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$15.00
1u41/3

The Story of the Founding of St. George's Memorial Church, Gate Pa


NAYLOR, D. G.

Octavo, light card covers, stapled, illustrated front cover, 56pp, map, VG+ (light rubbing and faint tanning to covers and page edges).

PUBLISHER: Bay of Plenty Times (printers) n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand St. George's Memorial Church Gate Pa history architecture Tauranga

$22.50
1u41/9

Changing Days and Changing Ways: Collections and Recollections of Palmerston North and the Manawatu District


WARBURTON, CHARLOTTE ELIOT & PATERSON, A. S. (illus)

first edition, signed by author, ex library, super octavo, pale teal cloth boards, black lettering on spine, frontispiece, illus, 151pp VG- (moderate bruising to board edges, particularly corners and spine extrems, with tiny closed tears; small indentations and superficial scratches to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to boards and pages, some surface loss to boards due to removal of adhesive labels, signature of previous owner on fep, small library stamp and notations on prelims).

PUBLISHER: C. E. Warburton 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Palmerston North women Manawatu

$22.50
1u41/12

Early Days in Centrl Otago (New Zealand) Being Tales of Times Gone By


GILKISON, ROBERT

ex library, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering on spine and front cover, fep has map of Otago, frontispiece, illus, xi+213pp, VG (minor bruising and some small stains to board edges and spine extrems; fading & colour loss to spine; light tanning & foxing to page edges and prelims; slight soiling, small library stamps and notations on prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneer Maori Otago gold Chinese Arrowtown Molyneux floods Bully Hayes Dunstan

$25.00
1u41/13

By Sea and Land


YOUNG, E. HILTON

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration on front cover, frontispiece, illus, xvi+298+8pp VG (minor bruising, with slight surface loss, to board edges and spine extrems; minor rubbing; light tanning & foxing to page edges and prelims; slight crease on front pastedown; small pencil annotations on both pastedowns).

PUBLISHER: Methuen and Co 1924

KEYWORDS: World War I one 1 military history navy naval guns Zeebruge Russian fleet Whale Island British

$42.50
1u41/16

Chasing the White Whale: Forgotten Stories from New Zealand's Bay of Islands Historic Past


ALEXANDER, LINDSAY

Octavo, black & white illus light card covers with red lettering, viii + 325pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Kororareka Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bay of Islands history

$45.00
1u41/19

John Webster's Maori Journal 1847


WEBSTER, JOHN

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 120pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Hokianga Historical Society 2010

KEYWORDS: John Webster NEw Zealand Maori history journal memoirs Hokianga

$80.00
1u41/30

Protecting Paradise in Paihia: The Story of Williams House and Gardens


CRAIG, FIONA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; oblong super octavo, light card boards, French flap at rear, brown & black lettering on spine, illustrated front cover, pale jade eps, illus, 182pp, VG+ (edges slightly bruised,5cm crease on bottom left front cover)

PUBLISHER: Weaving the Strands 2005

KEYWORDS: Paihia Williams House gardens New Zealand history architecture society culture

$75.00
1u41/34

Te Kerikeri 1770-1850: the Meeting Pool


BINNEY, JUDITH

Imperial octavo; light card covers; teal and white lettering on spine; illustrated front cover & title page; frontispiece; illus, 136pp; VG+ (v.slight rubbing fading to covers, prev owners details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books/ Craig Potton Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Bay of Islands Northland colonialism Koropiro religion Samuel Marsden Kerikeri

$70.00
1u41/37

The Fassifenr Story: A History of Boonah Shire and Surroundings to 1989


PFEFFER, C. K.

Quarto, light card boards, black lettering on spine, illustrated covers, illustrated eps, illus, 349pp, VG (slight rubbing to covers, moderate bruising to cover edges, back cover is faded with unobtrusive 13cm crease to one corner, both covers have slight superficial scratches, page edges v.slightly soiled, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Boonah Shire Council 1997

KEYWORDS: Australia history pioneers outback logging Boonah Shire Fassifern agriculture transport commerce

$12.50
xxqec144244

The Line of the Road


HOLCROFT, M. H.

ex library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Manawatu County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: Manawatu development roads bridges construction New Zealand history

$15.00
xxqec144268

Alfred's Kingdom: Wessex and the South 800 - 1500


HINTON, DAVID A.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates 1987

KEYWORDS: History British King Alfred Wessex

$25.00
xxqed144270

To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941 - 1943


AUSTIN, VICTOR

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Military history Australia infantry WW2 Kokoda 39th

$13.50
xxqed144271

A Change of Ownership: Aboriginal Land Rights


KIRK, MILDRED

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Jacaranda 1986

KEYWORDS: History politics Australia land rights Aboriginal

$25.00
xxqed144273

Moscow Dateline 1941 - 1943


CASSIDY, HENRY C.

First Australian edition, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1944

KEYWORDS: Memoir history Russia WW2 Moscow

$27.50
xxqed144276

Rape of the Dream People


NOONE, RICHARD

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1972

KEYWORDS: History biography Malaya Temiar Pat Noone

$10.00
xxqed144295

Picture of a Province


THE HISTORICAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE HAWKE'S BAY AND EAST COAST MUSEUM

ex library octavo stiffened binding (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hawke's Bay Centennial Council 1958

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Hawke's Bay East Coast

$12.00
xxqed144296

Historic Bay of Islands


REED, A. H. & ALEXANDER, JOHN H. (illus)

signed by A. H. Reed, library card casing, ex library octavo stiffened binding (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Bay of Islands

$14.00
xxqed144301

The Borough of Richmond


MILLER, J. HALKET

tidy ex library octavo stiffened boards (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: R Lucas and Son 1968

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Richmond

$10.00
xxqed144303

History of the River Thames N.Z.


ISDALE, A. M.

recased in stiffened boards utilising original covers, lacks title page, tidy ex library octavo (sound reading copy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: A. M. Isdale 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand river Thames

$10.00
xxqed144304

History of the River Thames N.Z.


ISDALE, A. M.

recased in stiffened boards utilising original covers, lacks title page, tidy ex library octavo (sound reading copy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: A. M. Isdale 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand river Thames

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