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$125.00
s16/42

Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces


THOMSON, CHARLES

first edition 226pp GOOD+ (blue cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,school bookplate to front pastedown,bookplate of NZ historian alison Drummond to ffep,tape repair to ep gutter,newspaper clipping pasted to frontis.tissue guard,spine cracked and shaky w.sl.separation at some sections)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history canterbury thomson geography

$125.00
s16/43

Extracts From a Diary kept by the Rev. R.Burrows during Heke's War in the North in 1845


BURROWS,R.

first edition 58pp POOR (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,most of spine missing,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to inside front cover along with a b/w photo of a drawing by General Robley,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.edges sl.chipped and worn) Bagnall 803

PUBLISHER: upton auckland 1886

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography diary burrows military

$25.00
s16/48

The Otago of Our Mothers


SOPER,EILEEN L.

first edition 100pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps to extrems. content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications Dunedin 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history geography Otago Soper

$20.00
s16/51

John Elmslie 1831-1907 He Came From Bennachie


ELMSLIE,JOHN; ELMSLIE,J.G. [COMPILER]

second impression 97pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems, eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1963

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history john elmslie

$25.00
s16/52

Information Relative to New Zealand


WARD,JOHN

first edition thus 168pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at front] NEAR FINE (burgundy cloth,owner's stamp to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history travel ward

$165.00
s16/59

The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future


TAYLOR,RICHARD

first edition 331pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (purple cloth,rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,split to lower hinge,various notes pasted to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: william macintosh london 1868

KEYWORDS: new zealand history richard taylor

$200.00
s16/63

Manual of New Zealand Geography


BOWDEN,THOMAS A.; HECTOR,JAMES

first edition 143pp [col.folding maps] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,spine sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)

PUBLISHER: george philip london 1869

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history bowden hector

$65.00
s16/66

South Auckland


WILY,HENRY E.R.L.

first edition 261pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/browned) in VG d/w (light wear and chipping to extremities, light rubbing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: franklin printing pukekohe 1939

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history franklin auckland wily

$35.00
s16/72

The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844


WILLIAMS,JOHN B.; KENNY,ROBERT W. [ED.]

first edition 120pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,owner's sign.[NZ historian Alison Drummond] to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: peabody museum of salem 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history williams kenny

$20.00
s18/34

Charles Dickens and New Zealand A Colonial Image


RYAN,J.S.

first edition numbered/limited [/750] 184pp+64pp Dickens catalogue ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography charles dickens ryan

$20.00
s18/35

From Plymouth to New Plymouth


WOOD,R.G.

first edition 180pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history plymouth wood

$19.50
s18/38

History of The River Thames N.Z.


ISDALE,A.M.

first edition 76pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] octavo stapled wrappers, VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed w.owner's inscr.to head of front cover,sl.bumps to extrems.,few ink noted to table of contents page)

PUBLISHER: isdale thames 1967

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history thames isdale

$90.00
s18/41

Stories of Second-Sight in a Highland Regiment


KIRK,WILLIAM

first edition 123pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,4x3cm loss ot head of rear cover,internal repairs,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: eneas mackay stirling 1933

KEYWORDS: scotland highland regiment william kirk history

$30.00
s18/42

A Directory of Titled Persons for the Year 1898


N/A

470pp+ads. VERY GOOD- (red cloth boards w.black leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.few losses to spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: whitaker london 1898

KEYWORDS: history biography titled persons whitakers

$45.00
s18/45

Rhetoric at the Red Dawn


LEE,JOHN A.

first edition signed by author 205pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,author's inscr.to title page,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john lee signed

$50.00
s18/53

Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 1773


BOSWELL,JAMES; JOHNSON,SAMUEL

first edition thus 520pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1963

KEYWORDS: history travel biography james boswell samuel johnson hebrides scotland

$150.00
s18/56

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer [Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche]


MACKENZIE,ALEXANDER; LANG,ANDREW

third edition (although not stated as such, there were two previous editions) 93pp VERY GOOD (beige cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled/stained,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: eneas mackay stirling 1924

KEYWORDS: history scotland brahan seer prophecies mackenzie

$50.00
s18/59

Reminiscences of A Highland Parish


MACLEOD,NORMAN

reprint 421pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,2cm split to upper hinge w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges smod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: daldy isbister london 1877

KEYWORDS: history scotland highland parish macleod biography

$40.00
s18/62

The Inky Way


THOMAS,WILLIAM HEARN

first editiobn inscribed by author [association copy - A.H.Reed signature] 98pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.of NZ author A.H.Reed to ffep,author's inscr.to title page along with sign.of NZ author A.H.Reed,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: clark & matheson auckland 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history signed william thomas reed journalism

$40.00
s18/65

Rails Along the Foothills


LIND,RICHARD F.

first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: lind barrington [1966]

KEYWORDS: railway transport history lind

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