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Super octavo, blue/grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xviii + 884pp, illus, VG- (boards loosening at gutters, moderately heavy dampstaining to front board lower edge carrying over to first two pages, dampstaining to rear board edges carrying over to last three or so pages, light bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, light rubbing to spine label, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

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Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

FITCH, A. L.

Super octavo, cream light card covers with back lettering to front cover, 143pp, illus, G+ (archival tape repairs to spine/covers, moderate browning to covers & slightly less so to page edges, 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm loss to lower spine extrem, sellotape residue stain to front& rear cover lower edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, heavy untidy tearing to fep around staples, rust staining to staples, body of book with exception of fep detached from covers)

PUBLISHER: National Magazines Ltd (nd but between 1936 and 1938)

KEYWORDS: AL Fitch New Zealand sport track & field training athletics diet exercises technique

WILSON, HUGH D.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, iii + 131pp, illus, VG (light fading and rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR 1987

KEYWORDS: Hugh D Wilson New Zealand Department of Science & Industrial Research Stewart Island Rakiura vegetation botany flora fauna plants vascular species soils

COWAN, JAMES

Paperback, staple bound (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: Rotorua Printers, undated

KEYWORDS: specials James Cowan New Zealand Maori goegrapy North Island Rotorua region

GRIFFEN, ANDREW DOW

Inscribed, dated, and signed by author, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Andrew Dow Griffen, 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Dow Griffen New Zealand autobiography memoir personal account humour early Auckland

SARGESON, FRANK

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Sargeson New Zealand autobiography memoir

MORRISSEY, MICHAEL

Inscribed and signed by author, 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: Van Guard Xpress 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Morrissey signed New Zealand literature poetry

CRYER, MAX

First edition, signed by author, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 217pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, owner's name address and date in blue ink to title page) in d/w, VG (some creasing and rubbing to edges, 1cm closed tear to upper spine, very light soiling to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1978

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Max Cryer New Zealand autobiography television fashion theatre entertainment

BOOTH, PAT

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: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Pat Booth autobiography journalism new zealand mr asia Arthur Allan Thomas

LANE, CHLOE (editor)

this issue only, softcover imperial octavo (nr fine); 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: Hue & Cry 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Chloe Lane new zealand journal poetry contemporary visual art

LANE, CHLOE (editor)

this issue only, softcover imperial octavo (nr fine); 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: Hue & Cry 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Chloe Lane new zealand journal poetry contemporary visual art

SPEDEN, IAN G.

quarto, illus orange cloth boards with black lettering to front board and spine, brown cloth eps with pocket to rear ep containing two folded full colour maps, 70pp + folding chart, illus, VG (owner's name in blue ink to title page, slight bruising and rubbing to spine extrems & lower board corners, fading to spine, light staining to front board)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand DSIR/ Geological Survey 1975

KEYWORDS: Ian G Speden New Zealand science geology Raukumara Peninsula Koranga Waimana Waiotahi Valley research survey bretaceous stratigraphy lithology petrography environment geography fossils

BRITTENDEN, R. T.

Inscribed & signed, octavo, yellow boards with blue lettering to spine, xii + 180pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink to fep, light tanning to prelims, sporadic light foxing) in d/w, VG- (some light creasing to spine extrems & edges & corners, light rubbing to rear, moderate browning inside, price scribbled out in ink to front flap)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed1961

KEYWORDS: signed RT Brittenden New Zealand sport cricketers biography pen pictures portraits FT Badcock RC Motz IB Cromb WA Hadlee JS Hiddleston AR MacGibbon EW Tindill

TURZYNSKI, NICK & TURZYNSKI, CONRAD

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: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Nick Conrad Turzynski New Zealand children's activities games tricks amusement entertainment sport outdoors

MASON, ANDREW (Ed)

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: Godwit 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Mason New Zealand literature stories poems poetry verse anthology Bill Manhire Allen Curnow Shonagh Koea CK Stead Ken Edlin Owen Marshall

ROBINSON, JOHN Z.

Signed by artist, octavo, red light card front cover with white lettering to spine & front, 104pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2009

KEYWORDS: signed John Z Robinson New Zealand art artist prints lino cuts printing

SCOTT-VINCENT, ROBYN

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; Inscribed and signed by Susan Devoy ; 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: Moa Beckett Publishers Limited 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Robyn Scott-Vincent New Zealand biography Susan Devoy sports

GEERING, LLOYD

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Lloyd Geering New Zealand religion religious history

SUTHERLAND, MARGARET

First edition, signed, 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: SceptreNZ 1991

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Margaret Sutherland New Zealand literature short stories fiction