ELDER, JOHN RAWSON

Imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind-stamped lettering in decorative panel to front board, upper page edges stained blue, light blue eps, xv + 464pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to upper spine extrem, some light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning to spine, staining to spine/front, heavy nicking & tears to edges, some soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom 1940

KEYWORDS: John Rawson Elder New Zealand Presbyterian Church history

POLLARD, JOHN S

Large quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 207pp, illus, VG (ding to lower spine extrem, slight staining to page fore-edges, slight wrinkling to some pages) in d/w, VG+ (scratch to front)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1987

KEYWORDS: John S Pollard New Zealand Christchurch engineering industrial architecture history

CULBERT, BILL

Octavo, illus black heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, 72pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: City Gallery 1997

KEYWORDS: Bill Culbert New Zealand art

MEEHAN, NORMAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 336pp, illus + DVD in pocket to rear, previous owner's name & inscription to title page, VG+

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Norman Meehan Mike Nock New Zealand music musician biography

JOLL, GARY

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 148pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to fep,

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: Gary Joll Bob Hart New Zealand Alaska hunting memoir travel

LANGBEIN, ANNABEL

Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps, illus prelims, 321pp, illus, nr fine ( owner's name in ink to fep verso)

PUBLISHER: Annabel Langbein 2011

KEYWORDS: Annabel Langbein New Zealand cookery cooking cookbook food recipes cuisine

MERCER, ROSEMARY D.

Inscribed & signed by author, one-page holograph letter of author loosely enclosed, super octavo, black & red illus light card covers with white lettering, v + frontispiece map + 277pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Butterfly Creek Books 2007

KEYWORDS: Rosemary D Mercer New Zealand biography history Nelson mining engineer Joseph Taylor Puponga Coal Mine

SATCHELL, WILLIAM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: specials William Satchell New Zealand literature fiction novel

STEAD, C. K.

First edition, ownership signature of Margaret Scott, octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials C K Stead New Zealand literature poetry poems first edition

MCGILL, DAVID

Oblong super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1984

KEYWORDS: specials David McGill New Zealand Wellington Harbour Port Nicholson history

PEAT, NEVILLE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Neville Peat Tim Wallis New Zealand aviation biography

O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Vincent O'Sullivan New Zealand literature fiction novel

OGILVIE, GORDON

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, dark blue eps, 267pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name & date in ink to fep & to half-title page, v slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors St Andrew's College 1992

KEYWORDS: Gordon Ogilvie signed New Zealand St Andrew's College Christchurch school education history

ALINGTON, MARGARET & ALINGTON, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 297pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: Margaret Alington New Zealand biography Frederick Thatcher architect priest history

SCHRODER, J. H. E.

First edition inscribed & signed by author, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained green, vi + 199pp, VG (some fading to spine & adjacent board edges, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: JM Dent & Sons 1938

KEYWORDS: first edition signed JHE Schroder New Zealand literature essays literary criticism

COPLAND, RAY A. & CLARK, RUSSELL (Illus)

Copy of manuscript inscribed & signed by author to Margaret Scott, large quarto, cream ring-bound light card covers with black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Copy of stories published in NZ Listener in 1950s

KEYWORDS: Ray A Copland New Zealand literature short stories

AN OLD IDENTITY [BARR, JAMES]

First edition, lacks title page but frontispiece present, original binding, octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, blind decorative rule to rear board, brown coated eps, frontispiece, iv + 395pp, illus, VG- (lacks title page, heavy browning to spine, fading & rubbing to boards, some bruising & fraying to top & base of spine & board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, heavy browning & foxing to page edges, some browning & soiling to prelims, 3cm tatty tear to page 1 upper edge, some sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: Mills Dick & Co 1879

KEYWORDS: first edition James Barr New Zealand Otago history

MASON, RONALD ALISON KELLS

Signed, dated & inscribed by author, octavo, red boards with black lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (two 2cm tatty tears to rear upper edge, light bruising & nicks to upper spine extrem, some browning & foxing to inside)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1962

KEYWORDS: signed Ronald Alison Kells Mason New Zealand literature poetry poems

SALMOND, J. D.

First edition, illus light card covers with plain white spine & black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 78pp, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1967

KEYWORDS: first edition JD Salmond New Zealand Queenstown Frankton Glenorchy Skippers Arrowtown church history

SMITHYMAN, KENDRICK

First edition, octavo, green card covers with French flaps & red lettering to front cover & spine, 62pp, VG (light soiling to coveres, some light tanning, prev. owner's inscription in ink to fep.)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950

KEYWORDS: first edition Kendrick Smithyman New Zealand poetry literature poems verse