Maud's Journal
David Low
11 May 2010 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
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 & [...]
read more »Colin McCahon
20 March 2010 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
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
also in stock:
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 [...]
read more »Contemporary New Zealand Painters A-M
30 January 2010 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
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
read more »Rona Dyer: Engravings on Wood
29 January 2010 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
Engravings on Wood
by Rona Dyer
Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1948
First Edition
18 B/W plates, stapled
$200.00
Buller’s Birds of New Zealand
21 December 2009 Latest News, Natural History, New Zealand
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 & [...]
read more »E. Mervyn Taylor
3 December 2009 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
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
New Zealand Transport
18 November 2009 Latest News, New Zealand, Non-Fiction
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 [...]
New Zealand Natural History
17 October 2009 Latest News, Natural History, New Zealand
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 [...]
read more »The Lively Capital
4 October 2009 Latest News, Literature, New Zealand, Pacific
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 [...]
New Zealand Art Catalogues
2 October 2009 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
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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