[Richmond], Associated World Public Relations for The Kiwi Polish Company Proprietary Limited, [1966]. Not least, the 15 colour illustrations of paintings by well-known artists include John Gould, Jeffrey Smart, Frank Eidlitz, Winston Thomas and Donald Friend. Loosely inserted is a reproduced presentation letter on the publisher's letterhead. More
Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2013. Number 487 in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series, this volume covers 'the two major 19th-century wars between the British settlers in New Zealand and the indigenous Maori'. More
Wellington, Grantham House, 1989. More
Mangonui, Phil Lightband, 1996 (first edition). Inscribed and signed by Phil Lightband. More
New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1950. With the ink ownership signature of anthropologist Henry Munn. More
Honolulu, University of Hawaii, [1972]. More
London, Constable & Co. Ltd., 1922 to 1939 (mixed editions). Full details are as follows: 'The Garden Party and Other Stories' (1922, third impression/ 1922); 'The Doves' Nest and Other Stories' (1923, third impression/ 1923); 'Something Childish and Other Stories' (1924, first edition); 'The Letters of Katherine Mansfield' (two volumes..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1978 (first thus). Selected, with an introduction, by Jane Miller. More
Wellington, George Didsbury, Government Printer, May 1892. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More
Wellington, John Mackay, Government Printer, June 1896. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the exploration, geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More
Wellington, John Mackay, Government Printer, June 1900. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany, zoology, and early printing of New Zealand. More
London, Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. The dustwrapper is unclipped but unpriced, indicating it is the Colonial Edition issue; the small ticket on the front pastedown of the contemporary Adelaide booksellers, F.W. Preece Ltd, proves the point. More
Wellington, Silver Owl Press, 1991. More
Wellington, Richard Alexander McKay for the Wellington Club of Printing House Craftsmen, August 1940. Number 292 of 600 copies. More
Wellington, R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1958. More
London, Heinemann/ The American Federation of Arts, 1984. More
London/ Melbourne, University of London, the Athlone Press/ Melbourne University Press, 1964. With the original receipt made out to T.G.[H.] Strehlow loosely inserted. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology Number 27. More
Wellington, New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 1980. Signed by the author. More
An unusual grouping, with a variety of cap badges and headgear (Australian, New Zealand and British); the majority of the soldiers sport a white hat-band, indicative of the personnel of an officer cadet unit, of which there over 20 in the UK during the First World War (information courtesy of..... More
Palmerston North, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, 2006. Loosely inserted are two erratum slips. Not least, Dr Alan Hutchings' 'The Woof and Weave of Planning Practice and Planning History: A Personal Reflection'; Dr Hutchings is a prominent South Australian town planner. More
Christchurch, Hedgehog House, 1997. Signed by the author on the half-title. 'As expedition climbers, Rob Hall and Gary Ball formed the most dynamic and accomplished mountaineering partnership New Zealand has ever seen. With 47 international expeditions between them, to some of the highest and remotest peaks in the world, they..... More
Wellington, Oxford University Press, 1978. Illustrations and descriptions of 400 species; includes 32 colour illustrations. More
[Auckland], Messenger Print, [circa 1910?]. An early New Zealand edition of this much-reprinted Mormon tract, which appears to have been first published circa 1880. See 'A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930' (second edition, 2004): this item seems to be a variant of 5506c (not noting the rear cover catalogue). More
London, British Museum, 1953. More
Auckland, Moa Publications, 1986. More