BARWICK, MARGARET & VAN DER SCHANS, ANTON (Chief Ed) & SCHOKMAN, LARRY M (Fore) & CLAUDY, JAN BARWICK (Illus)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xxi + 484pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, sl creasing & tanning, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2004

KEYWORDS: trees New Zealand tropical subtropical encyclopedia plants biology flowers botany

HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (minimal creasing to spine and minimal scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2017

KEYWORDS: cars automobile mechanics engineering racing Ford New Zealand automotive

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

NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus terminals, XII + 608pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minimal foxing to upper page edges and eps, minimal marking to front pastedown and lower page edges, minimal creasing to page corners from pages 481-496)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1993

KEYWORDS: navy maritime logs ships nautical Australia history biography New Zealand

JAMES, COLIN (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover and spine, XIV + 448pp, VG+ (minimal creasing/curling to spine & wrappers/edges, minimal tanning to rear cover edges, minimal soiling and foxing to page edges, minimal staining to lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies 2000

KEYWORDS: politics constitution parliament law New Zealand

BAGNALL, A G

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus front pastedown, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 101pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate water staining to top edges of boards, other minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Carterton Borough Council nd (1957)

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Carterton Charles Rooking Carter settlers

ADSHEAD, RONA

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, gold heavy boards, light blue lettering to spine, illus eps including map, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Peter J Stewart 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Rotomanu Inchbonnie Poerua Grey County Westland New Zealand history

VOWLES, JACK et al (Eds)

Super octavo, black and white lettering to front wrapper and spine, xii + 265pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (minimal creasing to extrems, minimal soiling to upper page edges, minimal soiling to front cover, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University 2004

KEYWORDS: politics parliament law elections New Zealand NZ Aotearoa

MCLEAN, JOHN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 444p, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mclean 2010

KEYWORDS: signed history New Zealand Nova Scotia Scotland highlanders sailors settlers sailing migration

BULLER, REV JAMES

FIRST EDITION, Sm octavo, illus dark grey buckram boards, black stamped lettering to front board and spine, folding map to frontis, viii + 202pp, illus/photos/ads, VG (archival repairs to closed tears of coloured folding map, 3cm crack to head of front hinge, light chipping to edges of spine, minor soiling & scuffing to spine, light bruising and minimal scuffing to extrems, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, newspaper clipping pasted to ffep, occasional minor pencil annotations & markings to margins, light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1880

KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history

MEAD, RICHARD

Super octavo, denim blue heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, IX + 309pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minimal creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2020

KEYWORDS: Royal New Zealand Air Force military aviation Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane biography Royal Navy WW2 World War II

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

MARSHALL, SIR JOHN (ed)

UNCOMMON, octavo, coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, 238pp, VG (minor scuffing to extrems and spine, minor tanning and foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to inside wrappers & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page- partially detached but present, minor cracking to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute of Public Administration 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics reforms parliament law

EDMONDS, JUNE (ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, bound in brown faux leather, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps eps, 345pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Roydhouse 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Alfredton history society settlers pioneers

BASSETT, MICHAEL & BASSETT, JUDITH

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOE BABICH, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 220pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal tanning and soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Joe Babich biography wine New Zealand history

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

BAIRD, ROSEMARY

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white and light yellow lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2025

KEYWORDS: mining New Zealand Manapouri Wanganella hydroelectricity engineering

Unknown

FIRST EDITION THUS, INCREASINGLY UNCOMMON, folio, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG (sl rubbing & soiling to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout, minor yellowing tape repairs to facsimiles)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition THUS Treat of Waitangi New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history Declaration of Independence

ANNABELL, ROSS & DONALD, MARION

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Parapara-Field's Track Historical Society Incorporated 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Parapara history

PALENSKI, RON (Compiled by)

Uncommon very tidy ex library, octavo, illus light card wrappers- stiffened, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (missing front fep, large crack to front gutter- photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame 2013

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature rugby New Zealand sports