KEESING, FELIX M.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and white & black lettering to front board, red, black & white kowhaiwhai pattern to boards & eps, red eps, xvi + 198pp, illus, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing and soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history

WHITE, JOHN

First edition, this volume only, tidy ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & black rule and black Maori head to front board, brown coated eps, frontispiece, x + 264pp + 70pp + 3pp reviews, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine, minor scuffing to boards/extrems, minimal library markings, heavy tanning to page edges & prelims, moderate cracking to front gutter- some prelims partially loose, moderate tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didbury Government Printer 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori myths legends mythology traditions customs

EDWARDS, FLIGHT LT. TED & MCQUAID, PETER (Ed)

Large quarto, illus blue light card covers with white lettering to front & black lettering to spine, printed eps, 192pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Northland Branch RNZAF 2010

KEYWORDS: RNZAF New Zealand Air Force Northland biography biographies

BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, brown light card covers with black lettering to front cover, viii + 191pp, illus, VG (owner's name stamped to front cover and to fep, light browning to spine, 2cm loss of surface to spine head, slight tanning to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand games pastimes leisure activities culture

MILLIGAN, R. R. D. & DUNMORE, JOHN (Ed)

Limited numbered edition, quarto, orange-pink light card covers with black lettering to front and black tape spine, vii + 146pp, illus, VG (some tanning to upper page edges, occasional tanning & foxing elsewhere, owner's name address & date in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Estate of RRD Milligan & J Dunmore 1964

KEYWORDS: Maori Chief Tuki-Tahua New Zealand map

HAMILTON, A (Ed)

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history

HUMPHRIES, THOMAS

Super octavo, beige heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and red cloth spine, 24pp + folding chart to rear, VG (moderately heavy staining & some tanning to boards, light chaffing to spine, owner's name in ink to front board & with address + date to fep, some foxing to page edges, some annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Lands & Survey Department / John Mackay Government Printer 1899

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Thomas Humphries surveyor surveying astronomy

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

MCKENNA, NEVA CLARKE

Large quarto, illus grey light card covers with black lettering to spine and white lettering to front cover, illus rear ep, frontispiece x 2 (map & photos), xii + 196pp, illus, VG (some scuffing with loss of surface to covers)

PUBLISHER: Northland Historical Publications Society 1991 reprint

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Mangonui history

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

HOWITT, R. J. (BOB) (Ed.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1973

KEYWORDS: rugby union sport annual new zealand

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

HUNT, A. N. (Tony) (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, 270pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Foxton Borough Council 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Foxton local history

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