VENNELL, JOCK

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 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers biography biogarphies memoir Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone

LOCKYER, GEORGE

Oblong 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: David Bateman 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lifestyle hobbies motorcycling motorbikes

LAWSON, WILL

Imperial octavo softcover (G) very scruffy copy; 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: Wellington Publishing Company 1917

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history training camps grounds

McKINNEY, DAVID

Tired ex-library, quarto hardcover (G+) in d/w (G+); 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: Reed Methuen 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport annuals 1980s eighties automotive

PENDERGRAST, MICK & LANDER, MAUREEN (Photos)

1994 REPRINT, oblong 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: Reed Books 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand crafts hobbies flax weaving guides

MARTIN, ANN and JOHN

Imperial 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: Heinemann Publishers 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cookbooks cookery cooking recipes food game meat

HOCKEN, T M

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 619pp, VG (light soiling to spine & boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light occasional foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues T M Hocken New Zealand literature

SHRIMPTON, A W & MULGAN, ALAN E

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, maroon ship illus to front board, frontispiece, 452pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori pakeha A W Shrimpton Alan E Mulgan

MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, STAMPED COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, 308pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board corners/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & throughout, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate crack to rear gutter, numerous sm date ink stamps to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature New Zealand novels fiction Jane Mander colonial editions

N/A

Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to front board, compliments slip to front eps, folding map/plans to prelims & throughout, 50pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine- minor soiling/tanning also, light bruising to board extrems, light soiling to boards, sm scuffs to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, light cracking to gutters, minor insect damage to some page edges, first folding map has large closed tear but is otherwise tidy)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton, Printers 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official handbooks Auckland Harbour Tamaki Makaurau ports maritime Manukau

RUTHERFORD, J et al

Super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 157pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG- (light creasing/cracking & tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, minor insect damage to front cover, moderate rusting to inner staples, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: G H Loney, Government Printer 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand climate geology science handbooks

VENNELL, C W & COWAN, JAMES (Fore)

Octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to boards & page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, minor soiling to photos, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Cambridge north island early settlers pioneers

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE

Super octavo, grey light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 88pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine with archival tape repairs, light creasing/curling & moderate tanning & light foxing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy rusting to internal staples, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear cover partially detached but saved by the archival tape repairs, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Macaky, Government Printer 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand index transactions proceedings historical data

GRACE, A A (Preface & Postscript)

SCARCE in such tidy condition, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to internal staples- some sl separation)

PUBLISHER: R W Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime history homicide Nelson Maunagtapu mountain murders trial conviction execution capital punishment cases

MORTON, K P

SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton

BEST, ELSDON

ORIGINAL BINDING- archival repair, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 107pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges- archival tape repair, light tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, heavy archival repair & reinforcement to front & rear gutters- still tidy, internally still quite sound)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dominion museum bulletins Maori buildings Elsdon Best

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xi + 494pp, VG (moderate bruising & staining to spine/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & pages sporadically throughout, moderate creasing to pages at gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society of New Zealand 1942

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand te reo Maori language

FIRTH, RAYMOND & TAWNEY, R H (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 505pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to front & rear eps, lg gift plate to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics Maori business industry

KERRY-NICHOLLS, J H

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, some occasional heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout, plate opp. pg62 partially detached, 6cm closed tear & light foxing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1884

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history exploration Maoriland travel writing literature King Country

LINDAUER, GOTTFRIED & COWAN, JAMES (Described by)

Quarto, grey heavy boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, marbled eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 215pp + publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists portarits Maori Gottfried Lindauer Partridge collection