Books - "new zealand"
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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
Kapiti
first edition 303pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto hardcover VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems) in d/w VG (light sunning to covers, sl rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe press wellington 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand history kapiti travel chris maclean
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
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] octavo hardcover 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) 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
The World of John Boultbee
first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed
Birds of the Water,Wood & Waste
first edition 197pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1910
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history guthrie-smith
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
a centennial commemorative
first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval
Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)
PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history
Portrait of an Air Force
the royal new zealand air force 1937-1987
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (blue cloth, light bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to page edges) in VG- d/w (light scuffing and soiling, light creasing to edges, front cover torn (8cm) at flap hinge)
PUBLISHER: grantham house wellington 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand air force history military aviation maurice conly geoffrey bentley