New Zealand Medicinal Plants by S. G. Brooker, R. C. Cambie  & R. C.  Cooper Auckland: Reed Books , 1991. Reprint. ISBN: 0790002507. 268pp, colour plates, illustrations $45.00 Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks by John Dawson Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1993. Second Edition. ISBN: 0864730470. 264pp, B/W plates, diagrams $40.00 Eagle’s Trees and Shrubs of [...]

Jason Books will be open on Saturday February 4 and on Waitangi Day Monday February 6 10 am to 5 pm

Legends of the Maori by Maui Pomare and James Cowan Volume I: Mythology Folk-Lore Tradition and Poetry Volume II:Maori-Polynesian Historical Traditions Folk-Lore and Stories of Old New Zealand Illustrated with tipped-in B/W plates by Stuart Peterson Wellington: Harry H. Tombs, 1930. #83 of the de luxe edition of 300, signed by both authors and illustrator [...]

Jason Books will be open both Saturday and Monday this holiday weekend January 28 and 30 10 am to 5 pm The store will also be open both Saturday and Monday next weekend, Waitangi weekend, February 4 and 6

Fire and Rain: The Beatles,  Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Brownie Captain Cook: Master of the Seas  by Frank McLynn The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd Power and Glory: Jacobean England and The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson The Scourging [...]

The Works of Charles Dickens The “Charles Dickens Edition” Chapman & Hall, London, 1887-1894 21 volumes, illustrated plus The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster stippled green cloth boards, green leather spines and corners, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers and edges $750 SOLD

My best wishes to all Jason Books customers for a Happy Christmas and safe and restful holidays. I am taking a break between Christmas and New Year. Jason Books is closing at 2pm on Saturday 24 Dec Reopens Wednesday 4 January

The Battle For Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West by Andrew Roberts Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain’s Asian Empire & Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia 1941-1945 by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper The Defeat [...]

The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey by Marius Kociejowski River Town: Two Years on the Yangtse by Peter Hessler Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were by Donald S. Johnson Sea Drift: Rafting Adventures in the Wake of Kon-Tiki by P. J. Capelotti From the [...]

10 x 10 – 2: 100 Architects 10 Critics London: Phaidon, 2008 Reprint. ISBN: 9780714848648. 464pp, colour plates. $60.00 Building: 3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction by Bill Addis London: Phaidon, 2007 ISBN: 9780714841465. 640pp, colour & B/W plates, illus.  $40.00 Contemporary European Architects by Wolfgang Amsoneit Koln: Taschen, 1991 ISBN: 3822897531. 160pp, colour [...]