DALLAS, RUTH

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 50pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name inlight pencil to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry collection Ruth Dallas

KINROSS, BESSIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 84pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Wickliffe New Zealand Ltd 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers autobiography Bessie Kinross settlers Central Otago memoirs

WAITE, JULIA

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 31pp + plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Art Gallery 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art modern cubism history criticism illustrated

CHURCH, IAN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Sawyers Bay School 150th Anniversary Committee 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Sawyer's Bay history illustrated pioneers settlers school ian Church

CRAWFORD, PHIL & MUNRO, MARK

Oblong super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to front cover, 114pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. seller's label to rear, light chafing & creasing to covers, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Arrow Press Ltd 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history photography Phil Crawford Mark Munro photos culture Morrinsville

MCLEAN, GAVIN

Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history photography photos colonial

WALKER, CHARLES (Ed) & MOLLER, GORDON (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading to board edges)

PUBLISHER: Balasoglou Books 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings history 100 years NZIA awards culture

ECCLES, ALFRED & REED, A. H. & STEWART, W. DOWNIE (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate denting to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & moderate chipping to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape repairs to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history regional John Jones biography maritime nautical

BROOKING, TOM

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 363pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & covers, light chafing, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history biography memoir John McKenzie politics colonisation Otago regional

HALL-JONES, JOHN

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 170pp, (VG+) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: Southland Harbour Board Bluff 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Bluff Harbour Southland exploration pioneers settlers

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

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

WAITE, Hon. FRED

Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding map frontispiece, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising& scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing &, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history South Otago pioneers settlers

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