From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss: Children's Book Covers 1860-1960 by Harold Darling

$40.00 NZD

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

Sure to spark fond memories, this treasury of children's book covers from the late-1800s to the mid-1900s highlights the marvellous cover art of the period, from the brilliantly illustrated fairy tales to early editions of favourite classics. Captions offer notes and details about each book, artist, and era. A delightful book for bibliophiles, artists, illustrators, and designers and those who just love books. ...Show more

The Southern Ark - Zoological Discovery in New Zealand, 1769-1900 by J.R. H.. Andrews

$85.00 NZD

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

Two Worlds: First meetings between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772 by Anne Salmond

$125.00 NZD

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

Cork of War - Ngati Toa and the British Mission: An Historical Narrative by Ray Grover

$150.00 NZD

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

We Learnt to See - Elam's Rutland Group 1935-1958: A Biographical Journey with Auckland Artists by Ian G. Thwaites; Rie M. Fletcher

$250.00 NZD

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

Frances Hodgkins - Paintings and Drawings by Elizabeth Eastmond

$55.00 NZD

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

A beautifully produced book of 40 colour and numerous b/w reproductions of Hodgkins' work from public and private collections all over the world. (Internationally, Hodgkins is still the best-known New Zealand artist.) Colour reproductions have detailed full page captions. The book is prefaced by three l ong essays on each of the main periods of the artist's work, comprising the first major study of her since McCormick's 'Portrait of Frances Hodgkins' 1981. The three authors are university art history teachers. The book includes chronology, list of exhibitions, bibliography and name index and was published with help from the QEII Arts Council. ...Show more

Letters to the Poet from His Brother by Maceo Montoya

$120.00 NZD

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

Paintings V 1969-1975 by Jacques Dupin; Joan Miró; Ariane Lelong-Mainaud

$250.00 NZD

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

Alongside Picasso and Warhol, Joan Mir (1893-1983) is one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Mir created a pictorial world of intense imaginative power, in which visionary and cosmic elements are inextricably intertwined with the earthly and mundane. The research for this six-volume ca talogue raisonn of Mir 's paintings, spanning the years 1908 to 1981, was begun in 1957. The artist himself and later the Mir Estate were largely involved in its preparation--Jacques Dupin, Ariane Lelong-Mainaud and Joan Punyet Mir . The catalogue includes all the artist's oils, acrylics and works in various media--on canvas, cardboard, wood, masonite, copper and other hard supports. In the six volumes--all published only in English--all paintings are reproduced in color, whenever possible, accompanied by their title, date, technique and dimensions, with indication of signature and inscriptions on the back, as well as their collection, provenance, important exhibitions and major publications in which they are reproduced. ...Show more

Miró - Paintings IV 1959-1968 by Jacques Dupin (Editor); Joan Punyet Miró (Editor); Ariane Lelong-Mainaud (Editor)

$250.00 NZD

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

Alongside Picasso and Warhol, Joan Mir (1893-1983) is one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Mir created a pictorial world of intense imaginative power, in which visionary and cosmic elements are inextricably intertwined with the earthly and mundane. The research for this six-volume ca talogue raisonn of Mir 's paintings, spanning the years 1908 to 1981, was begun in 1957. The artist himself and later the Mir Estate were largely involved in its preparation--Jacques Dupin, Ariane Lelong-Mainaud and Joan Punyet Mir . The catalogue includes all the artist's oils, acrylics and works in various media--on canvas, cardboard, wood, masonite, copper and other hard supports. In the six volumes--all published only in English--all paintings are reproduced in color, whenever possible, accompanied by their title, date, technique and dimensions, with indication of signature and inscriptions on the back, as well as their collection, provenance, important exhibitions and major publications in which they are reproduced. ...Show more

Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s - 1950s by Rosemary McLeod

$35.00 NZD

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

Rosemary McLeod's collection of handcrafts was exhibited at The Dowse in 2002-2003. This book shows items from the exhibition and others from her collection, telling the social and sometimes personal history of their makers - women and girls who dreamed about a life beyond the front gate, and worked tho se dreams into reality, using simple materials they had to hand. From rag rugs to felt handbags, from patchwork quilts to sacking aprons, from cheery tea cloths to topsy-turvy dolls, they provide a unique insight into women's art and creativity in a new country finding its way. "Thrift to Fantasy" provides an important and unexpectedly moving contribution to New Zealand design and craft history that will become a must-read for many New Zealand women. "Thrift to Fantasy" is not only a seductively designed and illustrated book, but also one that uses crafts such as embroidery and knitting to provide a revealing insight into the personal lives of threes generations of 20th-century Kiwi women." - New Zealand Listener "It's a fabulous book, worthy of a place on every woman's bookshelf, but will be of special significance to those with an interest in hand crafts and the social and domestic evolution of the New Zealand woman... It's well worth the price and a diamond in the rough of many of today's offerings." - Southland Times "Valued craft is woven between the history of New Zealand women of the time. Women's lives have changed and if we did not have special people such as Rosemary McLeod all our historical handcrafts would be lost." - Waikato Times First published 2005. ...Show more

Philip of Spain by Henry Kamen

$20.00 NZD

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

Philip II of Spain--ruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever known--has been viewed in a harsh and negative light since his death in 1598. Identified with repression, bigotry, and fanaticism by his enemies, he has been judged more by the political events of his reign than by his person. Thi s book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious, and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian, and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, the book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II. ...Show more

Between Worlds: Early Exchanges Between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815 by Anne Salmond

$125.00 NZD

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

Anne Salmond's trail-blazing and award winning book Two Worlds rewrote our understanding of what happened between Maori and European from Abel Tasman's visit in 1642 to Cook's in 1772. A major work.