The Complete Chronicles of Narnia with illustrations hand-coloured by the artist by C.S. Lewis

$150.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: fine

This is a fabulous limited gift edition of all seven Chronicles in one volume with leather binding, cloth finish in a foil embossed slipcase. All the Chronicles are bound together here in one magnificent volume, with a special introduction by C.S. Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham. The original illustrat ions, always first-class, have been rendered outstanding by the wonderfully detailed addition of colour. A stunning package, this title will be treasured by families forever. ...Show more

Kitaj by Marco Livingstone

$80.00 NZD

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

R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007) is recognized as a modern master whose powerful, controversial and highly personal paintings, pastels and drawings reflect his commitment to the human figure as a subject and his complex involvement with the art of the past, with political and social issues and with his own Jewis h identity. Marco Livingstone's definitive and much-praised monograph on Kitaj, based on an extraordinary series of interviews and letters between the artist and the author, provides full documentation of Kitaj's life and work. The artist himself participated actively in the design of the book, and a series of articulate and revealing 'prefaces' to his own paintings are also included here. For this fourth and final edition, the author has written a new chapter surveying Kitaj's work from 1997 to 2007, an extremely productive period following the tragic death of his wife the artist Sandra Fisher and his return to the United States. This text is complemented by a new plate section illustrating 30 works from this final phase and 20 images of previously unillustrated earlier works, as well as 25 additional 'prefaces' written by the artist. The Bibliography has been updated and the Catalogue of Works completed, and finally many illustrations that were black and white in earlier editions are now reproduced in full colour. As the definitive monograph on one of art's modern masters, this authoritative monograph is indispensable for all admirers of the artist. ...Show more

Pacific Pattern by Susanne Küchler & Graeme Were

$35.00 NZD

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

Lavishly illustrated with contemporary, archival and museum images, Pacific Pattern takes us on a stunning visual journey through the history of the Pacific, the various techniques and culture associated with fibre and fabric. This is the first book to cover not only the ritual domain but everyday patte rns, including floor coverings, cooking and storage containers and the use of fibre art in architecture and interiors. This treasure trove of inspiration will be an indispensable sourcebook for artists, craftspeople, designers, architects and anyone who has ever been interested in what anthropologists can tell us about the expression of our deepest feelings and beliefs. Photography by Glenn Jowitt. ...Show more

Dali & Film by Matthew Gale (ed.)

$35.00 NZD

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

Salvador Dali was one of the most famous and also one of the most notorious artists of the twentieth century, his flamboyant personal style establishing him as a showman in the popular imagination. This book presents both the major works that reflect Dali's preoccupation with film and material related t o the key film projects on which he worked. ...Show more

Patrick Kavanagh: Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh

$30.00 NZD

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

The Early Journals of Henry Williams Senior Missionary in New Zealand of the Church Missionary Society 1826-40 by Lawrence M. Rogers (ed.)

$110.00 NZD

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

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor

$125.00 NZD

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

Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

$115.00 NZD

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

Translated by Archibald Colquhoun

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds Volume 1 Ratites to Ducks Part A Ratite to petrels and Part B Australian Pelican to Ducks by S. Marchant and P. J. Higgins (co-ordinators)

$350.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: near fine

This encyclopaedic reference book will cover all 900 species (including those recently extinct) occurring in Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica, and in the Australian and New Zealand dependencies and subantarctic islands. To be produced in five volumes, it will be the most authoritative and up-to-da te handbook of the birds of Australasia. Volume 1 covers emus to ducks - 196 species of which 162 breed in the region. The text for each bird includes field identification, habitat, distribution, movements, food, voice, social organization and behaviour, breeding, and plumage. There are superb colour illustrations of every species, showing developmental and seasonal changes in the plumage and bare parts. Distribution both within and beyond the range is shown on maps. Line drawings of displays and other postures, diagrams of the annual cycle of each species, and sonagrams of important calls are also included. ...Show more

Flying The Thermal Skies: A History of Aviation in the Rotorua District by Don Stafford

$90.00 NZD

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

W. Eugene Smith - The Camera As Conscience by Gilles Mora (Editor); John T. Hill (Editor)

$120.00 NZD

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

This is a complete monograph on the work of W. Eugene Smith, one of the heroes of American photojournalism. Beginning in the 1930s working for Newsweek and other magazines, he created subjective photo essays of lasting impact. Drawing from Smith's own archives and including illuminating texts from histo rians and critics, this comprehensive volume features duotone reproductions of both famous and never-before-published images. ...Show more

William Blake's Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts. A Complete Edition by John E. Grant, Edward J. Rose and Michael J. Tolley (eds)

$300.00 NZD

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

William Blake's largest pictorial work. the book comprises a page-by-page illustration of all nine Nights of the famous Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality by Edward Young (1683-1765).