CRAIK, GEORGE

Front board and ep detached, small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and decorative rule, and raised bands, marbled page edges, marbles eps, frontispiece of NZ map, iv + 424pp, illus, poor (heaving rubbing to spine and boards, front board detached, sporadic tanning and browning)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history maori

TREGEAR, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue card covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and boards, xviii + 592pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to spine hinges, crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. D. Willis 1904

KEYWORDS: first edition aotearoa nz new zealand maori history anthropology

COWAN, JAMES & POMARE, The Hon. Sir MAUI (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W (TIDY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS), octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 180pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light creasing/folding to edges of folding map to rear, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- neat & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Maori Regimental Committee 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori great war military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Te Hokowhitu a Tu Gallipoli pioneer battalion France Flanders first edition

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

RAKURAKU, MARAEA & MANASIADIS, VANA (editors)

English and Maori. 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: Seraph Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Maori women poets poetry anahera gildea michelle ngamoki tru paraha kiri piahana-wong maraea rakuraku dayle takitimu alice te punga somerville indigenous te reo

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