HAMON, REI

LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINT SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST, folio, vol 1- brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, illus, vol 2- green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 95pp, illus, vol 1- Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, vol 2- VG (light gouge to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board edges & corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine with 1cm open tear) in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards, sm gouges to spine & rear cover, moderate bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1973 - 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Rei Hamon New Zealand artist illustrated botany plants flowers

GARRAN, Hon. ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B. (Illus)

BEAUTIFUL 3 VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL BINDING, folio, half bound leather boards, gitl lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus prelims to vol 1, viii-xii + 800pp total, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spines & boards/corners with some surface loss, light fading & soiling to boards, 11cm crack to front hinge of vol 2, moderate tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout, Railway, Postal and Telegraph Map... of vol 3 missing). Weighing over 16kgs, this is a beautiful set despite the VG- rating. The South Island of NZ is still referred to in this atlas as the Middle Island!

PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated 3 volume set

O'FARRELL, PATRICK

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: New South Wales University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: History biography legacy Australia New Zealand Irish migrant

FEARNLEY, CHARLES

Limited numbered signed first edition 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: Millwood 1977

KEYWORDS: Church Wellington New Zealand architecture history

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Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Palmerston North Boys' High School 1940

KEYWORDS: new zealand palmerston north high school

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Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Palmerston North Boys' High School 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand palmerston north high school

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Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Palmerston North Boys' High School 1941

KEYWORDS: new zealand palmerston north high school

MORICE, STELLA & PARKER, NANCY (illus)

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: Paul's Book Arcade 1954

KEYWORDS: children's literature maori new zealand

SOMERVELL, BRYON

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 166pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Rotorua & District Historical Society Inc. 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history North Island

CLARK, REX (Compiled & Ed)

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 88pp, illus, VG+ (light sun fading & curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri School Jubilee Committee 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Puriri school North Island

GRAHAM, R. BRUCE (Pref)

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus eps, 60pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing around spine & covers, light creasing to cover corners, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: W. J. Deed Printing (Printer) 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Tuakau north island

ELLIS, ELLEN

Folio, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, iv + 48pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated pictorial posters colelction anthology business politics war

MAYHILL, R. D. & BAWDEN, H. G.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 503pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & edges, moderate sun fading to spine & cover edges, 3cm black paint stain to front cover, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout, sm numbering in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated geography farming geology botany biology anthropology climate landforms population

DONOVAN, PETER (ed.)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1996

KEYWORDS: new zealand religion anthology

BAXTER, JAMES K. & DOYLES, CHARLES & JOHNSON, LOUIS & SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

FIRST EDITION, octavo softcover with french flaps (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: Capricorn Press 1957

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry james k baxter

HIYAMA, KAAREN

Oblong quarto softcover (VG-, slight damp wrinkling); 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: Media Studies Trust 1991

KEYWORDS: history new zealand auckland grey lynn westmere

RHODES, BERNARD & MOORHEAD, BRIAN (photog.)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand boats culture sail recreation

LUXFORD, MAJOR J. H.

FIRST EDITION, red buckram boards, black lettering & black military motif to spine & front board, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG (light creasing & staining to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name & scribbles in ink to front pastedown, light crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 world war one first machine gunners France Palestine illustrated first edition

HILLARY, EDMUND

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY- ALSO UNCOMMONLY INSCRIBED BY HIM, LOOSELY ENC. PHOTO OF SIR EDMUND WITH THIS COPY OF HIS BOOK, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature of Sir Edmund Hillary to front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light indentations to board edges, light scuffing to page edges, bookseller's label to fep, inscription in ink to copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography memoir exploration climbing Everest Antarctic New Zealand

A NEW ZEALANDER [HAWDON, SARAH E.]

Scarce, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & motif to spine and front board, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light moderate rubbing to boards with light surface loss, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev owners graffiti in pen to half-title, light foxing throughout, internal gutter cracked at pp112/3 - binding is sound)

PUBLISHER: Messrs, Gordon and Gotch circa 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand history boer war memoir military