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$17.50
xxeed44114

The Lost Ships of Guadacanal


BALLARD, ROBERT & ARCHBOLD, RICK

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

$25.00
xxeed44117

Hell and Paradise: The Norfolk-Bounty-Pitcairn Saga


CLARKE, PETER

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

$16.50
xxeed44118

The Navy in New Zealand: An Illustrated History


HOWARD, GRANT

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

$10.00
xxeed44119

Faces of Fiji


ZAMBUCKA, KRISTIN

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

$30.00
1i48/2

The Secrets of Natural New Zealand


BROWNLIE, BETTY & LOCKLEY, RONALD

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

$16.50
xxeed44127

Guns or Butter: The Presidency of Lyndon Johnson


BERNSTEIN, IRVING

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

$80.00
1i48/16

A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827


EARLE, AUGUSTUS

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

$14.00
1i48/9

The Hoihi: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin


VERNON, ADELE & SCHNEIDER, DEAN (photos)

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

$65.00
1i48/34

National Resources Survey Part IV: Nelson Region


Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch

MINISTRY OF WORKS

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

$60.00
1i48/35

National Resources Survey Part VI: Hawke's Bay Region


Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch

MINISTRY OF WORKS

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

$17.50
1i48/46

Fiji and the Fijians: Volume 1 The Islands and their Inhabitants


WILLIAMS, THOMAS

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

$17.50
1i48/47

Fiji and the Fijians: Volume 2 Mission History


CALVERT, JAMES

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

$35.00
1i48/48

Arts in the Religions of the Pacific: Symbols of Life


MOORE, ALBERT C

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

$40.00
1i48/49

The Fiji Journals of Baron Anatole Von Hugel 1875 - 1877


ROTH, JANE & HOOPER, STEVEN (Eds)

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

$17.50
1i48/52

Oamaru Harbour: Port in a Storm


MCLEAN, GAVIN

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

$10.00
xxefa44317

The Mass


LUSTIGER, JEAN-MARIE

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

$35.00
xxefb44361

The Dominion of New Zealand


The All Red Series

DOUGLAS, SIR ARTHUR P

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

$16.00
xxefb44369

New Zealand's Forests


FLEET, HARRIET

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

$18.50
xxefb44377

The Local Historian's Encylopaedia


RICHARDSON, JOHN

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

$54.00
1i48/22

United States Geological Survey: Cambrian Brachiopoda


Part II - Plates

WALCOTT, CHARLES D

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

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