Rare & Collectable, or at least Desirable!
Rare and collectible books are a house speciality. Just ask about postage and packaging for large parcels. We combine items to save postage. Individual Shire Albums and pamphlet sized items are sent at the rate of $2.00 each within New Zealand. We are happy to send a photograph of any book on request. Feel free to inquire about availability of any item or for a detailed description of an item.
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Summer Catalogue. 2010. Last updated Wednesday the 1st September, 2010.
BOOK OF THE MONTH.
"Cutten" by Stuart W. Greif and Hardwick Knight. Dunedin, 1979.
Limited edition of 200 copies, of which ours is no.158. $100.00 + postage if mailed out.
Subjects:
*Almanacs
*Art and Photography
*Autobiography & Biography
*Aviation; Biography
*Boatbuilding
*Book collecting
*Children's books
*Chivalry
*Churches, church history and architecture.
*Classical and Ancient Studies
*Cooking and cusine
*Crafts
*Creative writing
*Diaries
*Dunedin
*Folklore and fairies
*Geology
*Gold and gold mining
*Heraldry
*Industry
*Language and Literature
*Maori
*Maritime
*Medicine
*Military
*Motoring
*Mountaineering
*Music
*Natural History
*Nautical
*New Zealand Autobiography.
*New Zealand Humor
*New Zealand Novels
*New Zealand Exploration
*New Zealand Photographs
*Otago; Pioneering, rural and local histories
*Plants
*Polar
*Poetry
*Political Tracts
*Publishing
*Railways
*Shakespeare.
*Sherlock Holmes.
*Shire Albums (which include titles on Egyptology)
*Travel
*Witchcraft and magic.
*Novels.
Almanacs
Art and Photography.
QUEEN Elizabeth II Arts Council. New Zealand painting 1920-1940. Adaptation and nationalism. Wellington. 1975. $20.00.
YEAR book of the arts. '47. Printed and published by H.H. Tombs Ltd. c.1948. $49.00.
Autobiography & Biography.
Aviation.
Boatbuilding.
Book collecting.
CLARKE, Isabel C. Katherine Mansfield : a biography by Isabel C. Clarke. Introduction by P.A. Lawlor. Wellington. The Beltane Book Bureau. 1944. $30.00.
Children's books.
GILDERDALE, Betty. A Sea change : 145 years of New Zealand junior fiction. Longman Paul. 1982. $35.00.
McINDOE, John. Pelorus Jack. John McIndoe. 1956. $60.00
Chivalry.
UDEN, Grant. A Dictionary of chivalry. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Kestrel Books. Third impression. 1977. $30.00.
Churches, church history and architecture.
Classical and Ancient Studies.
GRAVES, Robert. Homer's daughter. A Novel. Cassell & Company Ltd. First published 1955. $30.00. [Some browning to pages and edges of. Spine sloped].
Cooking and cusine.
Crafts.
Creative writing.
Diaries.
KILVERT'S diary. Selections from the diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert 14 May 1874 - 13 March 1879. Chosen, edited and introduced by William Plomer. Jonathan Cape. 1977. 3 vols in slipcase. $100.00.
Dunedin.
DUNEDIN. Water of Leith and Lindsay's Creek. Report by F.W. MacLean, J. McGregor Wilkie, J.G. Alexander. January 1931. $80.00.
OTAGO Centennial 1848-1948 official souvenir programme. [Previous owner's name on front end paper inked correction to one event on page 13]. 1948. $30.00.
Folklore and fairies.
BRIGGS, Katherine. A Dictionary of fairies, hobgoblins, brownies, bogies and other supernatural creatures. Allen Lane. London. 1976. [Scarce in hardcover]. $60.00
Geology.
Gold and gold mining.
Heraldry.
NEUBECKER, Ottfried. A Guide to heraldry. Cassell. 1981. $16.00.
SCOTT-GILES, C. Wilfrid. The Romance of heraldry. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1967. $40.00.
Industry.
Language and Literature.
BENTON, Richard A. The Flight of the Amokura : Oceanic languages and formal education in the South Pacific. New Zealand Council for Educational Research. 1981. $30.00
Maori.
Maritime.
TOGHILL, Jeff. Boat owner's maintenance manual. Timber. Fibreglass. Aluminium.Steel. A.H. & A.W. Reed. Reprinted 1976. Prev. owner's signature on front free end paper. $30.00.
Medicine.
GLUCKMAN, L.K. Tangiwai: a medical history of 19th century New Zealand. Printed for the author by Whitcoulls Ltd. Copy no.489. 1976. $70.00.
Military.
FEATOR, John. The Waikato war 1863-1864. Capper Reprint. Sunning on spine. 1971. $40.00.
MAIR, Captain Gilbert. The Story of Gate Pa. April 29th, 1864. Reprinted 1964 at the Bay of Plenty Times Ltd. 1964. $40.00.
The War in retrospect & The War in retrospect. v.II From the allied invasion of Europe to the final victory in the East. Day-by-day events. Fully indexed. Compiled, Printed and Published by the Evening Star Company Limited, Stuart Street, Dunedin. 1944 and 1945. 2 vols $30.00 the pair.
Motoring.
BUTMAN, John. Car wars. How General Motors Europe built "The car of the future." Grafton Books. 1991. $20.00
Mountaineering.
DINGLE, Graeme. Wall of shadows. The New Zealand Jannu adventure. Hodder and Stoughton. 1976. $20.00
Music.
EWEN, David. Dictators of the baton. Ziff-Davis Publishing. Completely revised and expanded. Second ed. 1948. $40.00.
GLASENAPP, Carl Friedrich. Life of Richard Wagner. Da Capo Press. [6 vols]. 1977. $180.00.
JASEN, David. Tin Pan Alley : an encyclopedia of the golden age of American song. Routledge. 2003. $50.00.
Natural history.
FALLA, R.A. New Zealand bird life past and present. (Cawthron Lecture Series. No.29). [Card covers. 14 numbered pp. Black and white photos]. 1958. $25.00.
PAUL, L.J. Bibliography of the literature about New Zealand's marine and freshwater commercial fisheries 1840-1975. (Fisheries Research Bulletin No.16). Fisheries Research Division. New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 1979. $15.00.
Nautical.
ALLEN, Madeline Ferguson. Wake of the Invercauld. Shipwrecked in the sub-Antarctic: a great-granddaughter's pilgrimage. Exisle Publishing. 1997. $60.00. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
HOWARD, Grant. The Navy in New Zealand. An Illustrated history. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1981. $40.00.
New Zealand Autobiography.
New Zealand Exploration.
New Zealand Humor.
GRANT, Ian E. The Unauthorized Version: a cartoon history of New Zealand. Cassell New Zealand. 1980. $20.00.
New Zealand Novels.
SHADBOLT, Maurice. Danger Zone. Hodder and Stoughton. 1975. $20.00.
New Zealand Photographs.
Otago.
Pioneering, family, rural and local histories.
LLOYD, Evelyn E. Safe harbour. (Holy Trinity Church, Port Chalmers). 1994. $24.00.
McCONOCHIE, Newton. You'll learn no harm from the hills. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1966. $65.00.
MALLOY, J.K. Port Chalmers Volunteer Fire Brigade - Established June 1, 1876 - . Port Chalmers Volunteer Fire Brigade. 1976. $20.00.
TONSON, A.E. Old Manukau. Tonson Publishing House. 1966. $60.00.
Plants.
Poetry.
BORNHOLDT, Jenny. Miss New Zealand. Selected poems. Victoria University Press. 1997. $20.00.
DE La Mare, Walter. The Complete poems of Walter De La Mare. Faber & Faber. Reprinted with corrections, 1975. $50.00.
HYDE, Robin. Selected poems. Edited by Lydia Wevers. Oxford University Press. 1984. $16.00.
POUND, Ezra. The Cantos of Ezra Pound. Faber and Faber Limted. Second impression. mcmlxviii. $60.00.
Polar.
QUARTERMAIN, L.B. South to the Pole: The early history of the Ross Sea Sector Antarctica. London: Oxford University Press. 1967. Autographed by author on title page. $200.
We have a second copy of the above, unsigned, for $120.
Politics, history and political tracts.
BERDYAEV, Nicolas. The Origin of Russian communism. Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press. First published 1937. [no jacket]. $30.00.
JONES, Aubrey, Capt. Right and left. The Signpost Press. 1944. $20.00.
McLEAN, John. The War after the war. A 27 page numbered reprint by Socialist Reproduction of the original pamphlet originally published by the Scottish revolutionary with a lengthy introduction by Steve Vahrman. [Some penciled marks but these can be removed]. 1973. $30.00.
STALIN, J. On Lenin : speeches and articles (Little Stalin Library. No.3). Lawrence and Wishart Ltd. First printed 1941. Reprinted 1941. $10.00.
Publishing.
UNWIN, Sir Stanley. The Truth about publishing. George Allen and Unwin Ltd. [Browning and foxing to end-papers; inked comments to free endpaper]. 1960. $20.00.
Railways.
BRADSHAW'S August 1887 railway guide. David & Charles Reprints. 1968. $299.00
Shakespeare.
MacKENZIE, Clayton. EMBLEMS of mortality. Iconographic experiements in Shakespeare's theatre. University Press of America. 2000. [Inscribed by author: "For: Jocelyn With all good wishes Clayton 6 June 2000."] $200.00
WELLS, Stanley. Shakespeare : a life in drama. W.W. Norton & Co, Inc. First American edition. 1995. $36.00.
Sherlock Holmes.
Shire Albums.
These are imported new and include items on buildings and dry stone walls, gardening, military, poultry and rare breeds. They are not necessarily "how to" manuals but rather, photo-essays.
ALDERSON, Lawrence. Rare breeds. 40 pp. 4th rev. ed. 2001. $16.00.
CAMPBELL, Susan. Walled kitchen gardens. 56 pp. 2006. $18.00.
CONWAY, Hazel. Public parks. 88 pp. 1996. $18.00.
CORBELLI, Judith A. The Art of death in Graeco-Roman Egypt. 80 pp. 2006. $20.00.
de la BEDOYERE, Guy. Architecture in Roman Britain. 72 pp. 2002. $18.00.
DUCKERS, Peter. British military rifles 1800-2000. 48 pp. 2005. $18.00.
ELLIS, Simon P. Graeco-Roman Egypt. 56 pp. 1992. $16.00.
GARNER, Lawrence. Dry stone walls. 40 pp. Reprinted 2007. $16.00.
McCANN, John. Clay and cob buildings. 48 pp. 3rd revised ed. 2004. $16.00.
NICHOLSON, Paul T. Egyptian faience and glass. 80 pp. 1993. 16.00.
SYMES, Michael. The English rococo garden. 80 pp. Rev. ed. 2005. $24.00.
SYMES, Michael. A Glossary of garden history. 152 pp. 2006. $29.00.
THOMAS, Angela P. Egyptian gods and myths. 64 pp. First published 1986. Reprinted 1989, 1992 and 2001. $16.00.
Witchcraft and magic.
BARHAM, Tony. Witchcraft in the Thames Valley. Traditional witchcraft tales of the Thames Valley. Spurbooks Ltd. Booklet of 64 pages published 1973. $30.00.
Travel.
Novels.
LE Queux, William. The Invasion of 1910. (Macmillan's Colonial Library). MacMillan and Co., Limited. 1906. ["This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies"]. $200.00
NEILL, A.S. The Booming of Bunkie. Herbert Jenkins Ltd. [no jacket] undated. $100.00.
