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$15.00
xxdpb37431

Mount Eden's First Hundred Years


Borough Golden Jubilee 1906-1056

FRANKLIN, E. C

Octavo, illus soft card, illus eps, 142 pp, (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand Auckland history local government E C Franklin

$19.50
xxdpb37433

New Zealand Tragedies on the Track


Tangiwai and other Railway Accidents

CONLY, GEOFF & STEWART, GRAHAM

Imperial octavo, illus soft card, 181 pp illus, (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand history railways trains transport rail accidentsGeoff Conly Graham Stewart

$35.00
xxdpb37434

Franklin 2008 Limited Edition Yearbook


Franklin eLocal Magazine

Super octavo, illus boards with beige lettering to front, 199 pp illus (Nr Fine) with d/w (Nr 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Adbonanza 2008

KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand history Waikato community sociology Year Book Franklin

$15.00
xxdpb37437

Pat Lawlor's Wellington


LAWLOR, PAT

imperial octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 208 pp illus (VG+) with 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1976

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Wellington history sociology photographs Pat Lawlor

$35.00
xxdpb37438

The Reminiscences of a Physician


MYERS, BERNARD

octavo, brown boards with black lettering to spine, 159 pp (VG+) with 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand London medicine autobiography history Bernard Myers

$18.50
xxdpb37439

The Sun Insurance Office 1710 - 1960


The history of two and a half centuries of British Insurance

DICKSON, P. G. M

octavo, orange boards with blue and gilt lettering to spine & front, viii + 324 pp (VG+) with 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: specials history reference insurance business P G M Dickson

$14.50
xxdpb37443

Gumdiggers of the North


HINGLEY, BERT

super, octavo, stapled wrapper, illus (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch, Department of Education 1980

KEYWORDS: Specials history gum digging New Zealand forestry Bert Hingley

$15.00
xxdpb37447

The Chatham Islands: Heritage and Conservation


PREECE, ALFRED (Ed)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials history geology flora fauna birds insects ecology Michael King Hamish Campbell Ian Atkins Alfred Preece

$22.50
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Strata & Structure in New Zealand


LILLIE, A.R.

octavo, illus light card covers, 441pp, illus including map tipped in to rear pastedown, VG+ (light rubbing and wear, ink owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Tohunga 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geology strata structure a.r. lillie

$60.00
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Rongotai 'Sound of the Sea': A History of Rongotai College 1928-2003


MARTIN, JOHN R.

super octavo, illus light card covers, 253pp, illus, near fine (ink owner's name to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Rongotai Old Boys Association 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand education history rongotai college john r. martin

$30.00
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History and Traditions of Tikopia


FIRTH, RAYMOND

octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 203pp, illus (folding map, near fine), near fine (v light foxing to eps) inVG+ d/w (light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1961

KEYWORDS: history anthropology raymond firth tikopia polynesian society

$55.00
2e24/4

The War Toys: Kriegsspielzeuge: No1 The Story of Hausser-Elastolin


POLAINE, REGGIE

oblong small quarto, grey cloth boards with black lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, 156pp, illus, VG+ (v light foxing) in VG+ d/w (light wear, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: New Cavendish Books 1979

KEYWORDS: history toys germany world war two WWII reggie polaine hausser elastolin

$475.00
2e24/5

Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand in Colour; two hundred and twenty-eight botanical paintings by Audrey Eagle


EAGLE, AUDREY

first edition, invitation to the book launch enclosed, along with a two page letter (single sheet) handwritten and signed by the author relating to publication, super octavo, tan cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration to front board, 311pp, illus, near fine (small ink owner's name to fep) in VG+ d/w (v light foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history arts trees and shrubs audrey eagle first edition

$35.00
2e23/10

Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button


HAZLEWOOD, NICK

first edition, unedited bound manuscript, octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 363pp, VG+ (foxing throughout, v light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 2000

KEYWORDS: biography history jemmy button nick hazlewood

$55.00
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Beginnings: Early History of North Otago From 1853- with interesting records of the developments of Oamaru and its institutions.


ROBERTS, W. H. S

Reprint, octavo, soft card covers, 206pp, illus, folding map, VG (light soiling and scuffing to covers, prev owners inscriptions in ink to verso of front cover and title page, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Oamaru Mail Company 1978 (reprint of 1934 publication)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history North Otago Oamaru

$40.00
2e23/20

Vietnam: The War Within


Austrailian, American, New Zealand

EDWARDS, GLEN D (Ed)

Warmly inscribed and signed by author, limited edition 141 of 300, quarto, heavy red board with gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus front & rear eps, frontispiece, x + 222pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Glen D Edwards 1992

KEYWORDS: military history war Vietnam War autobiography Glen D Edwards Bruce Shanks Doug Hunter Patricia Ferguson Adrian Ahrens

$30.00
2e23/21

Rare Wilfdlife of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALANCE, ALISON

super octavo, thick cards, illus front and rear eps, 224pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife flora & fauna birds skink plants natural history ecology photography Rod Morris Alison Balance

$55.00
2e23/24

1970 Supplement to the Illustrated Handbook of New Zealand Registration Labels 1908 - 1965


CAMPBELL, I. D

imperial octavo, light brown marbled soft card, printed front eps, 48pp, VG+ (slight wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: The Postal History Society of New Zealand 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand registrarion labels reference post office history I D Campbell

$39.50
2e23/28

East Tamaki including the adjoining areas of Flat Bush and Otara


Papatoetoe Historical Society

CLARK, JENNIFER A (Ed)

imperial octavo, illus soft card, printed rear ep, 200pp, illus, nr fine (v slight bruise to lower right front card corner)

PUBLISHER: W J Deed Printing 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history East Tamaki Otara Flat Bush Papatoetoe Jennifer Clark

$37.50
2e23/31

Salmond: Southern Jurist


FRAME, ALEX

octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 294pp, VG+ (sl foxing to eps) with VG+ d/w (very slight wear to extremities, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law history Sir John Salmond biography jurisprudenceTreaty of Waitangi Alex Frame

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