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$55.00
ak5/12/37

Forbidden Marriage: A Factual Story of Early Settlers in Thames and on the Coast


HUTCHINSON, IVY

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 172pp, VG (boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate wrinkling to pgs 77-80) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & damp staining to spine & edges, minor generalised soiling, 1cm closed tearing & archival tape repair to top edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Pelorus Press (Printer) 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers north island Thames Coromandel coastal signed first editions Ivy Hutchinson

$90.00
ak5/12/39

The New Zealanders


N/A (CRAIK, GEORGE L)

MAPS PRESENT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to green title plate to spine, frontis/map, iv + 424pp, illus/maps, G+ (v heavy cracking to hinges- front board completely detached & rear board very delicate, moderate tape staining & residue to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate chipping to surface os spine, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front eps, ffep detached but re-fixed with tidy archival tape, moderate foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture Maori communities anthropology

$60.00
ak5/12/41

A Little History of New Zealand: Progressive from Discovery to 1880, for Children (Fifth Edition)


BOURKE, E M

Duodecimo, maroon soft buckram covers, blind stamp lettering to front cover, xv + 112pp, VG- (moderate creasing & fading/tanning to spine & cover edges, minor scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, moderate creasing to top corner of front cover, prev ownebr's name in ink to ffep, light foxing throughout, minor creasing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Upton and Co N/D (c.1880s)

KEYWORDS: children's history books New Zealand historical

$90.00
ak5/12/43

Land of the Maniapoto


CRAIG, DICK

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Octavo, stiff card covers, jacket affixed to boards at flaps, brown lettering & portrait/illus to front cover, (4) + 90pp, VG (aforementioned jacket neatly affixed to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light overall tanning & foxing to covers & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, errata slip to title page)

PUBLISHER: King Country Chronicle Te Kuiti 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maniapoto northern King Country

$100.00
ak5/12/46

The Modern Judea, Compared With Ancient Prophecy


WYLIE, Rev JAMES AITKEN

Sm octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontis/folding map, 366pp, G+ (front board almost detached but tentatively hanging on, v heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges- marbling still visible, minor foxing throughout, ffep potentially missing, folding map frontis has light to moderate foxing & minor creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1860

KEYWORDS: ancient biblical history Judea Judaea prophecy geography Palestine antiquity

$70.00
ak5/12/47

Summer Days in Cattiland


HORNE, JOHN

Sm octavo, heavy floral patterned boards, gilt lettering to burgundy buckram spine, deckled page edges, 127pp, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to board corners, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Menzies & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Caithness Scotland Scottish Cattiland John Horne travel writing literature history historical

$120.00
ak5/12/48

The Romance of the Rail: No 2 South Island Main Trunk, New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Oblong octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (light rusting to staples- page block almost detached, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, light staining to top edge of front cover, minor closed tearing to edges of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, signed bookplate (James Cowan) to verso of contents page)

PUBLISHER: Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail travel south island main line Canterbury Otago Southland

$160.00
ak5/12/49

Castaway on the Aucklands: The Wreck of the Grafton, from the Private Journals of Thomas Musgrave, Master Mariner


MUSGRAVE, THOMAS & REED, A H (Ed) & REED, A W (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed/maps to eps, frontispiece, 125pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing/creasing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl creasing to eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history

$245.00
ak5/12/50

The Home Teacher (5 Vol Set)


NEIL, SAMUEL (Ed)

5 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spines & boards, 1440 pp total, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate soiling to pages sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: William Mackenzie N/D (c.1886)

KEYWORDS: old teaching books home teacher series geography nature plants botany geopolitics history

$22.50
xxsqd215633

From Rotenberg to Rector: The Life and Career of Mervyn Ansley Bull


SHAW, ALON

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Timaru High School Old Boys' Foundation 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools Mervyn Ansley Bull biography biographies memoir TBHS Timaru Boys High School history

$20.00
xxsqd215634

Choie Sew Hoy


NG, JAMES

Octavo 11pg pamphlet (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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chinese settlers communities history biography biographies memoir Choie Sew Hoy

$22.50
xxsqd215635

Hakataramea Hundred


PARRY, GORDON

SIGNED, 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: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station

$20.00
xxsqd215636

Response to a Vision: The First Hundred Years of the Nelson School of Music


TUNNICLIFF, SHIRLEY

SIGNED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Nelson School of Music 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff

$10.00
xxsqd215640

Cathedral in the Octagon: The First Hundred Years of St Paul's, Dunein 1894-1994


PARRY, GORDON

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: St Paul's Publications N/D (c.1994)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin cathedrals churches St Paul's Cathedral octagon history

$22.50
xxsqf215643

The Sculpture of Henri Matisse


MONOD-FONTAINE, ISABELLE

Ex-library, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1984

KEYWORDS: art history sculptures sculptors Henri Matisse appreciation criticism

$27.50
xxsqf215645

History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development, Volume I (Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization)


HAWKES, JACQUETTA & WOOLLEY, Sir LEONARD

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1963

KEYWORDS: UNESCO world history heritage antiquity

$10.00
xxsqf215648

The Legacy of England: An Illustrated Survey of the Works of Man in the English Country


BELL, ADRIAN et al

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1946-7

KEYWORDS: English history landscape farms villages country houses towns townships churches inns sport

$15.00
xxsqh215660

The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present


BUCHANAN, R A

Ex-library, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 1992

KEYWORDS: technology history development social impact

$15.00
xxsqh215664

The Desert War: The Classic Trilogy on the North Africa Campaign 1940-43 (Mediterranean Front ; A Year of Battle ; The End in Africa)


MOORHEAD, ALAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2009

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Africa campaigns African

$8.50
xxsqh215666

Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses


BROCKER, SUSAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia

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