NEWALL, OLIVE

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, blue tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: PEN (New Zealand Centre) / H H Tombs 1943

KEYWORDS: Lady Olive Newall gift books New Zealand collection writings literature

GAGE, MAXWELL

Imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black handwritten lettering to grey spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, folding maps to rear pocket, numerous items of ephemera enclosed, VG- (moderate soiling, creasing & chipping/tearing to covers, moderate staining & rusting to staples & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Herald Newspaper Co 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology geological bulletins reports Reefton quartz lodes

TAMUA, EVOTIA

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Little Island Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific island culture pasifika photography art photos Auckland Evotia Tamua

NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Collected by) & HURINUI, PEI TE (Trans)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spines, Maori design/illus band to spine & boards & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxxii + 327pp, vol 2- lii + 319pp, VG (moderate fading to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of each vol)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature verse te reo Maori Sir Apirana Ngata songs

PETERS, MICHAEL & MARSHALL, JAMES

Super octavo, yellow light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, ix + 237pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, occasional light highlighting)

PUBLISHER: The Falmer Press 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand social policy neo-liberalism philosophy theory postmodern

BEST, ELSDON

REBACKED, tidy ex-library, sm quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 408pp, illus, folding illus to rear, VG- (minimal library markings/stamps, moderate scuffing/rubbing & bruising to spine & board corners/edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, binding sloppy- boards shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, 2cm closed tearing to base of terminal pages, occasional page may be a facsimile, sporadic closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dominion Museum bulletins Elsdon Best Maori stone tools implements history

ROSS, P & PENETITO, C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, 23pp, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, 0.5cm scuff to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front eps, sm scuff to top edge of ffep, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature P Ross illustrated New Zealand writers authors

THOMSON, SCOTT

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white & cream lettering to spine, illus prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, pgs 7-10 & 245-248 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport history Ron Roycroft automotive high performance motor racing

BIRCHALL, BARRY

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm annotation in ink to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Barry Birchall 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland classic vintage cars motor indusrty

RUTHERFORD, J

Ex-library, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 709pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, jacket taped to boards, tape residue to board edges & eps, light fading to boards edges, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, blurb from jacket glued in to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (jacket in protective plastic cover & taped to boards- staining to edges likely, moderate staining/soiling, front flap removed with blurb glued in to front pastedown, fore-edge of rear flap heavily trimmed but all text seems present)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history government Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir politics

DOWNIE, KEN (Text & Photos) & DOWNIE, GREG (Illus)

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & dark grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 263pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, prev. owner's name & other sm annoations to prelims/eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand kiwis hobbies motorbikes motorcycles leisure

HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand kiwi car collections vintage classic hobbies

COVICH, RANDOLPH

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 269pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & chafing to covers, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders kiwi truckers long haul haulage hauliers truck drivers anecdotes

N/A

2 VOL SET, oblong quarto, red & blue heay glossy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, moderate single vertical crease to ffep of vol 1) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm labels to rear covers)

PUBLISHER: Parkside Media 2013-14

KEYWORDS: New Zealand classic car magazine highlights automotive vintage

SYDNEY, GRAHAME (Painter) & TURNER, BRIAN (Poet) & MARSHALL, OWEN (Writer) & NEILL, SAM (Intro)

SIGNED & DATED BY OWEN MARSHALL & GRAHAME SYDNEY, oblong quarto, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1995

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand art literature Grahame Sydney Brian Turner Owen Marshall poetry

BURTON, 2/Lieut O E

Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, illus/folding maps- all folding maps present, VG- (heavy bruising to spine, moderate chipping to spine extrems, minor rubbing & bruising to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water staining to top edges of prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, foreword pages detached but re-fixed with tape, heavy crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZEF military history Auckland regiment 1st 2nd 3rd battalions

MURPHY, W E

LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 566pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Gov't Printer 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official history series histories ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tobruk military

MUIRHEAD, A D W

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: A D W Muirhead / XLibris 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history McLeod family A D W Muirhead

HOLLAND, BEVERLY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, pink lettering to spine, 99pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, various ephemera tipped in to inside covers, prev. owner's personal, insightful & heart-felt annotations of personal journey to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Aphrodite Press 1992

KEYWORDS: signed Beverly Holland Adriennce Clark autobiography biographies memoir trans transgender transsexual New Zealand sex changes

CHADWICK, TIM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport automotive utes pick-ups trucks