MASON, BRUCE

Uncommon first edition, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers with black lettering, 96pp, VG (light tanning to covers & page edges, light stain to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Theatre Federation 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Bruce Mason New Zealand literature drama play theatre

BEAN, C. E. W. (Ed)

Pencilled ownership name of AE Ward (an AE Ward was Captain (Adjutant) of 5th Battalion (Territorial) at Gallipoli but was listed as missing presumed killed), Trojan War article attributed to Arthur Adams, large quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blue lettering to front board, mounted illus by David Barker Gallipoli 1915 to front board, frontispiece, xv + 170pp, illus + 12 full-page plates + folding map, VG (large internal closed tear to illus at page 164 without loss of illus, heavy browning to page edges & to prelims & terminals, lighter browning elsewhere, some sellotape-residue staining to eps, some foxing, occasional light creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: Anzac Army Corps Gallipoli WW1 Australian New Zealand literature short stories poems poetry art drawings articles

BADCOCK, DOUGLAS

First edition, oblong folio, blue cloth boards wit silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, 87pp, illus, VG (some fading to board edges) in d/w, VG- (some creasing & bruising to edges, minor archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition Douglas Badcock New Zealand art artist painting sketches drawings

n/a

Original first edition, oblong folio, brown boards with green cloth spine & board corners, darker brown lettering to front board, 182pp + 18pp news bulletins to rear, illus, VG (some staining to front board, several small gouges to front board, browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown, vertical crease to prelims, creasing to page 15, some foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Daily Telegraph 1931

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Hawke's Bay earthquake history pictorial photographic record

BATES, P. W.

Ex library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 372pp, illus, folding maps, VG (usual library markings with damage to eps, slight tanning to eps, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, slightsoiling to page edges, surface loss and staining to pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (light tanning, tape residue staining to edges, light creasing, chipping and small tears)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington New Zealand 1955

KEYWORDS: PW Bates Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2NZEF second world war two ww2 wwII official military history

WEIR, J. E. & LYON, BARBARA A. (Eds)

Scarce, octavo, brown light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, 170pp, VG (light fading to covers & spine, light creasing to front cover corners, owner's name in ink to f.e.p., light foxing to f.e.p. & page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1979

KEYWORDS: James K Baxter Father JE Weir Barbara A Lyon New Zealand literature bibliography

WELLS, RODNEY (Illus) & HAMILTON, DON

Oblong quarto, back cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 107pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to lower spine extrem, slight browning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Rodney Wells Don Hamilton New Zealand Christ's College school buildings architecture history

KELLEHER, J. A.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with green lettering to white spine, 350pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to eps, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Upper Hutt City Council 1991

KEYWORDS: JA Kelleher New Zealand Upper Hutt local history

LOFTUS, HELEN J.

Signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, 143pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to sine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Helen J Loftus New Zealand Joseph Dresser Tetley William Webster Hawkins William Maxwell Hammick Chaytor brothers family biography history memoirs

n/a

Scarce, signed by John Coutts, imperial octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, 40pp, illus, VG- (some fraying & closed tears to spine, crease to rear cover, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Ocean Beach Kiwi Surf Life Saving Club 1977

KEYWORDS: John Coutts New Zealand Cook Strait crossing swimming sport

MAGUIRE, T.

Octavo, stapled 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: (not stated) 1990

KEYWORDS: specials T Maguire New Zealand Dunedin Photographic Society photography history

KERINS, GORDON

First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Kerins New Zealand literature fiction novel first edition

HOBBS, MARY

Oblong imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Spirit Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Mary Hobbs Jack Adamson mountaineering New Zealand biography photography history

RYAN, KEVIN

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1997

KEYWORDS: specials kevin ryan crime history new zealand law politics defense system

BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

BAXTER, JAMES K

Quarto stapled card (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn 1979

KEYWORDS: specials james k baxter chidren's literature pictorial new zealand

STEEL, ALLAN & DICKSON, PATRICIA (Eds)

Large quarto, spiral bound yellow illustrated laminated light card covers, printed eps, iii + unpaginated, illus, VG+ (extensive underlining in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Allan Steel & Patricia Dickson (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Allan Steel Patricia Dickson Dickson family genealogy local social history New Zealand Scotland

FRAME, JANET

First edition two-volume set in slipcase, octavo, cream cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 182pp + 182pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), VG+ (some browning to spines & v slight browning to board edges) in d/w, VG (5cm of upper spine missing in vol 2, some light creasing) in slipcase, VG- (some rubbing & soiling, ding to upper corner)

PUBLISHER: George Braziller 1963

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame New Zealand literature short stories

BALL, DESMOND (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Desmond Ball ANZUS Australia New Zealand political military history anti-nuclear articles anthology