BRIAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to front of jacket, slight creasing & chafing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn District Council 1998

KEYWORDS: malvern county canterbury selwyn district history new zealand south island ray dobbie brian perrin

FRASER, JIM

Super octavo, black faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, slight chafing & fading to jacket

PUBLISHER: Print Commercial Printers 2004

KEYWORDS: hawkes bay north island aotearoa history shandrydan willow flat county jim fraser

ANDERSON, STEVE

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 367pp, VG+ (slight creasing & fading to wrapper, previous bookseller's label to rear of wrapper, slight tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Urban Druid Press 2023

KEYWORDS: true crime mass murder homicide new zealand raurimu massacre steve anderson history

WILSON, J G

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 468pp, illus + folding genealogical chart to rear, VG (slight bruising to boards & spine, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's name to title page) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling and fading to jacket, heavy creasing to edges of spine of jacket, light creasing to other jacket edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: hawke's bay north island aotearoa new zealand history j g wilson

SOLE, LARAINE

Octavo, light blue stapled light card wrappers, 300pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling to spine, light soiling to wrapper, light tanning & soiling to page edges, previous owners name in ink to inside wrapper and first page)

PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 1983

KEYWORDS: laraine sole waverley otago history new zealand aotearoa dunedin

MCGIBBON, IAN & HOLYOAKE, KEITH

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, 200pp, illus, VG (light fading & scuffing to wrapper, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Waitahora Centennial Committee 2006

KEYWORDS: mangatoro station waitahora valley new zealand aotearoa history dannevirke north island

MAHY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising & fading to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, fep corner clipped, previous bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w VG- (moderate tanning to jacket, light creasing to edges, slight foxing to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts n/d

KEYWORDS: first edition margaret mahy new zealand history aotearoa

BY A CITIZEN

Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt & black border decoration & banding to spine & boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 300pp, illus VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges, slight chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sporadic light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1871

KEYWORDS: london england plague great fire 1665 1666 black bubonic memoir diary journal history

BYRNE, T B

SIGNED & NUMBERED AT REAR OF BOOK 111/500, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt ship to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (slight fading to jacket, light to moderate foxing to jacket, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: T B Byrne 1991

KEYWORDS: captain thomas wing manakau harbour maritime new zealand history t b byrne

SEARS, ARCH G

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, illus inside wrapper, 190pp + 4, illus, VG+ (slight fading to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Arch G Sears n/d

KEYWORDS: arch g sears family history new zealand travel memoir taranaki taupo papua new guinea