BLACKBURN, ADRIAN

Revised, expanded edition (1994), imperial 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: Radio Pacific 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Adrian Blackburn pirate radio station broadcasting New Zealand history

MILER, RAYMOND & MINTROM, MICHAEL (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, vii + 262pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Raymond Miller Michael Mintrom New Zealand politics political science history leadership articles elections voting MMP

BUCHANAN, JOHN

Super octavo, beige light card covers with black lettering to front cover, xiv + 175pp, illus with 58 full-page plates, VG- (wear to spine extrems, creasing to cover edges, light staining to covers, 2cm closed tear to upper spine side, DSIR stamp to front cover & to fep, browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Colonial Museum & Geological Survey Department 1880

KEYWORDS: John Buchanan New Zealand indigenous native grasses flora botany

SATCHELL, WILLIAM

True first edition (adverts at rear are dated 1901), octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, 310pp + 48pp book adverts, VG- (moderately heavy staining to boards & spine, moderately heavy browning to page edges & to eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1902 (adverts at rear are dated 1901)

KEYWORDS: first edition William Satchel New Zealand literature

SCOTT, DICK

Signed by author, small quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, 342pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy dampstaining to first few pages). Book would have been nr fine without this fault

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Dick Scott New Zealand autobioraphy historian writer

CAMPBELL, ROBERT D.

Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 272pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (some fading & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: Robert D Campbell New Zealand Wanganui River history boats transport

CAMPBELL, ALISTAIR TE ARIKI

First edition, duodecimo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, printed eps, 51pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Wai te Ata Press 1999

KEYWORDS: first edition Alistair Te Arii Campbell New Zealand literature poetry poems verse

n/a

Octavo, illus blue light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 76pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearn Descendants 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cornwall Taranaki Pearn family pioneers biography history

TORRENS, J. M. (AKA) MUNDO, H. V.

First edition, loosely enclosed articles about publications under author's other name HV Mundo, octavo, light card stapled wrappers with blue lettering to front cover, gilt decorative rule to front & illus to rear cover, double-page frontispiece, 39pp, VG- (staining to covers, some tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: JM Torrens 1900

KEYWORDS: JM Torrens HV Mundo New Zealand literature poetry poems verse

SOUTHERNER (aka) AUGUST, SAMUEL

Inscribed & signed by author (as Southerner, real name Samuel August), small octavo, beige paper stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 55pp, VG- (owner's name & address to front cover, some staining to covers, rust-staining around staples, creasing & bruising to cover edges, some foxing to page edges, lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Craft Agency 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southerner Samual August literature poetry poems

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: first edition H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand ornithology birds natural history

MCKENNY, A.

Inscribed & signed by author with small drawing of bird, ex library, octavo, green card covers with gilt lettering to front cover, 159pp, illus, VG- (browning to spine, wear to spine extrems, light creasing & scuffing to cover corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: NZ Tablet Co (n/d)

KEYWORDS: A McKenny New Zealand agriculture handbook sheep farming fencing farmers

GIBBONS, MATTHEW (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, viii + 163pp, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pearson Education New Zealand 2008

KEYWORDS: Matthew Gibbons New Zealand European Union international relations politics economics history

AIMER, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 288pp, illus, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Peter Aimer New Zealand National Airways Corporation aviation transport aeroplanes planes history

BELL, PAMELA & SOUTHCOMBE, MARK

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, red eps, 151pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Balasoglou Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Pamela Bell Mark Southcombe New Zealand prefabricated prefab housing architecture design history

THORNTON, JOCELYN

First edition, 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: Reed Methuen Publishers Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Jocelyn Thornton New Zealand geology natural history first edition

LYNN, I. H. & CRIPPEN, T. F.

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: DSIR Land Resources / NZ Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1991

KEYWORDS: specials IH Lynn TF Crippen New Zealand geology science rock type classification land natural resources

MCLEOD, JANET & LOCKERBIE, LESLIE J. (Notes/Illus)

Signed by author, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: A. H.& A. W. Reed (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials Janet McLeod Leslie J Lockerbie New Zealand Maori Pakeha children's literature theatre drama plays signed first edition

WAUGH, RICHARD & LAYNE, PETER

Signed by both authors & Bob Anderson, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Richard J. Waugh 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Waugh Peter Layne South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand SPANZ aviation transport DC-3 Viewmasters business history signed

KNIGHT, ROB

Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece map, iii + 256pp, illus, VG (light foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & sides, light chaffing & creasing to edges & flap folds, some tanning to inside)

PUBLISHER: RJ Knight 1975

KEYWORDS: Rob Knight New Zealand history Poyntzfield McKenzie family history Rangitikei