MANHIRE, BILL & WHITEFORD, PETER (Eds)

Warmly inscribed by Vincent O'Sullivan to Sebastian Black & Judith Binney, octavo, dark blue light card covers with black lettering to sine & front cover, frontispiece, 380pp, fine

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Bill Manhire Peter Whiteford Vincent O'Sullivan New Zealand literature literary criticism anthology Brian Turner Brian Matthews Owen Marshall

SWAN, ARTHUR C.; MASTERS, READ; & CARMAN, ARTHUR H.

Softcover octavo (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1960

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur C Swan Read Masters Arthur H Carman New Zealand Sport rugby

CALLISTER, SANDY

Super octavo, illus light card covers with black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 150pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Sandy Callister New Zealand First World War One WWI military photography photographs history soldiers medics journalists

KOEA, SHONAGH

Signed numbered edition, octavo, cream/yellow boards with gilt decorative strip to spine, 172pp, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Vintage Collectors' Edition 1994

KEYWORDS: Shonagh Koea New Zealand literature novel fiction

BOOTH, CHRIS

Quarto, white heavy card boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, black eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, Near Fine, in d/w, Near Fine

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: Chris Booth New Zealand art contemporary sculpture sculptor photography

SIERS, JAMES

First edition in slipcase, oblong quarto, light brown/beige cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black eps, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, nr fine (fading to spine) in illus black cloth slipcase, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press Wellington 1979

KEYWORDS: James Siers New Zealand landscape scenery photography photographs art

PEARCE, GILBERT L.

Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (light rubbing and soiling to covers, ruising and chipping to upper edge, archival tape repairs to upper front cover)

PUBLISHER: Wiliams Collins Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: Gilbert L Pearce New Zealand artisan craftsmen craftsmanship history stone timber woodwork shipbuilders brick iron bridges dams wharves shoes clothing watchmaking engraving

GLOVER, DENIS

First edition, super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1977

KEYWORDS: first edition Denis Glover New Zealand literature poetry poems verse

RENEE

Ex library, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: ex library Renee New Zealand literature fiction novel

ROGER, WARWICK

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Warwick Roger New Zealand sport rugby All Blacks South Africa 1956 Springbok tour

GEE, MAURICE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Gee New Zealand literature novel fiction

SAMUEL, H. J.

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Constabe & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: specials HJ Samuel Ellis Rowan biography botany wild flowers Australia New Zealand America drawings

CHIDGEY, CATHERINE

Scarce uncorrected proof copy, first edition, octavo, illus light card covers, 352pp, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition Catherine Chidgey New Zealand literature novel fiction

IHIMAERA, WITI (Ed)

First edition, signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, 339pp, VG (light creasing and bending, spine v sl sunned, light to moderate tanning to page edges and prelims, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Witi Ihimaera New Zealand Maori literature fiction anthology

LAIRD, ERIC J.

Quarto, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 2 hand-drawn maps + 43 pp, text typed on manual typewriter, VG (light tanning to cover edges & page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Awamutu Historical Society Incorporated (nd)

KEYWORDS: Eric J Laird New Zealand Te Awamutu Maori missionaries settlers history

FINLAY, NEIL

Quarto, illus light card covers, 160pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: Neil Finlay New Zealand Photography photographs photographic pictorial history wars memorials sites

KEEN, DAVID

Super octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, 220pp, illus, Nr fine, in d/w, Nr fine

PUBLISHER: Dunedin College of Education / Longacre Press 2001

KEYWORDS: David Keen New Zealand Dunedin teachers education training college of education centenary anniversary history

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Bagnall W1197, oblong super octavo, maroon full leather binding with gilt lettering & gilt rule to front board, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16pp b&w photographs, VG- (slight soiling spots to boards, v. v. slight rubbing to board corners, stitching to body of book loose, heavy tanning to eps, stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Wildman & Lyell 1903

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua Tarawera Tikitere White Terraces photographs photographic pictorial record

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Not in Bagnall, oblong super octavo, maroon leather boards with gilt lettering & rule to front board, textured cloth pastedowns, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16 pp of b&w photographs, illus, G+ (heavy rubbing to board edges resulting in loss of leather covering to front board fore-edge & lower edge and rear board corners, fading to boards, stitching to body of book loose, tanning to eps,)

PUBLISHER: Wildman & Lyell c. 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whakarewarewa geysers Maori portraits photographic pictorial history

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Oblong super octavo, black leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, printed pastedowns, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16 pp b&w photographs, illus, G+ (rubbing, brusing & fraying to spine & spine extrems, damage to boards with loss of leather in two patches, heavy tanning to eps, stitching to body of book loose)

PUBLISHER: Iles c.1910

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua photographic pictorial history record travel geysers Whakarewarewa