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Young Logan Campbell


STONE, R C J

green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 297pp illus VG+ (owners stamp on fep) in VG+ d/w (light fading, light rubbing, sl wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: auckland university press 1982 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand john logan campbell biography history maori r c j stone auckland

$25.00
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Fututre Natural; Nature, Science , Culture


ROBERTSON, GEORGE & MASH, MELINDA & TICKNER, LISA

large format illus light card covers xi + 310pp illus FINE

PUBLISHER: routledge 1996 london

KEYWORDS: science natural history sociology anthropology

$25.00
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Te Manihera; The Life and Times of the Pioneer Missionary Robert Maunsell


GARRETT, HELEN

Suoper octavo, illus light card covers 321pp illus VG (light soiling to covers and page edges, light creasing to spine, prev owners name in ink to verso of front cover)

PUBLISHER: reed 1991 birkenhead

KEYWORDS: maori history missionaries religion new zealand biography te manihera robert maunsell helen garrett

$30.00
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Biodiversity and Democracy; Rethinking Society and Nature


WOOD, PAUL M

large format light card covers xvi + 236pp VG+ (bruising to foredge)

PUBLISHER: UBC press 2000 vancouver

KEYWORDS: sociology politics natural history biodiversity science paul m wood environment

$230.00
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A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830-1940


MCKAY, R A

large faux leather boards with three quarter leather, illus eps, 249pp + index VG+ ( light wear to extremities, discolouration to eps, inscription to noted NZer on inner ep) limited edition #481

PUBLISHER: wellington club of printing house craftsmen 1940 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand history printing r a mckay

$35.00
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Remaking the Tasman World


SMITH, PHILIPPA MEIN & HEMPENSTALL, PETER & GLODFI

large format gloss light card covers 296pp illus Near Fine (light crease at bottom right corner)

PUBLISHER: canterbury university press 2008 christchurch

KEYWORDS: abel tasman history new zealand australia anzac philippa mein smith peter hempenstall shaun goldfinch politics sociology

$16.50
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New Zealand Treasure Wrecks


LOCKER-LAMPSON, STEVE

large format gloss illus light card covers 97pp illus (Near Fine (v light rubbing, v sl soiling to eps))

PUBLISHER: the halcyon press 1995 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history transport maitime nautical shipwrecks treasure steve lock-lampson

$14.00
xxdbf4434

In God's Name


YALLOP, DAVID

hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy copy); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape

KEYWORDS: history religion pope john paul 1 catholicism christianity politics david yallop crime specials

$10.00
xxcre4467

Rights of Passage; Beyond the New Zealand Identity Crisis


LAIDLAW, CHRIS

large format paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: global origins 2003

KEYWORDS: chris laidlaw new zealand history sociology culture specials

$10.00
xxclf4500

Stroppy Sheilas and Gutsy Girls; New Zealand Women of Dash and Daring


CONEY, SANDRA

Square 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: tandem press

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand feminism history sandra coney

$55.00
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A History of Chemistry From the Earliest Times (Second Edition)


BROWN, JAMES CAMPBELL ( BROWN, HENRY HILTON ed)

red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine xxix + 544pp, illus VG- (ex libris with usual treatments, light fading to spine, light rubbing, light wear and bruising to extremities, light foxing to prelims) A Sound copy

PUBLISHER: j & a churchill 1920 london

KEYWORDS: science chemistry history james campbell brown henry hilton brown

$8.00
xxcmc4505

Cracking the Da Vinci Code


The Unauthorized Guide to the Facts behind the Fiction

COX, SIMON

large format paperback (near new); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: harper collins

KEYWORDS: literature specials occult history simon cox

$25.00
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Parliament's Library 150 Years


MARTIN, JOHN E

Imperial octavo, illus gloss card covers with french flaps 270pp illus VG+ (distributor's label on fep) Doesn't seem to mention the disgraceful deacquisitioning by tender that occured in the 1990s

PUBLISHER: steele roberts publishers 2008 wellingotn

KEYWORDS: new zealand history parliament library politics

$26.50
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Miners and Militants; Politics in Westland; Six Essays


MAY, PHILIP ROSS (ed)

orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine xi + 174pp illus VG+ (owners inscription on fep) in VG+ d/w (sl bruising to extremities, light rubbing at rear)

PUBLISHER: university of canterbury 1975 christchurch

KEYWORDS: westland mining gold essays history new zealand philip ross may

$15.00
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The Guardians at the Gate; The History of the New Zealand Customs Department


MCGILL, DAVID

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers 207pp illus VG (moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: silver owl press 1991 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand history customs department david mcgill

$60.00
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From Wheelbarrow to Carryall; A Story of Some Public Works Communities in New Zealand 1904-1956


HERBERT, CHARLES M

large format light card covers 114pp VG+ (light rubbing, scoring indent to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: trade union history project 1993 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand history public works communities charles m herbert

$22.50
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Sergeant, Sinner, Saint & Spy; The Taranaki War Diary of Sergeant William Marjouram


BARBER, LAURIE & CLAYTON, GARRY & TONKIN-CLAVELL,

large format black boards 102pp illus, VG+ (spots of minor foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (fading to spine and top edge of cover)

PUBLISHER: random century 1990 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history military wars maori taranaki diary autobiography sergeant william marjouram laurie barber garry clayton john tonkin-covell

$20.00
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The Romantic Past of Rotorua


STAFFORD, DON

Quarto illus light card covers 72pp illus VG (light wear and tanning)

PUBLISHER: reed gold star 1977 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand rotorua maori history don stafford

$77.50
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100 Years of Waiapu


RAU, CHARLES

large format light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, viii + 196pp illus Near Fine (sl discolouration to prelims) in Near Fine d/w (sl rubbing, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: gisborne district council 1993 gisborne

KEYWORDS: new zealand waiapu gisborne history charles rau

$35.00
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Blue Cliffs; The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970


WOODHOUSE, A E

large format dark blue boards, illus eps xiv + 290pp illus Near Fine (v sl soiling, tape residue to fep.) in VG+ d/w ( sl rubbing, sl soiling, small closed tear at top rear)

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1982 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sheep station south canterbury a e woodhouse

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