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$10.00
xxpei175778

Beyond the Skippers Road


MACNICOL, TERRI

SCRUFFY COPY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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 costs

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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Shotover Otago Lakes District Skippers rural

$37.50
xxpei175781

Past and Present, and Men of the Times


BARRY, Capt. WILLIAM JACKSON

LACKS FEP & TITLE PAGE, octavo hardcover (VG-) heavy cracking to spine; 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 costs

PUBLISHER: McKee & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers Australia William Jackson Barry

$15.00
xxpei175786

Conquerors of the Antarctic


DE LA CROIX, ROBERT & FITZGERALD, EDWARD (Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1958

KEYWORDS: Antarctic exploration travel history maritime nautical south pole

$20.00
xxpei175788

Adventures of Exploration: Book V: Australia and New Zealand (Second Edition)


KELTIE, Sir JOHN SCOTT & GILMOUR, SAMUEL CARTER

Sm 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 costs

PUBLISHER: George Philip & Son 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia history exploration

$11.50
xxpei175789

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand: 1978 Edition: Records - Reviews Covering the First-Class Matches of 1977


CARMAN, ARTHUR H. (Ed)

Sm 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanack 1977 rugby union

$11.50
xxpei175790

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand: 1974 Edition: Records - Reviews Covering the First-Class Matches of 1973


CARMAN, ARTHUR H. (Ed)

Sm 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanack 1973 rugby union

$15.00
xxpel175791

A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic


OFFICER, CHARLES & PAGE, JAKE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: exploration Arctic north pole travel maritime nautical history

$15.00
xxpel175794

My Grandmother's Kitchen: A Collection of Recipes Seasoned With Memories and Tales of the Past


McLAREN, NOELINE et al (Compiled)

Spiral bound 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Balclutha Genealogical Society 2006

KEYWORDS: family recipes food anecdotes genealogy Balclutha history

$20.00
xxpel175799

Road to Routeburn: The Story of Kinloch, Lake Wakatipu


McKENZIE, DOREEN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago lakes district Wakatipu

$15.00
xxpel175800

Silver Fern at Tokyo: Stories of New Zealanders at the Games of the 18th Olympiad; and New Zealand Athletics Almanack, 1964


HARRIS, NORMAN & HEIDENSTROM, P. N. (Statistics)

Octavo stapled light card wrappers (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 costs

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed N/D (c.1964)

KEYWORDS: sport New Zealand olympics olympic games Tokyo 1964 Japan history athletics

$15.00
xxpel175804

Stories of the Hyde Railway Disaster 1943


COLEMAN, ELIZABETH (Compiled by) & SWIFT, GILLIAN-MARY (Ed)

Octavo stapled light card wrappers (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 costs

PUBLISHER: E. E. Coleman 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hyde railway disaster rail transport trains history Southland 1943 anecdotes crashes

$15.00
xxpel175806

The Life of Nansen


STARRITT, S. STUART

LACKS D/W, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society N/D

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fridtjof Nansen exploration explorers adventure adventurers history

$65.00
1y41a/41

Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries


KNIGHT, E. F.

Octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown lettering to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map to front, xv + 528pp + 24pp ads to rear, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & staining to spine & boards, 3cm crack to front hinge, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history culture Kashmir west Tibet Gilgit E F Knight

$750.00
1y46a/2

The Maoris in the Great War: A History of the New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915; France and Flanders, 1916-1918


COWAN, JAMES & POMARE, The Hon. Sir MAUI (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W (TIDY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS), octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 180pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light creasing/folding to edges of folding map to rear, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- neat & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Maori Regimental Committee 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori great war military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Te Hokowhitu a Tu Gallipoli pioneer battalion France Flanders first edition

$150.00
1y46a/3

The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions


STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR

TWO FOLDING MAPS IN REAR POCKET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 784pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps, some bruising & creasing to page edges, light tanning & creasing to one folding map at rear, closed tears to one map)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co. N/D (c.1921?)

KEYWORDS: exploration polar regions history arctic north pole travel eskimos

$650.00
1y46a/6

The Class Reptilia


THE BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, 481pp + 110pp synopsis of species to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & board edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters near front, sl cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 1831

KEYWORDS: natural history reptiles Baron Cuvier animals classification

$650.00
1y46a/7

The Class Pisces


BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & SMITH, Lieut.- Col. CHARLES HAMILTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 680pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning to page egdes, light tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals fish aquatic natural history Baron Cuvier classifications

$650.00
1y46a/8

The Mollusca and Radiata


BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 601pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light discolouration & crackling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals natural history Baron Cuvier classifications molluscs sea life marine biology shells shell identification

$120.00
1y46a/9

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1883 Vol. XVI


HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, 577pp + lxii, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate creasing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards with prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pgs 371-382 loose but still attached, some pages remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transactions proceedings records history 1883 animals nature crustaceans insects entomology

$125.00
1y46a/12

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island


GOVERNOR PHILLIP et al

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#79/1000), FULL LEATHERBOUND, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO D/W, quarto, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, teg, frontispiece, 298pp + lxxiv appendix to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (light bruising/warping to board corners, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, explanatory note by Norman B.Tindale tipped in to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & neat/tidy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Georgian House Pty 1950

KEYWORDS: Governor Phillip Botany Bay exploration travel adventures history ethnography Australia Australian

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