CURNOW, WYSTAN & DAVIS, LEIGH (eds)

Obl 4to, pp. 269; grey light card covers, black cl spine, front cover lettered in black & red; boards enclosed in heavy card wrapper, rear board pasted to wrapper; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals); in card box, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Jack Books 1999

KEYWORDS: Wystan Curnow Leigh Davis New Zealand Maori criticism art artists

ALLISON, DAVID

OWNERSHIP OF FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm soldiers roll of honour honor 20th twentieth century FAA RNAS Royal Navy Air Service

STURTIVANT, RAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate rubbing to board edges/extrems, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names/labels to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy wrinkling/creasing, moderate chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Air-Britain (Historians) 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm squadrons aerial aircraft carriers naval navy

GALLOWAY, D J

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, lxxiii + 662pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling/chafing to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional ink annotation & highlighting- very minor) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, v heavy loss to edges of rear cover, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: P D Hasselberg, Gov't Printer 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants lichens lichen David Galloway flora species

TRUSSELL, DENYS; GARRITY, T P (introd)

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

EDGAR, E & CONNOR, H E

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

LONEY, ALAN

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

BUCKLEY, FRANCES (ed)

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

OVERTON, J NIGEL

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

BRODIE, JAMES and AUDREY (Eds)

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

SCOTT, Hy [HENRY]

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

REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

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

JACKSON, BRIAN

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

n/a

Super 8vo, pp. x + 1402 + 17a-64a; green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in copper; lettering to pg edges in black, advt eps, illus. advts; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, esp to spine extrems; med. closed tear to cl of front board head extrem; light to modertae tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate creasing, tanning, foxing & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Stone, Son, & Co. 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury Nelson Marlborough Westland directory social history 20th century

DIREEN, BILL

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

n/a

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

GUTTERY, WALTER T

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

CALHOUN, ANN (Essay) & ROGERS, ANNA (Ed)

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

BURNS, ROWAN & NATHAN, SIMON

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

BROWN, NIGEL & WHITE, JAN (Text)

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