Talkback Toast: A Reminiscence of Radio Pacific by Lee-Robinson, Robin
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Robin Lee-Robinson was formerly Mrs Barry Crump, the wife whose marriage to 'the good keen bloke' of Kiwi legend lasted longest. She shared many of Barry's adventures and was also his producer of the fondly-remembered 'Bush Telegraph' radio show. Robin shares somes personal anecdotes of the Radio Pacifi ...Show more
Esplin: Tom and Edith's Creative Journeys by Donald Offwood
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Price Reduced. Was $60.00 Tom Esplin's artistic career started at the early age of 10, when he was awarded first prize for a sketch of his father. At age 18, he won a scholarship from the Edinburgh College of Arts, where his art master commented that Esplin was one of the best pupils he had had presente ...Show more
SOCIABLE CAREFREE DELIGHTFUL A History of Scottish Country Dance in New Zealand by Margaret D Laidlaw and Margaret M Hutchinson
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. A complete illustrated history of Scottish dancing in New Zealand and of the clubs and associations that formed to support it.
Homeplaces - Three Coasts of the South Island of New Zealand by Keri Hulme
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand! New Zealand! In Praise of Kiwiana by Stephen Barnett
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists | Reading Level: very good
Ingenious, robust and characterful, New Zealand’s popular culture is, well, unique anyway. Few others could claim, for example, that it’s national softdrink began life in a cow paddock, or that its first free-flow frozen food was produced using a hammer.These remarkable facts and others are revealed in ...Show more
The Image Maker The Art of James Berry by J.R. Tye
$95.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. A biography of the foremost New Zealand stamp and coin designer. His life and work. Many examples of his work, with designs for many Pacific nations.
PACIFIC PARALLELS Artists and the Landscape in New Zealand by Charles C. Eldredge
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. Artists and the Landscape in New Zealand. Exhibition catalogue with essays for a travelling exhibition of work in the USA. Includes photography and film.
Sage Tea - An Autobiography by Toss Woollaston
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. A revealing portrayal of the life of one of New Zealands most gifted artists - and an important historical record.
Goldfield Balladeer - The Life and Times of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher, the inimitable songster of New Zealand Goldfields by Robert Hoskins
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. The author vividly describes the effervescent goldfields and the equally effervescent and irrepressable goldfields entertainer and songwriter Charles R. Thatcher.
Frames on the Land: Early Landscape Painting in New Zealand by Francis Pound
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art & Artists
Secondhand. A scholarly description of how European immigrant artists applied established landscape theories and practices to the New Zealand landscape.
Worship in the Wilderness: Early Country Chruches of New Zealand by Geoffrey Thornton
$47.50 NZD
Category: Architecture & Design
This is concerned with the small country church built in strictly rural surroundings where it stood somewhat isolated, but made a simple statement that religious belief was important to country folk. Here are some of the finest examples.