BUSCH, HEATHER; ROBERTS, JOHN; HUTCHINGS, PATRICK A. E. & BETT, ELVA

Quarto white cloth boards, lettering to spine, illus., 112pp., VG (light foxing to boards, light tanning and foxing within) in d/w VG (light scuffing and soiling to edges, foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand painting art heather busch

DAVIS, SUSAN & BAMBURY, STEPHEN

This vol. only, DVD in rear pocket; oblong quarto black illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 127pp., VG+ (light creasing to rear, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jack Books 2013

KEYWORDS: new zealand art nameless redux

SMITHER, MICHAEL & GRIBBEN, TRISH

Signed & dated by artist, scarce thus; large quarto, black cloth boards with embossed lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, 276pp, illus, near fine in VG d/w (moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Ron Sang Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts painting michael smither art signed

CAFFIN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, small octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 186pp, VG (light tanning, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins n/d [c. 1945]

KEYWORDS: john denver new zealand corporal yugoslav brigadier yugoslavia partisans world war two second ww2 2 military history

CARMAN, A. H.; SWAN, A. C.; & MASTERS, READ (ed.)

Small octavo red & white light stapled card covers, 109pp., VG (sl. tanning and foxing within, tears around staples to title and 1st page, binding still sound)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1945

KEYWORDS: rugby almanack new zealand 1944 1945 sport sports sporting history

CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR (signed twice: once (with inscription) on the fep, and also on numbered page denoting limited exta-illustrated deluxe edition); octavo blue faux leather boards, blind stamp lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning foxing and soiling within, prev. owner's occasional pencil annotations (interesting in their own right); with some loss to rear pastedown (minor))

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed [n/d, c. 1937]

KEYWORDS: squadron leader mcgregor mac moth new zealand royal airforce air force military history aviation combat memoir biography great war first world one ww1 1

MULGAN, DAVID

Sundry associated signatures to fep. (ex-pupils and relatives, signed at the unveiling of the plaque to commemorate the 75th anniversart of the first flight of the Manurewa); octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus., 150pp., VG+ (light crease to spine, light tanning and foxing to edges & within) in d/w VG ( moderate soiling and light scuffing, creasing)

PUBLISHER: Wingfield Press 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand civil aviation flying flight history planes walsh brothers flying school manurewa plane

BREBNER, JOHN & ALLISON

Rare (limited edition of 100 copies) (...Take Two is for established readers... Take One is for beginning... This book is printed especillay for fluent readers), from the library of Betty Gilderdale; oblong super octavo illus. heavy card boards, cloth to spine, illus., VG (cloth coming partially loose to rear (minor), light tanning to boards and contents, with light foxing occasionally also)

PUBLISHER: Homeprint Fielding 1981

KEYWORDS: john allison brebner linocut lino-cut childrens literature new zealand rare scarce limited watercolour water colour illustration

METCALF, L. J.

Quarto cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., xviii+354, VG- (moderate fading and soiling with light scuffing to boards, light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w VG- (heavy fading and moderate scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1991 (revised)

KEYWORDS: new zealand gardening plants planting botany trees shrubs horticulture horticultural metcalf

SHENNAN, JENNIFER; WHITEHEAD, GILLIAN; & ASKEW, SCILLA (ed) [BODY, JACK]

Quarto red illus. heavy card covers, 256pp. illus.,, VG (prominent crease to front boards, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2015

KEYWORDS: jack body new zealand music composer art

MANNING, PETER (ed.)

Octavo green light card covers, 339pp, illus., VG (light creasing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand rock climbing rockclimbing outdoors sports sporting central north island mountaineering alpine club

ORANGE, CLAUDIA

5x VOLUME SET, VERY HEAVY; tidy ex-library first editions, usual stamps and markings thus; all tall quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering; vol. one: 1769-1869 / vol. two: 1870-1900 / vol. three: 1901-1920 / vol. four: 1921-1940 / vol. five: 1941-1960; all VG+ (stamps & occasional v. sl. foxing tanning or soiling, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (nr. FINE if not for stamps/stickers)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Department of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams Books / Auckland University Press 1990 - 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand dictionary national biography reference history

CARON, ELSA (ed.) [THE CREW OF THE FRI]

Oblong octavo black illus. light card covers, xiii+138pp, illus., VG- (light scuffing and creasing to covers, minor insect damage to front inside cover, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974

KEYWORDS: nuclear test testing pacific polynesia fri yacht french bomb mururoa atoll maritime new zealand history tahiti

SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light card boards, black printed lettering to front board & spine, 91 pp, VG ( 3 mm closed tear without loss to top of spine, light bruising, creasing, tanning & chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges, small bookshop sticker to fep, v slight foxing to front & rear eps ) in d/w VG- ( 5 mm closed tear with loss to top of spine & 1 cm closed tear with loss to top of rear cover, light soiling, chipping, bruising & tanning to outside & inside of covers )

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Frank Sargeson adventure small town boy meets girl

JONES, CATHY & CHAMPION, PAUL

spiral bound octavo (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Waikato Botanical Society, n.d.

KEYWORDS: botany ecology new zealand waikato illustrated

[N/A] NEW ZEALAND FREENLANCE

staple wrapped slim folio (G+): 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Free lance, Feburary 25th,1931

KEYWORDS: historical newspaper 1930's free lance thirties new zealand history earthquake disaster hawke's hawkes bay

[N/A] NEW ZEALAND FREE LANCE

staple wrapped slim folio (G+): 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Free lance, Feburary 11th,1931

KEYWORDS: historical newspaper 1930's free lance thirties new zealand history earthquake disaster hawke's hawkes bay

CONROY, THOM (ed)

Octavo paperback (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press, 2017

KEYWORDS: new zealand academic prose essay creative writing literature

EDITING BOARD, MIXED

VOLUMES 1 - 42 BOUND INTO 17 VOLUMES. 43-46 in original binding., VOLUMES 43 (#1 & #2), 44 (#1 & #2) , 45 (#1 & #2), 46 (#1 ) - super octavo, coloured light card covers, white lettering to spine and covers. Index for volumes 1-35 - staple bound light card cover, white text, page numbers vary due to binding style, VG+ (sporadic tanning to page edges, sporadically cut on an angle but text is clean)

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1967 (1) - 2012 (46 #2)

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand Aotearoa History NZ journal set academic text collection

CALDWELL, DOUG & SHIELS, ROSA

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, blue lettering to covers and spine, 210pp., VG+ (moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Polytechnic 2010

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir jazz music nz new zealand aotearoa