GARRATT, GEORGE A.

Super octavo, grey paper stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 56pp, VG- (moderate soiling & tanning to covers, some creasing to rear cover fore-edge, owner's surname in ink to front cover upper corner & fep upper corner, some tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: State Forest Service WAG Skinner Govt. Printer 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wood woods gymnosperms dicotyledons angiosperms forestry trees dendrology

BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, iv + 312pp, illus, VG (archival tape repairs to spine and to open tear on front cover, moderate tanning to covers, rusting stains to staple surrounds, moderate foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Maori Ethnological Research / Dominion Museum 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific history transport canoes wakas exploration travel

JOHNSON, R. W. & KNUTSON, J. (Eds)

Large quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 408pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light fading to board upper edges) in d/w, VG (creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Australian Academy of Science 1989

KEYWORDS: Australasia Australia New Zealand geology volcanicity volcanism science

MURRAY, STUART

Octavo, black & white illus light card covers wit black lettering, 296pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary criticism writers authors biography

FIELD, ARTHUR NELSON

First edition, octavo, brown light card covers with black lettering in orange panels to spine & front cover, vi + 288pp, VG- - scruffy (heavy archival tape repairs to spine, heavy browning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling & creasing to covers, some foxing throughout, occasional annotation in pencil, creasing to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: AN Field 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics journalism current affairs

BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, brown light card covers with black lettering to front cover, viii + 189pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to spine, loss of lower 4cm of surface to spine some browning to page edges & covers, owner's name stamp to front cover & fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history sociology games pastimes music song

BATHGATE, JOHN

First edition, octavo, brown textured cloth boards, yellow eps, frontispiece, 121pp + 3pp book ads, illus plus folding colour map at front & folding trade map to rear, VG+ (some fading to spine, some light tanning & foxing to page edges, v slight discolooration to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: W& R Chambers 1880

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history resources banking finance culture

HOLCROFT, M. H.

First edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1952

KEYWORDS: new zealand autobiography m h holcroft

VON DADELSZEN, E. J.

Octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece map, vi + 699pp, illus plus 2 folding tables to rear, VG (some browning to page edges, some staining to boards, owner's name address & date in ink to front pastedown, front & rear hinge paper torn, occasional foxing, 3cm closed tear to large folding chart at rear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay GOvt. Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand year book history statistics industry agriculture politics shipping transport

GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

Dated, signed & inscribed by the author to fellow hisotrian Ray Hargreaves, Association Copy, octavo, light card covers, 232pp, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori place names placenames

BLAIR, W. N.

Octavo, green paper wrappers with black lettering to front, 62pp plus three folding tables/charts to rear, VG- (surface of spine rubbed off, moderately heavy staining, browning & creasing to covers, some tears with loss to cover corners, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, lighter foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Evening Star 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand industry industries

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD

Oblong elephant folio, illus cream heavy card boards with cream cloth spine, brown lettering to front board, VG+ (v. slight soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co 1981 (Facsimile reprint of AD Willis 1889)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history cities towns scenery portraits prints art

PONDER, W. FRANK

Small quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: South Pacific New Zealand Ministry of Works W Frank Ponder architecture design history biography Antarctic

n/a

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: John McGlashan College 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin John McGlashan school Old Boys World War Two biography

CAMPBELL, BILL & HARGREAVES, RAY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Morning cablecar transport history

KNOX, ELIZABETH

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand children's literature

SEARLE, E. J.

Super octavo stapled wrapper (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: Reprinted from New Zealand Geographer 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland isthmus geology

CLARKSON, BRUCE & MERRETT, MERILYN ET AL (Eds)

Large 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Waikato Botanical Society 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato botany science

GUTHRIE, JOHN

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in tatty 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: Werner Laurie 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand literature

WILSON, PHILLIP

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand literature