N/A (CRAIK, GEORGE L)

MAPS PRESENT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to green title plate to spine, frontis/map, iv + 424pp, illus/maps, G+ (v heavy cracking to hinges- front board completely detached & rear board very delicate, moderate tape staining & residue to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate chipping to surface os spine, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front eps, ffep detached but re-fixed with tidy archival tape, moderate foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture Maori communities anthropology

MABBETT, BARBARA (Fore)

Quarto softcover (G+) scruffy dog-earred copy; 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: Learning Media 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand heritage te reo Maori songs music waiata cultural

PRICKETT, NIGEL

Ex-library, octavo softcover stapled (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: David Bateman 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand heritage artefacts ornaments Maori

SHRIMPTON, A W & MULGAN, ALAN E

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, maroon ship illus to front board, frontispiece, 452pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori pakeha A W Shrimpton Alan E Mulgan

BEST, ELSDON

ORIGINAL BINDING- archival repair, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 107pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges- archival tape repair, light tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, heavy archival repair & reinforcement to front & rear gutters- still tidy, internally still quite sound)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dominion museum bulletins Maori buildings Elsdon Best

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xi + 494pp, VG (moderate bruising & staining to spine/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & pages sporadically throughout, moderate creasing to pages at gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society of New Zealand 1942

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand te reo Maori language

FIRTH, RAYMOND & TAWNEY, R H (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 505pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to front & rear eps, lg gift plate to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics Maori business industry

LINDAUER, GOTTFRIED & COWAN, JAMES (Described by)

Quarto, grey heavy boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, marbled eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 215pp + publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists portarits Maori Gottfried Lindauer Partridge collection

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

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