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$32.50
2g3/15

Land of the Three Rivers: A centennial history of piako county


VENNELL,C.W.;MORE,DAVID

first edition 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] super octavo, green cloth boards VG+ (eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: wilson & horton auckland 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history piako vennell david more

$25.50
2g8/34

Mostly a Farmer


WATERS,LANCE

first edition 193pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cape catley whatamongo bay 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history lance waters

$50.00
xxfab6033

The Story of Northland


REED, A. H.

first edition 395pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography northland reed

$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

$85.00
1b47/38

Travels in Arabia Deserta (2 volume set)


DOUGHTY,CHARLES M.

reprint 2 vols set 674/696pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,corners bumped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents and to verso of maps,spines cracked but tight) in scruffy d/w's (vol.1 only consists of front cover/flap/spine,missing rear cover,vol.2 wrapper complete,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and closed tears,price-clipped both vols.)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1943

KEYWORDS: history travel arabia deserta charles doughty

$40.00
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

$297.50
2g4/32

The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World


3 vols.

RAWLINSON,GEORGE

ex-lib.third edition 3 vols.rebound in half leather 590/580/567pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG+ (rebind in blue cloth w.tan half-leather,gilt libr.stamp to top boards w.gilt-on-red title label to spines,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.spine sl.sunned,usual libr.stamps,prelims.sl.foxed o.w contents clean and tight,some minor wear to folded edges of some maps,tight)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1873

KEYWORDS: history antiquity ancient eastern world rawlinson

$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

$63.75
2g6/50

Pie-Powder


being dust from the law courts

TRAMP,A CIRCUIT [FOOTE,J.ALDERSON]

first edition thus [facsimile of 1911 first edition] 216pp NF (red cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and upper edge of front cover sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: ep publishing wakefield 1973

KEYWORDS: law history literature alderson foote

$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

$29.75
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

$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

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