SULLIVAN, ROBERT & BISHOP, GAVIN (Illus)

REPRINT, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, teal lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges, minor child's pencil scribble to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ myths legends te ao Maori culture illustrated children's Gavin Bishop literature

KEMPTHORNE, RENATUS

Quarto, light card covers; photos; 294 pp.; VG+ (light rubbing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w sl curling; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu 2000

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Maori religion religious Christian Christianity mission

HOWES, EDITH

Sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, publisher ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing/soiling to spine, minor scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, foxing quite heavy to prelims with some minor pencil markings also)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa te ao Maori literature fairy tales

VENNELL, ROBERT

Super octavo, ivory white illus boards, black and mossy green lettering to front cover and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history plants native trees botany biology science Maori

WILSON, J A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 255pp, VG (faded colour to board edges & spine, minimal chipping and light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, minor soiling throughout, ligh tcracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1907

KEYWORDS: first edition Te Waharoa Maori history art New Zealand

GATT, JAMES (Intro)

Quarto, printed light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, 305pp, VG+ (minor creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & wrappers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Uru Waitakere 2025

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand history feminism women

GRACE, THOMAS SAMUEL & BRITTAN, S J (ed) & GRACE, A V (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 314pp, illus/photos, VG (front cover of d/w loosely enclosed, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing/soiling & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: G H Bennett & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Maori pioneers missionaries religion settlers history

COLENSO, W

FACSIMILE REPRINT, front cover and flaps of d/w loosely enclosed, light olive green heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine, illus/maps, VG+ (historical annotation to ffep - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Treaty of Waitangi Maori New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history

CROCKET, KATHIE (ed) & DAVIS, EUGENE (ed) Et Al

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, yellow text to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand therapy Maori biography history

MORRIS SCOBIE, J

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo softcover, stapled (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Lake Tarawera Ratepayers' Association 1986

KEYWORDS: signed J Morris Scobie NZ New Zealand Lake Tarawera centennial centenary history geology pre-colonial Maori

COATES, ISAAC & MITCHELL, HILARY & MITCHELL, JOHN & CATCHPOLE, JULIE (essay)

Quarto, white illus heavy boards, black lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2021

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand Isaac Coates portraits

MACKAY, JOSEPH ANGUS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus terminals, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor fading and bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, minor creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: J A Mackay 1949

KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history poverty society memorial migration Maori settlers

HOUSTON, JOHN & KEENAN, DANNY (fore)

REVISED EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor soiling to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Reed 2006

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand society Taranaki social history

BENTON, RICHARD & FRAME, ALEX & MEREDITH, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, very tidy ex library (appears unread), super octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor adhesion markings to front and rear boards, light rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (minor chipping to upper edge of rear flap, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: first edition Maori New Zealand NZ politics law

STIRLING, AMIRIA MANUTAHI; SALMOND, ANNE

Ex-library. Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori women life lives biography Amiria Manutahi Stirling Anne Salmond

BENNETT, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Simon & Schuster 2022

KEYWORDS: Michael Bennett New Zealand Maori crime fiction thriller detective detection

WHAREMARU, HEENI & DUFFIE, MARY KATHARINE & DAME TE ATAIRRANGIKAAHU, TE ARIKINUI (fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, yellow and black lettering to front wrapper, yellow lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing and soiling to front wrapper, minor creasing to hinges and extrems, minor soiling and foxing to page edges, foxing to inside of cover and fep, previous owners name in ink to fep). Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1997

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand first edition biography memoirs Heeni Wharemaru

WILLIAMS, MADI

Super octavo, dark green heavy boards, stamped dark green decoration to front board, dark and light green lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to head of spine, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, minor creasing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to rear flap) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2026

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand history

BURLEIGH, LOIS; ROSS, CHRISTINE (illus.); BLANK, ARAPERA (transl.)

Dual English/Maori text. Super octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Amiria short story

MEAD, HIRINI MOKO

Super octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, light to moderate soiling to page edges, soiling throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori art carving craft tools history