SHARP, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, vii + 310pp, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions signed Maori law legal justice independence sovereignty

GRIMES, ARTHUR (Ed) & WEVERS, LYDIA (Ed) & SULLIVAN, GINNY (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, v + 363pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover egdes, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies / Victoria University of Wellington 2002

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Aborigines Maori indigenous people history political science social commentary

BURNS, BARNETT

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: Hocken Library Facsimile 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Barnett Burns autobiography memoir chiefs Maori pakeha customs

REED, A. W. & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Rotorua history culture Maori

IRWIN, GEOFFREY

Quarto 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: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Auckland 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori anthropology studies archaeology archeology ancient history antiquity

FOX, AILEEN

Quarto 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: Aileen Fox 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history anthropology One Tree Hill

SINCLAIR, KEITH

Octavo softcover (VG-) considerable damp wrinkling; 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: Auckland University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history wars

NGATA, WAYNE et al

Quarto, illus heavy boards, copper gilt & black lettering to spine, black gilt to all page edges, 367pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history ethnological expeditions ethnology Maori culture

SALMOND, ANNE (Ed)

Quarto 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: University of Auckland 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa anthropology archaeology archeology linguistics Maori studies research

BEST, ELSDON

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xv + 528pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Board of Maori Ethnological Research 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions history Maori Elsdon Best

JONES, ALISON & JENKINS, KUNI KAA

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sunning to spine and covers)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration adventure Tuai Ngare Raumati Maori Bay of Islands

BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

STEEDMAN, JOHN ARAMETE WAIREHU

SCARCE, super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 201pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers with minor soiling also, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: John Aramete Wairehu Steedman 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori customs history

HOULT, CHRIS & FORBES, STEVE (Text)

Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 175pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Libro International 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture tattoo tattooing Maori moko studios tatu

MEREDITH, G L & HARROP, Dr A J (Ed & Intro)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 183pp, VG (moderate scuffing & fraying to spine & board edges, moderate crack to rear hinge, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history

GRACE, A A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/illus to spine, blind rule & lettering to front board, 257pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, ffep missing, moderate tanning to eps, light foxing & cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folk tales folklore lore literature collection first editions

PRATT, M A RUGBY

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, scruffy (v heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- above author's signature, heavy cracking to gutters, tape reinforcements to photo pages, light staining to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy tape staining & repairs to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history autobiography memoir pioneers settlers M A Rugby Pratt Maori culture signed

ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH (Illus & Described by) & REED, A W (Ed)

LOOSELY ENCLOSED SIGNED NOTE, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 94pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading & chipping to spine & edges, 2.5cm closed tear to top edge, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori scenery portraits cuture history

BALLANTYNE, TONY (Ed) & BENNETT, JUDITH A (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: Otago University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand land cultural identity Maori essays literature prose

TAYLOR, W A

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges with sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, tatty (v heavy creasing & tearing to edges with some loss, moderate wrinkling/creasing & soiling/discolouration to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd N/D (c.1950?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history south island folklore lore culture customs