11. Mason, W. Wynne.

Prisoners of War – Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War.

Wellington, War History Branch / Department of Internal Affairs, 1954. Large-8°. XXVI, 546 pages with illustrations and maps. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of foxing to the edge of the jacket.

12. Mead, Margaret.

The Maoris and their Arts.

New York, The American Museum of Natural History, 1928. 8°. Frontispiece-Map of New Zealand, 37 pages with several illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Rare First Edition from 1928. Very good+ condition. Inventorynumber on frontcover. The publication precedes Margaret Mead’s first book. [Guide Leaflet Series No.71]

13. [New Zealand].

The Story of New Zealand Book II: The Pioneers.

New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, no year (ca.1910). 12.5 x 18.5 cm. 138 pages with sveral illustrations and photographs. Index. Original blue cloth softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain and rubbing on covers. Very Rare !

14. [New Zealand] Brown, Warwick.

100 New Zealand Paintings by 100 New Zealand artists.

Auckland, Godwit, 1995. 22cm x 29cm. CCXVI pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

15. [New Zealand] Hall, D.O.W. / Department of Internal Affairs – War History Brach.

Prisoners of Italy / Prisoners of Germany [New Zealand POW / Prisoners of War in the Second World War – Illustrated Photography brochures]

2 Volumes. Wellington, War History Branch, 1949. 4°. Prisoners of Italy: 32 pages / Prisoners of Germany: 32 pages. Softcover / Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Rare !

16. [New Zealand POW] Gerrard, J. D. / POW: John Money / Jimmy Taylor / Evadne Price / Ken Attiwell [Empire Productions]

Unwilling Guests. [Book with three loosely inserted, signed POW Theatre-Programmes from german POW-Camp Weinsberg / Germany in August 1944 / The Theatre Plays were put on by four Prisoners of War from New Zealand listing the cast with signatures by nearly all POW who took part in the Plays].

First Edition. Wellington, New Zealand, A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1945. 12 x 19cm. 180 pages with 5 illustrations. Map of Italy on pastedowns. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes loosely inserted three programmes for Empire Theatre Productions 1944, Oflag V-A music for Christmas Day and hand written list of German rations for the Prisoners of War per week per man at OFLAG Weinsberg 1945. The programmes all signed by the cast. Very rare documents of POW (New Zealand Prisoners of War in Germany) with Plays reenacted from Playwrights Evadne Price and Ken Attiwell [sic / meaning Australian journalist and playwright Ken Attiwill] (Play called “Once a Crook” / Play by John Money – “Nephew in Waiting” / Play by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman – “You can’t take it with you” – Produced and signed by Jimmy Taylor / Including “A Choral and Orchestral Concert on 31 Oct. 44” //

17. [Pardington, Fiona/ MacLean, Alison/ Hunter, Alexis/ Morison, Julia/ Webster, Christine/ Reihana, Lisa/ Darragh, Judy/ Tweedie, Merylyn etc.]

Pleasures and Dangers. Artists of the ‘90s. Edited by Trish Clark and Wystan Curnow.

New Zealand, Longman Paul, 1991. 27cm x 21.5cm. 173 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner opposite titlepage.

18. Stewart, Douglas / [Colin Roderick Collection].

The Book of Bellerive.

Brisbane, The Jacaranda Press, 1961. 8°. 94 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. With frontispice-illustration by Harry Pearce (Portrait of Joseph Tishler). Beautifully inscribed by Harry Pearce to Colin Roderick on front free endpaper: “To Colin Roderick. Here is an item for your collection of Australiana, from Harry Pearce”. Portrait signed by Pearce.

19. Stewart, Keith.

Rosa Antipodes. The History of Roses in New Zealand.

First Edition. Auckland, David Bateman, 1994. 20cm x 26cm. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Wonderful publication. All edges gilt. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. Tombs, H.H.

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 5. Edited by H.H.Tombs.

Wellington, Harry H. Tombs Limited, 1949. 19.2 cm x 24.7 cm. 183 pages. Black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, edges and pages throughout. Minor discoloration to page margins and edges. Open tear to title page. Front endpaper contains previous owner name and date in black ink. Binding strong. From the library of New Zealand Artist Keith Money with an old entry by D.A.Money in 1949 on the titlepage.