Who Wrote What When? Over a Thousand Writers from Douglas Adams to Emile Zola by The Diagram Group

$14.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Featuring over a 1000 leading figures in the history of literature, from the ancient Greeks to literary classics and today's blockbusters, this biographical dictionary includes an introduction to their work, the key influences that shaped their writing and their major works listed in date order.

Mapping the World by . J. Schuler

$85.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

With more than 400 historic maps, explanatory text and a timeline, this lavish book traces the exploration of the globe from the 15th century when the European seafarer first set sail across the oceans.

Turning the Pages. The Story of Bookselling in New Zealand by Anna Rogers

$25.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

A Guide to Collecting Everyman's Library by Terry Seymour

$35.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: near fine

Every book collector has felt the frustration of ignorance. How does he know a book isn't overpriced? Is this book really a first edition? Was it issued with a dust jacket? Is it really scarce or is such a description just a sales tactic? Booksellers usually have more knowledge about their offerings. Bu t even the most experienced booksellers can't know every point about every book.   Terry Seymour has solved these problems for collectors and sellers of Everyman's Library. His Guide will answer every conceivable question about every book in this vast publication project. Here in a single reference are descriptions of every aspect of book design in all the variations from the Library's inception in 1906 through 1976.   The book also discusses scarcity and pricing, the two most crucial issues to both collectors and sellers. ...Show more

Modern First Editions. Their Value to Collectors by Joseph Connolly

$20.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good

Great Knock Sims's Australians v. Canterbury played at Lancaster Park Christchurch 27, 28 February, 2 March 1914

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

#32 of an edition of 225 numbered copies, hand set in 11-point Caslon with 2-point leading. Reprinted from the Sun, Christchurch 1914

An Historical and Archaeological Bibliography of the Bay of Islands by Kathryn Rountree

$15.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC by Reed Tucker

$16.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Over the years, the companies have deployed an arsenal of schemes in an attempt to outmaneuver the competition, whether it be stealing ideas, poaching employees, planting spies, ripping off characters or launching price wars. Sometimes the feud has been vicious, at other times, more cordial. But it has never completely disappeared, and it simmers on a low boil to this day. This is the story of the greatest corporate rivalry never told. Other books have revealed elements of the Marvel-DC battle, but this will be the first one to put it all together into a single, juicy narrative. It will also serve as an alternate history of the superhero, told through the lens of these two publishers. ...Show more

Putea Whakairo: Maori and the Written Word by Bradford Haami

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

Published by The Ministry for Culture and Heritage in association with Huia Publishers. Author Bradford Haami presents a history of the Ngati Hikatoa people through the writings of seven Maori people spanning four generations of the Maaka family. Included are genealogies, traditional histories, and p ersonal documents written in Maori and in English that date from 1848-1978. Ranging from pepeha and waiata to the bleakly beautiful diaries of a mutton-birder, the documents collected in this book are a rare and intriguing window into the real lives of their authors. This valuable reference work also illustrates how whanau, hapu and iwi holding private Maori manuscripts can safeguard and share ancestors’ precious works for the future. ...Show more

Oral Culture, Literacy and Print in Early New Zealand: The Treaty of Waitangi by Donald Francis McKenzie

$15.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall (ed.)

$18.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die will excite anyone who loves to read

In Another Dimension - Auckland Bookplates 1920-1960 by Ian G. Thwaites; John Denny; Puriri Press Staff (Contribution by)

$250.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: fine