BETHELL, MARY URSULA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO G A HORSMAN, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minro staining to front & rear eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (top section of spine missing, minor loss to base of spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate soiling, heavy ink annotation to flaps- by G A Horsman)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed poetry poems verse literature poets writers Mary Ursual Bethell

HARDCASTLE, J

Octavo, stapled cream light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 62pp, G+ (spine & rear cover missing, heavy yellowing tape staining to remainder of spine/front cover, moderate creasing & soiling/foxing to front cover, light tanning to page edges, occasional light foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co Ltd 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology south Canterbury south island landscape

WILSON, EVA

Octavo, red light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front covers, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges, minor staining to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service (Printer) 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Captain Howell family

SCOTT, DICK

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori

EDMONDS, T J (Publisher)

Octavo, string bound illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 48pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing/scuffing at spine, heavy foxing to covers & moderately to contents throughout, minor creasing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: T J Edmonds 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand classic cookbooks cooking cookery homemaking baking Edmonds 4th fourth edition

N/A

Tidy ex-library, duodecimo, stiffened boards utilizing original covers, patterned eps, 40pp, VG (moderate foxing to boards, moderate staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Henry Field (Printer) 1873

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Hauraki rules regulations historical history

HALL-JONES, JOHN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 165pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed John Hall-Jones deep south history

SHERRARD, J M

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 373pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate bruising & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kaikoura County Council 1966 (Capper Press)

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Kaikoura

COLERIDGE, K A (Compiled by)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 536pp + facsimile prints to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: literature collections literary John Milton Alexander Turnbull Library bibliography catalogue New Zealand

SOLLAS, PROFESSOR & MCKAY, ALEXANDER (Intro & Descriptive Notes)

TWO VOL SET, imperial ocatvo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind rule to spine & boards, printed/patterned eps, vol 1- viii + 289pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 215pp, illus/folding map, G (severe water damage to boards- contents relatively unscathed with only light to moderate water damage/wrinkling/staining, moderate fading to spines, other moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning/foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, sm patch of paper residue to head of vol 2 spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, prev. bookseller's sm labels to base of front pastedowns, ffep & title page detached & creased but present to vol 1, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1905-06

KEYWORDS: geology rock formations New Zealand Cape Colville peninsula rocks

REILLY, MICHAEL et al (Eds)

Imperial ocatvo, black light card wrappers, blue & orange lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 472pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, minor crease/scuff to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage history

N/A

Quarto, blue illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to spine & covers, minro cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to first page, moderate rusting to staples with moderate cracking to guttersn also)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch city council local politics political history early 20th twentieth century

WHITE, LEO (Photos & Compiled by)

Oblong quarto, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 200pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading to spine & board edges, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, occasional sl cracking & tearing at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd N/D (c.1957)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aerial photography Whites White's Leo White Southland landscapes

EVANS, B E

Octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 38pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing/soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking & rusting at staples- front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Herald Printing Works (Printer) 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Pareora West

THOMSON, Hon Geo M

Octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, part 1- 112pp, part 2- 110pp [222pp total], illus, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover & title page, botton half of front cover torn at spine hinge, minor foxing & tanning/soiling to title page, 2cm closed tear & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page, heavy crack to rear gutter, staples rusted, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Government Printer 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history animals mammals fish birds marine biology ornithology mammalia nature

BROWNE, HARRIET LOUISA GORE & MORRELL, W P (Ed)

Ex-library, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 50pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitara purchase Taranaki war Maori pakeha politics

LOUGHNAN, R A

Octavo, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 110pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine- tape reinforcement to rear, moderate creasing/chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gold mining goldmining discoveries

MILLER, ERIC & RUSSELL, Major-General Sir ANDREW H (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, peach buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 207pp, illus, VG (spine cocked & lightly soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed Eric Miller New Zealand military history sappers soldiers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war accounts autobiography memoir

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, WARMLY INSCRIBED TO GEOLOGIST WILLIAM NOEL BENSON, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking & foxing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Basil Howard associations copies W N Benson New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history

JACOBSON, H C (Preface)

SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to front board, viii + 307pp, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep- historical, sl foxing & light soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: H C Jacobson 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Banks Peninsula early settlers pioneers anecdotes stories tales