MATTHEWS, JULIAN

Square super octavo hardcover (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: Viking Pacific / Penguin 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gardening gardens guide plants

PEAT, NEVILLE

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, 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: University of Otago Press 2002

KEYWORDS: signed Neville Peat New Zealand Otago Museum exhibitions natural history guides

FISHER, MURIEL E & SATCHELL, E & WATKINS, JANET M

Imperial 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: William Collins Publishers 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gardening plants southern hemisphere shrubs trees guide

SIMPSON, TONY

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: Godwit / Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culinary history food cuisine culture

MACFIE, REBECCA

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: Awa Press 2021

KEYWORDS: Helen Kelly New Zealand Zealanders biography biographies memoir trade union movement

TRIMMER, Sir JOHN & BOOTH, ROGER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 258pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Roger Booth / Sir John Trimmer 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dance dancers dancing hobbies arts music stage performance art artists signed Sir John Trimmer ballet

CALRKE, GEORGE

REBOUND, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board only, printed eps, frontispiece, 106pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor staining & heavy wrinkling to boards/material, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: J Walch & Sons 1903

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early life settlers pioneers customs George Clarke

EVANS, ALLISTER

LACKS D/W & FEP, octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 296pp, folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy rubbing, chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ffep missing, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, folding map partially glued shut- still readable)

PUBLISHER: Waikaka Historical Committee 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Waikaka early settlers pioneers

BUICK, T LINDSAY

LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T Lindsay Buick extinction species extinct birds avian dinornis

PATERSON, ALISTAIR

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, vii + 39pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep, moderate glue staining to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning, chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Pilgrims South Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature Alistair Paterson

COSTLEY, NIGEL & GLASSFORD, RODERICK & GRADY, DON

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, maroon lettering to spine, frontispiece, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history nautical Edwin Fox merchant ships

CONLEY, D G

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to covers only, frontispiece, 120pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, discreet tape repairs to top extrem of spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing throughout, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 94/95)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Printing & Publishing 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir JJs Dunedin James John Marlow

ROBERTS, W H S et al

Octavo, cream light card wrappers, 173pp, illus, folding maps/photos, G+ (extremely heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & cover edges with loss, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, varying degrees of foxing throughout, varying degrees of creasing & tearing to page edges throughout, rusting to staples, covers partially torn from staples)

PUBLISHER: Mail Office, Oamaru N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north Otago early settlers pioneers Oamaru

N/A

Super octavo, black buckram boards- rivetted, silver gilt lettering to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (heavy soiling & rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, varying degrees of staining to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: The National Roads Board, New Zealand 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand traffic signs markings road use history motoring

MARTIN, JOHN E

SIGNED, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, illus prelims, 390pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political history house of representatives signed John E Martin

IRELAND-KENNY, PAULINE (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 140pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pauline Ireland-Kenny 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy early settlers Scotland Scottish Otago Fairbairn Ireland family

METCALF, L J

SECOND EDITION, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 292pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm loss to top edge of front cover, light tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand native trees shrubs plants identification species cultivation

FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, brown textured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xliii + 604pp, VG- (moderate scuffing, chafing & soiling to spine & boards with moderate discolouration also, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, dark blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xl + 558pp, G+ (heavy cracking & rubbing/fading to spine- flapping slightly, moderate chafing , fading & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

McCORMICK, GARY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR & SAM HUNT (TO REAR), super octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to covers, moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Piano Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems verse literature Gary McCormick signed Sam Hunt