KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

O'CONNOR, DENIS

LARGE ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH, INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 144pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to boards)

PUBLISHER: H Books / Aitche Books 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions signed Denis O'Connor

O'CONNOR, DENIS

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black H illus to front board, illus eps, 95pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H Books / Aitche Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions signed Denis O'Connor

WITTNER, LAWRENCE S

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 641pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Lawrence S Wittner nuclear bombs peace history disarmament antinuclear movement politics political

HORN, Dr JOSHUA S & SNOW, EDGAR (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board extrems & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlyn 1969

KEYWORDS: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF AMPUTATIONS first editions signed J S Horn medical medicine health China Chinese surgeon autobiography autobiographies memoir

TARLING, NICHOLAS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & brown lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling New Zealand history autobiography autobiogarphies memoir

BAKER, ROBERT J (Trans, Intro, Commentary & Latin Text by)

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, ix + 241pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of New England 1990

KEYWORDS: signed latin texts Robert J Baker ancient history literature Sextus Propertius Rome Roman antiquity elegies

FOWLER, MICHAEL

WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY MICHAEL FOWLER, square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, University of Auckland coat of arms tipped in to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel 1993

KEYWORDS: art New Zealand artists Michael Fowler University of Auckland signed

HOWIE-WILLIS, IAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINTED SIGNED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 487pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Ian Howie-Willis medical officers military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Major-General Ginger Burston biography biographies memoir

WOODWARD, ALISTAIR & BLAKELY, TONY

INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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: Auckland University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward

HUSTON, PERDITA

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Earthscan Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: women's rights gender politics family planning health children pregnancy signed Perdita Huston

WOODWARD, MARY D

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (with initial 'B' for Bob- her nickname), also signed as Mary Woodward on title page, oblong 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: Mary D Woodward 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Mary Bob Woodward New Zealand Piha history

SCARFE, ALAN

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 595pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2013

KEYWORDS: signed Alan Scarfe New Zealand history Maraekakaho Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers Sir Donald McLean

HOLDEN, PHILIP

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers, light fading/tanning to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand sheep farming agriculture Nicholas Station rural

McCORMICK, E H (SARGESON, FRANK)

ASSOCIATION COPY- INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY NZ AUTHOR FRANK SARGESON, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HELEN SHAW, dated Christmas 1981- one of the last books he signed, as he does in March 1982, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to board edges/extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Sargeson association copies Helen Shaw art history biography biographies memoir Frances Hodgkins New Zealand

TYRRELL, A R

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996

KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch

MARKS, ROBIN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing/gouging to rear, light soiling, light creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Robin Marks New Zealand history Tuapeka County centennial centenary pioneers settlers

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers

RYMILL, ARTHUR & DRYSDALE, RUSSELL (Fore)

SIGNED BY ARTIST, oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Dridan 1972

KEYWORDS: signed art David Dridan collections

HALL-JONES, JOHN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, FROM COLLECTION OF PETER CHANDLER, octavo stapled light ard 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: Fiordland National Park Board 1979

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand history Fiordland place names