COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 65pp, illus, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to covers, sm gouge to rear cover, moderate rusting to staples, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tearing at front gutter to staples, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, author's signature tipped in to verso of intro page, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail railways trains James Cowan

RIDDELL, WILLIAM G & HOLMES, ARTHUR H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to board edges, vii + 232pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1910

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand law legal justice justices' manuals resources

ROBERTSON, JOHN & CHAUVEL, General Sir HARRY (Intro) & ALLEN, Colonel The Hon Sir JAMES (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking & soiling to spine, moderate scuffing to board extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev, ownership markings to front pastedown, heavy scuff/paper residue to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, some terminal pages may be missing, light to moderate soiling & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history cameliers mounted imperial camel brigade Palestine middle east

REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on the film scenario by)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature

BARR, JOHN (Intro)

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 142pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & creasing to spine, base of spine missing, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to covers, light creasing/curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some separation of covers to page block at ends, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history catalogues collections Auckland Art Gallery Mackelvie collection

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

BOURKE, E M

Duodecimo, maroon soft buckram covers, blind stamp lettering to front cover, xv + 112pp, VG- (moderate creasing & fading/tanning to spine & cover edges, minor scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, moderate creasing to top corner of front cover, prev ownebr's name in ink to ffep, light foxing throughout, minor creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Upton and Co N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: children's history books New Zealand historical

CRAIG, DICK

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Octavo, stiff card covers, jacket affixed to boards at flaps, brown lettering & portrait/illus to front cover, (4) + 90pp, VG (aforementioned jacket neatly affixed to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light overall tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, errata slip to title page)

PUBLISHER: King Country Chronicle Te Kuiti 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maniapoto northern King Country

COWAN, JAMES

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Oblong octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (light rusting to staples- page block almost detached, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, light staining to top edge of front cover, minor closed tearing to edges of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, signed bookplate (James Cowan) to verso of contents page)

PUBLISHER: Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail travel south island main line Canterbury Otago Southland

MUSGRAVE, THOMAS & REED, A H (Ed) & REED, A W (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed/maps to eps, frontispiece, 125pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing/creasing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl creasing to eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history

GOLDBLATT, DAVID

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: Pall Mall Press 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics government commonwealth

CLIFFORD, PATRICK

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: New Zealand Institute of Architects Inc. N/D (c.2014?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architects architecture buildings design Bowes Clifford Thomson

SHAW, ALON

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: Timaru High School Old Boys' Foundation 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools Mervyn Ansley Bull biography biographies memoir TBHS Timaru Boys High School history

PARRY, GORDON

SIGNED, 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: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station

TUNNICLIFF, SHIRLEY

SIGNED, 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: Nelson School of Music 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff

BLAND, PETER

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: John McIndoe 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Peter Bland poetry poems verse literature

PARRY, GORDON

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: St Paul's Publications N/D (c.1994)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin cathedrals churches St Paul's Cathedral octagon history

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

TEMPLE, PHILIP

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: Hazard Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature novels fiction Philip Temple

WRIGHT, A E & BEEVER, R E (Eds)

Quarto 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: Department of Lands and Survey 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand north offshore islands geography geology research groups marine