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NZ Natural History Classics
6 February 2012 Latest News, Natural History, New Zealand
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 [...]
read more »New Zealand Art
12 November 2011 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
The Desire of the Line: Ralph Hotere Figurative Works by Kriselle Baker Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005 ISBN: 1869403436. 156pp, colour plates Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith by Marja Bloem and Martin Browne Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 2002 ISBN: 0908802919. 271pp, colour plates Paul Winstanley: Threshold edited by Brian Butler Auckland: Artspace, 2008 ISBN: 9780958278980. [...]
read more »Janet Frame: First Editions
10 November 2011 Latest News, Literature, New Zealand
Owls Do Cry Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1957 First New Zealand Edition I also have available a copy of the Second New Zealand edition, published in 1958, without dustjacket Faces in the Water Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1961 First New Zealand Edition The Edge of the Alphabet Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1962 First New Zealand [...]
read more »Buller’s Birds of New Zealand
20 September 2011 Arts, 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 Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1979 Fifth impression of the 1967 facsimile reprint of 2nd edition edited & [...]
read more »New Zealand Literature
23 August 2011 Latest News, Literature, New Zealand
Fleur Adcock : Tigers London: Oxford University Press, 1967 (8) 37pp. $30.00 James K. Baxter: Pig Island Letters London: Oxford University Press vii, 51pp. $65.00 David Beach: Abandoned Novel Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006 ISBN: 0864735294. 64pp $20.00 Geoff Cochrane: Hypnic Jerks Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0864735006. 64pp $20.00 [...]
read more »New Zealand Military History
29 July 2011 Latest News, New Zealand, Non-Fiction
Kiwis in Khaki:A Pictorial History of the New Zealand Soldier in World War II by David Filer Auckland: David Bateman, 1989. ISBN: 090861098X. 122pp, B/W plates. $25.00 The Rockies: New Zealand Minesweepers at War by Jack Harker Wellington: Silver Owl Press, 2000. ISBN: 0959797998. 240pp, B/W plates $30.00 The Kiwi Scorpions: The Story of the [...]
read more »New Zealand Art
29 July 2011 Arts, Latest News, New Zealand
Toss Woollaston An Illustrated Biography by Gerald Barnett Auckland: Random Century, 1991 ISBN: 1869411463. 124 pp, colour & B/W plates $125.00 Philip Clairmont by Jim and Mary Barr Wanganui: Sarjeant Gallery, 1987 ISBN: 0959783903. 73pp, colour & B/W plates $40.00 Maori Wood Sculpture by T. Barrow Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1974. Second [...]
read more »Poetry / Art / Print
21 July 2011 Arts, Latest News, Literature, New Zealand
As part of National Poetry Day 2011 at Jason Books 22- 30 July An exhibition of printed poetry: New Zealand poets, artists, and printers in collaboration illustrated poetry books & private press editions Catalogue of the Exhibition The Holloway Press The Holloway Press was established at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1994. It [...]
read more »Poetry Day at Jason Books
15 July 2011 Arts, Latest News, Literature, New Zealand
Friday July 22nd is NATIONAL POETRY DAY and to celebrate we have teamed up with our neighbours in the city Jane Sanders Art Agent, Gus Fisher Gallery, Anna Miles Gallery and Unity Books to bring you a range of events to explore relationships between poetry & art At Jason Books July 22-30 Poetry / Art [...]
read more »Maori: Recent Arrivals
6 May 2011 Maori, New Zealand
Te Awa: Partington’s Photographs of Whanganui Maori Auckland: Godwit, 2003 ISBN: 1869620992 143pp, B/W plates Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi Preface by Henry Turton, 1877, facsimiles of the ‘Declaration of Independence of New Zealand’ of 1835, the original draft of the Treaty of Waitangi by Hobson, and copies of [...]
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