COURAGE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, price clipped) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1954

KEYWORDS: James Courage New Zealand literature 20th century modern first edition

BEATTIE, HERRIES

FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo, light card covers lettered in brown, VG (light to moderate soiling & tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times1941

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand Moriori ancient history

FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG; in d/w G (lg segment torn off) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: The Pagasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame modern first edition New Zealand literature

PAUL, JOANNA MARGARET

NUMERED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, 7/100. Signed by printer. Imp octavo, cream wrapper, blue covers, illus., VG+ (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Bibliography Room, University of Otago Library 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems modern first edition

STOKES, EVELYN & MILROY, J WHAREHUIA & MELBOURNE, HIRINI

Quarto, illus. stapled card covers, illus., photos VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to covers, adhesive residue from backing to covers, prev ownership stamp to frontis. recto) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: University of Waikato 1986

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Maori

N/A

Stapled oblong octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: N/A

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cheltenham Devenport Auckland history photographs illustrated

ALLAN, ROSETTA

Octavo softcover (VG+) Inscription/signed titlepage by author?; Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: novel literature fiction New Zealand author Rossetta Allan

MACINTOSH, JOAN

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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 1979

KEYWORDS: memoir biography New Zealand Southland literature Joan MacIntosh

SIMS, CLAIRE (edited) & GOLDSMITH, ROBYN (edited)

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: University Tramping Club 2009

KEYWORDS: Otago tramping club illustrated photographs journal Dunedin New Zealand

VENNELL, ROBERT

Super octavo, ivory white illus boards, black and mossy green lettering to front cover and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history plants native trees botany biology science Maori

STAPLES, GRAEME SPYDA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Super octavo, illus light card wrapper, yellow and black lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, printed inside wrappers, 250pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to spine, sl curling to wrapper edges)

PUBLISHER: Precise Print 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first edition signed motorcycles racing sport circuits Graeme Spyda Staples

BARWICK, MARGARET & VAN DER SCHANS, ANTON (Chief Ed) & SCHOKMAN, LARRY M (Fore) & CLAUDY, JAN BARWICK (Illus)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xxi + 484pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, sl creasing & tanning, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2004

KEYWORDS: trees New Zealand tropical subtropical encyclopedia plants biology flowers botany

HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (minimal creasing to spine and minimal scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2017

KEYWORDS: cars automobile mechanics engineering racing Ford New Zealand automotive

EVANS, ALLISTER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus rear ep and terminal, 296pp, illus/photos/folding map in rear pastedown, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning and minimal soiling to page edges, light tanning to front fep and folding map, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastdown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading & discolouration to spine & edges, minor soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Waikaka Historical Committee 1962

KEYWORDS: First Edition history New Zealand mining Waikaka Greenvale Wendon Valley gold

WILSON, J A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 255pp, VG (faded colour to board edges & spine, minimal chipping and light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, minor soiling throughout, ligh tcracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1907

KEYWORDS: first edition Te Waharoa Maori history art New Zealand

NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus red light card wrappers, yellow lettering to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, illus inside wrappers, X + 630pp, illus/photos, VG (faded colour to spine, minimal scuffing to extrems, 4cm closed tear in front hinge, light creasing to rear cover and spine, minimal tanning, soiling and foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to inside front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: navy maritime logs ships nautical Australia history biography New Zealand

NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus terminals, XII + 608pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minimal foxing to upper page edges and eps, minimal marking to front pastedown and lower page edges, minimal creasing to page corners from pages 481-496)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1993

KEYWORDS: navy maritime logs ships nautical Australia history biography New Zealand

JAMES, COLIN (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover and spine, XIV + 448pp, VG+ (minimal creasing/curling to spine & wrappers/edges, minimal tanning to rear cover edges, minimal soiling and foxing to page edges, minimal staining to lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies 2000

KEYWORDS: politics constitution parliament law New Zealand

BAGNALL, A G

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus front pastedown, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 101pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate water staining to top edges of boards, other minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Carterton Borough Council nd (1957)

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Carterton Charles Rooking Carter settlers

ADSHEAD, RONA

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, gold heavy boards, light blue lettering to spine, illus eps including map, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Peter J Stewart 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Rotomanu Inchbonnie Poerua Grey County Westland New Zealand history