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$70.00
2e22/15

A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson


THOMASON, MURRAY GLADSTONE; ECCLES, ALFRED (ed)

limited numbered edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing and bruising to spine and board extrems, light water damage to pages, moderate tanning, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: A.H. and A.W. Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: new zealand history autobiography murray gladstone thomson alfred eccles

$22.50
2e22/16

Growing up in West Taieri


CHISHOLM, ALEX

SIGNED, octavo, light card stapled wrappers, 71pp, illus, VG+ (light sunning and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Alex Chisholm 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand history autobiography otago west taieri alex chisholm

$12.00
xxdng36971

Once Upon a Time: The Story of Princess Grace, Prince Rainier and their Family


TARABORRELLI, J. RANDY

softcover octavo (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: Pan Books 2004

KEYWORDS: history biography princess grace prince rainier randy j. taraborrelli specials

$10.00
xxdoa36987

Return from Hell


ROY, JULES

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: William Kimber 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography military history world war two WWII jules roy specials

$10.00
xxdoa36988

Jump for It! Stories of the Caterpillar Club


BOWMAN, GERALD

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Evans Brothers Limited 1955

KEYWORDS: first edition history caterpillar club gerald bowman specials

$13.50
xxdoa36989

Enduring Legacy: Charles Brasch, Patron, Poet & Collector


KERR, DONALD (ed)

ex-library, softcover super octavo (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: University of Otago Press 2003

KEYWORDS: biography arts history charles brasch new zealand literature donald kerr specials

$28.50
xxdoa36990

Taieri Mouth and its surrounding districts


PARKES, WIN & HISLOP, KATH

softcover super octavo (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: Otago Heritage Books 1980

KEYWORDS: otago taieri district new zealand history win parks kath hislop specials

$18.50
xxdoa37004

1788: The People of the First Fleet


CHAPMAN, DON

softcover imperial octavo ( 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: Doubleday 1986

KEYWORDS: australian history settlement don chapman specials

$9.00
xxdnd36803

Miracle at St Anna


MCBRIDE, JAMES

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder 2003

KEYWORDS: literature history WW2 Germany contemporary fiction miklitary adventure specials James McBride

$250.00
2e22/45

Polynesia; a popular description of the physical features , inhabitations, natural history and productions of The Islands of the Pacific


with an account of their discovery, and of the progress of civilzation and christianity amongst them

ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH

rebounding half leather, lovely copy, duodecimo, half leather, half marbled boards with red label and gilt lettering to spine, five raised bands to spine, xii + 436pp, illus including coloured folding map with closed tears repaired), VG+ (light discolouration to pages edges)

PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1866

KEYWORDS: history pacific islands polynesia george french anas

$100.00
2e22/47

Late Cretaceous Marine Reptiles of New Zealand


WELLES, S.P. & GREGG, D.R.

imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 111pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, soiling to covers, ink owner's name to cover, twink markings to cover)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Museum Trust Board 1971

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history cretaceous marine reptiles s.p. welles d.r. gregg

$75.00
2e22/49

The New Zealand Year-Book, 1914.


Twenty-Third Year of New Zealand

FRASER, MALCOLM (ed)

quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, black design and rule to front board and spine, patterned eps, xii + 1017pp, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to boards, light weakness to front hinge)

PUBLISHER: The Government of New Zealand 1914

KEYWORDS: new zealand history statistics year book malcolm fraser new zealand government

$35.00
xxdob37051

Straits Affairs: The Malay World and Singapore


TATE, D.J.M. (compiled)

paperback, rectangle quarto (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: falcon press

KEYWORDS: specials malaysia singapore history asia

$19.50
xxdob37052

Wild Fiordland: Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area


PEAT, NEVILLE & PATRICK, BRIAN

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: otago university press

KEYWORDS: specials neville peat brian patrick new zealand nature fiordlands history otago heritage conservation

$45.00
2e22/27

The Cambridge Natural History volume VII: Hemichordata, Ascidians and Amphioxus, Fishes


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 760pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep, pencil annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1910

KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley hemichordata ascidians amphioxus fishes

$45.00
2e22/28

The Cambridge Natural History volume I: Protozoa, Porifera (sponges), Coelenterata & Ctenophora, Echinodermata


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 671pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1909

KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley protozoa porifera coelenterata ctenophora echinodermata

$10.00
xxdoc37121

The Mighty Hood


BRADFORD, ERNLE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Coronet Books 1974

KEYWORDS: royal navy maritime boats ships sailing history ernle bradford mighty hood specials

$65.00
2e22/51

The Great Carved House Mataatua of Whakatane


PHILLIPPS, W.J. & WADMORE, Dr. J.C.

imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, illus front pastedown, 34pp, illus, VG (wrappers loose, chips to extremities, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society

KEYWORDS: new zealand history culture maori anthropology mataatua whakatane w.j. phillips dr j.c. wadmore

$30.00
xxdob37008

Designing the Earth: The Human Impulse To Shape Nature


BOURDON, DAVID

hardback quarto, ex library, (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: harry n. abrams inc. publishers

KEYWORDS: specials nature architecture art society history landscaping agriculture

$25.00
xxdob37011

Sketches From Early New Zealand: Some Nineteenth Century Engravings


BARBER, LAURIE

hardback quarto, inscribed & signed (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: david bateman publishing

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history engraving art

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