CURRIE, ERNEST

Warmly inscribed & signed by author, loosely enclosed cutting of newspaper obituary of author by Denis Glover, also a copy of the author's personal ex-libris bookplate, and a single page holographic letter signed by the author. Super octavo, mottled orange boards with black lettering to front board & darker orange satyr head to front, 32pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & upper board edges, some foxing to page edges & less so to pages, one correction in ink) in d/w, G+ (heavy fading, some foxing, moderate creasing & nicks to edges, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, spine almost worn through)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Ernest Currie Paul Verlaine literature poetry poems signed New Zealand

n/a

Two-volume set, folio, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, upper page edges stained red, 30 sections individually paginated of aprox 32pp each section, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & prelims, light bruising to board edges) HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Dept of Internal Affairs 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pictorial history

BARNETT, STEPHEN (Ed)

Folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 175pp, illus, VG (slight bruising & rubbing to board corners & edges, ome fading to upper board edges, owner's name to f.e.p., v light foxing to terminals, light soiling to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG (tape residue staining to edges, heavy fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: Stephen Barnett The Weekly News New Zealand media photographic pictorial history

WONG, HELENE

Inscribed dated & signed by author, imperial octavo softcover (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: Bridget Williams Books 2016

KEYWORDS: specials Helene Wong Chinese New Zealand autobiography memoir signed

ALLEN, RALPH

Quarto 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: Harptree Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Ralph Allen New Zealand art architecture Basil Hooper history

BROOKES, BARBARA (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to red spine, vii + 256pp, illus, VG+ (thin layer of white-out over owner's name to upper f.e.p.)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2000

KEYWORDS: Barbara Brookes New Zealand houses architecture architectural social history

SCHRADER, BEN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 480pp, illus, nr fine (slight crease and bump to fep))

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2016

KEYWORDS: Ben Schrader New Zealand cities social economic history

KISLER, MARY

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, illus heavy card boards, ribbon bookmark, black eps, 400pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2010

KEYWORDS: Mary Kisler New Zealand European art history public gallery collections history signed

SHAW, PETER & HALLETT, PETER

Oblong octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cosmos 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Shaw Peter Hallett art deco architecture buildings thirties style Napier New Zealand

MCGAVIN, T. A. (intro)

Reprint, Small quarto 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: The New Zealand Rainway and Locomotive Society 1981

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand railways Picton Nelson westport transport history

STEWART, GRAHAM

Oblong Quarto softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart Dunedin New Zealand local history cable car tram trains transport 1950s

STEWART, GRAHAM

Quarto softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart Auckland New Zealand history tram trains trasport

STEWART, GRAHAM

Quarto softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart Christchurch New Zealand history tram trains trasport 20th century

MCQUEEN, EUAN

Large square quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Euan McQueen pictorial painting art Bill Stewart railing trains New Zealand history

BARNES, GEORGE

Inscribed dated & signed by author, uncommon, large quarto, illus white light card covers with black lettering, 184pp, illus, VG (small closed tears & creasing to spine extrems to lower spine, sellotape repair to front lower edge, slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: George Barnes 2000

KEYWORDS: George Barnes autobiography New Zealand Australia

METCALF, LAWRIE

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, ix + 260pp, illus + 186 photographs, VG+ in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Lawrie Metcalf New Zealand plants propagation cultivation identification landscaping botany gardening gardeners

OLIVER, STEPHEN & BARR, POLLY (cover illus)

First editoin, quarto, cream light card covers sewn with blue thread, 21pp, VG+ (slight tanning to edges) in blue light card covers with hen & mountains illus to front cover, VG (some browning to spine & peripheries)

PUBLISHER: Hawk Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poetry poem Stephen Oliver

JENNINGS, MURRAY

Imperial octavo illus heavy card boards, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 193pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Transpress 2003

KEYWORDS: Murray Jennings New Zealand coastal shipping nautical maritime transport motor ships boats history

LEITCH, DAVID & SCOTT, BRIAN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 123pp, illus, VG+ (some fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1995

KEYWORDS: David Leitch Brian Scott New Zealand railways rail railway trnasport trains history

DOBBIE, HERBERT BOUCHER

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & gilt fern motif to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece 469pp, illus, VG (some fading to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1930 (3rd edition revised & enlarged)

KEYWORDS: Herbert Boucher Dobbie New Zealand ferns science botany science reference