Books - "new zealand"
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Books Are My Business
first edition inscribed by author 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep and to card loosely inserted) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: educational explorers reading 1966
KEYWORDS: new zealand publishing biography history signed reed
Stags Galore!
first edition 159pp ills.[b/w] super octavo brown heavy card boards VG (ex library, mod wear to board edges, prev owners inscription to fep, sl foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (repaired tears to spine extrems and corners, mod rubbing, soiling and sl creasing)
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand history hunting jin griffin
The Caxton Press
some impressions and a bibliography
first edition 20pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,dealer's label to title)
PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature bibliography pat lawlor
Lyric Poems
1928-1942
[first edition] 98pp VG (in paper wrappers over card boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned,chipping to edges,sl.foxing to prelims.and content edges)
PUBLISHER: tombs wellington [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature marris new zealand poetry
The Last of the Ngati Mamoe
first edition 15pp+ills.[b/w] octavo heavy card covers, VG (col.ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history ngati mamoe hildes
'Neath Swaying Spars
[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows
Tura and the Fairies and The Overworlds and Tu
first edition inscribed by author 63pp VG (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled,losses of paper to margins of both covers probably due to insects,chipped yapp edges,author's dated inscr.and sign.to ffep verso - 1945)
PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1936
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed johannes andersen
Express Steamers of Cook Strait
first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (pale blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1968
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history cook strait allan kirk
A Particular Deep
first edition inscribed by the author 79pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,author's inscr.to half-title verso and sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand signed peggy dunstan
Birds Flying
first edition 62pp NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,uneven sunning to rear cover,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand alistair paterson
History of St.John's College,Tamaki,Auckland,N.Z.
first edition 118pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,one plate loosening)
PUBLISHER: abel,dykes auckland 1911
KEYWORDS: new zealand history st.john's college auckland john king davis
The Wonderland of the Antipodes and Other Sketches of Travel in the North Island of New Zealand
first edition 124pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.black borders and bevelled edges,gilt/black dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,brown eps,surface scuff to front pastedown w.clipped rfep,contents sl.soiled/foxed w.some pencil annotations,tear along fold of map but is still complete,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1873
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography tinne
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
volume one/volume two
vol.1 reprint/vol.2 first edition 674/664pp NF (black cloth,sl.shelf wear w.content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/ws (v.sl.soiled w.spine of vol.1 sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1990/1993
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history
We don't want your sort here
first edition 67pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor foxing to content edges)
PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade auckland 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand bruce mason
New Zealand the Britain of the South
second edition 519pp+ads.[map missing, lacks fep] G+ (libr.rebind in blue cloth w.libr.marks to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,,owner's inscr.to title,contents browned and foxed)
PUBLISHER: edward stanford london 1861
KEYWORDS: new zealand history charles hursthouse
Golden Wedding
ex-lib.first edition 56pp VG+ (beige cloth,d/w taped to pastedowns,usual libr.stamps and labels) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to pastedowns)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand alan mulgan
The Whale Rider
first edition 122pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.rubbed,dealer's label to front pastedown,content edges v.sl.soiled,small ink mark to final page of text,juvenile pen drawing of whale to rfep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand witi ihimaera
The Age of Uncertainty
first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed
City of the Plains: A History of Hastings
first edition 464pp ills.[b/w] VG+ super octavo hardcover in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hastings boyd
Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Residence in New Zealand
first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop