John Cawte Beaglehole: A BIbliography by Margery Walton et al.

$20.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Reflections of an Independent Mind - Eugene Victor Thaw by Eugene V. Thaw

$80.00 NZD

Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine

Thaw's notes on his experience collecting drawings. Includes thoughts on collecting, museums and auction houses, artists and works of art, friends in the business, and some book and exhibition reviews. Includes tipped-in frontispiece illustration.

Geoffrey Alley Librarian: His Life and Work by W. J. McEldowney

$25.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

This is the biography of a remarkable New Zealander, G.T. (Geoffrey) Alley, who was our first National Librarian, between 1964 and 1967, after many years as Director of the National Library Service. This is a full personal biography, which includes important material on the Alley family - including olde r brother Rewi Alley, of China fame - and Geoffrey Alley's rugby career, during which represented Southland during a farming stint in the early 1920s, and was an All Black between 1926 and 1928, playing 19 matches. The central part of the book traces the development of New Zealand's national library system, from the intervention of the Carnegie Corporation in the 1930s to the establishment of the National Library of New Zealand, under Alley as the first national librarian, in the 1960s; from the beginning of Alley's career running the WEA 'box scheme' in Canterbury initiated by Professor James Shelley at the beginning of the 1930s, through the establishment of the Country Library Service, headed by Alley, the School Library Service, wartime library services, a national library school and the National Library Centre.Other significant figures, such as Shelley, Archie Dunningham, John Harris, Stuart Perry and Graham Bagnall receive due attention. It is also a major work of public history, recording how the present library networks in this country evolved in their social and political contexts. Published with the support of the G.T. Alley Trust and the National Library Society members. First published October 2006. ...Show more

Dames, Dolls and Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire by Jim Silke

$16.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good

In the course of his long and illustrious career, renowned illustrator/painter Robert A. Maguire created gorgeous cover images for more than a thousand books and worked for virtually every mainstream publisher in the U.S. Best known for his incomparably sexy 'femme fatale' images for pulp paperbacks in the 1950s and 1960s, Maguire built a long and legendary career showcasing character portraits that were iconic and beautiful, painting subjects that felt simultaneously real and sensually compelling. Now, art historian and living pin-up legend Jim Silke casts his curatorial eye toward Maguire's long and fascinating career in his first art collection/artist biography, Dames, Dolls, and Gun Molls. With a keen eye for criticism and his trademark style and wit, Silke explores the legacy of an artist whose work is known by millions the world over. ...Show more

The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists by Oppen Monica and Lyssiotis Peter

$40.00 NZD

Category: Art | Reading Level: very good

The publication of this catalogue is timely as interest in the field of book arts, both locally and internationally continues to grow.

Bibliography and Reader's Guide to the First Editions of P. G. Wodehouse by David A. Jasen (Editor)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Cover to Cover by Shereen LaPlantz

$16.00 NZD

Category: Craft | Reading Level: very good

This illustrated work presents bookbinding as an accessible craft that achieves striking results with the simplest materials. Chapters provide a thorough grounding in materials, tools and techniques, and explore a variety of traditional and non-traditional binding methods. Instructions are given for mak ing simple pamphlets, traditional codices, stab bindings, fold books, and many combinations and unusual forms. Exposing the stitching along the book's spine adds yet another range of design options. For each of the seven basic book structures, a simple project is described, followed by a number of variations in technique, ranging from the simple to the relatively complex. Over 170 photographs of artists' works provide additional inspiration for design ideas. ...Show more

Historical Atlases The First Three Hundred Years 1570-1870 by Goffart, Walter

$55.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: Very Good

Dr Hocken of Dunedin:a life by A G Hocken

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: Very Good

Dop July 2008, Dunedin 194pp softcover This is an autobiography of A G (Tony) Hocken. He moved from London in 1973 to be specialist physician at Dunedin Hospital and Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Otago.

Books for a Nation: The Whitcoulls Story by Noel Waite

$20.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: Very Good

"The aim of this book is to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of this successful New Zealand company and retail icon, known since 1973 as Whitcoulls."(page 11) First published 2008

Shakespeare In Print A History And Chronology Of Shakespeare Publishing by Murphy, Andrew

$65.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: Near Fine

Book Makers by Iain Stevenson

$35.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: Very Good

This is the only general survey of British publishing as a history over the twentieth century. It aims to look at how publishing companies and their owners and staffs were organised and how their output responded to the wider social, economic and cultural trends of the period. It concentrates on the key figures like William Heinemann, Allen Lane, Paul Hamlyn and Robert Maxwell but also looks at less well known but often very significant figures whose contributions were also vital. The study reveals a fascinating and dynamic industry that was influential not only for literary history, but also for the history of education, and general cultural history at home and abroad. Its spread is broad and it considers not only fiction and trade publishing but also scholarly, academic, scientific, children's, technical, medical and professional publishing. It reveals a fascinating tale of creative genius, individual endeavour, personal idiosyncrasy, occasional duplicity and bad behaviour and far-sighted vision that over the century made British book publishing the best in the world and still underlies its role today. ...Show more