Books - "new zealand"
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Alan Pearson: His Life and Art
Signed, inscribed & dated by Alan Pearson. Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 159; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to base of ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Alan Pearson 20th century New Zealand art artist life lives biography criticism Denys Trussell
Flora of New Zealand Volume V: Gramineae
With cache of correspondence from Henry connor to David Galloway. 8vo, pp. lxxxii + 650; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling & creasing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Manaaki Whenua Press 2000
KEYWORDS: E Edgar H E Connor New Zealand flora plants plantlife botany biology
Open Sky: a homage to Ruth Dallas
Limited signed numbered edition, no. 36/100. Imp. 8vo, unpaginated; blue cl boards, yellow cl spine, front board lettered in silver gilt; fore & bottom pg edges deckled; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Otakou Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Alan Loney New Zealand Otakou Press Ruth Dallas poems poet 20th century poetry handpress book arts design letterpress
Greymouth Street Names: A Short History
4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley
The Birth of a District: A History of Otapiri, Lora Gorge, Benmore and Kuana
NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984
KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana
Seeking a New Land: Quakers in New Zealand: A Volume of Biographical Sketches
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers
Reminiscences of a New Chum in Otago (New Zealand) in the Early 'Seventies
In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott
Poppa Passes: The Adventures of the Vedgie People
Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: vintage New Zealand fiction Vedgie People adventures A W Reed literature illustrated
The Lost Ruby Mine
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)
PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical
Enclosures (v.1-4)
Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018
KEYWORDS: Bill Bireen 21st century New Zealand poet authour collection poems short stories literature
Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory Volume 1: Auckland City-Province
Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956
KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century
In the Shadow of the Takitimus: The Story of Ohai and the Coalfields
Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, folded photo at rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Walter T Guttery 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ohai rural communities coalfields coal companies pioneers
Simplicity and Splendour: The Canterbury Arts & Crafts Movement from 1882
Oblong super 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: Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts crafts exhibitions Christchurch Art Gallery history historical
My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters from James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898
Quarto spiralbound 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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence James Hector Joseph Dalton Hooker history New Zealand geology botany
I Am
Quarto 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: Warwicj Henderson Gallery 2001
KEYWORDS: art exhibitions New Zealand artists Nigel Brown
Etienne Raoul and Canterbury Botany 1840-1996
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: Manuka Press / Canterbury Botanical Society 1998
KEYWORDS: Etienne Raoul botany nature New Zealand Canterbury history historical works
Kauri: New Zealand Past & Present
Super 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: The Bush Press 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry
Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers: A Pictorial History of the Kauri Gum Industry in New Zealand
Super 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: The Bush Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry
The Resurrection and The Life: A Centennial History of the Cathedrals of St John the Evangelist 1886-1986 Diocese of Waiapu, Napier, New Zealand
Oblong quarto 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: Photolithox Printing (Printer) 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings cathedrals centennial centenary history Waiapu diocese Napier
Listen to My Seeing
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: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature Peggy M Fussell