WELLS, PETER

INCLUDES LETTER FROM AUTHOR'S MOTHER REGARDING PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK, square octavo, black cloth boards, 84pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to enclosed letter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cecilia Ediitons 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art sketches drawings historic buildings architecture history Peter Wells

HENDERSON, ANNE

Very Tidy Ex-Library Paperback (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: Harper 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Biography Mary MacKillop Catholic Saints

GATLEY, JULIA (Ed) & TREEP, LUCY (Ed)

Super octavo, light blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 279pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture and Planning / University of Auckland 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture planning design buildings history centennial centenary Auckland

MACKIE, JANE

Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 303pp illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Saint Kentigern Trust Board 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history St Saint Kentigern alumni education

HARROP, DAVID

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 141pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Harrop 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Wanganui John James Maxwell biographies

McGREGOR, HELEN

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, 57pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Helen Smith / Evenstar Photography 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings churches Frederick de Jersey Clere Manawatu Rangitikei districts history historical

HARRIS, JOSHUA et al & PARNELL, JIM (Compiled by)

LOOSELY ENCLOSED LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xx + 107pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jim Parnell 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Joshua Harris anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical autobiography Wanganui

REID, ALEC & REID, DAVID

Octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to green faux leather spine, illus eps, 127pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Paddlewheels Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical biographies paddlewheels Wanganui

GAWAITH, BARBARA

SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR REGARDING REVIEWS LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creaisng/curling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Barbara Gawaith 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history James Reddy Clendon biographies pioneers settlers family genealogy

N/A

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, directory ink stamps to page edges, printed eps, xii + 953pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy cracking to rear hinge, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minor cracking to some gutters, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stone, Son & Co 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories 1945 Otago Southland businesses history

TAYLOR, W A

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges with sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, tatty (v heavy creasing & tearing to edges with some loss, moderate wrinkling/creasing & soiling/discolouration to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd N/D (c.1950?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history south island folklore lore culture customs

SLIGO, 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: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: literature fiction New Zealand

MORRIS, Professor E E et al & PERCEVAL, Sir W B (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1895

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history pictorial

MANING, FREDERICK E (A PAKEHA MAORI) & HOCKEN, Dr (Intro)

Octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece, xv + 350pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing with tanning to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & surface loss to front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history war 1845 Ngapuhi tribe Maori traditions

MASON, R A K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, string bound light card covers, red lettering to front cover, unpaginated, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry R A K Mason first editions collection verse

RETZLAFF, MISA TELEFONI

Warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 302pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Misa Telefoni Retzlaff 2021

KEYWORDS: signed Misa Telefoni Retzlaff New Zealand autobiography memoir Samoa

SHEPARD, DEBORAH & McDERMOTT, JOHN (Photo)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR & PHOTOGRAPHER, super octavo, illus glossy stiff card covers, red & black lettering to spine, 462pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand authors writers literature literary biographies interviews portraits signed

WILSON, PETER (Compiled & Written by)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PT & LM Wilson 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lepperton Sentry Hill Waiongona pioneers settlers

MEIKLE, MURRAY C

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, dvd to rear pocket, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, disc to rear pocket may not work- lightly scratched & soiled) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: military history medical New Zealand plastic surgeons plastic surgery ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Gillies Pickering McINdoe Mowlem

WRATT, G S & SMITH, H C

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 309pp, illus/photo, VG- (moderate creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to base of front cover, light fading & chafing/soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate creasing to lower page corners, light to moderate water staining & wrinkling to top edges of prelims, 35mm closed tear rear cover/spine hinge)

PUBLISHER: Butterworths of New Zealand 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand plants breeding gardening scientific industrial research horticulture botany cropping forestry soil conservation pasture