CLARK, G M (TIM)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Imperial octavo, illus light card wrapper, spine blank, illus/printed inside covers, frontispiece, III + 120pp, illus/photos VG (light scuffing and creasing to spine and wrapper edges, light fading to spine, light tanning and soiling to page edges, light soiling and chaffing to wrappers, light to moderate cracking to gutter on title page, prev owners name in ink to copywright page, slight ink rubbing from illus throughout).

PUBLISHER: Friends of Matakohe-Limestone Island Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Matakohe Limestone island history New Zealand nz maori settler life industry cement

BACON, R L & JAHNKE R H G (illus)

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo illus heavy board, black lettering on spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 32pp, Near FINE (very light bruising to spine extems).

PUBLISHER: Waiatarua Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand nz children's Maori myths illustrated mythology literature

RUFF, ELSIE

First edition. Octavo, brown cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt panel to fr board in blind; frontis., plates; [4] + 89 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems w some rubbing; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges; some foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (moderate soiling & rubbing; light bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning).

PUBLISHER: Gemmological Association of Great Britain 1950

KEYWORDS: Elsie Ruff first edition New Zealand Maori Jade

STOKES, EVELYN

Scruffy ex-library, quarto, illus light card wrappers, black cloth bound spine, unpaginated prelims + 330pp, illus/photos, G+ (usual library markings, heavy staining & adhesive reinforcement to wrappers, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to wrapper edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, yellowing ineffective tape reinforcement to front gutter, heavy crack at gutter of preface- binding exposed, moderate creasing to top corners of rear pages, occasional soiling throughout but text remains clear)

PUBLISHER: Univesity of Waikato 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand waitangi tribunal land reports Tauranga Maori crown history historical

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Signed by author. Numbered FIRST EDITION (#59). Prev owner's pre-publication receipt loosely enclosed. Quarto, grey card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., photos; 320 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, w some sl chiping; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history songs folklore poetry history

MILLER, HAMISH & BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Limited numbered FIRST EDITION. Signed by authors. Signed typed letter to prev owner loosely enclosed. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus., photos; [6] + 234 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; some rubbing & soiling to prelims; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history sacred spiritual religion religious

FREEDMAN, SAM (Collected & Arranged for Piano by)

Quarto softcover, stapled (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Seven Seas Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ music songs piano Maori traditional contemporary

SULLIVAN, ROBERT & BISHOP, GAVIN (Illus)

REPRINT, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, teal lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges, minor child's pencil scribble to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ myths legends te ao Maori culture illustrated children's Gavin Bishop literature

KEMPTHORNE, RENATUS

Quarto, light card covers; photos; 294 pp.; VG+ (light rubbing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w sl curling; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu 2000

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Maori religion religious Christian Christianity mission

HOWES, EDITH

Sm octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, publisher ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing/soiling to spine, minor scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, foxing quite heavy to prelims with some minor pencil markings also)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa te ao Maori literature fairy tales

VENNELL, ROBERT

Super octavo, ivory white illus boards, black and mossy green lettering to front cover and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history plants native trees botany biology science Maori

WILSON, J A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 255pp, VG (faded colour to board edges & spine, minimal chipping and light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, minor soiling throughout, ligh tcracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1907

KEYWORDS: first edition Te Waharoa Maori history art New Zealand

GATT, JAMES (Intro)

Quarto, printed light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, 305pp, VG+ (minor creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & wrappers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Uru Waitakere 2025

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand history feminism women

GRACE, THOMAS SAMUEL & BRITTAN, S J (ed) & GRACE, A V (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 314pp, illus/photos, VG (front cover of d/w loosely enclosed, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing/soiling & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: G H Bennett & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Maori pioneers missionaries religion settlers history

COLENSO, W

FACSIMILE REPRINT, front cover and flaps of d/w loosely enclosed, light olive green heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine, illus/maps, VG+ (historical annotation to ffep - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Treaty of Waitangi Maori New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history

CROCKET, KATHIE (ed) & DAVIS, EUGENE (ed) Et Al

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, yellow text to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand therapy Maori biography history

MORRIS SCOBIE, J

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo softcover, stapled (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Lake Tarawera Ratepayers' Association 1986

KEYWORDS: signed J Morris Scobie NZ New Zealand Lake Tarawera centennial centenary history geology pre-colonial Maori

COATES, ISAAC & MITCHELL, HILARY & MITCHELL, JOHN & CATCHPOLE, JULIE (essay)

Quarto, white illus heavy boards, black lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2021

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand Isaac Coates portraits

MACKAY, JOSEPH ANGUS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus terminals, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor fading and bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, minor creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: J A Mackay 1949

KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history poverty society memorial migration Maori settlers

HOUSTON, JOHN & KEENAN, DANNY (fore)

REVISED EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor soiling to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Reed 2006

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand society Taranaki social history