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The Lost Ships of Guadacanal
Quarto 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: weidenfield & nicolson
KEYWORDS: specials ships history guadacanal ghost sailing pacific illustrated shipwrecks robert ballard rick archbold
Hell and Paradise: The Norfolk-Bounty-Pitcairn Saga
Signed, hardback square quarto 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: viking
KEYWORDS: specials travel pacific travel pitcairn ships australia history captain cook norfolk mutiny bounty sailing seafaring signed
The Navy in New Zealand: An Illustrated History
hardback quarto 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: reed books
KEYWORDS: specials ships navy new zealand history naval
Faces of Fiji
hardback super octavo 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: reed books
KEYWORDS: specials fiji travel history culture kristin zambucka
The Secrets of Natural New Zealand
first edition, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Viking 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history betty brownlie ronald lockley
Guns or Butter: The Presidency of Lyndon Johnson
Super octavo hardback (Nr fine) in VG+ 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: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Irving Bernstein USA American history politics government biography Lyndon Johnson Vietnam
A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827
Octavo, green faux leather boards with gilt lettering and rule to front board and spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, light bruising to corners and head and tail of spine, light soiling to boards, ex-libris stamp, occasional foxing esp. to prelims and page edges), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1909 second edition (Bagnell E16)
KEYWORDS: new zealand history settlement augustus earle
The Hoihi: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin
square imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, frontispiece, v + 44pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history yellow-eyed penguin hoiho ornithology adele vernon dean schneider
National Resources Survey Part IV: Nelson Region
Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch
Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 208pp + 8 colour folding maps in rear pocket, illustrated, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, some fading esp to eps)
PUBLISHER: RE Owen Government Printer 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson Min of Works history reference climate geology government transport population industry forestry agriculture
National Resources Survey Part VI: Hawke's Bay Region
Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch
Quarto, green illustrated heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, vii + 233pp +7 large folding colour maps in rear pocket, illustrated, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: AR Shearer, Government Printer 1971
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hawke's Bay Min of Works history reference climate geology government transport population industry forestry agriculture
Fiji and the Fijians: Volume 1 The Islands and their Inhabitants
This volume only, octavo, illustrated light card covers with black lettering to spine, ix pp intro to reprint edition, frontispiece, xi + folding map + 266pp, illus, VG+ (price label to rear cover, slight soiling to rear spine)
PUBLISHER: Fiji Museum 1982 reprint
KEYWORDS: Thomas Williams Fiji islands history people anthropology pre-christianity culture agriculture customs religion
Fiji and the Fijians: Volume 2 Mission History
This volume only, octavo, illustrated light card covers with black lettering to spine, v pp intro to reprint edition, frontispiece, 435pp, VG+ (price label to rear cover, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Fiji Museum 1985 reprint
KEYWORDS: James Calvert Fiji islands history people anthropology Methodism Methodist mission christianity politics anthropology
Arts in the Religions of the Pacific: Symbols of Life
First edition, signed by author, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii +219pp, illustrated, near fine (v slight foxing to upper page edges) in VG+ d/w (fading & light soiling to upper internal edge and rear upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Pinter Publishers 1995
KEYWORDS: Albert C Moore Pacific arts religion Australia Melanesia Polynesia New Zealand music dance masks carving anthropology culture history geography
The Fiji Journals of Baron Anatole Von Hugel 1875 - 1877
Super octavo, illustrated light card covers with black lettering to white spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxi + viii colour plates + 479pp, illustrated, VG (slight creasing to front & rear cover, slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: Fiji Museum & Cambridge University Museum 1990
KEYWORDS: Jane Roth Steven Hooper Baron Anatole von Hugel Fiji anthropology history Viti Levu ornithology archaeology social
Oamaru Harbour: Port in a Storm
Octavo, illustrated light card covers, 176pp, illus, VG (front gutter cracked, v slight rubbing to cover corners, slight soiling to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean Oamaru maritime history North Otago New Zealand port politics finance
The Mass
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: Collins Fount Paperbacks 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Jean-Marie Lustiger meditation religion theology Mass history order of mass
The Dominion of New Zealand
The All Red Series
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, frontispiece, folding map at rear, VG (slight splitting at spine) 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: Pitman & Sons 1909
KEYWORDS: specials Sir Arthur P Douglas New Zealand history geology Maori colonisation geography climate flora fauna government politics
New Zealand's Forests
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Heinemann 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Harriet Fleet New Zealand trees forests timber flora fauna history logging forestry destruction pests deer
The Local Historian's Encylopaedia
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Historical Publications 1981
KEYWORDS: specials John Richardson local history historical encyclopedia reference archives markets transport archaeology legislation parishes research
United States Geological Survey: Cambrian Brachiopoda
Part II - Plates
This volume only, quarto, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, 363pp, 104 full-page black & white plates, illus, VG (rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, 1cm x 3cm rubbed-through patch to lower spine, fading to spine, rubbing to board & spine edges, soil spots to rear board, front & rear gutter loose but still attached, owner's name in ink to fep, Universities of Canterbury & Heidelberg library stamps to prelims, fading to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1912
KEYWORDS: Charles D Walcott George Otis Smith geology brachiopoda natural history science reference shells fossils