MASKELL, W. M

Ownership signature of Graeme Ramsay NZ entomologist to fep, super octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black ruled design to front board, blind rule & design to rear board, patterned eps, iii + 116pp + xxiii pp description of plates + xxiii full-page plates, illus, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems and board edges, sellotape residue stains and browing to eps, Wellington chrysanthemum show prize label inscribed in ink to prelim page, 2cm crease/tear without loss to title page, fading to page edges, foxing, 2 plates loose)

PUBLISHER: Geo. Didsbury, Govt Printer 1887

KEYWORDS: WM Maskell New Zealand entomology insects pests agriculture plants reference

LEES, SUSAN

First edition, scarce, octavo, beige stapled light card wrappers in yellow light card wrapper with black lettering and design to front board, unpaginated (26 pp), VG+ (slight foxing to boards and pages)

PUBLISHER: Hard Echo Press 1982

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Susan Lees poetry verse poems New Zealand

VERNON, ADELE & SCHNEIDER, DEAN (photos)

square imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, frontispiece, v + 44pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history yellow-eyed penguin hoiho ornithology adele vernon dean schneider

MINISTRY OF WORKS

Quarto, green illustrated heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, vii + 233pp +7 large folding colour maps in rear pocket, illustrated, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: AR Shearer, Government Printer 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hawke's Bay Min of Works history reference climate geology government transport population industry forestry agriculture

MOORE, ALBERT C

First edition, signed by author, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii +219pp, illustrated, near fine (v slight foxing to upper page edges) in VG+ d/w (fading & light soiling to upper internal edge and rear upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Pinter Publishers 1995

KEYWORDS: Albert C Moore Pacific arts religion Australia Melanesia Polynesia New Zealand music dance masks carving anthropology culture history geography

MCLEAN, GAVIN

Octavo, illustrated light card covers, 176pp, illus, VG (front gutter cracked, v slight rubbing to cover corners, slight soiling to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean Oamaru maritime history North Otago New Zealand port politics finance

DOUGLAS, SIR ARTHUR P

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, frontispiece, folding map at rear, VG (slight splitting at spine) 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: Pitman & Sons 1909

KEYWORDS: specials Sir Arthur P Douglas New Zealand history geology Maori colonisation geography climate flora fauna government politics

FLEET, HARRIET

Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Heinemann 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Harriet Fleet New Zealand trees forests timber flora fauna history logging forestry destruction pests deer

MAHY, MARGARET

First edition, hardcover octavo (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: Hamish Hamilton 1992

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Margaret Mahy New Zealand children's literature novel fiction

PATON, JUSTIN (Ed)

Oblong quarto, illustrated heavy card boards, black eps, 128pp (23pp text & 100+ pages photos), illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to page 4)

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Art Gallery / Victoria University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Justin Paton Anne Noble New Zealand art photography photographs biography

DUFF, ALAN

Paperback (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: Tandem 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Alan Duff New Zealand literature fiction novel

VON DADELSZEN, E.J

Very tidy copy, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, blind rule to rear board, black rule & decoration to front board & spine, patterned eps, folding colour map frontispiece, vii + 554pp, illus, folding statistical chart to rear, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, foxing & fading, gutters cracked, pages 199-203 have pulled through binding in the centre of text block and are loose.)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1895

KEYWORDS: EJ Von Dadelszen New Zealand history reference government politics farming agriculture population BDM exports imports industry

FLETCHER, T A ( REID, P G & PATERSON, A S illus)

imperial octavo illus paper stapled wrappers, 36pp, VG (lacks rear cover, cellotape stains & remnants to spine, light wear to extremities) RARE

PUBLISHER: lankshears 1928

KEYWORDS: new zealand rugby sport t a fletcher pg reid a s paterson

HARRE, JOHN

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology mixed marriages john harre specials

HARRIS, B.F. (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: Auckland University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: new zealand classics classical studies e.m. blaiklok essays b.f. harris specials

BRETT, HENRY & HOOK, HENRY

Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gijlt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 436pp + x14 pp index, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, inscription in ink to front pastedown, foxing to page edges and eps) in G+ d/w (7cm closed tear to upper rear, 2x5cm loss to lower spine, tears to upper spine, 1x3cm loss to upper front, fading & soiling, some creasing, archival repair to d/w)

PUBLISHER: Copper Press Reprint 1979 (reprint of Brett Printing Co 1927)

KEYWORDS: Sir Henry Brett Henry Hook New Zealand history pioneers settlers Oruawharo Paparoa Matakohe Maungatoroto Port Albert Albertland Matilda Wattenbach Hanover Tyburnia

FINDLAY, AILEEN & MACALISTER, MOLLY (illus)

Scarce, super octavo, beige light card stapled wrapper with red lettering and red design to boards, unpaginated, VG- (Many pictures coloured in by child, fading & soiling to boards, 1cm tear to lower spine, 2 of 3 staples worn through at spine)

PUBLISHER: Tartan Books S.N. Brown 1943

KEYWORDS: Aileen Findlay Molly Macalister New Zealand children's literature stories

FLANNERY, KATE

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: Penguin 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Kate Flannery New Zealand short stories literature

GALER, LOIS

Quarto, illustrated light card covers (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: Otago Daily Times / Allied Press 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Lois Galer Otago Daily Times New Zealand architecture homes houses building Dunedin

MCCARTHY, SHANE

Oblong imperial 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: Angus & Robertson 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Shane McCarthy railways steam trains locomotives New Zealand Australia photographs history steam engines transport