TALLON, MARY

SIGNED BY RAYMOND WINDSOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers & edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pause For Effect 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders biography memoir medical surgeons Ray Raymond Windsor signed missionaries

DREW, SAMUEL (Ed)

INCLUDES AN EARLY ARTICLE ON CANNIBALISM IN NZ, octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 578pp, illus, VG- (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards & extrems, heavy cracking to hinges- boards still firmly attached, heay tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some pgs loose but present, prev. owner's names to both pastedowns, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing to pages throughout, some closed tearing & coloured pencil scribbling to portraits, some pgs potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson 1832

KEYWORDS: imperial magazine New Zealand monthly periodicals

N/A

Octavo, illus string & staple bound light card wrappers, red & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, xviii + 966pp, VG- (moderate foxing & tanning & creasing to spine & covers, moderate chipping & closed tearing to spine extrems, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Universal Business Directories Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland business directory 1951 businesses

GISBORNE, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, xii + 360pp, illus/maps, VG (minimal but ususal library markings, spine sl cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, foxing sporadically throughout, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: E. A. Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization settlers William Gisborne

YATE, Rev. WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 310pp + index to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout, occasional clumps of pgs loose but still attached, minor cracking to gutters, may lack maps and/or plates)

PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history church missionaries north island William Yate

JONES (HINGSTON), VERNA

DATED & SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 70pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to internal sides of covers)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (c.1982?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers family history genealogy Hingston

WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (spine v sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

DALLAS, RUTH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 54pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning, soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets Ruth Dallas poetry verse poems collection literature first edition

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