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$40.00
2s9c/35

Greymouth Street Names: A Short History


BUCKLEY, FRANCES (ed)

4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley

$57.50
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Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books


SITWELL, SACHEVERELL & BLUNT, WILFRID

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 189pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1990

KEYWORDS: botany botanical books flowers history historical bibliography bibliographies catalogues

$70.00
1a4a/45

The Birth of a District: A History of Otapiri, Lora Gorge, Benmore and Kuana


OVERTON, J NIGEL

NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984

KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana

$40.00
1a4a/47

Seeking a New Land: Quakers in New Zealand: A Volume of Biographical Sketches


BRODIE, JAMES and AUDREY (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers

$80.00
1a4a/48

Reminiscences of a New Chum in Otago (New Zealand) in the Early 'Seventies


SCOTT, Hy [HENRY]

In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott

$60.00
1a4a/50

The Lost Ruby Mine


JACKSON, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical

$100.00
2s4b/3

Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory Volume 1: Auckland City-Province


n/a

Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century

$150.00
2s4b/9

The Early History of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East to the End of A.D. 1814


HOLE, Rev CHARLES

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxxviii + 677; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; centrepiece in blind to boards; some illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1896

KEYWORDS: Rev Charles Hole Church Missionary Society Africa Asia missionaries Christian Christianity religion religious history

$245.00
2s4b/10

The Annals of Inisfallen (MS. Rawlinson B. 503)


MACAIRT, SEAN (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. lii + 596; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some annotations in pencil to rear).

PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1988

KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Old Irish celtic language history annals of Innisfallen manuscripts

$195.00
2s4b/11

The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) Part I: Text and Translation


MACAIRT, SEAN & MACNIOCAILL, GEAROID (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 597; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; some annotations in pencil to rear).

PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1983

KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Gearoid MacNiocaill Old Irish celtic language history annals of Ulster manuscripts

$40.00
1a4a/53

In the Shadow of the Takitimus: The Story of Ohai and the Coalfields


GUTTERY, WALTER T

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, folded photo at rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walter T Guttery 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ohai rural communities coalfields coal companies pioneers

$25.00
xx97pol212851

The Platypus Papers: Fifty Years of Powerless Pilotage


BIRD, MICHAEL

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Platypus Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics sailplanes gliding gliders history

$27.50
xx97pol212854

Private Owner Wagons: Volume Three


HUDSON, BILL

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford Publishing Company 1984

KEYWORDS: transport history wagons industry carts designs

$30.00
xx98pol212858

The Sketches of Turner, R A: 1802-20: Genius of the Romantic


WILKINSON, GERALD

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1974

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Turner 19th nineteenth century romantics

$30.00
xx98pol212860

My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters from James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898


BURNS, ROWAN & NATHAN, SIMON

Quarto spiralbound 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence James Hector Joseph Dalton Hooker history New Zealand geology botany

$35.00
xx98pol212861

Colenso's Collections, Including the Unpublished Work of the Late Bruce Hamlin on William Colenso's New Zealand Plants Held at Te Papa


ST GEORGE, IAN (Compiled by)

LACKS DISC, quarto softcover (VG) pen underlining; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Native Orchid Group Inc 2009

KEYWORDS: botany plants nature William Colenso collections history

$25.00
xx98pol212863

Etienne Raoul and Canterbury Botany 1840-1996


BURROWS, COLIN J (Ed)

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Manuka Press / Canterbury Botanical Society 1998

KEYWORDS: Etienne Raoul botany nature New Zealand Canterbury history historical works

$15.00
xx98pol212864

Kauri: New Zealand Past & Present


ELL, GORDON

Super octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry

$15.00
xx98pol212865

Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers: A Pictorial History of the Kauri Gum Industry in New Zealand


HAYWARD, BRUCE W

Super octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry

$14.00
xx98pol212867

The Resurrection and The Life: A Centennial History of the Cathedrals of St John the Evangelist 1886-1986 Diocese of Waiapu, Napier, New Zealand


GRANT, S W

Oblong quarto stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Photolithox Printing (Printer) 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings cathedrals centennial centenary history Waiapu diocese Napier

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