n/a

Super 8vo, pp. 68; illus. heavy card covers; illus. throughout, foldout puzzles; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Random House 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated Bro Town bro'Town animation annual

DIZHUR, DMYTRO

Obl 4to, pp. 168; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, photos, 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+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Dr Dmytro Dizhur 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch earthquakes building structure structural performance architecture

CROWE, ANDREW

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2018

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Maori Polynesian anthropology Pacific voyages exploration

KELLY, LESLIE, G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was cloudedby controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 482pp + index & folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing to fore-edge of ffep, prev. owner's details in red ink to reverse of frontispiece) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to edges with considerable -but tidy- archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

PALMER, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 800pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, adhesive residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history politics political government leaders Geoffrey Palmer autobiography autobiographies memoir law policy Prime Ministers

KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

HUNT, SAM

UNCOMMON, octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 30pp, VG (moderate foxing & staining to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Hampson Hunt 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry verse poems literature Sam Hunt

WIGZELL, FRANCIS ALEXANDER

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 289; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Pentland Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Australian army military history special operations Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII

SMITH, COLIN

8vo, pp. 60; illus. light card covers; illus. prelims, photo,s illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: n/a

KEYWORDS: Colin Smith New Zealand military history 20th century Vietnam

ROMANOS, JOSEPH

4to 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: Trio-Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Joseph Romanos New Zealand history profile life lives historical figures

REID, RICHARD

First edition. Obl 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: ABC Books 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia ANZAC forces military history First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI 20th century

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H

Ex-library. Super 8vo hardcover (VG-), archival repairs to spine; 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: William Blackwood & Sons 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand 20th century history sheep station farm farming

KING, MICHAEL

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history

SOMERSET, H C D

First edition. 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: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1938

KEYWORDS: H C D Somerset New Zealand Little dene community history first edition

HEENAN, ASHLEY

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: School of Music, University of Canterbury 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand national anthem history

n/a

Obl 8vo hardcover (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: Hodder Moa 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand DB Breweries Tui beer graphic design social history

MASON, R A K

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP NAME OF NZ AUTHOR HELEN SHAW, octavo, grey string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & rubbing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poetry poems verse R A K Mason first editions

McCAHON, COLIN & CURNOW, WYSTAN (Intro) & O'REILLY, R N (Preface)

Oblong octavo, black stapled light card covers, white & orange lettering to front cover, illus inside covers, 43pp, illus, VG (light creasing & chafing/rubbing to covers with some light soiling also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, corrections tipped in to rear page)

PUBLISHER: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art Colin McCahon exhibitions appreciation

OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

BENNETT, R S

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black light card covers, orange lettering to spine & front cover, xii + 211pp, VG+ (light creasing/peeling & curling to cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to fore-edges of prelim pages)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (c.2000s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history treaty of Tordesillas Waitangi te tiriti o Waitangi sovereignty British colonialism Spain Portugal