DITTMER, W

FIRST EDITION, LACKS SPINE BUT OTHERWISE SOUND, lg quarto, red buckram boards, coloured illus & lettering to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 119pp, G+ (spine missing- binding still reasonably sound, moderate scuffing & fraying to board & spine extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, minor soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, reasonably modern eps- minor soiling, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, other minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ Maori traditional myths traditions legends history te ao first editions

WILSON, ELLEN & GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown & green lettering to wrappers, 56pp, illus/photos, VG (3cm scuff to base of spine- partially flapping loose, other light scuffing to spine also, light to moderate tanning & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside wrappers, minor cracking to front & rear gutters- bottom 3cm separated but still very much attached)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books N/D

KEYWORDS: signed Ellen Wilson George Griffiths New Zealand Aotearoa NZ Clydevale rural farming history

McCRAW, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling & glue wrinkling to rear wrapper, sl glue wrinkling to front wrapper, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's glossy photos of Alexandra glued into inside wrappers- ink annotations below photos)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1992

KEYWORDS: signed John McCraw New Zealand Aotearoa NZ Central Otago Alex Alexandra disasters mine fire history

CAREY, PETA

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2025

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Fiordland hunting helicopter deer pest control

HARRIS, NORMAN & BLAIR, BOB (foreword)

Small 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: Last Side 2010

KEYWORDS: cricket sport Tangiwai disaster history New Zealand

RAMSDEN, ERIC & BUCK, PETER H (Intro) [TE RANGI HIROA]

Ex-library, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine [faded], frontispiece, xix + 295pp, VG- (usual library markings, heavy cracking to front & rear hinge- spine sl flapping, moderate fading & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, moderate scuffing to extrems- some minor surface loss, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history pioneers early settlers colonialism

PEARCE, DONALD WILLIAM

Quarto, yellow light card wrappers- plastic spiral bound, black lettering to front wrapper, printed inside front wrapper, v + 115pp + 37pp appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG (light tearing to base of front wrapper & prelims, light soiling to wrappers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Donald William Pearce 1995

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy Pearce English New Zealand south Canterbury Cornwall

McCORMACK, T

Quarto, plastic spiral bound beige light card wrappers, illus & black lettering to front wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 76pp, illus/photos, VG- (a number of black plastic 'teeth' of spiral binding missing- page block & wrappers partially loosened, light foxing/soiling & creasing to wrappers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: T McCormack 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history surveying mountaineering Westland department of conservation doc

SINCLAIR, BRUCE

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, green light card wrappers- plastic spiral bound, black lettering & illus to front wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 106pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing/soiling to wrappers, light tanning to page edges, bottom spiral at rear wrapper untucked)

PUBLISHER: Bruce Sinclair / NZ Forest Service 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ forestry history timber industry West Coast

BULLER, WALTER LAWRY & KEULEMANS, J G (Lithographs) & TURBOTT, E G (Ed)

ARCHIVAL REPAIR TO SLIPCASE, folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt bird illus to front board, marbled eps, frontispiece, xviii + 261pp, 48 lovely colour plates- all counted & present, VG (light tanning to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half tite page, sl foxing to prelims, minor foxing to plates- isolated to edges only, minor discolouration to verso of plate pgs) in d/w, VG (minor creasing to creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling/tanning, all corners lightly clipped) in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to edges- considerable [but tidy] archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling, other patches of scuffing/surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1979

KEYWORDS: Buller's bullers birds art painting ornithology New Zealand NZ

STEWART, MARY

FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt; 335 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims; heavy annotations in black ink to fep); in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing; moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1861

KEYWORDS: Mary Stewart modern first edition novel New Zealand

KEMPTHORNE, RENATUS

Quarto, light card covers; photos; 294 pp.; VG+ (light rubbing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w sl curling; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu 2000

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Maori religion religious Christian Christianity mission

WAEREA, JAMES

Second edition. Quarto, illus. light card covers; illus., unpaginated; VG- (moderate soiling to covers, some scribbed in pencil; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some chipping to spine; light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's books literature fiction illustrated

SINCLAIR, BRUCE

THIS VOL ONLY. Quarto, illus. light card covers; photos; [6] + 184 pp.; VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & tanning to page edges).

PUBLISHER: NZ Forest Service 1984

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history timber logging West Coast industrial

WERE, VIRGINIA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Matrix Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: art news New Zealand artist photography magazine sculpture culture

MATTHEWS, GRAEME & ROGERS, ANNA

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Photoimage N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson photography art nature culture photographs

HUNN, JACK KENT

First Edition. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Dunmore Press 1982

KEYWORDS: fiest edition autobiography New Zealand politics Sir Jack Kent Hunn

HOWES, EDITH

Sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, publisher ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing/soiling to spine, minor scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, foxing quite heavy to prelims with some minor pencil markings also)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa te ao Maori literature fairy tales

LAWSON, WILL et al

THIRD EDITION, TIDILY RECASED RETAINING ORIGINAL COVERS, BOTH FOLDING PLATES PRESENT, octavo, red buckram soft boards, white lettering to front board only [spine blank], frontispiece, 112pp, illus, 2x folding plates to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters, sl water staining to head of front gutter, sl tanning & foxing to prelims, light creasing & chipping to edges of folding plates)

PUBLISHER: NZEF / New Zealand Expeditionary Force N/D (c.1917?)

KEYWORDS: NZEF New Zealand NZ military history Featherston Military Camp early 20th twentieth century

DAISLEY, STEPHEN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Text Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: literature novel wwii ww2 world war two New Zealand author Stephan Daisley