CAFFIN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate warping to front board, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, moderate insect damage to eps & prelims) in d/w, tatty (heavychipping to edges with some loss, heavy chafing to covers, light insect damage to front flap, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1945 approx.

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography memoir John Denvir medal for valour war hero first edition

BELL, LEONARD

Lg quarto, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 138pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, 1cm closed tears to both spine extrems, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1980

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand art culture history illustrated

LEE, JOHN A.

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, light brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 173pp, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, white out covering owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1964

KEYWORDS: biography memor Shiner Slattery signed first edition New Zealand Otago south Canterbury

GLENIE, J. P. (Ed) & SPENCER, NORMAN B. (Fore)

Octavo, light blue heavy card boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 175pp, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: The Observer Printing Works (Printers) 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasonry freemasons masonic history collection papers

VERRALL, RWBro. PETER & NICHOLLS, WBro. KERRY

ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED to one author by the other and by the editor, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 245pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl creasing to covers corners)

PUBLISHER: Auatralian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council 2009

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand Australia freemasonry fremasons masonic history culture illustrated

CROKER, Wor. Bro. A. B.

Super ocatvo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, tatty (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges & spine, light staining to covers, moderate water staining to page edges- not impeding text, binding loose to rear gutter, moderate rusting & separation at staples to front eps, commission stamp in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: R.W. Bro. H. A. Lamb 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand masonic freemasons freemasonry history illustrated grand lodge

YOUNG (nee HUSSEY), LESLEY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 125pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Not specified

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Young Hussey Lesley

GRACE, A. A. (Pref & Postscript)

Octavo, illus light card covers, 159pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & chipping to covers & edges, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand murder true real life crime Nelson history

GOURLAY, H. W.

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED by author, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to boards, light tanning to eps, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Grand Master and Board of Directors of the Order in New Zealand circa. 1942

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history freemasons freemasonry masonic culture illustrated

O'NEILL, GARRY

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 110pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to lower spine extrem, light soiling to base of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Palmerston North Historical Society Inc. 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Palmerston North history illustrated

DICKSON, Rev. J.

SCARCE, octavo, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 246pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, light soiling & chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, fep is upside down, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: ODT and Witness Newspapers 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion history illustrated ritualism romanism protestant churches

KEAR, GORDON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 103pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing to spine & covers, light sun fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Palmerston North fire service illustrated

BRERETON, MAJOR C. B., GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed), MILLWARD, PETER (Intro), PUGSLEY, DR. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson ww1 first world war illustrated military history autobiography memoir

LARGE, M. F., & BRAGGINS, J. E. &WEST, DR CAROL J. (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 167pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, owner's name in ink to front cover, light foxing to page edges, owner's initials and numbering in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: SIR Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fern botany illustrated spore

LEE, MICHAEL

Super octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light scuffing to board edges, prev owners name in ink to front past down,sl scuffing to board corners) in d/w VG+ (sl soiling to covers, sl creasing, prev bookseller price tag to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand French exploration travel illustrated history navigation South Seas

McKAY, FRANK

DATED, INSCFRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 320pp,illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light soiling to board edges, light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG+ (light fading to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand literature biography memoir James K Baxter

PHILLIPPS, W. J.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, stapled light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus, VG (light foxing & tanning to covers, moserate creasing to bottom corners, moderate rust stains to staple and surrounding paper, 7cm moderate scuff to rear cover with some surface loss, last 3 pgs completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1941

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church illustrated signed art carving crafts religion

POWER, W. TYRONE

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & tooling & raised bands to spine, page edges stained red, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlviii + 290pp, illus, VG- (heavy chippping & scuffing to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing to boards & corners with some surface loss, moderate tanning & heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, moderate water staining to page edges, 6cm tear to tissue guard & moderate wrinkling, owner's name in ink to fep, light cracking to gutters, all illus present but moderately water stained)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1849

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated journal history exploration travel culture

TOMBS, Bro. H. H. (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 161pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine extrems with sl surface loss, light discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, frontispiece loose but attached)

PUBLISHER: The Wingfield Press (Printer) 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand masonic freemasonry freemasons literature papers culture first edition

BRERETON, MAJOR C. B. & GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed) & MILLWARD, PETER (Intro) & PUGSLEY, Dr. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, sl sticky residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand illustrated Great War ww1 first world war biography memoir Major C B Brereton