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$29.75
2g8/23

The Making of a New Zealander


MULGAN,ALAN

reprint signed by author 215pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand history alan mulgan biography signed

$35.00
ak3/21/3846

Wingspread


the pioneering of aviation in new zealand

WHITE,LEO

first edition signed by author 191pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title dated 1941,spine cracked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: unity press auckland 1941

KEYWORDS: new zealand history aviation leo white signed

$14.00
2g8/45

The Man on the twenty dollar note


KINGSFORD-SMITH, CHARLES; MCNALLY, WARD

octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: reed sydney 1976

KEYWORDS: history aviation biography charles kingford-smith ward mcnally

$35.00
1y38/6075

Te Hokowhitu A Tu


the maori pioneer battalion in the first world war

PUGSLEY,CHRISTOPHER

first edition 147pp ills.[b/w] quarto maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine VG+ (sl foxing to upper page edgesand end pages) in VG+ d/w (sl scuffing and soiling, moderate foxing to inner side of d/w)

PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand history military maori battalion christopher pugsley

$63.75
r8/22

Gog and Magog and I


SAYER,T.LEWES

first edition inscribed by author 184pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps to extrems.,author's inscription [but no signature] to ffep dated 3.v.35,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: london guildhall history biography lewes sayer

$22.50
2g4/35

The Blyton Phenomenon


RAY,SHEILA G.

second impression 246pp NF (burgundy cloth,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,remains of price sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1983

KEYWORDS: literature history enid blyton sheila ray

$25.50
2g5/7

Westcountry Harbour


the port of teignmouth 1690-1975

TRUMP,H.J.

first edition 204pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,minor soiling,content edges v.sl.soiled,rfep loose) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: brunswick press teignmouth 1976

KEYWORDS: nautical geography history teignmouth trump

$51.00
r8/28

A History of The Institution of Electrical Engineers 1871-1971


READER,W.J.

first edition 327pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] F in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: peter peregrinus london [1987]

KEYWORDS: electrical engineers history reader

$35.00
xxfaa14251

Economics of the New Zealand Maori


FIRTH, RAYMOND

reprint 519pp ills.[b/w w.fold-outs] imperial octavo hardcover VG+ (fawn cloth,sl.soiled,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some creases)

PUBLISHER: [np] printed by shearer wellington 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori economics raymond firth

$55.25
2g3/13

Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca


HUTTON,FREDERICK WOLLASTON

first edition 224pp VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to front cover,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.to mod.foxing of contents)

PUBLISHER: colonial museum & geological survey department wellington 1880

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history mollusca frederick wollaston hutton

$63.75
2g10/28

The Journal of the First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment


southeast asia 1957-1989

CLOSE,D.G.[ED.]

first edition 218pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,v.sl.soiled,front pastedown separating at fep gutter,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: [np,np] 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history first battalion infantry regiment close

$26.50
2g10/21

Beyond the City


the land and its people riccarton waimairi paparua

PENNEY,SARAH E.W.

first edition signed by author 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,minor gum stains to upper/lower edges)

PUBLISHER: penney ash publications christchurch 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history sarah penney signed

$100.00
2a1/6141

The Tattooed Land


the southern frontiers of the pa maori

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

first edition folio hardcover 262pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history barry brailsford

$70.00
r9/2

The Colony of New Zealand


its history,vicissitudes and progress

GISBORNE,WILLIAM

first edition xii+360pp [3 fold-out maps] G (black cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.incl.first map detached but all present,contents sl.foxed w.edges mod.foxed,maps all present and sl.foxed w.tape repair to verso of first map,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: petherick london 1888

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography william gisborne

$21.25
r9/3

The Regimental Records of the British Army


FARMER,JOHN S.

first edition thus 223pp+appendix ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.wear to extrems.) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: crecy books bristol 1984

KEYWORDS: military history british army regimental records john farmer

$76.50
2g9/14

The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982


COOK,H.C.B.

first edition numbered/limited [357/750] signed by author 552pp F in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.) in NF slipcase (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: leo cooper london 1987

KEYWORDS: military history british indian armies cook

$34.00
r9/22

The Maiden Voyage


MARCUS,GEOFFREY

first edition 319pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,te blue) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: allen and unwin london 1969

KEYWORDS: nautical history titanic geoffrey marcus

$21.25
r9/7

The Queen of the Adriatic; or, Venice Past and Present


ADAMS,W.H.DAVENPORT

376pp ills.[b/w] VG- (brick cloth w.black ruled borders and gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to bevelled edges,small split to foot of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: t.nelson london 1872

KEYWORDS: history geography travel venice davenport adams

$106.25
r9/8

The Impossible Island


corsica: its people and its sport

SNAFFLE

first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.soiled and sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: witherby london 1923

KEYWORDS: history geography corsica snaffle

$29.75
r9/26

California Shipwrecks


footsteps in the sea

MARSHALL,DON B.

first edition 175pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: superior publishing seattle 1978

KEYWORDS: nautical history california shipwrecks marshall

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