BROOKING, TOM

super octavo, illus boards with cream lettering to red spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing to boards, two scratches to rear board, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: Richard Seddon New Zealand politics government Prime Minister biography

LOVELL-SMITH, E. M.

First edition, octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to boards, v + frontispiece + 133pp, illus, VG- (heavy browning to boards, lighter browning to page edges & eps, unattractive tape repair to spine)

PUBLISHER: Lovell-Smith & Venner 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland Otago history

GIMBLETT, MAX & SHINER, ERIC & HUHN, TOM

Signed by artist, large quarto, white glossy heavy card boards with black lettering, white lettering to green spine, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Edizioni Charta 2014

KEYWORDS: Max Gimblett New Zealand art painting artist painter calligraphy signed

BERENTSON, QUINN

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus white glossy heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w VG+ (sl soiling to covers, sl wear to edges, book award adhesive labels to front cover and prev bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moa ornithology natural history

THOMSON, JOHN TURNBULL ET AL

Large quarto, sewn pages lacking covers, 76pp, VG- (lacks covers, moderate tanning & foxing, some creasing)

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Sanitary Commission 1865

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin sanitation sanitary report local government

CROMBIE, RAY

Quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, 55pp, illus, VG (some annotation/underlining in pencil, small stain to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Pitcairn Venturer Scouts (1972?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Old Dunstan Road Taieri history travel

HAMILTON, DON & WELLS, RODNEY (Illus)

Signed by author, oblong quarto, black boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 107pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Christ's College schools education architecture

BULLER, WALTER L.

First edition, original binding, super octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt kiwi motif to front board, black & gilt decorative rule to front board, brown coated eps, frontispiece, xii 107pp + 3 pp book ads, illus, VG- (heavy fading to spine & adjacent board sides, moderate tanning to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in ink to fep & to frontispiece verso, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer 1882

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ornithology birds

ECCLES, ALFRED (Secretary)

Imperial octavo, green cloth-covered light card covers with title labels mounted to spine, vii + 531pp, VG- (some bruising & fraying to cover edges + corners & spine extrems, some staining to covers, moderately heavy browning to page edges, annotation in pencil to eps, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Commissioners / Mills, Dick & Co 1866

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Exhibition mining metallurgy geology coals wool timber livestock agriculture

POPPELWELL, D. L. (Ed)

This vol (vol 1) only, Octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to front, frontispiece folding photo, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate staining & some fading to covers, occasional underlining in pencil and pen notes to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn / Ensign Print 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Gore Southland local history early settlers

n/a

Small octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 327pp, illus + 3 folding maps, VG (some staining & browning to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, slight creasing to maps, occasional foxing, annotation throughout in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Baty & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland travel tourism history

MARTIN, A. (Ed)

This volume only, octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front, 106pp, illus, VG (light rubbing and soiling to covers, light sunning to spine, curling to coer and page corners, staining to lower back cover)

PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn. 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland Gore early settlers local history

n/a

Tipped-in holograph presentation letter to F. G. Hall-Jones, octavo, blue light card covers with gilt & blue lettering, 88pp, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, annotation in ink to front pastedown, rust to staples, occasional annotation)

PUBLISHER: Glenham Historical Committee 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Glenham Letter-Box Corner Wyndham local history

DICKIE, R. F. (Secretary)

Octavo, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 20pp, VG (rusting to staples, light tanning to page edges, annotation in pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: Executive Committee of Tuturau School Ex-Pupils' Assn 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tuturau school education local history

MOUAT, ALISON (Ed)

Two page (four sides) holograph signed letter from author enclosed, octavo, blue light card covers, 96pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, v slight foxing to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Merrivale-Waiau Presbyterian Church Jubilee Committee 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Merrivale-Waiau parish Presbyterian church local history

BROWN, JOHN

Octavo, red cloth boards wtih black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 766 + 2pp book catalogue, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, moderate bruising and fraying to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, prev owners sign to fep, light foxing and soiling to page edges) LACKS D/W

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Ashburton local history

TOBIN, CHRISTOPHER

Oblong imperial octavo, light card covers, 156pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Bosco Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first world war ww1 wwI anzac military history

WILSON, EVA

Quarto, illus light card covers, 154pp, illus, Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Wallace Family Early Settlers Association 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Roundhill Southland Hart family biography history

CAFFYN, PAUL

Second edition, inscribed and signed (twice) by author, 176pp, illus, VG+ (occasional underlining in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Kayak Dundee Press 2005 (Second Edition)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand South island kayak kayaking travel autobiography sport signed

FREDERIKSON, STAN (Ed)

First edition, quarto, blue cloth boards, illus eps, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight staining to front board, v slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Waitanguru Jubilee Committee / C&S Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitanguru Mangaotaki Ngapaenga Mairoalocal history biographies memoirs