RUFF, ELSIE

First edition. Octavo, brown cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt panel to fr board in blind; frontis., plates; [4] + 89 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems w some rubbing; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges; some foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (moderate soiling & rubbing; light bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning).

PUBLISHER: Gemmological Association of Great Britain 1950

KEYWORDS: Elsie Ruff first edition New Zealand Maori Jade

TOVEY, GORDON

First edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; 75 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some foxing to eps; sl tanning throughout); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Gordon Tovey New Zealand poetry modern first edition

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

First edition. Super octavo, illus. light card covers, french flaps; illus., photos; 472 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: StonePrint 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand philosophy history short stories

FERRALL, CHARLES

Octavo, illus. light card covers; [8] + 320 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2025

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antarctica exploration

MOORE, MIKE

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: Peter J. Harris 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political development community township local

MOORE, MIKE

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: Papanui LEC 1981

KEYWORDS: Mike Moore New Zealand politics environment environmental

COLLINS, FRANCIS L; GAMLEN, ALAN; VALLELLY, NEIL

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: Auckland University Press 2025

KEYWORDS: politics immigration New Zealand political 20th 21st century

FRASER, NATALIE C (Written & Published by)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 82pp + footnotes to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to wrappers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Natalie Fraser-Wood 1989

KEYWORDS: signed history New Zealand early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Ings family

STOKES, EVELYN

Scruffy ex-library, quarto, illus light card wrappers, black cloth bound spine, unpaginated prelims + 330pp, illus/photos, G+ (usual library markings, heavy staining & adhesive reinforcement to wrappers, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to wrapper edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, yellowing ineffective tape reinforcement to front gutter, heavy crack at gutter of preface- binding exposed, moderate creasing to top corners of rear pages, occasional soiling throughout but text remains clear)

PUBLISHER: Univesity of Waikato 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand waitangi tribunal land reports Tauranga Maori crown history historical

WILSON, J G

Quarton, illus heavy boards, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate tanning to boards, moderate tanning & cracking to spine, minor scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate creasing to rear ep, moderate foxing to prelims, moderate creasing & insect damage to folding map)

PUBLISHER: The Daily Telegraph Co Ltd (Printer) N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers

FAYDEN, BEATRICE JUNE

Signed by author. Octavo, illus. light card covers; photos; 147 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Buller Print 1994

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history local family

COUTTS, BRENT

Signed by artist. Octavo, illus. light card covers; photos; 176 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Brent Coutts 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist artists criticism history

BAKER, KRISELLE

Signed, inscribed and dated by author. Super octavo, illus. light card covers, french flaps; photos; xii + 156 pp.; VG (moderate soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist artists criticism interpretation

STAR, PAUL

Super octavo, illus. light card covers; illus., photos, plates; 328 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to page edges; bookseller's sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Canterbury Thomas Potts colonial colonisation colonization life lives biography

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Signed by author. Numbered FIRST EDITION (#59). Prev owner's pre-publication receipt loosely enclosed. Quarto, grey card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., photos; 320 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, w some sl chiping; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history songs folklore poetry history

MILLER, HAMISH & BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Limited numbered FIRST EDITION. Signed by authors. Signed typed letter to prev owner loosely enclosed. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus., photos; [6] + 234 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; some rubbing & soiling to prelims; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history sacred spiritual religion religious

GILLIES, IAIN & JOHN

Quarto, black card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., photos; xviii + 421 pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Gisborne Herald Co. [1998]

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local family history

JOYCE, RAE (Ed) & LAING, SARAH (Ed) & NEVILLE, INDIRA (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Beatnik 2016

KEYWORDS: Aotearoa New Zealand NZ literature literary anthology comics

HOWE, CATHRENE

Octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Short Poppy Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history rural towns Te Teko Cathrene Howe

BELL, COLL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Coll Bell 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa military history Coll Bell 20th twentieth century autobiography memoir