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

TREVELYAN, JILL

Super octavo, illus stiff card covers, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 493pp, illus/photos, VG+ (prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, v sl fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art biography memoir Peter McLeavey dealer business

GRAYSON, SUE (Organiser) & VERNEY, ROSE (Designer)

Square super octavo, cream stapled light card wrappers, 52pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning to cover & page edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Serpentine Gallery 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists sculptors John Panting collection

WESTRA, ANS

UNCOMMON, imperial octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, 57pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning to spine & edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen Gov't Printer n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography Viliami education bulletin schools Ans Westra Pacific Islands people culture children's literature

SCHNOOR, CHRISTOPH & McCONCHIE, GRAEME (Eds)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 98pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to lower cover corner)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture Unitec 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings essays prose collection literature Auckland

EARL, MAURIE (Compiled)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, iii + 209pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Maurie Earl n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Isaac Mary Gibbs genealogy Bromwell Cole Quinney Hodgkinson Elvines Trower Fenemor Stringer Ilton Mead Nelson regional pioneers settlers

EARL, MAURIE (Compiled)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus stapled glossy light card covers, 170pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Maurie Earl n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy isaac Mary Gibbs Bromell Cole Quinney Hodgkinson Elvines Trower Fenemor Stringer Ilton Mead settlers pioneers

DANGERFIELD, J. A. (Compiled)

Lg quarto, yellow & white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, v + 72pp, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: J A Dangerfield 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail Otago railway Lewis Coal Mine Molyneux Coal Point trains

ABRAHAMSON, JENNY & ENYS, CHARLES (Illus) & O'MALLEY, JOHN (Photos)

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Wily Publications 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Castle Hill sheep station farming agriculture Canterbury provincial John Charles Enys photos paintings art collection

WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG+ (sl chafing to board edges, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 15mm closed tear to base of front cover with tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature New Zealand Albert Wendt

HECTOR, JAMES

BOARDS HANGING TENUOUSLY BY A COUPLE OF THREADS! Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, lxv + 471pp, tatty (boards v loose but stiil attached, heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some loss, moderate scuffing to board corners & edges, moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate to heavy soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters otherwise internally pretty sound, prev. owner's name plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers, 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand institute proceedings transactions history

DAVIS, H. P. H.

MASTERS THESIS, quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 246pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: H. P. H. Davis 1979

KEYWORDS: thesis masters degree education teaching visiting teachers teacher training New Zealand

SYDNEY, GRAHAME & FINDLAY, MICHAEL & TURNER, BRIAN & JONES, BELINDA & GRAHAM, REG

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to spine and edges of cover, light soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Grahame Sydney collection anthology compilation signed essays literature prose criticism

GAWRON, PETE & McLEAN, AARON (Photos) & NEILL, SAM (Essay) & SYDNEY, GRAHAME (Essay)

Square quarto, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, sl tanning to page edges0 in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & white label to spine)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cooking cookery culinary food Central Otago recipes Saffron

TAYLOR, ALISTER

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing/curling & fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art Goldie Maori portraits history culture

WHITE, LEO

Oblong quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in red felt ink to ffep, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd n/d (c.1957)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation ariel photography photos Whites Invercargill southland

O'BRIEN, GREGORY & CROSS, ROBERT (Photos)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Godwit Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art contemporary collection profiles

TAYLOR, E. MERVYN

FIRST EDITION, quarto, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontspiece, illus prelims, 52pp, illus, VG (light discolouration to board extrems/edges, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, scruffy (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine & edges with some loss, moderate tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Mermaid Press 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition art wood engravings E Mervyn Taylor New Zealand artists