RICHARDS, Captain G. H. & EVANS, F. J. (compiled by)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xx + 476pp, illus: single map only,VG- (moderate-heavy cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderate scuffing, soiling & sun-fading to boards, light cracking to spine, moderate-heavy foxing/tanning to pages, occasional annotations in light pencil)

PUBLISHER: Oder of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 1891

KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime ocean sea travel voyages journeys navigation exploration expeditions surveying sailing directions ships hms acheron pandora

PHIZ (illus)

COVERS DETACHED; Super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, adverts to eps, 53pp, illus. sketch portraits, G (covers fully detached, heavy chipping & soiling to covers, moderate discolouration & creasing to pages, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, fep & first page of text, bookseller's price label to fep)

PUBLISHER: The Christchurch Press Co. Ltd. 1892

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics politicians political history media journalism cartoons drawings sketches art illustrated phiz commentary commentaries christchurch press newspapers

N/A

Tidy ex-library; Super octavo, illus light card covers, 131pp, illus: photos & folding maps throughout, VG- (heavy chipping to covers with a few closed tears & some surface loss to upper spine extrem, light soiling & fading to covers, light tanning & soiling to pages, light creasing to folding map at rear, usual library markings to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Harbour Board 1927

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand south island canterbury christchurch lyttelton harbour board jubilee anniversary 1877 1927 celebrations illustrated maps

WHITE, LEO L. (managing ed) & DOUGLAS, DESNA K. (ed)

Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green, yellow & white light card covers, green lettering to white spine, adverts to eps, 152pp incl. adverts at front & rear, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers/spine, light discolouration to pages, usual library markings to covers, spine & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Limited 1956

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand aviation directories guides handbooks index indices reference history whites transport air travel flight pilots airports aeroplanes airplanes aircraft

N/A

Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts to eps, 94pp, illus adverts & figures, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, moderate chipping to spine extrems with sl. surface loss, light creasing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club (Incorporated) 1925

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago motor club year book yearbooks road guides guidebooks handbooks motorists automotives automobiles vehicles transport travel driving cars roads instructions instructional

WONG, DIANA (photog)

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; Oblong imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, photo illus title page, unpaginated, photo illus, VG (inscription in blue ink to fep, light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling/discolouration to prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (several small or moderately-sized closed & open tears to corners, edges & spine extrems with archival tape repairs, heavy rubbing & creasing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abco Press Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand north island auckland women gender photos photography art artists collections diana wong 1970s social cultural history

COOKE, C. R. (ed)

HORRIBLE TAPE 'REPAIR' TO SPINE BY PREV. OWNER; Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts & illus prelims, 272pp, photo & advert illus, VG- (heavy wear to spine, repaired by prev. owner with white masking tape - unnattractive but book is in one piece, heavy cracking to gutters & binding delicate, light soiling & moderate creasing to covers with a couple of small close tears, heavy staining from adhesive residue to eps, otherwise light foxing, creasing & tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Thames Printing Company, Ltd. 1927

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island thames history jubilee diamond anniversary celebrations souvenirs illustrated

KELLY, LESLIE G.

Ex-library; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, illus photo plates & maps, VG (moderate scuffing, fraying & sun-fading to board and spine extrems, sl. surface loss to spine extrems, light tanning to end pages, usual library markings to prelims and terminals, covered in clear protective wrap- taped to pastedowns - good reading copy)

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

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand north island bay of islands northland france french travel exploration voyages journeys expeditions terra australis tasman marine ocean ship sea early history historical colonialism

BRODSKY, ALEXANDER & UTKIN, ILYA & BURKE, GREGORY (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 78pp, illus plates, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Wellington City Art Gallery 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wellington visual arts art artists architecture architects alexander brodsky ilya utkin moscow russian palazzo nero soviet union gallery exhibition catalogues collections illustrated

PARNELL, WINSOME

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021

KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology

HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong octavo, illus heavy card boards, green & white lettering to black spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 206pp, illus colour photos, VG+ (light bruising, rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to pages, bookseller's price label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2015

KEYWORDS: new zealand motoring collecting collections vintage automotives automobiles vehicles transport cars illustrated hobbies leisure recreation museums

HALL-JONES, JOHN

Ex-library, lacks d/w; Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps - maps, 146pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling & tanning to pages, front cover fragment of d/w pasted to front board, d/w flap fragments pasted to pastedowns, usual library markings)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand south island otago southland early settler history 19th nineteenth century john turnbull thomson surveying surveyor general exploration explorers mapping map drawing charting colonialism

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

FEP TORN/CUT; Super octavo, blue & black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 629pp, illus, VG (fep torn/cut, otherwise VG+ with light rubbing & soiling to boards and page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling, moderate creasing, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand united states of america american u.s.a. comparitive history politics political culture cultural values society government democracy democratic liberty freedom individualism

WILLIAMS, TONY (photog) & NEALE, EMMA (essays & interview) & SORZANO, RIGEL (essays)

SIGNED BY TONY WILLIAMS; Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, glossy black lettering to spine & front board, glossy black Tony Williams logo to rear board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 176pp, illus colour plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, autograph in black ink to prelim page) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Tony Williams Gallery 2018

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand south island otago dunedin jewellers jewellery jewelry goldsmiths goldsmithing gemmology gold art artists sculptures sculptors modern crafts illustrated

MORAN, WARREN & FRECKI, IGOR (cartography by)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 376pp, illus: colour photos, maps & figures, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to boards, occasional light soiling to pages/page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand wine industry winemaking manufacturing alcohol drinking viticulture oenology vineyards grape growing harvesting history geography auckland gisborne hawke's bay wairarapa nelson marlborough canterbury central otago illustrated maps

N/A [WISE'S]

This vol. only; Sm. quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering and adverts to spine & boards, adverts to eps & prelims, 512pp + unpaginated Official Directory + several unpaginated adverts throughout, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising & light soiling to boards, heavy creasing to index tabs, light soiling & creasing plus moderate tanning to pages with a couple coming slightly loose)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd. 1957

KEYWORDS: otago southland dunedin south island new zealand wise's post office directories directory reference guides index indices

N/A [WISE'S]

This vol. only; Sm. quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering and adverts to spine & boards, adverts to eps & prelims, 488pp + several unpaginated adverts throughout, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising & discolouration to boards, moderate cracking to hinges at spine extrems, heavy creasing to index tabs, light-moderate foxing, tanning & occasional light creasing to pages with a couple coming slightly loose)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd. 1956

KEYWORDS: otago southland dunedin south island new zealand wise's post office directories directory reference guides index indices

ENSING, RIEMKE

SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION 95/250; Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 23pp, VG (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Corban Estate Arts Centre 2003

KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered editions new zealand auckland poets poems poetry collections literature riemke ensing colin mccahon

BURNET, J. H. (preface)

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 32pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, light-moderate foxing, tanning & creasing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Alexander Museum 1933

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wanganui whanganui museums early history alexander guide books guides handbooks exhibits illustrated

MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed scarce thus new zealand literature literary drama plays theatre theater solo monologues fiction performance performing arts bruce mason te parenga