BAGNALL, A G & PETERSEN, G C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate creasing to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir William Colenso history early settlers pioneers first editions

DUGDALE, LESLEY N

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Captain William Crush Daldy history biography biographies memoir history New Zealand early settlers pioneers

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H

TIPPED IN TO VERSO OF DEDICATION PAGE- INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH HIS STAMPED ADDRESS, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 200pp + (9), illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate soiling & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions signed H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand mutton birds ornithology birds nature wildlife

BUICK, T LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & bruising to spine & extrems, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & scuffing & soiling to spine, minor fadin gto top of front cover, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand war history Hone Heke Maori

HEENAN, PETER & ROGERS, GEOFFREY

Octavo, illus light card covers, orange lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Botanical Society 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island geology limestone plants botany conservation preservation

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & LAURENCIN, MARIE (Coloured Lithographs)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#857/1200), IN SLIPCASE- ARCHIVAL REPAIRS, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to sm title plate to spine, deckled page edges, unpaginated prelims + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl water staining to fore-edge of prelims, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & light staining to spine, light soiling) in slipcase, VG- (moderate soiling, heavy cracking to joins with archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: The Verona Press 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature special limited editions illustrated Katherine Mansfield short stories fiction

GREENWOOD, WILLIAM

SCARCE, octavo, green light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 88pp, illus/folding ancestry chart, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling & minor insect damage to front cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1942 (Second Printing)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ringatu religion Polynesia anthropology Polynesian

TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card covers, orange lettering to front cover, 22pp, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago / Hone Tuwhare 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poets writers literature poetry poems verse Hone Tuwhare first editions

KNOX, JOHANNA

REVISED EDITION, 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: Allen & Unwin 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa foraging edible plants nature wild flowers

WILLIAMS, TONY

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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime cases homicide murder

CROWE, ANDREW

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: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature native plants ferns botany

FINLAYSON, CHRISTOPHER

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: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand politics attorney-general Christopher Finlayson

BELL, COLIN KANE & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

Imperial octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature illustrated cultural stories

LEHNDORF, HELEN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Seraph Press 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand poets writers poetry verse poems literature Helen Lehndorf

COMPTON, JENNIFER

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Jennifer Compton poems poetry verse literature New Zealand poets writers

LEE, A L

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: Auckland Province 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki

GAU-GHAN, DAVID

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: The Bradbury House of Words 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature Davod Gau-Ghan fiction novels

BEST, ELSDON

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, vol 1- octavo, vol 2- oblong quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spine of vol 1, vol 1- vii + (5) + 1211pp, vol 2- 8pp + 34x genealogical tables (all present) + unpaginated index to rear, lg folding map to rear pocket of vol 2, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines & board edges, light foxing & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor rubbing to rear ep of vol 2, minor tanning & foxing to top edge of folding map at rear- otherwise map is in generally v tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Elsdon Best Tuhoe tribe Maori early tribes anthropology BOP Bay of Plenty

PATON, JUSTIN & SHANE COTTON

Folio, black cloth boards, white & blue lettering to spine & front board, blue illus to front board, all page edges stained blue, 192pp, Near FINE (still in plastic wrap- torn at base)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists Shane Cotton art

TURLEY, SUZANNE & PATTERSON, ANDREW (Frore) & SUMICH, LAWRENCE (Fore) & CANNINGS, THOMAS (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate fading & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa gardens landscaping design