MATHESON, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Limited 1999

KEYWORDS: new zealand sports rugby all blacks jhon matheson anthology serge blanco david campese dawie de villiers gareth edwards gavin hastings phil kearns willie john mcbride brian moore francois pienaar hugo porta gary teichmann jpr williams athletes profiles

HOWITT, BOB & MCCONNEL, ROBIN & [MAINS, LAURIE]

SIGNED BY LAURIE MAINS; super 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: Rugby Publishing Ltd. 1996

KEYWORDS: signed laurie mains rugby sport all blacks biography sports new zealand

CHARMAN, JANET

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Auckland University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: signed first edition lyric verse poet poery poem poems new zealand janet charman

N/A

Oblong 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: St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club 2022

KEYWORDS: st clair beach groyne poles dunedin new zealand otago photos photography

MATHESON, JOHN & [MEHRTENS, ANDREW]

Quarto 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: HarperSports 2007

KEYWORDS: rugby new zealand andrew mehrtens sport sports all blacks

N/A

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, metal studs to blue cloth spine/boards, black lettering to front board, sm pamphlet attached to front eps, unpaginated, illus/diagrams, VG- (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to board extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps with moderate creasing, light foxing to attached pamphlet)

PUBLISHER: E. V. Paul, Gov't Printer 1940

KEYWORDS: military history aviation rnzaf air force training New Zealand nz Aotearoa education flight flying pilots pilot

McCLOY, NICOLA & KING, JANE (Photo)

Square super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 299pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine cocked, light creasing & scuffing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa buildings historic architecture history biographies

ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN & ELDRED-GRIGG, HUGH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white, brown & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 427pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges with some light occasional creasing)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii society history social commentary literature art

MOON, PAUL

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 453pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Atuanui Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa north island Waikato rivers waterways history

PATERSON, A. S.

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, illus title page, 100pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & foxing & tanning to spine & covers, moderate scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutcheson, Bowman and Johnson 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa satire humour humor cartoons Dominion newspaper collection A S Paterson

LANG, GAVIN & HILLARY, PETER (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Gavin Lang and Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa mountain climbing mountains hiking exploration travel highest peaks Gavin Lang

HIPKINS, GAVIN

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light creasing to sleeve on rear board)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Zealanders art artists Gavin Hipkins writing prose

CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some light foxing)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels literature Barry Crump New Zealand Aoteaora writers authors humour humor

CRUMP, BARRY & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 181pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to lower edge of front cover, light fading to spine, sl foxing)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Barry Crump New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors

HOWITT, BOB

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY SIR WILSON, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 277pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Aotearoa sport history biography memoir Sir Wilson Whineray rugby union

DAVIS, LEIGH

SLIPCASED 2 BOOKS & DVD IN POCKET, square quarto, white cloth boards- other book has illus light card covers with french flaps, illus eps, vol 1- 215pp, vol 2- unpaginated, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to board edges) in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jack Books 2009-2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Aotearoa art drama Leigh Davis literature verse

N/A

Quarto, illus/printed light card covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light rusting & separation to staples at spine)

PUBLISHER: McLeod & Slade Ltd (Printer) 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa north island towns regional local history Stratford jubilee

HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl sccuffing to extrems, prev. owner's ink stamps to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa rail travel transport railways locomotives history Graham Hutchins

ANSLEY, BRUCE

Oblong imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's promo label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa travel exploration road trips literature Bruce Ansley

CHING, RAY (Paintings) & WOLFE, RICHARD (Intro)

Oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Ray Ching paintings Aesop's fables tales literature