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

ORLOWSKI, JACK

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 68pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, prev. owner's names in ink & white adhesive labels to ffep & full title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago regional history Southland high country

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

SUTTON, IRENE & PROCTOR, BILL

SIGNED BY AUTHORS, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, Illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Print (Printer) N/D (2004 approx.)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Kaitangata illustrated photos mining

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

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

MARSDEN, SAMUEL & ELDER, JOHN RAWSON (Ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR, NUMBERED 339/1000, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, 580pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board edges with colour loss to inside edges of boards, archival repairs to first 4 pages, prev owners sign to fep, light foxing) in d/w (heavy rubbing with loss in places to rear cover, moderate chipping to extrems with some archival repairs, moderate tanning, scuffing and light soiling, flaps trimmed)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1932

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence journal diary Samuel Marsden collection New Zealand history signed

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

TROTTER, MICHAEL & McCULLOCH, BEVERLEY

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims & terminals, 151pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light staining to front board, prev. owner's name & white adhesive label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand agriculture livestock cattle breeds animals farming farms biodiversity breeding conservation rare sheep pigs horses

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

MACINTOSH, JOAN

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 246pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, signature in ink to half title page, section cut out of top corner of fep, light foxing) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, various closed tears to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Otara Centennial Book Committee 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Southland Otara 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

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

NEWBOLD, GREG

Revised, 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: William Collins 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand justice law legal true crime prison system autobiography Greg Newbold inmates jail