N/A

Octavo, pink stapled light card covers, black lettering to covers, printed eps, folding map to front, 20pp + 18pp adverts to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & covers, 5cm closed tear to lower spine, sm ink deletions to front cover & ffep, light foxing to covers & page edgeslg white paper patch affixed to front ep, light foxing & closed tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Langbridge & Edgcumbe 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical guide Tauranga Bay of Plenty Taupo hot lakes travel exploration

SIMMONDS, J. H.

Folio, green buckram boards, gilt letetring to spine & front board, xviii + 164pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to board & spine extrems & edges, light chafing & staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to pgs throughout) in stiff boarded box, VG (hinges/corners of lid loose/separated, moderate staining & rusting from staples, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1927

KEYWORDS: trees New Zealand eucalyptus illustrated building timber botany nature

McKAY,R. A. (Ed)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#97/600), quarto, half bound heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 252pp, illus, VG (reference & prev. ownership stamps & markings- not ex library- to eps & prelims, light tape residue to lower spine extrem, moderate scuffing with some surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Richard Alexander McKay n/d (c.1940)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing history illustrated Maori culture government printing office trade industry

N/A

Quarto, blue heavy boards with brown cloth spine, black lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, red speckling to page edges, xvi + 529pp, folded chart to rear, VG (light scuffing & chafing to boards & edges, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics history historical data colony governing bodies

NICHOLSON, C. M.

Quarto, brown light card covers with black cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, 119pp + photos & contents to rear, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers, prev. ownership stamps to covers & eps)

PUBLISHER: C. M. Nicholson 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime Paul Chase police shooting shootings history report Attorney-General

HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, light card covers, lviii + 243pp, illus, folding maps, scruffy (front cover completely missing, light foxing throughout, extensive insect damage to all page edges inc. maps)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps history report landscape

BROOKING, TOM

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography Richard Seddon prime ministers politics memoir

DYER, PETER

Oblong quarto, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine, 178pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: October Enterprises 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand coal mining history Puponga

WELLS, ANNETTE

Quarto, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to upper edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson churches buildings architecture history

CURRIE, A. E. (ed.)

Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: The Caxton Press 1949

KEYWORDS: otago new zealand south island nz aotearoa poetry poems verse centennial treasury archibald baxter james k baxter

BRUNTON, ALAN

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED, octavo illus. light card covers, 67pp., VG+ (sl. tanning and foxing within, small newspaper clipping tipped in to colophon) in red wrappers with photograph tipped in (VG-, moderate scuffing & chipping, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Bumper Books 2001

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton signed inscribed

BRUNTON, ALAN

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: Bumper Books 1996

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton

BRUNTON, ALAN & RODWELL, SALLY

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: Untold Books 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature alan brunton

PARKINSON, MIKE & MEADS, COLIN (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 313pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mike Parkinson/Paturau Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport history Golden Bay Motueka Murchison the bays statistics

McALOON, JIM

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 261pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Nelson illustrated photos

HARPER, ARTHUR P.

FOLDING MAP TORN, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 336pp, folding map, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to spine, spine cocked, moderate chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, aforementioned heavy tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration pioneers illustrated southern alps south island history

MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

Oblong quarto, stapled light card covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate foxing & creasing to covers, light rusting & separation at staples, 2cm open tearing to lower spine extrem, closed tear to front)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photos Mount Cook glaciers travel history

JOWITT, GLENN (Photos) & O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT (Intro)

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, boards sl warped, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing, soiling & tanning to covers & edges)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photos photography sport horse racing Glenn Jowitt collection

N/A

MANY FOLDING MAPS, quarto, illus light card covers with black cloth spine, black & white lettering to front cover, 215pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dept. of Lands & Survey 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand land survey landscape mountains Remarkables Hector topography botanics tourism recreation maps

BESTER, R. (Ed)

Square octavo, illus card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 388pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Nelson anglican church religion essays prose literature collection illustrated