SMITH, MAX

RARE THUS, SIGNED by 29 of the outstanding sportsmen who are the subject of this book, AND signed and dated by the author, octavo, green buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasng & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history sport heroes signed collectables collectibles former champions

HANLON, A C & MYERS, The Rt Hon Sir MICHAEL (Preface)

WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue patterned buckram boards, blue speckling to page edges, frontispiece, xii + 332pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/corner, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times / Witness Newspapers 1939

KEYWORDS: signed A C Hanlon New Zealand law history lawyers autobiography autobiographies memoir legal profession

ALPERS, ANTONY; THORN, ERIK (illus.)

Association copy, first edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xviii + 268; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt & blue, dolphin motif in blue to front board; illus. eps & tp; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning; moderate open tear to spine extrem at head).

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1961

KEYWORDS: Antony Alpers New Zealand wildlife ocean sea dolphin myth mythology legend tales Greek Roman Polynesian zoology 20th century first edition

DAVIN, DAN

Pencil annotation to eps by Helen Shaw. First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 254; cream cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, soiling, tanning & foxing to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy annotation to feps, moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; lg open tears along spine with heavy archival repairs; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1949

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand author 20th century fiction modern first edition

COLE, JOHN REECE; HANKIN, CHERRY (ed)

Association copy. Signed, inscribed & dated to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 108; illus. light card covers; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front gutters; moderate tearing to gutters from head to pp. vii-xiv, partially detatched; pp. xv-4 detatched).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fiction series John Reece Cole 20th century fiction short stories

FINLAYSON, RODERICK

First edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. 8vo, pp. [6] + 144; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing, tanning, foxing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine; moderate tanning, foxing, soiling & scuffing to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1952

KEYWORDS: Roderick Finlayson New Zealand 20th century fiction Pacific Ocean Polynesia first edition

MANHIRE, BILL

First edition. 8vo, pp. 61; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Bill Manhire 20th century poet

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 216; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to hinges; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Nicholson & Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin 20th century New Zealand literature fiction novel modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw; signed holograph letter tipped to tp from the author to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. unpaginated, [4] ll.; illus. stab stitched light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Co. 1980

KEYWORDS: Riemke Ensing 20th century New Zealand poetry poet poems modern first edition

BAUMFIELD, J M

Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 251; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: J. M. Baumfield 2010

KEYWORDS: Nelson New Zealand history motor cycle motorcycle motorbike bike

DE LANGE, PETER & HEENAN, PETER & NORTON, DAVID, ROLFE, JEREMY & SAWYER, JOHN

Imp. 8vo, pp. 471; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps & tp. photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl adhesion to terminal pgs).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife plants plant life endangered biology botany

HARLOW, RAY

First edition. 8vo, pp. xxxi + 116; yellow light card covers, front cover lettered in red; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Linguistic Society of New Zealand 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dictionary word word-list list Maori South Island first edition

TYACK, KERRY R

Super 8vo 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: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand winery vineyard wine maker George Fistonich

ROLFE, GLENISE (Researched & Written by)

UNCOMMON, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine/covers & page edges, signature & prev.owner's name in ink to tite page)

PUBLISHER: Glenise Rolfe N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family tree research history genealogy Smith Te Mete 19th nineteenth century

N/A

14 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES (VOL 3 #1 - VOL 3 #14), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor fading & soiling.chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, binder's sm label to base of rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1945

KEYWORDS: Korero past issues collections bulletins New Zealand publications history historical

JEFFERSON, CHRISTINA

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xi + 81pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual but minimal library markings, moderate bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology Chatham Islands Moriori culture customs heritage dendroglyphs karaka trees carving tree carvings art

VENNELL, C W & COWAN, JAMES (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, greey patterned heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm ink scribble to ffep, sporadic light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand north island Cambridge settlements early settlers pioneers regional history

RICKARD, L S

FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard