ELLIOT, DAVID

SIGNED quarto softcover (near FINE); 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: Flying Whale Books 2018

KEYWORDS: signed children's illustrated picture book colour illustrations New Zealand

COX, PETER & GORDON, JOHN (fore.)

Super 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: J. J. Angerstein & Associates 2008

KEYWORDS: Bran Cox biography military history world war two New Zealand

BURDETT, LANCE & MCCLOY, NICOLA

Super 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: Allen & Unwin 2016

KEYWORDS: police crisis negotiator memoir autobiography Lance Burdett negotiation policing New Zealand

TAYLOR, ARTHUR & DENNETT, KELLY

Super octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Allen & Unwin 2021

KEYWORDS: Arthur Taylor prison escape memoir incarceration New Zealand

FALKNER, BRIAN

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: Scholastic 2017

KEYWORDS: children's historical fiction literature world war one New Zealand

BUCKNILL, C E R & POWELL, A W B (Illus)

Super octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, black lettering & illus plate to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, plates to rear, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning & creasing to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims, minor cracking to gutters at rear)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology sea shells seashells species identification

ABBOTT, MICK (Ed) & REEVE, RICHARD (Ed)

Octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 244pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature wilderness rural appreciation

PAULIN, ROBERT

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to front board, frontispiece, viii + 121pp, G+ (bottom half of spine partially detached & flapping loose, moderate to heavy chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership embossed to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- tape reinforcement to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to verso of half title page, top corner of title page missing [text affected] with repairs, numerous tears with tape repairs to pages throughout, prev. owner's minor ink markings sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, large crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Thoburn & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel literature Robert Paulin south west

GENTRY, KYNAN

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 272pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: imperialism history colonialism New Zealand Great Britain British

BEATTIE, JAMES (Ed) & BULLEN, RICHARD (ED) & SHI, XIONGBO (Chinese Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: culture cultural history China Chinese Roger Duff Rewi Alley museums heritage New Zealand

GRACE, A A (Preface & Postscript)

VERY SCRUFFY COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, 158pp, illus, G- (rear cover & spine missing, failed attempt at rebind to spine- tape flapping with binding fully exposed, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to front cover edges, front cover also moderately tanned & soiled, moderate creasing/chipping & staining to page edges, moderate to heavy tearing at rusting staples to prelims, rear page moderately foxed & creased)

PUBLISHER: R W Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history true crime murder murders homicide Maungatapu mountain murders trials convictions

BARRY, L S (Original Work) & BROWN, L C (Ed)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, map at rear eps, 389pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history industry trade infrastructure

BISH, JANELLE et al (Compiled by)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & boards, 68pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori humour humor bro town annuals 3 three past issues bro'town

HOGG, COLIN

SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, imperial octavo, turquoise heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 'ghost' lettering from Sam Hunt's signature to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Sam Hunt Colin Hogg biography literature poems poetry verse

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson

COOKE, RON

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ngapuke north island

ROSS, Squadron Leader J M S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, illus/maps- all maps counted & present, VG (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to board edges/corners, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, 3cm stain to preface page, sl foxing to prelims, occasional closed tear to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (heavy cracking & tearing to fold of front flap- failed yellowing tape repairs, other heavy creasing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine, moderate loss to base of spine, general tanning & soiling & other discreet but yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: official history series histories RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

BRADLEY, TREVOR & WALTERS, REECE

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xi + 338pp, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, minor damp staining to inside covers, light soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearson 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime criminal psychology criminology behaviour text books

LA ROCHE, ALAN

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, illus prelims, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, signature in ink [Alan la Roche] to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Tui Vale Productions / Alan la Roche 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north island townships

MATTHEWS, ELLA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNIFICANT ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine, mior soiling to boards, light bruising to board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (significant loss & archival repair to spine & front cover, other moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, prev. owner's details in pencil to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history gold discoveries Buller