GISBORNE, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown coated eps, large folding map, xii + 360pp, VG (heavy dampstaining patch to two-thirds of rear board, small nick to upper spine, light rubbing to board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, 2cm closed tear to one corner of folding map, some light tanning, lacks the two internal illustrations)

PUBLISHER: A Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history geology agriculture industry Maori language colonisation Treaty

ROSS, MALCOLM

Super octavo, fine green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 316pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, heavy ding/crease to front board lower corner, light bruising & rubbing to other board corners, rubbing to rear board, board edges & spine sides, owner's name & date in ink to fep, moderate foxing throughout & to page edges (but not to photographs))

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1914

KEYWORDS: Malcolm Ross autobiography New Zealand mountains mountaineering climbing geography history Mount Cook Aorangi

PERCEVAL, SIR W. B.

First edition (Bagnall P586), super octavo, brown textured cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt illustration to spine & front board, blind-stamped motif to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, xvi + 301pp + xiv pp publication list, illus, VG+ (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1895

KEYWORDS: Sir WB Perceval New Zealand scenery travel geography pictorial record

STEWART, FRANK (Photog)

Obong quarto, brown illus light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, gilt black & red illus to front cover, unpaginated but aprox 22pp, illus, VG- (damage to spine around staples, 3cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, creasing to cover corners, esp front lower corner, v light soiling & occasional stain spots)

PUBLISHER: The Sun Newspapers Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland pictorial aerial photographic history

CHALLINOR, DEBORAH

Softcover imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Deborah Challinor New Zealand literature fiction novel

NIGHTINGALE, TONY

Softcover imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Limited 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Tony Nightingale New Zealand nonfiction history Ministryof Agriculture and Fisheries government politics

HARGREAVES, RAY & HOLLAND, PETER (EDS.)

Softcover imperial octavo (NF) ; 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: University of Otago Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Ray Hargreaves Peter Holland New Zealand literature collected tales fiction short stories

SHEPHERD, MARION

Inscribed and signed by author 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co. Ltd, 1989

KEYWORDS: inscribed and signed by author specials Marion Shepherd autobiography memoir Ireland New Zealand

DAVIES, WILLIAM C.

first edition hardback quarto with d/w, worn d/w with some tears on edges + spine (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: Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand plants nature botany native flora photography

COLGAN, WYNNE

hardback quarto with 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: Richards Publishing & Auckland City Council 1980

KEYWORDS: specials auckland new zealand wynne colgan photography history

CONDLIFFE, J.B.

first edition hardback imerial octavo with 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: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1971

KEYWORDS: specials peter buck new zealand jb condliffe biography ethnology anthropology science research polynesia maori history

SOPER, E.L.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy, heavily stained); 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 Centennial Historical Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: specials el soper otago new zealand history pioneers

MARTIN, WILLIAM & CHILD, JOHN

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: AH & AW Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: specials William Martin John Child new Zealand plants lichens mosses natural dyes botany

MCQUEEN, CILLA

First edition, 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: John McIndoe 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Cilla McQueen New Zealand literature poetry poems Berlin diary memoir

SINCLAIR, ROY & VAN DER SLUIJS, SIMON

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: Grantham House 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Roy Sinclair Simon van der Sluijs New Zealand railways stories literature

ATTWELL, BRUCE

Quarto, illus light card covers, printed rear ep, 154pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Hilltop Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: Bruce Attwell New Zealand Wanganui maritime trade shipping ports history

MACDONALD, ANDREW

Super octavo, illus light card covers with red & black lettering, 135pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2005

KEYWORDS: Andrew Macdonald New Zealand military history First World War One WWI Battle of the Somme

TAYLOR, ALISTER (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, 143pp, illus, VG- (rubbing and creasing to spine, slight soiling to front cover, front gutter stained and cracking but intact, fold of front flap slightly misaligned)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter New Zealand literature poetry poems Lauris Edmond Denis Glover Tim Shadbolt Sam Hunt Maurice Shadbolt Brian Bell anthology

CROSS, PETER (Ed)

Lacks fep, oblong small folio hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing the 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: NZ Rural Press Ltd / Hodder & Stoughton 1990

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand agriculture farming history agricultural industry crops sheep cattle

STEVENSON, GRETA

REVISED EDITION; octavo, illus light card covers, iv + 122pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Greta Stevenson New Zealand mushrooms toadstools fungi field guide identification natural history botany