Search Results: Authors starting with O from The Secret Bookshop

Wellington: Tross Publishing, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy which feels unread. "Never before has New Zealand's future been so dependent on events of the past, with governments, under the dubious influence of the Waitangi Tribunal, looking backwards rather than forwards, driving us apart rather than looking to the future as one nation. 'Bi-culturalism' is code for separatism and is driving a sword through the nation's hard won unity while 'co-governance' between democratically elected councils and private, unelected tribal groups is undermining both sovereignty and accountable democracy.

Wellington: Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This major publication, edited by Mike Oates, contains 19 papers from this landmark conference on native plants. An invaluable reference for all those interested in native plants. Papers cover a wide range of topics including: The increasing use and mangement of native plants in gardens, parks and public spaces Revegetation and restoration of natural areas Latest research on native plants Trends and fashions in gardening and the role of natives Cultivating natives in the home garden. (Publisher)

Wellington: Dorset Enterprises, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. Palmer Head to Point Gordon, a two part history of Seatoun and the bays.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover. Book Condition:Very Good. Light foxing to fore edges only. Book sellers stamp to front paste down. Dust Jacket condition: Fair Chipped at the head of the backstrip. Else a couple of closed tears and not price clipped.

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. A painting can take you to many places. It can take you around the world, or it can take you around the country, city or neighbourhood you live in. It can also transport you back into the distant past of myths, legends and ancient history - or it can take you way into the future. Since Maori first drew moa and mythical birds on cave walls, artists in Aotearoa New Zealand have provided an imaginative, lively account of the lives locals have been leading, the dreams they've been dreaming and the stories they've been telling. Alongside works painted during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book features art by contemporary painters and printmakers, all of them seasoned travellers across time and space. Angels, rugby players, whales, kiwi and canoes, moa and mountains, the bush and the beaches all play starring roles in this bird's-eye view of New Zealand… Read More

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As new appears to be unread. Graham Percy is one of New Zealand's highest achieving illustrators on a global scale. Though he lived in London from 1964 until his death in 2008, he grew up here and never ceased thinking of himself as an expatriate Kiwi. A Micronaut in the Wide World re-discovers the life and work of this talented, original artist/illustrator/typographer. A tribute to the exquisite beauty of the hand-drawn line, the book also features large, colour reproductions of art works, documentary photos and a biographical, art historical text exploring the imaginative territories opened up by the drawings. It draws on his published illustrations as well as a remarkable body of independent work, some of which has never been seen before. This book underlines Percy's significance as an illustrator and an artist, and sheds light on his milieu in early 1960s Auckland,… Read More

Wellington: Learning Media Ltd, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A gift inscription otherwise very nice copy.

Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy. At once a travel book, an autobiographical novel and free-floating meditation on Europe and the Antipodes, News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore begins with its narrator suspended in the salty, tideless waters of the Mediterranean. Adrift on an ocean of art history, literature and music, of memories and a dream-like present, O'Brien introduces a cast of underwater characters that includes Jacques Cousteau, the French secret service agent Dominique Prieur, Henri Matisse and the naked river-swimming nineteenth-century nun Mother Aubert, Modernism, the politics of French nuclear testing, swimming, drowning and underwater explosions are twined together with the life of a family in an innovative and engaging exploration. Gregory O'Brien is one of the leading New Zealand writers of his generation. He is primarily a poet, but is also very active as… Read More

Wellington: Learning Media Ltd, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Some light shelf wear t the jacket only. A very nice copy.

Auckland: Private Bank, Bank of New Zealand, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very fine copy with no faults. Between 1982 and 1987 the Bank of New Zealand Art Collection grew to contain nearly 500 paintings, photographs, prints and ceramics - among them some of the most important works of art produced in this country. With Wellington gallerist Peter McLeavey as advisor, the Bank built a collection based on a sense of adventure, curiosity and a desire to bring together works of art that embodied both the spirit of contemporary New Zealand and of the pioneering era leading up to the present. Among the highlights of the collection are works by Nicholas Chevalier, Colin McCahon, Robin White, M.T. Woollaston, Ralph Hotere, Philip Clairmont, Gordon Walters, Milan Mrkusich, Tony Fomison, Laurence Aberhart and Robin Morrison.

New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. Auckland University Press, New Zealand, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 228 x 164 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. Gregory O Brien s first collection of poems since Afternoon of an Evening Train (2005), Beauties of the Octagonal Pool is centred on the octagonal pool of the Waitemata Harbour. In an eight-armed embrace, Beauties of the Octagonal Pool collects poems written from and out of a variety of times, locations and experiences, from the water-frontages of Fiji, Fiordland and the Mediterranean to the built history of Moscow and Berlin. Gregory O Brien s poems here - his first collection for seven years - have a thoughtful musicality, a shambling romance, a sense of humour, an eye on the horizon. And in the background, a soft directional chant of possibility: north, northwest, south, southeast, west, southwest, east, northeast. On Raoul Island there is a mechanical rat; in Moscow we encounter a black negligee… Read More

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As new appears to be unread. Graham Percy is one of New Zealand's highest achieving illustrators on a global scale. Though he lived in London from 1964 until his death in 2008, he grew up here and never ceased thinking of himself as an expatriate Kiwi. A Micronaut in the Wide World re-discovers the life and work of this talented, original artist/illustrator/typographer. A tribute to the exquisite beauty of the hand-drawn line, the book also features large, colour reproductions of art works, documentary photos and a biographical, art historical text exploring the imaginative territories opened up by the drawings. It draws on his published illustrations as well as a remarkable body of independent work, some of which has never been seen before. This book underlines Percy's significance as an illustrator and an artist, and sheds light on his milieu in early 1960s Auckland,… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is clean and bright with only a small stain to the top fore edge of note. The jacket has loss and closed tears and is price clipped. 122pp

Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some light shelf wear only. Since Katherine Mansfield wrote some of her greatest stories on the Riviera, France has occupied a place in the imagination of New Zealand writers and readers. This anthology includes memoirs, stories and poems written in France by some of New Zealand?s greatest writers - among them Janet Frame, Allen Curnow, James K. Baxter and Michael King. During the same period, French writers have, in turn, visited New Zealand and their imaginative engagement with this place is also represented. Not only has the experience of New Zealanders living in France enriched this country?s literature; French writers are having a comparable experience of New Zealand. The Colour of Distance samples the traffic in both directions. Herein lies the proof that traveling 18,000 kilometres can make you see more vividly both the place of origin and the adopted home.

London: William Heinemann, 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1935 New leather-bound edition. Brown leather with gilt titles and decorations to the spine. Top fore edge gilt. Book has a little rubbing and rolling to leading corners. Gift inscription to the first and last endpapers. Some light foxing. Woodcut decorations by Freda Bone. 469pp

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is from the overseas collection at the National Library of New Zealand. A very clean copy, other than a couple of stamps.

London.: Anthony Blond, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some very minor foxing to the page edges and some light foxing and edge wear to the jacket.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Macmillan & Co Ltd, London 1949. First edition First Printing. Book condition: Very Good. Only a previous owners sticker to front paste down of note. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Has minor edge wear and creasing and has been laminated. Not price clipped.

Washington D C: USNHO ( U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1958. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. TR-54. Some light rubbing to the wraps, else a very clean copy. Fold out maps.

Australia: Affirm Press, 2017. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Feels unread. A fabulous, funny and heartbreaking love letter to Wuthering Heights and the books that make us who we are, Dear Reader is about finding your people - on the page and in the world.For Flannery Fields, the only respite from the mean girls at school is Miss Sweeney's English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach her favourite book, Wuthering Heights, and her handbag is found, Flannery knows something is wrong.When the police are called, Flannery surrenders everything except for Miss Sweeney's precious copy of Wuthering Heights. When she opens it later, it appears to have transformed into her teacher's real-time diary. It appears Miss Sweeney is in New York City - and she's in trouble.So Flannery does something very unFlannery-like: she skips school and sets out for Manhattan, with the book as her guide. There she meets Heath, British, handsome… Read More