GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafin g& soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo legends Maui children's literature modern first edition

BACON, R. L. & MATCHITT, PARA (Illus)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white cloth spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & curling/chipping to edges & corners, price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori children's literature R L Bacon

BISHOP, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, folio, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 65pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, 1mm chip to base of front board)

PUBLISHER: Puffin 2017

KEYWORDS: children's literature New Zealand ancient history antiquity illustrated Aotearoa Maori pakeha exploration first edition

HAMON, REI

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY ARTIST, ALONG WITH TWO POSTCARDS OF HIS ART ALSO DATED & SIGNED, duodecimo, cream stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, some light foxing to rear of postcards)

PUBLISHER: Thames Star N/D (c.1973)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists writers Rei Hamon Maori poems verse literature signed

WARD, ALAN

Imperial octavo hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University / Oxford University 1973

KEYWORDS: racial amalgamation nineteenth century new zealand nz history aotearoa racism colonisation colonizing maori assimilation

DIAMOND, JOHN T. & HAYWARD, BRUCE W. & DIAMOND, MELVILLE (Illus)

Scarce; Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, light tanning & fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Lodestar Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori regional history Waitakere Ranges legends culture

COWAN, JAMES

First edition, Small octavo, illus light card string bound covers, folding map to frontispiece, 73pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges with light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges, light soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Canterbury history regional folk tales legends christchurch otautahi

SZEKELY, CHRIS & ROSS, MALCOLM (illus.)

Oblong super 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: Huia 2011

KEYWORDS: rahui childrens youth malcolm ross death dying children's maori new zealand

HENARE, PA

Octavo staped wrappers (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: NZ Forest Products Ltd. 1987

KEYWORDS: tamatea motuti marae history carving architecture panguru hokianga northland maori

N/A & WELLS, NICK (forew.)

Square 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: Toi Ngapuhi 2018

KEYWORDS: toi ngapuhi art artist artists exhibition exhibit maori new zealand

MITCALFE, BARRY

FIRST EDITION, PREV OWNED BY NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KATE BOESE, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costsi

PUBLISHER: Seven Seas 1975

KEYWORDS: barry mitcalfe new zealand fiction literature historical maori whalers colonisation settlers

IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella

IHIMAERA, WITI & HOVELL, JOHN (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 122pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional sl staining to pgs close to gutters) in d/w, VG (light tanning/discolouration, light scuffing & creasing to edges, prev. seller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori authors writers modern first edition Witi Ihimaera literature

FORMAN, WERNER & STEAD, C. K. (Intro & Captions)

Square quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 223pp, illus/photos, VG (sl soiling to boards, light foxing to front eps, light water damage/staining to lower edges of front eps & prelims) VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls / Harvill 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photos photography photographers C K Stead Werner Forman collection Maori folklore

PHILLIPPS, W. J.

Super octavo staplebound 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: Dominion Museum [N. D.]

KEYWORDS: maori carving traditional how to guide woodsworking

BARROW, T.

Oblong octavo staplebound 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: Dominion Museum 1963

KEYWORDS: maori carving traditional woodsworking life of a carver history

KAHUKIWA, ROBYN

Quarto softcover (N. FINE); 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: Puffin 2009

KEYWORDS: taniwha ngakau pono childrens book picture maori

BACON, RON & TAYLOR, MARY

First edition. Quarto 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: Waiatarua Publishing [N. D.]

KEYWORDS: greenstone pounamu fish ngahue childrens book picture maori maui myth

BISHOP, GAVIN

Oblong super 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: Scholastic 1997

KEYWORDS: maui goddess of fire childrens book picture maori myth retold mahuika

N/A

Octavo, illus stiff card covers, illus/ads to eps & prelims, xliii total + 148pp, illus/photos, tatty/delicate (v heavy scuffing & archival tape repairs to spine, heavy chafing & foxing to covers, light foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking & separation to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Times Co. 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guide historical history culture Maori pakeha scenery landscape