POMARE, Sir MAUI; COWAN, JAMES (ed); PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

Thos volume only. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 285; brown heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board illus. in gilt; plates, marbled eps, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Souther Reprints n/d

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand Maori Polynesian myth mythology legend folk-lore folk lore tales stories

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

THOMSON, GEORGE M

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, viii + 132pp + plates to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson / Henry Wise & Co 1882

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants ferns thomson's plants cultivation

KING, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori biography biographies memoir Whina Cooper women wahine leaders activists political treaty waitangi land conflict

HAQUE, BALI

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xii + 274pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: NZCER Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education high schools secondary ncea academic curriculum teaching teachers ministry of education politics pathways

MOSS, E G B & SPENCER, C (Photos)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 46pp, plates to rear, G+ (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, v heavy gouging/tearing to rear cover & terminal pages, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand marine biology life seashells sea shells species identification

TAYLOR, JERRY

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2001

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Australian soldiers 4rar/nz battalion Vietnam southeast Asia anzac

RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

TE HURINUI, PEI

Octavo, green illus stapled light card covers, black lettering & illus/decoration to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to cover edges, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate separation of gutters at staples, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl, Printer N/D (c.1945)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature Pei Te Hurinui history historical

SHEPHERD, NORMA (Compiled by) & SHEPHERD, DOUG & HUNDERTWASSER, FREDERICK

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, black & white lettering to front cover, 52pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand friendships relationships Doug Shepherd Frederick Hundertwasser biographies memoirs autobiographies

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to spine, vii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history bookplates ex libris society Auckland

THWAITES, IAN

Loosely enclosed signed single page holograph letter from author to fellow historian Kay Boese, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature history Auckland Museum historic buildings culture Ian Thwaites

IHAKA, KINGI M (Adapted by) & FRIZZELL, DICK (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, oblong octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & boards, sl cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Christmas Xmas children's literature picture books modern first editions illustrated

REEVES, The Hon WILLIAM PEMBER & WRAY, CECIL J (Additional Piece)

UNCOMMON IN SUCH A NICE JACKET! Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt Maori decoration/illus to front board, frontispiece, 390pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, occasional spots of foxing & tanning throughout, light creasing & foxing to folding map- 5cm closed tear also) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light tanning & soiling overall)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Aotearoa culture heritage William Pember Reeves