Maud's Journal

Low and I: A Cooked Tour in London
by F. W. Thomas
illustrated by David Low
London: Methuen, 1923
First Edition. 74pp, B/W illus.
$95.00

Low & Terry
by David Low & Horace Thorogood
London: Hutchinson, 1934
No Jacket. 250pp, B/W illus.
$35.00

The Flying Visit
by Peter Fleming
illustrated by David Low
London: Jonathan Cape, 1941
Fourth Impression. 128pp, B/W illus
$25.00

Lions & [...]

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Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
by Gordon Brown et al.
Auckland: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1988
Landscape. Paperback
157 pp, B/W frontis, 30 colour plates, B/W illus in text
ISBN: 0864631650
$210.00

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Colin McCahon: Artist
by Gordon H. Brown
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1984
238pp, colour and B/W plates
ISBN: 0589014862
$320.00

I Will Need Words: Colin McCahon’s [...]

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Contemporary New Zealand Painters
Volume One A-M
by Jim & Mary Barr
Photographs by Marti Friedlander

Martinborough: Alister Taylor, 1980
ISBN: 0908578148
176pp, colour plates, B/W photographs, in slipcase.
Volume Two of this set was never published

$250.00

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Engravings on Wood
by Rona Dyer

Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1948
First Edition
18 B/W plates, stapled
$200.00

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Buller’s Birds of New Zealand

A New Edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller’s A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Reproducing in Six-Colour Offset the 48 Stone-Plate Lithographs By J. G. Keulemans from the 2nd Edition 1888

The iconic reprint of this New Zealand classic edited & updated by E. G. Turbott, published by Whitcombe & [...]

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E. Mervyn Taylor
Engravings on Wood

Wellington: The Mermaid Press, 1957
First Edition. 52pp
$285.00

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A Book of Wood Engravings
Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1946
First Edition.
Engraved title page, 22 B/W plates, tissue guards intact.
without dustjacket
$200.00

Exhibition of Works by E. Mervyn Taylor
edited by Robin Kay
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1967
16pp, stapled, B/W plates, illustrations
$65.00

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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
by Paul Harrison
Auckland: Random House, 1997
320pp, B/W plates

Danger Ahead: New Zealand Railway Accidents in the Modern Era
by Geoffrey B. Churchman
Sydney: IPL Books, 1991
159pp, B/W plates

The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History
by Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst
Auckland: William Collins, 1990
225pp, colour [...]

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The Southern Ark
Zoological Discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900
by J. R. H. Andrews
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1986
237pp, colour plates

Plant Icons of New Zealand
by Glyn Church and Pat Greenfield
Auckland: David Bateman, 2005
102pp, colour plates

Ghosts of Gondwana:
The History of Life in New Zealand
by George Gibbs
Nelson: Craig Potton, 2007
232pp, colour & B/W plates, illus

New Zealand’s Wilderness [...]

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The Lively Capital Auckland 1840-1865
by Una Platts
A colourful and idiosyncratic account of the 25 years during which Auckland was the capital of New Zealand. Portrait painter and art historian Una Platts evoked the spirit of pioneer Auckland through paintings, drawings and maps of the time. The book also includes passenger lists for the Anna [...]

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After McCahon Some Configurations in Recent Art
by Christina Barton
Auckland: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1989
44pp, B/W plates
$40.00

Cultural Safety Contemporary Art from New Zealand
by Gregory Burke
Wellington: City Gallery, 1995
159pp, colour & B/W plates
$60.00

Second Nature Peter Peryer Photographer New Zealand
edited by Gregory Burke and Peter Weiermair
Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1995.
140pp, B/W plates
$40.00

By the Waters of Babylon [...]

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