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

MEYER-WESTFELD, NIELS

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, orange & black lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 163pp, stunning illus throughout, VG+ (minor bruising to spine- 3cm crack to base of spine, sl discolouration to board edges, prev. owner's name & sm note in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (minor rubbing, soiling & scuffing to spine & edges, light to moderate brown staining to front cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology illustrated illustrations paintings sketches Niels Meyer-Westfeld

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

TENNYSON, ALAN & MARTINSON, PAUL

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, (8) + vi + 180pp, illus, VG (light bruising & paint staining to spine extrems, light paint staining & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in black paint & pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & paint staining to covers)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology extinction extinct history natural history

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