TURNER, BRIAN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: John McIndoe 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors poets signed Brian Turner poetry poems verse literature

LOWRIE, MERYL

Ex-library, quarto 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: New Zealand Red Cross Society Inc 1981

KEYWORDS: Red Cross New Zealand overseas conflict Geneva

ENTWISLE, PETER

SIGNED, REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo softcover, illus blue light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, 300pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to edges of spine, wrapper & hinge crease, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 1999

KEYWORDS: dunedin colonisation colonialism new zealand aotearoa history european pakeha maori relations otepoti otago peter entwisle signed

SHADBOLT, MAURICE

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, rust coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, 301pp, VG+ (slightly cocked, slight bruising to board corners & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light to moderate chipping to spine, light creasing to edges of jacket, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition signed maurice shadbolt new zealand literature

STEAD, C K

FEP SIGNED & INSCRIBED, TITLE PAGE SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, black octavo heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 167pp, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, moderate foxing to upper page edges, v slight tanning to edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of jacket, slight fading to spine, 2cm closed tear to rear hinge of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1981

KEYWORDS: c k christian karlson stead new zealand literature first edition signed

SHADBOLT, MAURICE

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained orange, 636pp, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of jacket, slight tanning to jacket, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: signed first edition new zealand literature maurice shadbolt

LOCKYER, GEORGE

Square super octavo, heavy illus boards, white, red & yellow text to boards & spine, illus title page, 272pp, Nr FINE (v slight chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Project Management by Catchphrase Media 2025

KEYWORDS: fire and emergency new zealand fenz fire station firefighting

COLLINS, BRUCE E

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, illus prelim, 204pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to edges of wrapper & hinges, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Maritime Society 2018

KEYWORDS: new zealand colonisation colonialism ship voyage immigration shipwreck shipping disaster tragedy nautical maritime history

TOMPKINS, ROBERT (BOB)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown text to wrapper, tan text to spine, 316pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to wrapper, light soiling & fading to wrapper, light soiling 7 tanning to page edges, previous owner's label adhered to front inside cover & title page)

PUBLISHER: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2008

KEYWORDS: merchant ships history australian new zealand shipping nautical south pacific robert bob tompkins

COWAN, JAMES

Small octavo, brown buckram boards, black illus & text to boards, black text to spine, xxi + 336pp, illus, G (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards, 8cm split to cloth along spine hinge, moderate insect damage to spine & boards, several gutters cracked, moderate to heavy soiling & foxing to pages, binding shaky, previous owner's name to pastedown & fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1911

KEYWORDS: kimble bent bushman history aotearoa new zealand maoriland colonial settler

OLSSEN, ERIK & GRIFFEN, CLYDE & JONES, FRANK

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & white text to spine, 332pp, illus/graphs & charts, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to wrapper corners, slight tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: new zealand political history egalitarian society gender relations social mobility class erik olssen clyde griffen frank jones systemic analysis dunedin urban social structure

OLDS, PETER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper & spine, xiv + 272pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2014

KEYWORDS: peter olds new zealand poetry prose literature christchurch dunedin

DICKIE, PAULA

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 248pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing to edges, v slight soiling & fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co 1988

KEYWORDS: paula dickie first edition croydon bush south island southland new zealand history gore

MAKITANARA, TUITI (recorded by) & WATSON, MELODIE (ed) & ORBELL, MARGARET (ed)

Quarto staplebound, yellow light card wrappers, black illus & text to wrapper, 41pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to wrapper, light rubbing to edges, light tanning & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Maori Studies 1 & Department of Maori, University of Canterbury 1983

KEYWORDS: aotearoa new zealand history maori histories marlborough tuiti matikanara melodie watson margaret orbell

ACRES, AVIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black text to wrapper, illus title page, unpaginated, delightfully illustrated, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges, v slight foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand children's literature avis acres picture book

SWEETMAN, ROY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, dark blue heavy boards, silver gilt school crest to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 440pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light chafing to jacket, light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Boys' High School Foundation 2013

KEYWORDS: otago boys' boys high school schooling education history new zealand dunedin roy sweetman

REED, A W

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, tan heavy boards, black text to front board & spine, 39pp, VG ( light to moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light foxing to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1955

KEYWORDS: maori religion christianity colonisation new zealand aotearoa history christian belief a w reed

KING, DIANNE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrappers, illus inside covers, illus title page, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to wrapper, slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times Print 2011

KEYWORDS: teviot new zealand history central otago family settlement colonisation colonial

LEYS, THOMAS W (ed) & SHERRIN, R A A & WALLACE, J H

Quarto, red heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt text, illus & borders to spine & boards, page edges speckled red, unpaginated prelims, + 728pp + xliii, extensive illus, VG- (frontispiece missing & large section of panoramic view of new plymouth missing [all others present], heavy soiling, scuffing & fading to boards & spine, spine lightly cocked, front& rear gutters fully cracked, heavy soiling to pastedowns & prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing to pages, page 15-16 loose, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890

KEYWORDS: new zealand colonial history colonisation early aotearoa brett's historical series

NG, JAMES

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to page edges, small section cut from top corner of fep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993

KEYWORDS: dunedin chinese immigration james ng otepoti cantonese mandarin speakers early new zealand aotearoa history gold rush goldfields