BURCHFIELD, ROBERT (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burchfield dictionary language new zealand english pronunciation maori vocabulary

WILSON, JOHN ALEXANDER

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling and scuffing to boards, light sunning to spine and rear board, light foxing to page edges and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1907

KEYWORDS: John Alexander Wilson New Zealand Maori history Te Waharoa biography

MACE, HERBERT & CHAPMAN-TAYLOR, J. W. (Photog)

Imperial octavo, illus beige light card covers with brown lettering & Mount Egmont/Taranaki picture mounted to front cover, printed fep, illus rear ep, 32pp, ill) with b&w photos, VG (tanning & foxing to covers, bruising, nicks & creasing to cover edges & corners,

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (undated)

KEYWORDS: Herbert Mace JW Chapman-Taylor New Zealand Mount Egmont Taranaki photography photographs natural history scenery Maori myths legends hisgtory

LYSNAR, FRANCES BREWER AKA GIPSY

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+), 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing & Publishing Co 1924

KEYWORDS: specials Frances Brewer Lysnar New Zealand history anthropology culture Maori

OLDMAN, W. O.

Super octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering to spine & front cover, 41pp, illus, VG+ (soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society Wellington 1946

KEYWORDS: w o oldman maori ethnology history anthropology polynesia artifacts crafts

LAIRD, ERIC J.

Quarto, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 2 hand-drawn maps + 43 pp, text typed on manual typewriter, VG (light tanning to cover edges & page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Awamutu Historical Society Incorporated (nd)

KEYWORDS: Eric J Laird New Zealand Te Awamutu Maori missionaries settlers history

n/a

Not in Bagnall, oblong super octavo, maroon leather boards with gilt lettering & rule to front board, textured cloth pastedowns, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16 pp of b&w photographs, illus, G+ (heavy rubbing to board edges resulting in loss of leather covering to front board fore-edge & lower edge and rear board corners, fading to boards, stitching to body of book loose, tanning to eps,)

PUBLISHER: Wildman & Lyell c. 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whakarewarewa geysers Maori portraits photographic pictorial history

STACK, JAMES WEST & REED, A. H. (Ed)

Octavo, illus brown heavy card boards, printed eps, frontispiece, 23pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine, v slight bruising to boards corners & edges, owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: AH Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: James West Stack autobiography Mrs Frank Coxon New Zealand Maori history

BELL, ALLAN & HARLOW, RAY & STARKS, DONNA (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers, 376pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Allan Bell Ray Harlow Donna Starks New Zealand language linguistics essays anthology English Maori immigrants

WILSON, JAMES G.

First edition, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind stamped motif to front board, frontispiece, iv + 260pp, illus + two folding maps in pocket to rear, VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, prev owners name in ink to fep and bookplate to pastedown, moderate tanning to fep, gutter at title page cracked, foxing throughout textblock)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1914

KEYWORDS: First edition James G Wilson New Zealand Rangitikei Turakina history settlement Maori Te Rauparaha

PEARSON, BILL

First edition, super octavo, green boards with silver lettering to spine, ii + 168pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to feps) in d/w VG+ (fading to spine, v light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Education 1974

KEYWORDS: first edition Bill Pearson New Zealand essays anthology Maori polynesian European heritage art literary criticism sociology

ABEL, SUE

super octavo, illus light card covers, ix + 230pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Sue Abel new zealand news media communication television treaty waitangi Maori issues

REED, A. W.

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori history children's school readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 28pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand natural history birds Maori myths legends children's school readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 12pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori myths legends children's school readers stars sky planets

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori myths legends children's school readers fish sea ocean marine creatures natural history

LOCKERBIE, LESLIE

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: Leslie Lockerbie New Zealand children's school readers history Maori games dances haka ti rakau poi potaka pirori ruru reti tutukai wi mutorere niti

MAXWELL, E.

Octavo hardcover (VG-)heavy dampstaining to lower edges of boards; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: specials E Maxwell New Zealand history memoir early settlers Wellinton forestry Maori shipwrecks George Taylor

GORST, JOHN E.

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, lacks title page, frontispiece, xi + 336pp, illus, VG- (lacks title page, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light rubbing & soiling spots to rear board, bookseller's label to front pastedown, lacks title page, crease to contents page, frontispiece page loose, moderate foxing to prelims, slight staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman 1908

KEYWORDS: Rt Hon Sir John E Gorst New Zealand history travel culture Maori customs life

MOORE, JOHN MURRAY

Octavo, blue buckram boards with black lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to edges & brown motif to front board, green coated eps, frontispiece map with tissueguard, xv + 253pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, bruise/bend to board corners, v. sl chaffing to spine edges, moderate foxing to tissueguard, v slight rubbing to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1890

KEYWORDS: John Murray Moore New Zealand history travel geography climate Maori culture immigration society government jobs