BEST, ELSDON

FIRST EDITION, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 172pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling & light foxing to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture Maori agriculture food farming Dominion Museum bulletins bulletin 9 nine Elsdon Best first editions

RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/insect damage to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, light chafing & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Sir Apirana Ngata Maori culture biography biographies memoir

STACK, JAMES WEST & COXON, Mrs FRANK (Fore) & REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY A H REED, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems.edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed James West Stack autobiography autobiographies memoir Maori culture customs

REED, A H and A W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 148pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions te reo Maori language dictionary dictionaries

REED, A W

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D

KEYWORDS: first editions signed A W Reed Maori books literature literary history

NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Patron) & CARR, JUDGE (President)

RARE, octavo, illus grey/blue light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 132pp, VG (light to moderate tanning & cracking to spine- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to cover edges, light foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy crack & rusting of staples to front gutter- tidy archival tape repair, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Tairawhiti Maori Association 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical proceedings Tairawhiti Maori Association customs culture preservation

BEST, ELSDON

FIRST EDITION, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 191pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & chipping/cracking to spine- minor loss, light to moderate tanning/foxing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori culture customs Elsdon Best games leisure pastimes Dominion Museum bulletins bulletin 8 history

BEST, ELSDON

FIRST EDITION, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 339pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & light creasing/cracking to spine- sl loss to extrems, light curling & moderate tanning & foxing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori culture customs Elsdon Best Pa villages defence defense Dominion Museum bulletins bulletin 6 history

LAURENSON, Geo I

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 267pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners/extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, moderate soiling, sm scuff to spine)

PUBLISHER: Institute Press (Printer) 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori methodist mission missionaries religion Wesley Historical Society history

BUTTS, B (Ed)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel museum guides museums Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum history

MOIR, MICHELLE

Ex-library, quarto, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy creasing to covers & spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning & soiling to page edges, yellowing tape reinforcement to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Tandem Press 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori women wahine portraits culture

KA'AI, TANIA M & MOORFIELD, JOHN C & REILLY, MICHAEL P & MOSLEY, SHARON (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red & blue lettering to spine, xiii + 258pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearson Education 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage education

SELWYN, DON et al

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Playmarket 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature stage plays playwrights theatre theater

MIDDLETON, SUE (Ed)

Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa education women girls wahine tamariki pakeha Maori culture kura

SMYTH, PATRICK

Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1943

KEYWORDS: New Zealand native languages language te reo Maori linguistics

HARAWIRA, K T

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand te reo Maori language teach yourself

BERRY, JAMES (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo place names locations meanings

LITCHFIELD, JO (Designer & Modelmaker) & HUIA PUBLISHERS (Maori Trans)

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: Huia Publishers 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's books picture te reo Maori words language

COLQUHOUN, GLENN & O'BRIEN, RAUTINI (Illus)

Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (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: OldKing Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's books literature te reo Maori English

SENDAK, MAURICE

TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, oblong imperial octavo 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: Huia 2013

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI children's books literature classics Maurice Sendak