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Long narrow oblong super octavo, illus light card sewn wrappers, unpaginated but 20pp b&w photographs, illus, G+ (bruising & creasing to front & rear card fore-edges, light soiling spots to cards, stitching to body of book loose, some foxing to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Graphic CB & Co Ltd (n/d) circa 1890-1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua Rotomahana Tarawera photographic pictorial history travel scenery

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Binding variant of Bagnall T59, oblong super octavo, string-tied brown light card stapled wrappers with brown lettering & brown motifs to front cover, unpaginated but 11pp of tipped-in b&w photogravures - one of which is fold-out, VG- (some fading & staining to covers, bruising to cover edges, creasing to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Tanner Bros Ltd (c.1910)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland photographic pictorial history architecture harbour

HARGREAVES, L. J. ET AL

Quarto, illus green light card covers, printed eps, 100pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine

PUBLISHER: Quadrant Press / Kaiwaka & Districts Historical Society 1990

KEYWORDS: LJ Hargreaves RS Dowson JM Reynolds MR Wilson New Zealand Kaiwaka Pukekaroro Oneriri Hakaru Topuni photographic pictorial history photographs

SUMMERS, JOHN

Signed limited numbered edition (35 of 150), duodecimo, light blue boards with darker blue cloth spine & blue lettering to front board, 32pp, fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight tanning to edges, 1cm pen mark to upper front edge)

PUBLISHER: Pisces Print 1985

KEYWORDS: signed John Summers New Zealand literature poetry poem

CHAPMAN, ROBERT (ED.)

Staple bound softcover super 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: University of Auckland

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Chapman New Zealand politics

CLAY, JENNY

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: Nikau Press 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Jenny Clay New Zealand poetry poet poems

MCRAE, DON

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: Don McRae 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Don McRae New Zealand poetry poet poems

MCNAUGHTON, NEIL

First edition Hardcover super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd. 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Neil McNaughton New Zealand literature animal fiction novel

HILL, DAVID

Softcover quarto (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: Heinemann Publishers 1984

KEYWORDS: specials David Hill New Zealand poetry poet poems

GORDON, DENNIS P.

This volume only, quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps, 428pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Dennis P Gordon New Zealand science fauna flora biodiversity animals plants fungi micro-organisms biology botany zoology marine land environment ecology nature reference

HOOD, I. A.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus half-title & title pages, 424pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight soiling to upper page edges, v slight bruising to cover lower corners)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press & Forest Research Institute 1992

KEYWORDS: IA Hood New Zealand fungi on wood forests reference identification biology hosts distribution edibility botany science

STACK, JAMES WEST & REED, A. H. (Ed)

Octavo, illus brown heavy card boards, printed eps, frontispiece, 23pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine, v slight bruising to boards corners & edges, owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: AH Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: James West Stack autobiography Mrs Frank Coxon New Zealand Maori history

SCOTT, DICK

First edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 216pp, illus, VG (sl. some foxing to page edgess, prev. owner's details in pen inside) in d/w, VG (minor chips and scuffing, light soiling and foxing)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann / Southern Cross 1975

KEYWORDS: Dick Scott New Zealand Parihaka Taranaki Te Whiti Tohu Maori history

THOMSON, JOHN (Ed)

Octavo, orange light card covers, 216pp, illus, VG (slighty warped, slight fading to spine, light scuffing, small patch of surface loss to cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University press 2002

KEYWORDS: John Thomson Don McKenzie New Zealand bibliographer book production history of print culture essays anthology

BELL, ALLAN & HARLOW, RAY & STARKS, DONNA (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers, 376pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Allan Bell Ray Harlow Donna Starks New Zealand language linguistics essays anthology English Maori immigrants

WILSON, JAMES G.

First edition, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind stamped motif to front board, frontispiece, iv + 260pp, illus + two folding maps in pocket to rear, VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, prev owners name in ink to fep and bookplate to pastedown, moderate tanning to fep, gutter at title page cracked, foxing throughout textblock)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1914

KEYWORDS: First edition James G Wilson New Zealand Rangitikei Turakina history settlement Maori Te Rauparaha

HUNT, SAM

First edition, slim imperial octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to spine & purple lettering to front cover, French flaps, 44pp, VG- (light bruising to cover upper edges, light creasing to cover corners & a few page corners, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1975

KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems verse

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Octavo, illus light card covers, printed eps, frontispiece, ix + 169pp + 11pp adverts, illus, G+ (handwritten title to spine, tanning & heavy foxing to covers, 3cm closed tear & lower 1cm missing to lower spine, light creasing & nicks to cover corners, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy foxing to eps, moderate foxing elsewhere, stain to lower fep edge, creasing to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: TE Fraser 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church religion congress gospel sermons lectures talks christianity

ALEXANDER, GRAHAM & TULLETT, J. S.

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG+ (v small fading spot to lower spine) in d/w, VG (light rubbing to boards & light creasing to ecges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: Graham Alexander JS Tullett New Zealand farming agriculture aviation flying flight crop spraying aerial topdressing aircraft pilots history

SORRELL, PAUL & WARMAN, GRAHAM

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus title page, map + 176pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2011

KEYWORDS: Paul Sorrell Graham Warman New Zealand Central Otago rail trail travel cycling bicycling