COWIE, GRAHAM

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight foxing to page edges, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's inscription iin ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light foxing to wrapper)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1991

KEYWORDS: graham cowie motoring new zealand driving automotive history

WRIGHT, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG+ (v slight scuffing to edges, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight chafing to jacket, v slight creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1998

KEYWORDS: first edition john wright holden australian motoring automotive history

ELLESMERE CAMERA CLUB & GRAYBURN, ARTHUR (intro)

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR OF INTRO, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus inside wrappers, unpaginated prelims + 280pp, VG+ (slight fading & soiling to wrapper, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ellesmere Camera Club 1997

KEYWORDS: selwyn district lincoln canterbury malvern paparua port hills rolleston west melton new zealand history ellesmere camera club arthur grayburn prebbleton tai tapu

CLOVER, KEN

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, brown lettering to wrappers, 111pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, light creasing & tanning to edges of wrapper, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ken Clover, The School and District Jubilee 1902-1977

KEYWORDS: waitakaruru district history school hauraki plains north island new zealand aotearoa ken clover thames valley waikato te aroha maukoro canal

FARROW, SHERYL (compiled by)

Quarto, spiral bound, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to wrapper & spine, illus inside rear wrapper, 270pp, illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to wrapper, slight scuffing to edges of spine, v slight fading, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sheryl Farrow 2011

KEYWORDS: bethlehem tauranga new zealand aotearoa north island history wairoa river sheryl farrow

HEATH, ALLISON B

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, 242pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling to wrapper, binding slightly detached but secure, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1989

KEYWORDS: opouriao taneatua whakatane district history new zealand north island aotearoa allison b heath

CUMMINS, PEG (compiled by)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & wrappers, vi + 312pp, illus, VG+ (slight chafing to wrapper, light creasing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tirau Historical Society 2006

KEYWORDS: tirau south waikato north island aotearoa new zealand history peg cummins

PHILLIPS, A A

FIRST EDITION, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt fire helmet to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 96pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light soiling & chafing to jacket, two 3cm closed tears and three >2cm closed tears to edges of jacket with historic tape repairs, 5cm section top top rear of jacket missing with historic tape repair, light fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Fire Service District 5A01 Christchurch 1985

KEYWORDS: first edition christchurch canterbury aotearoa new zealand history fire service firemen firefighting emergency services

ROBINSON, RICHARD H

Quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow, orange & blue lettering to boards & spine, illus half title page, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, v slight chafing & soiling to boards, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Country Life NZ 2004

KEYWORDS: farm tractors machinery equipment farming agriculture agricultural history new zealand tractor

MALCOLM, MADGE

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiii + 204pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & boards, slight scuffing & chafing to boards, moderate foxing to fep, rep adhered to rear pastedown, light soilling to page edges including damp staining to first & last few page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kororareka Press 1994

KEYWORDS: madge malcolm oral histories history north island new zealand kororareka russell paihia kerikeri tutukaka coast paparoa matakohe te wahapu puhipuhi

CRAWSHAW, NORMAN

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to wrapper, 89pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling & foxing to wrapper, light creasing & rubbing to edges of pages & wrapper, previous owner's name crossed out in ink to title page, sporadic slight soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Norman Crawshaw n/d

KEYWORDS: millerton buller westport westland west coast norman cranshaw plateau new zealand south island history

PARKER, KEITH

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to wrapper & spine, illus title page, 240pp, illus, VG ( light fading to spine & wrapper, light creasing to wrapper, light soiling & tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Keith William Parker 1994

KEYWORDS: kaitaia 1940s forties new zealand north island aotearoa history keith william parker mangonui county

PARKER, KEITH

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, green & white lettering to wrapper & spine, illus title page, 288pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, slight scuffing to edges, light tanning to wrapper & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Keith Parker 1995

KEYWORDS: kaitaia 1950s fifties new zealand north island aotearoa history keith william parker mangonui county

TROTSKY, LEON & EASTMAN, MAX (trans)

Octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 1295pp, VG- (light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, light rubbing to edges, moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, binding slightly shaky, previous owner's inscription to fep, sporadic v slight soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1936

KEYWORDS: leon trotsky russian revolution history russia politcal

JACQUES, CLAUDE & FREEMAN, MICHAEL (photos) & WHITE, TOM (trans)

Square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, illus title page, illus prelims, 319pp, illus VG+ (v slight bruising to spine & board corners, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight ceasing to edges, light chafing to jacket, v slight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: River Books 1997

KEYWORDS: angkor wat cambodia architectural wonder history asia asian claude jacques michael freeman

SMITH, ADAM & SHIELD NICHOLSON, J (intro essay & notes)

Octavo, red heavy boards, black border decoration to spine & boards, black text to front board, gilt text to spine, vi + 447pp VG (slight scuffing to spine, light bruising to boards, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: T Nelson & Sons 1901

KEYWORDS: adam smith j shield nicholson history economy economics political politics nations nationhood

GIBBON WAKEFIELD, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to label on spine, xxiv + 513pp + 6, VG- (light to moderate rubbing to board edges & spine, light chafing to boards, boards slightly warped, moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's name & bookplate to front pastedown, sporadic v slight soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: John W Parker, 1849

KEYWORDS: edward gibbon wakefield prominent new zealand colonist colonization new zealand colonial history aotearoa

CROWTHER, M ANNE & DUPREE, MARGUERITE, W

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 428pp, VG+ (v slight scuffing to board & spine edges) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, slight chafing to jacket, slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: medical history surgical revolution nineteenth century medicine historic britain british empire

GRACE, JOHN TE H

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 567pp, illus VG+ (v slight scuffing to board corners, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight fading to spine, slight creasing to edges, v slight chafing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Reed 2005

KEYWORDS: john te herekiekie grace tuwharetoa taupo maori history wanganui whanganui aotearoa new zealand

MASSEY, E I

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to boards & spine, gilt rams head to front board, viii + 152pp, illus/plates, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges, light fading & tanning to spine, slight soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps & half title page, previous bookseller's label to fep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages, rear gutter lightly cracked)

PUBLISHER: William Clowes & Sons Limited n/d

KEYWORDS: e i massey massy early colonial aotearoa new zealand writings maoriland history memoir