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$40.00
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The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-War Japan


PARR, ALISON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 207pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Japan post war ww2 second world war biographies illustrated

$55.00
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Rainbow Waters: 125 Years of Settlement in Waianiwa


CUTT, JOHN A.

Dated & signed by author, super octavo, light green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 259pp, VG+ (sl wear to board extrems, sl cocked, sl damp wrinkling to lower page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, light creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Waianiwa District Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Southland Waianiwa settlement culture signed

$80.00
2g27a/49

The Iron Breadboard: Studies in New Zealand Writing


BAXTER, JAMES K.

First edition, ownership of E. A. Horsman, octavo, yellow stapled light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (light sun fading to spine, light sporadic foxing to covers & pages throughout, moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to pages, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Glover/The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writing literature poems poetry collection anthology James K Baxter

$87.50
2g27a/50

Mataura: City of the Falls


MUIR, D. C. W. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 504pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems & cover corners, 2cm & 1cm closed tear to base of spine, prev. owners tape repairs, moderate denting & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: Mataura New Zealand history settlement city of the falls

$40.00
2g27a/54

Aspects of Darwin: A New Zealand Celebration


GALLOWAY, DAVID & TIMMINS, JOHN (Eds)

Inscribed & signed by David Galloway, octavo, illus heavy card boards, white & light brown coloured lettering to spine, illus eps, iv + 180pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Knox College Library, Hewitson Library 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature essays prose collection anthology history evolution Charles Darwin science Knox College

$45.00
2g27a/56

Land of Many Hills


DICKIE, PAULA

LACKS D/W, Dated & signed by author, imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 528pp, illus, VG- (bruising to board extrems, light foxing to eps and page edges, prev owners inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Paula Dickie/Pukerau Historical Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed Arthurton Benio Pukerau Otaraia-Kaiwera communities culture

$800.00
2i47a/1

The Growth and Distribution of Population in the Auckland Province: From the Commencement of Settlement to 1945


HORSMAN, J.

Author's original copy of unpublished original thesis with original hand-drawn maps, original photographs etc, quarto, green buckram spine with green heavy card boards, unpaginated but approx 286pp pencilled into top of page corners, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing with some loss to board corners & edges, 2cm open tear to paper surface covering of front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & sporadically throughout, minimal library stamps to eps, 2cm closed tear to 'frame' of illus #5 causing separation from bottom edge of the illus - illus still intact, 'frames' to photo pages completely separated from photos but all photos from pages believed to be present & most are still fixed to page)

PUBLISHER: J Horsman approx 1948 (see description)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history growth population thesis J Horsman settlement pakeha maori trading

$145.00
2i47a/4

The Rock Woman: Selected Poems


BAXTER, JAMES K.

First edition, uncorrected proof copy, marked secret and confidential, RARE thus, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 93pp, VG+ (light scuffing to spine, light soiling to rear cover, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate scuffng to covers with some surface loss, light internal tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition New Zealand James K Baxter collection anthology modern first edition

$125.00
2i47a/5

The Iron Breadboard: Studies in New Zealand Writing


BAXTER, JAMES K.

First edition, signed by author, octavo, yellow stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG- (heavy rusting & staining to staples/covers to spine, moderate water stain to corners of both covers, moderately light foxing to page edges, water staining from front covers through to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Glover/The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poems poetry collection anthology James K Baxter New Zealand signed

$30.00
2i47a/7

Bits and Pieces: A Factual History of Toi Tois and Waikawa Districts Southland


ROBSON, JAMES & WATT, J. O. P. (Assoc)

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 132pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & top of cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Toi Tois Waikawa districts southland culture

$350.00
2i47a/8

New Zealand Rough Riders From Otago & Southland: Fourth and Fifth Contingent: Send-Off Edition


N/A

Scarce, oblong imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy tanning & moderate soiling to covers, light creasing to cover corners, moderate rusting to staples, light tanning & foxing to fep, pencil scribble to verso title page, 10cm closed tear to fold out photo, moderate creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Joseph Braithwaite 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rough riders Otago Southland fourth fifth contingent illustrated photos photographs

$45.00
2i47a/9

The Hucksters & the University or Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Up Queen Street Without a Paddle


CURNOW, ALLEN

3rd impression, inscribed & signed by Curnow with further explanatory note in his hand, octavo, folded light pamphlet, illus to front, unpaginated, VG (light creasing to edges, 2x horizontal folds to full width of pamphlet, light tanning & foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Pilgrim Press 1957

KEYWORDS: poem poetry literature Allen Curnow New Zealand Auckland signed

$65.00
2i47a/10

On the Tour: Verwoerd be Our Vatchwoerd or God Amend New Zealand to T. H. Pearce Esq.


CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, octavo, folded light pamphlet, unpaginated, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Pilgrim Press 1960

KEYWORDS: poem poetry literature Allen Curnow New Zealand Auckland modern first edition all white rugby politics

$225.00
2i47a/11

The Lion Skin: Poems


BAXTER, JAMES K.

Single page typed explanation with holograph exposition signed by publisher of this book Keith Maslen dated 18th Oct 1972, First edition (100 copies), octavo, pale yellow string bound light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing to edges, light tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bibliography Room/University of Otago 1967

KEYWORDS: poems poetry New Zealand James K Baxter collection anthology literature modern first edition

$60.00
2i47a/12

Experiment in Form


DALLAS, RUTH

First edition, small octavo, pale blue string bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (light tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Press Room/University of Otago 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Ruth Dallas poems poetry collection anthology New Zealand

$55.00
2i47a/14

It Was So Late and Other Stories


COLE, JOHN REECE

First edition, lacks f.e.p., octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 112pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing) in d/w, VG- ( moderate chipping to edges, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to spine & covers, light internal tanning)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition fiction short stories John Reece Cole New Zealand

$100.00
2i47a/17

The First New Zealand Whole Earth Catalogue


N/A

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG (light soiling, light bruising to spine extrems, spine repaired with cellotape, several chips to cover edges and corners, moderate rubbing, light foxing & light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wellington 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand survival Handicraft Equipment Manufactures Human ecology

$40.00
2i47a/20

Peter McIntyre's New Zealand


MCINTYRES, PETER

First edition, lacks d/w, Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, unpagenated, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: biography history New Zealand paintings arts sketching drawing

$38.50
2i47a/26

Let There Be Light...: A History of Bullendale and the Generation of Electric Power in Central Otago


HALL, RON C. & CHANDLER, PETER M.

Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Central Otago News 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Central Otago Bullendale Electric Power technology

$45.00
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New Zealand Index 1921


N/A

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and boards, illus eps, 580pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history

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