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Charles Begg & Co. Ltd , 1940. First printing. No Binding. Very Good. Softcover sheet music- .6 pages total. No other printings mentioned price on front cover 3/6 picture of Punakaiki Beach and Nikau Palm on cover Composer, labourer Born: 1887, Otaki Died: 1931, Wellington Sadly, the promising musical career indicated by Denis QuillÂ’s early life did not eventuate. Quill (also known as William Denis Quill) was the son of the manager of the Railway Hotel in Otaki, and attended St PatrickÂ’s College. He received musical tuition from Laurence Watkins, and at the early age of of 17 wrote and had published the Nikau Waltz which became a firm favourite and was re-published through many decades. It was even re-worked as a song, Waiting for you, and performed by Vera Lynn. Quill had on-going issues with alcohol and minor offences against the law and no further contributions to music in New Zealand are documented. Compositions Dufferin polka. (Sydney: Alberts, 1904) Nikau waltz. (Auckland: Eady, 1904)

Charles Begg & Co. Ltd , 1940. First printing. No Binding. Very Good. Softcover sheet music- PAGE 3 AND 4 ARE FACSIMILE COPIES .6 pages total. No other printings mentioned price on front cover 2/6 [Publication Year: 1940] picture of Punakaiki Beach and Nikau Palm on cover Composer, labourer Born: 1887, Otaki Died: 1931, Wellington Sadly, the promising musical career indicated by Denis QuillÂ’s early life did not eventuate. Quill (also known as William Denis Quill) was the son of the manager of the Railway Hotel in Otaki, and attended St PatrickÂ’s College. He received musical tuition from Laurence Watkins, and at the early age of of 17 wrote and had published the Nikau Waltz which became a firm favourite and was re-published through many decades. It was even re-worked as a song, Waiting for you, and performed by Vera Lynn. Quill had on-going issues with alcohol and minor offences against the law and no further contributions to music in New Zealand are documented. Compositions Dufferin polka.… Read More

Auckland, New Zealand: The Auckland Botanical Society, 1959. First printing. Staplebound. Very Good. unpaginated but 16 pages. B & W line illustrations.

paraparaumu: Fields Publishing House, 1997. First printing. Paperback. Fine. signed by: Shane Treadwell, Olive Baldwin, Andrew Baldwin, Rob Suisted , Din Collings, Steve Collings. . 112p Signed by the author, the rescue of weka on Kapiti Island and their relocation in the Tararua Ranges

London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. First printing. Hard Cover. As New/as new. Signed Limited Edition. 766 of 1000 copies signed by Rushdie. Fine without DJ as issued. Housed in the publisher's beautifully designed slipcase also Fine; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins' Clear Type, c. 1918. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Charles Robinson. no page numbers (but about 38 pages) last page is labelled LXXV. 75 poems? Red Morocco leather binding with an impressed oval device to the front cover - a stylised title. Gilt top edges to pages. 4 colour photogravure plates Translation of Omar Khayyam--The Rubaiyat. Illustrations 133 mm x 92 mm . Gift inscription Christmas 1919, Soft cover. No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Miniature size.. In very good dark brown yapped suede with blind stamped ruled edges and decorative gilt titles to spine. The covers are firm, very clean; top of spine worn. Multi coloured swirl patterned end papers; the front paste down is a little tanned; Gilt top cut edge, Colour illustrations by Charles Robinson in text and colour frontispiece and illustrated title page by Charles Robinson.

New Zealand: Penguin, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. first printing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Penguin Puffin, 2012. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Dodd, Lynley. Pen gift inscription onfront free end paper 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial covers. White titles to spine on purple, Top and bottom of spine slightly bumped.

Auckland: Viking Press, 1997. First printing. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED FIRST ISBN 13 9781869413163 ISBN 101869413164 French flaps Signed by Author. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy

Auckland, 1934. Very Good. Various ed (nd): W H Comstock Co. Pamphlet. Various (ed). Do You Value Your Health?: cooking recipes to interest every housewife... W H Comstock Co:(c1934). 8vo SC stapled 16pp. (Hoyle 893) Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills

Hawkes Bay Centennial , 1959. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Centennial Year 1959 FOLDING MAP TO REAR, duodecimo, red boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 162pp, illus/photos Dust wrapper: moderate chipping & creasing to edges and spine.

Wellington, NZ: A. H, & A W Reed Ltd, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 210pp., col. & b/w pls. & ills., bibliog., index,

Wellington, New Zealand: The Wellington Club, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 4to, 280pp.

Auckland: The Pegasus Press, 1975. First printing. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED FIRST 55 pages Signed by Author. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean - no annotation, underlining or highlighting.

Paris, 1946. First printing. magazine. Very Good. Premiere Annee nos. Number 12. Mai 1947 24 pages Paris: . Magazine. . Blue cover with black and white illustraion of a woman to front cover and child on rear cover

Japan: Canon, 1981. First printing. Pamphlet. Very Good. 31 pages PUB.C-CE-155H 1981

Dunedin, NZ.: Self published, 1987. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 108 pages. Blue pictorial cover. Spine colour shifted.

dunedin: A. H. & A. W. Reed , 1935. First printing. Hardcover. As New. First Edition Previous owner's pencil signature date 1936. A nice copy of this title. ; 22 pages. Frontispiece and 3 plate leaves included within the pagination. 10 illustrations in total, not counting the illustrations on the covers. Card boards with colour paper illustration (Mitre Peak and Beech forest) on front board. Rectangular vignette illustration with white border on rear board. Page dimensions: 211 x 132mm. This edition has the text expanded, and additional illustrations, compared with the shorter version with the same title from the Raupo series of school readers [Bagnall R1]

Dunedin: John McIndoe, 1978. First printing. Paperback. Fine. ISBN10: 0908565461, ISBN13: 9780908565467, A book that explores the cultural relations between the Maori peoples and people of European descent in New Zealand. Approaches the topic of a viewpoint of Maori advocacy. The author is an American psychologist who migrated to New Zealand. 100 pages

Wellington, New Zealand: Reed, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. ISBN10: 0589006835, ISBN13: 9780589006839, This a rare signed copy with author's signature on title page. . 164 pages including eight appendices, index, eight pages colour photos (15 images) with captions on preceding pages, b/w photos throughout, some art, colour wallpaper decorative e/papers. Blue hard covers with gilt spine titles VG+, hint wear lower corners spine base, text block excellent, no other inscriptions. Colour pictorial DJ has a bit of water damage on the rear as does the spine near the top.