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$17.00
h52a/37

Chance is a Fine Thing; A Memoir by Writer, Mountaineer, Campaigner, Explorer and Historian


TEMPLE, PHILIP

octavo illus light card covers, 272pp illus FINE

PUBLISHER: vintage 2009 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand autobiography philip temple history exploration sport mountaineering

$17.50
1h52a/53

Explorers & Travellers; Early Expeditions in New Zealand


PASCOE, JOHN

revised edition super octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 158pp illus VG+ (light discolouration to eps, previous owner's catalogue number in pen to front) in VG+d/w (light rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1983 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel exploration history john pascoe

$75.00
h52a/58

James Legge Missionary and Scholar


LEGGE, HELEN EDITH

octavo modern rebind in contemporary styled three quarter leather with raised bands and gilt, and marbled boards, new eps, viii + 248pp illus VG (moderate foxing and soiling) scarce

PUBLISHER: the religious tract society 1905 london

KEYWORDS: james legge helen edith biography missionaries religion history

$225.00
h52a/63

Cartoons (From Punch) 1882-1891


TENNIEL, Sir JOHN

small folio green cloth boards with gilt lettering, aeg, unpaginated, illus (folding plates), VG (title page loose, light wear to exteremities, moderate foxing, owners name and stamp to half title and title pages, corner cut from top right of half title page) Tidier than it sounds

PUBLISHER: bradbury, agnew & co nd london

KEYWORDS: illustrastion arts art sir john tenniel punch magazine history politics

$75.00
h52a/66

The Rhododendron Species, Volume III (3) Elepidotes continued Neriiflorum - Thomsonii, Azaleastrum and Camtschaticum


DAVIDIAN, H H

imperial octavo yellow boards with gilt lettering to spine, 381pp illus, VG+ (owner's blindstamp to prelims, light foxing) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: timber press 1992 oregon

KEYWORDS: flora natural history reference h h davidian rhododendrons

$25.00
xxcqd8557

Samoan Village Then and Now


HOLMES, LOWELL D & HOLMES, ELLEN RHOADS

second edition super octavo 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: harcourt brace college publishers

KEYWORDS: pacific samoa history sociology lowell d ellen rhoads holmes specials

$17.50
xxcrf8559

The Turners of Huia


KIRK, ALLAN & TURNER, HARVEY

octavo hardcover in dustwrapper ex libris; 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: authors 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand history allan kirk harvey turner specials

$15.00
xxyha8561

Life


RICHARDS, KEITH

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (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: weidenfeld & nicolson

KEYWORDS: autobiography history music arts rolling stones keith richards specials

$15.00
xxcwg8565

Melanesians at Mission Bay; A History of the Melanesian Mission in Auckland


ROSS, R M

octavo softcover (near fine); 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: new zealand historic places trust

KEYWORDS: new zealand religion missionaries melanesian mission auckland history specials r m ross

$16.50
xxcuf8566

At the Crossroads; A History of Saint Luke's Church Mt Albert Auckland New Zealand; A History For the Years 1972-1997


PAINE, SELWYN M (ed)

octavo paperback (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: parish of st luke

KEYWORDS: new zealand religion christianity mt albert auckland history selwyn m paine specials

$16.50
xxyaa8569

The Story of New Zealand Place Names


REED, A W

octavo hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (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: a h & a w reed 1952

KEYWORDS: new zealand history a w reed geography specials

$33.50
h91/5

Seven Lives on Salt River


SCOTT, DICK

first edition super octavo blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, 160pp, illus VG (light wear to extremities, owners details to fep) in VG d/w (light rubbing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton 1987 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history dick scott kaipara auckland

$50.00
h91/11

A Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books Published in the English Tongue 1701-1800


MACLEAN, VIRGINIA

imperial octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 197pp VG+ (light foxing to foredge) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing, v light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: prospect books 1981 london

KEYWORDS: culinary reference cookbooks cookery virginia maclean history

$16.50
xxcxh8571

The Secrets of the Vatican


SLADEN, DOUGLAS

octavo hardcover with gilt illustration to front board; ex libris, 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: hurst and blackett

KEYWORDS: specials douglas sladen history religion catholicism vatican

$26.50
h91/17

A City Possessed;The Christchurch Civic Creche Case - Child Abuse, Gender Politics and the Law


HOOD, LYNLEY

Super octavo white cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 672pp near Nr. FINE in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: longacre press 2001 dunedin

KEYWORDS: new zealand law crime sexual abuse history lynley hood sociology psychology

$40.00
1a26/2

The South of the North; Manawatu and Its Neighbours


SAUNDERS, B G R (ed)

imperial octavo illus light card covers, 175pp illus Near Fine (sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: massey university 2000 palmerston north

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography manawatu palmerston north b g r saunders

$15.00
1a26/10

Recollections 1850-1920; A Sketch History of Early Remuera


MACDONALD, WINIFRED

second enlarged edition imperial octavo illus light card stapled wrappers, 38pp, illus VG (light soiling and discolouration)

PUBLISHER: milnes of remuera 1984 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history remuera winifred macdonald

$50.00
1a26/15

Saskatchewan and the Rocky Mountains; A Diary and Narrative of Travel, Sport and Adventure, During a Journey Through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in 1859 and 1860


SOUTHESK, Earl of

octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxviii + 448pp, illus, fldg map, VG+ (light soiling to eps)in VG+ d/w (light soiling, light wear to extremities, sl crease to flap)

PUBLISHER: carles e tuttle 1969 vermont

KEYWORDS: history travel exploration saskatchewan rocky mountains united states easrl of southesk

$40.00
1a26/16

Siam and World war II (2)


JAYANAMA, DIREK ( KEYES, JANE GODFREY trans)

super octavo green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 358pp illus, VG- (ex libris with markings blacked out by felt pen, lacks eps, lib pocket removed from rear pastedown, light rubbing and wear to extremities of boards)

PUBLISHER: social science association of thailand press nd thailand

KEYWORDS: thailand world war two military history siam direk jayanama jane godfrey keyes

$45.00
1a26/18

Rangi Ruru; Rangi Ruru Girl's School, Christchurch, New Zealand 1889-1989


BRITTEN, ROSEMARY

imperial octavo illus light card covers, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities, light fading to spine) frontis features lovely photo of sarah telford

PUBLISHER: te waihora press 1988 lincoln

KEYWORDS: new zealand history education rangi ruru girls school christchurch rosemary britten

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