BEST, ELSDON

FIRST EDITION, quarto, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, viii + 172pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling & light foxing to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture Maori agriculture food farming Dominion Museum bulletins bulletin 9 nine Elsdon Best first editions

HUNT, VERA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Vera Hunt 2011

KEYWORDS: signed Vera Hunt New Zealand history Rongotea district townships Campbelltown

BROOKES, EDWIN STANLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, map/frontispiece, vii + 203pp, G+ (light scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, sl rubbing to board edges/extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to dedication page, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Shortland & Fort Streets 1892

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Taranaki early settlers pioneers Edwin Stanley Brookes

MUSGRAVE, THOMAS & REED, A H and A W (Eds)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed/maps to eps, frontispiece, 125pp, illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm inscription in ink [signed A H Reed] to title page)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history

COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, brown lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xxi + 336pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to spine/hinges, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sl soiling & occasional pencil/ink markings thrioughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1911

KEYWORDS: first editions James Cowan New Zealand bush life Kimble Bent wild survival history historical

RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/insect damage to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, light chafing & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Sir Apirana Ngata Maori culture biography biographies memoir

STACK, JAMES WEST & COXON, Mrs FRANK (Fore) & REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY A H REED, octavo, illus stiff card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, 24pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems.edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed James West Stack autobiography autobiographies memoir Maori culture customs

CHEESEMAN, T F (Ed) & HEMSLEY, W B (Assist.) & SMITH, Miss MATILDA (Plates)

2 VOL SET, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black floral illus to front boards, patterned eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1914

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora fauna botany plants nature illustrations Matilda Smith

TISDALL Ltd, W H

Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 120pp, illus, VG- (light fading & heavy scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to covers/edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton (Printer) 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies fishing equipment tackle catalogues 30s thirties 1930s

CRUMP, BARRY & POULTON, LINDA (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 142pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine & folds of flaps/covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: C & C Associates N/D

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Barry Crump New Zealand writers authors literature

BYRON, KENNETH W & MAYO, JOSEPHINE (Maps)

Super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 232pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning & chafing to spine & covers, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand history lost treasure maritime shipwrecks

REED, A H and A W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 148pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions te reo Maori language dictionary dictionaries

WALKER, WILLIAM SYLVESTER (COO-EE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red & black lettering & coloured illus to front board, bottom page edges deckled, 329pp + catalogues to rear, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to front gutter, 1.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of ffep, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Long 1902

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels William S Walker Coo-ee New Zealand Zealandia

JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY

Super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning/foxing/soiling to spine & cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to rear gutter- separation at staples, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Journal of the Polynesian Society 1932

KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best tributes obituaries eulogies New Zealand literary literature

OLIVER, W R B

Imperial octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate cracking & wrinkling to spine, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter, sporadic light foxing & insect damage)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1935

KEYWORDS: plants botany New Zealand nature bulletins genus coprosma

COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, imperial ocatvo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 104pp, illus, VG (light bruising & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, minro insect damage to eps, moderate crack to gutter of title page, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, annotated plate tipped in to preface page)

PUBLISHER: The Waipa Post Printing and Publishing Company 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions James Cowan New Zealand history Te Awamutu Waipa Valley pioneers early settlers

N/A

Octavo, blue heavy boards- black buckram spine, black & red lettering to front board, printed front eps, xxiv + 330pp, illus, folding map to prelims & opp. pg257, G+ (moderate rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- archival tape repair to front gutter, moderate insect damage to page edges of prelims & eps, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Andres, Baty & Co 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides historical road maps transport north island automotive

NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Patron) & CARR, JUDGE (President)

RARE, octavo, illus grey/blue light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 132pp, VG (light to moderate tanning & cracking to spine- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to cover edges, light foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy crack & rusting of staples to front gutter- tidy archival tape repair, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Tairawhiti Maori Association 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical proceedings Tairawhiti Maori Association customs culture preservation

BYRNE, Lieut. J R

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red rule & gilt military insignia to front board, frontispiece, xii + 314pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (light to moderate soiling & chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light staining to front & rear eps, sm annotation in ink to front eps, minor water staining to some page fore-edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor archaival tape repairs, moderate to heavy soiling & staining, sl insect damage to spine & rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history NZ artillery ww1 firat 1st world war one i 1 the great war

A NEW ZEALANDER (SARAH E HAWDON BAGNALL H489)

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 287pp, VG- (moderate tanning/fading to spine, heavy staining to boards, light to moderate scuffing ot extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, author's name in ink written in parenthesis to full title page, tissue guard of frontis detached/missing, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Messrs Gordon and Gotch N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Boer War Sarah E Hawdon