Books - "new zealand"
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Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League
New Zealand Labour's Pioneering Days: The History of the Labour Movement in N.Z. From 1840 to 1894
MIS-BOUND UPSIDE DOWN! Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 153pp, VG (bound upside down, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership sm ink stamp to ffep, 1cm closed tears to top edges of prelims)
PUBLISHER: Forward Press 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics Labour party trade labour councils unions industrial 8 eight hour day unionism
Wild Natives
LIMITED NUMBERED (#1370/2000) SIGNED FIRST EDITION, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl soiling and rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Halcyon Press 1994
KEYWORDS: first edition signed Pauline Morse New Zealand wildlife animals art artists birds butterflies ornithology collection
Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand 1841-68
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges & corners, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, 2cm crack/separation to front pages at gutter)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir pioneers settlers Bishop Selwyn religion Christianity religious history
Brett's Colonist's Guide; and Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge Being a Compendium of Information by Practical Colonists
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, 1208pp, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1902
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonist guide history culture cyclopedia cyclopaedia pioneers settlers
How Maui Slowed the Sun (Te Hopu A Maaui I A Te Raa)
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board extrems, light chafin g& soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo legends Maui children's literature modern first edition
The Boy and the Taniwha
Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white cloth spine, illus eps & title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & curling/chipping to edges & corners, price clipped, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori children's literature R L Bacon
Aotearoa New Zealand: From Cape Reinga to Milford Sound
Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Andrew Beswick Photography N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art photography Andrew Beswick collection scenery landscapes landmarks Aotearoa
Seen This Century: 100 Contemporary New Zealand Artists: A Collector's Guide
Octavo, brown light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing/curling to extrems & edges)
PUBLISHER: Godwit /Random House 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists contemporary art collection guide biographies
Fragments of Ancient Maori History
SCARCE, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 23pp, VG (light creasing & curling with light foxing & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Champtaloup & Edmiston 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori ancient history Wirihana Aoterangi Ngatitahinga tribe Raglan antiquity anthropology
The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell
OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history
Black Marks on the White Page
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017
KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand writers authors literature collection anthology short stories novel excerpts
Fly a Balloon: Rona's Memoirs
Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)
PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers
History of Captain John Going: His Ancestrs and Descendants
Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)
PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers
The Family Album: A Photographic Collection of Auckland's Women
SCARCE, oblong lg quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to board edges, sl bruising to board extrems, sl foxing to front eps, sl musty/old book smell) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/curling & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Abco Press (Printer) 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture women Auckland photos photography collection Diana Wong art
True Tales of Kamo
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light cracking to front gutter, sm inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Jeff Oliver Print (Printer) 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Kamo community
Mary McKay: Towards the Light
Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collection biography Mary McKay
The Gentle Griffin: A Biography of Ron Holloway - My Brother As I Knew Him
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history
Sailing or Drowning
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 28pp, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944
KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors poets writers poetry poems Allen Curnow collection literature first edition
The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering & title plate to spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: John Baptist Francis Pompallier Ocieania New Zealand religion religious history Christianity biography memoir