TUWHARE, HONE & MATCHITT, PARA (Jacket Design)

PARA MATCHITT D/W, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 42pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse literature Hone Tuwhare collection

BRASCH, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, brown lettering to cloth spine, 51pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poems poetry verse Charles Brasch literature collection first edition

CRESSWELL, WALTER D'ARCY & ROTHENSTEIN, WILLIAM (Portrait)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand writers literary biography memoir autobiography Walter D'Arcy Cresswell poetry literature

BRASCH, CHARLES

Octavo pamphlet, black lettering, unpaginated, VG (light creasing & tanning/foxing to edges & rear cover, minor occasional tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Press Room, University of Otago 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Charles Brasch poetry poems verse literature

N/A [WISE'S]

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, place name tabs to page edges, printed eps, xx + 1216pp, illus/adverts, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate soiling & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps with some minor foxing to eps also, occasional closed tearing to pages, moderate creasing & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy creasing page tabs)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1953-54

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories Auckland provincial history 50s fifties WISES

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), THIS VOL FEATURES N.Z., imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & rule/tooling to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 308pp + unpaginated maps to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork to spine & board corners, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals plus pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia maps history culture

CRUMP, BARRY

SCARCE! AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 152pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & light creasing to spine & covers with some surface loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & som eminor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Gold Star Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Barry Crump humour humor bastards literature social commentary first Australian edition

HAMILTON, J. H.

SCARCE, imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 129pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Don McDiarmid (Printer) 1959

KEYWORDS: all red route mail service history trans-pacific British Columbia Australia New Zealand post postal

RULE, S. M. (Ed)

LIMITED EDITION (#481), imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 140pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wyatt & Wilson Print (Printer) N/D c.1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand volunteer fire brigade emergency services Sumner Canterbury regional history

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & coat of arms illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 310pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board corners, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887

KEYWORDS: cassell's Australasia history culture customs Australia New Zealand Dunedin

MCKENZIE, PATSY & BATCHELOR, DAVID

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: Craighead Diocesan School 2011

KEYWORDS: greengages craighead school timaru new zealand education history

MAYHEW, DOC & LOMU, JONAH (forew.)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2004

KEYWORDS: signed rugby sport sports doc mayhew all blacks doctor new zealand

ANSLEY, BRUCE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature Bruce Ansley tracks history historical wild journeys

FRANCIS, NORTON et al

Quarto string bound light card covers (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: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (Printer) 1936?

KEYWORDS: New Zealand commerce business trade industry

STRONG, MERVYN A.

Quarto 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: Tongariro Ski Club Inc. 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ski fields history Ruapahu Tongariro ski club hobbies skiing

NEWTON, JOHN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: signed first editions John Newton New Zealand poets poetry poems verse literature

WALSH, T. CROSBIE et al

Imperial 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: Wanderlust Magazine 1930

KEYWORDS: wanderlust magazine New Zealand publications magazines travel literature

LIMBRICK, WARREN EDMUND

Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Parnell Heritage Inc 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious buildings chapels Judges Bay history architecture

BLAND, PETER

FIRST EDITION, 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: Steele Roberts 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions literature poetry New Zealand poets poems verse Peter Bland collection

JOHNSON, LOUIS (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature collection anthology