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$30.00
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Whites Aviation; Classic New Zealand Aerial Photography


N/A

super oblong octavo illus flexiboards, 296pp illus VG

PUBLISHER: godwit press 2009 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation photography history whites

$27.50
p23b/25

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; Writings on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother


SCHAMA, SIMON

octavo black boards with silver lettering to spine, xxiv + 427pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: bodley head 2010 london

KEYWORDS: essays journalism history simon schama literature

$160.00
p23b/29

Sketches of Army Life in Russia


GREENE, F V

first edition octavo red cloth boards with black and gilt lettering and motif, v + 326pp + 2pp adverts + 40pp adverts (dated august 1880, some pages uncut) VG (light bruising, light marking and discolouration, bookplate to ffront pastedown, moderate tanning to contents, discolouration to eps). A tight tidy copy of the scarce UK first edition in original binding

PUBLISHER: w h allen 1881 london

KEYWORDS: f v greene military russia history autobiography

$750.00
s12a/1

The Genealogists Magazine - a near complete run from Volume 1 issue #1 (april 1925) through to first issue for Volume 29 issue #1 March 2007.TOGETHER WITH a single matching bound volume comprising The Genealogist's Handbook; Catalogue of Parish Regis


N/A + BOUWENS, B G

Volumes 1 - 14 are bound in 15 volumes of octavo red cloth boards with gilt labels to spines. (plus the additional matching volume indicated in the title of this lot) From Vol 14, issue #11 onwards they are in the original I suspect these should be relatively easy to find as they are quite recent. A Very Tidy Scarce Near Complete Run HEAVY ITEM priced accordingly

PUBLISHER: genealogists magazine 1925-2007 london

KEYWORDS: genealogy biography reference history

$28.50
p23b/30

Frames on the Land; Early Landscape Painting in New Zealand


POUND, FRANCIS

oblong super octavo burgundy cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 112pp illus, VG (light rubbing to edges) in VG d/w (heavy sunning to covers, price sticker residue, light soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: collins 1983 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand art history francis pound

$9.00
xxcld9318

The Good Guys Wear Black; The True-Life Heroes of Britain's Armed Police


COLLINS, STEVE

paperback; 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: arrow

KEYWORDS: history crime police steve collins specials

$10.00
xxctg9337

Captain's Log; New Zealand's Maritime History


MCLEAN, GAVIN

Imperial octavo illus light card covers (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: hodder moa beckett

KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime history transport nautical shipping gavin mclean specials

$25.00
xxhva9340

Century of Sail; Official History of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron


HOLMES, NOEL (ed)

super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: whitcombe and tombs 1971

KEYWORDS: specials transport sport yachting history noel holmes

$18.50
s12a/4

Coverup; The Art of the Book Cover in New Zealand


THOMPSON, HAMISH

oblong super octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 176pp illus. nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: godwit random house new zealand 2007 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature publishing art hamish thompson

$16.50
xxdbe9404

Baba; A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders


YANG, BELLE

super octavo oblong 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: harcourt brace

KEYWORDS: china autobiography travel history belle yang specials

$16.50
xxdbe9405

The Odyssey of a Manchurian


YANG, BELLE

super octavo oblong 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: harcourt brace

KEYWORDS: history autobiography china belle yang specials

$10.00
xxcqg9458

Raisa


JURGENS, URDA (GORBACHEV, RAISA)

octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (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: weidenfeld and nicolson

KEYWORDS: biography history politics russia raisa gorbachev urda jurgens specilas

$25.00
xxcjd9472

Arnot; A Knight of Africa


BAKER, ERNEST (ARNOT, FREDERICK STANLEY)

first edition octavo illus cloth boards (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: seeley service 1923

KEYWORDS: specials history biography travel africa ernest baker frederick stanley arnot

$9.00
xxdbd9497

Jack the Ripper; Summing Up and Verdict


WILSON, COLIN & ODELL, ROBIN

paperback; 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: corgi

KEYWORDS: specials history crime colin wilson robin odell

$25.00
s12a/7

Dance; The Illustrated History of Dance in New Zealand


JAHN-WERNER, TARA

imperial octavo blindstamped white boards, illus eps, 312pp illus FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2008 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts dance tara jahn-werner history

$29.50
s12a/12

The Painted Garden In New Zealand Art


JOHNSTONE, CHRISTOPHER

small folio brown boards with white lettering, 272pp illus, FINE in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: godwit press 2008 auckland

KEYWORDS: art arts gardening flora botany new zealand christopher johnstone history

$40.00
s12a/16

Women Writers of New Zealand 1932-1982


HAYWARD, MARGARET & COWLEY, JOY (eds)

imperia octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering, x + 76pp, illus VG+ ( owners inscr to rear of half title, ) in VG+ d/w (sl creasing to extremities) SIGNED by both editors

PUBLISHER: colonial associates 1982 wellington

KEYWORDS: literature history new zealand feminism joy cowley margaret hayward signed

$25.00
s12a/17

The Logans; New Zealand's Greatest Boatbuilding Family


ELLIOTT, ROBIN & KIDD, HAROLD

Large quarto oblong, illus light card covers with French flaps, 132pp illus VG+

PUBLISHER: david ling publishing 2001 auckland

KEYWORDS: history sport yachting boatbuilding biography logan family transport new zealand maritime robin elliott harold kidd

$27.50
r10c/1

Competition and Co-Operation; The Insurance Council and the General Insurance Industry in New Zealand 1895-1995


HENDERSON, ALAN

Quarto illus light card covers, 80-pp illus VG+

PUBLISHER: insurance council of new zealand 1995 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand insurance history alan henderson

$40.00
r10c/2

God's Farthest Outpost; A History of Catholics in New Zealand


KING, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo illus light card covers, 208pp illus VG+

PUBLISHER: penguin 1997 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history michael king catholicism religion

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