MACKENZIE, Mrs. PETER (Fmr. McKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (lacks fep., light to moderate scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names with white adhesive label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times (Printer) 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers Martins Bay

CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST EDITION IN 2ND ISSUE VARIANT D/W MENTIONING BOOKER PRIZE WIN; VUP EDITION PRINTING CONCURRENTLY WITH UK EDITION IN MUCH SMALLER (1000X) PRINT NUMBER, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edgeslight fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Eleanor Catton fiction New Zealand

MARKS, ROBIN

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, in plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated photos Tuapeka Otago regional

PLOWMAN, PETER

2 VOL SET, oblong quarto, blue & green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, vol 1- 224pp, vol 2- 220pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading to board edges & spines, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & plastic covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday Australia 1981

KEYWORDS: transport ships maritime nautical steam travel history Australia New Zealand Pacific sea trade passenger

BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FRONTISPIECE & TISSUE GUARD TORN OUT, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, xvi + 420pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape staining & cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, frontispiece & tissue guard roughly torn out, sm ink markings to lettering on full title page, moderate creasing to page edges of prelims & other pgs sporadically throughout, light foxing & gutter cracks to pgs throughout, moderate to heavy creasing/folding & various closed tears to folding map)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Book Depot 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France French literature history Akaroa T Lindsay Buick colonization colonisation

DOBSON, ARTHUR DUDLEY, LESTER, G. M. L. (Preface)

1984 RE-PRINT OF SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, rubbed title plate to spine, black lettering to title plate to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate rubbing to title pate to spine, light bruisin gto extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl tape staining to pastedowns) in mylar cover- taped

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984 (Reprint of Second Edition by Whitcombe & Tombs)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arthur Dudley Dobson New Zealand history pioneers settlers

CRAIG, ALEXA & WINTER, JOHN

MAP TO REAR POCKET,LACKS ERRATUM, quarto, illus glossy covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, printed/illus eps, 266pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, sl creasing & chafing to covers). Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Otago University Print (Printer) c.2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history South Otago Greenfield settlers pioneers

MANNING, A. E. & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

VERY SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, THIS EDITION RESERVED FOR LIBRARIES BUT NO LIBRARY MARKINGS MAKING IT DOUBLY SCARCE! Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 96pp, illus, VG (NO LIBRARY MARKINGS! Light bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges- moderate to eps, light pencil markings & annotations to text & margins throughout- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate fading & staining to spine & covers, moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1958

KEYWORDS: psychology gender abnormal youth deliquency crime behaviour gender bodgie widgie New Zealand

THOMSON, J. M. & PAUL, JANET

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: John McIndoe 1986

KEYWORDS: frederick page nz music history victoria university college evelyn biography illustrated new zealand

ROBERTS, HEATHER

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: Allen & Unwin 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz aotearoa literature fiction literary analysis writers history women women's mary scott nelle scanlan jane mander robin hyde jow cowley janet frame

STEAD, C. K.

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: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz literature literary analysis litcrit history aotearoa

EGGLETON, DAVID

Octavo softcover (VG+) light cracking to gutters; 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: Penguin Books 1986

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature collection New Zealand David Eggleton

ANDERSON, RUSSELL McNEE

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: The Greymouth Evening Star (Printer) N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature short stories collection Russell Anderson Auckland Weekly News

JONES, JENNY ROBIN

Super 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: Random House 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers history emmigration Rebecca Remington travel maritime nautical

OLIVER, W. R. B.

Imperial 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: Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: new zealand birds nz aotearoa native ornithology reference field guide

HOLMAN, JEFFREY PAPAROA

Signed, inscribed and dated. 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: Steele Roberts 2002

KEYWORDS: poems poetry exile yearning identity belonging new zealand

RICHARDS, RHYS

SIGNED, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to spine, prev. owner's names in ink to prelims covered with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical whaling hunting Burr Osborn history

BIDWILL, JOHN CARNE

LACKS D/W, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to title plates to spine & front board, illus title page, 128pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, notation glued in to ffep, publication inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title pages with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration John Carne Bidwill nature botany plants literature history

FITZGERALD, E. A. & CONWAY, Sir MARTIN ET AL (Contributions)

HEAVY STAINING, ALL PLATES PRESENT BUT SOME LOOSE, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 363pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear pocket, scruffy (heavy bruising & scuffing to board extrems/edges, heavy cracking & loss to title plates, heavy staining to boards, spine & pg corners, vv heavy staining to some middle pages & plates, v heavy cracking to gutters, heavy staining & closed tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration climbing Alps history travel E A Fitzgerald

SMYTHE, MICHAEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, oblong super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, 99pp, illus/photos, VG (heavy cracking to gutters with discreet glue repair)

PUBLISHER: Creationz Consultants 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir industrial design Gifford Jackson signed