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$32.50
2g19/10

Stamp Curiosities


SUTTON, R. J.

Octavo, dark green cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white & orange stamp motif & rule to front board, frontispiece, 285pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to prelims, owner's name in ink to fep) with d/w folded and enclosed at rear, G+ (very scruffy)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul 1959

KEYWORDS: RJ Sutton postage stamps philately history anecdotes people errors designs frauds forgeries counterfeits oddities

$80.00
2g19/14

Gaining a Foothold: Historical Records of Otago's Eastern Coast 1770-1839


CHURCH, IAN (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 467pp, illus, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Friends of the Hocken Collection 2008

KEYWORDS: Ian Church Hocken Library Otago New Zealand early European exploration east coast Otago history sealing whaling Kai Tahu Maori Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island archaeology logs journals exploreers court cases land claims reference

$30.00
2g19/15

The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent


Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

LOWE, GEORGE & LEWIS-JONES, HUW

Small quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind stamped dolphin motif to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2013

KEYWORDS: George Lowe Huw Lewis-Jones Mount Everest first ascent mountaineering climbing Sir Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay photographic pictorial record history Chris Bonington Kenton Cool Peter Hillary Tom Hornbein Reinhold Messner Colin Monteath Jan Morris Norbu

$20.00
2g19/24

Desert Duel: New Zealand's North African War 1940-43


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 194pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand 2nd Division Second World War Two military history North African war Egypt El Alamein Tebaga Gap Minqar Qaim

$13.50
xxaqj56468

The Wellington Harbour Board Collection 1880-1980


HILTON, JAMES (Ed)

Oblong 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Wellington Harbour Board 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Wellington Harbour Board New Zealand maritime history Port Nicholson port pictorial record photographic record

$19.50
xxaqj56477

Who Killed the Clutha?


POWELL, PAUL

Super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Powell New Zealand Central Otago Clutha River hydro-electricity history government politics cover-up totalitarianism

$14.00
xxaqj56479

Hall of Mirrors


SINCLAIR, DAVID

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Arrow Books 2002

KEYWORDS: specials David Sinclair First World War One WWI Treaty of Versailles history America Britain france Woodrow Wilson David Lloyd George Georges Clemenceau politics

$245.00
2g19/26

Freyberg's 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy 1943-46


MUNRO, R. D.

Quarto, light card covers with blue taped spine and black lettering to front cover, 244pp, illus, VG+ (tanning to cover upper edges, edge of spine tape unsticking)

PUBLISHER: Self-published / photocopied at Wright & Carmen's Copyshop 1990

KEYWORDS: RD Munro Second World War Two New Zealand military history Freyberg 2nd New Zealand Division Italy

$65.00
2g19/27

Colonial Discourses: Niupepa Maori 1855-1863


PATERSON, LACHY

Octavo, illus black & white light card covers, 250pp + 2pp adverts, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Lachy Paterson New Zealand Maori Pakeha history newspapers press Te Hokioi Te Karere Maori

$15.50
xxaqk56509

A History of The West of England Cloth Industry


PONTING, K.G.

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Macdonald 1957

KEYWORDS: k.g. ponting history england cloth industry business specials

$28.50
xxaqk56510

Mary The NZ Journal of Agriculture Anthology


PHILLIPS, ENID B.V.

ex-library, 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: MTF Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: enid b.v. phillips new zealand history journal agriculture specials

$14.00
2g18/19

Early Brooklyn


VICKERS, JOY

Oblong quarto, illus light card stapled wrappers, 48pp, illus, VG (owner's stamp to fep, fading to covers)

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Joy Vickers New Zealand history Ohiro Brooklyn Vogeltown Wellington

$25.00
2g18/32

My Life With The Gipsies


ADLER, MARTA

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 204pp, VG- (light wear, ink owner's details to fep, light tanning to eps, foxing to page edges, small gauge to rear board) in VG- dw (wear to extremities, with chips and closed tears to edges and small hole to rear)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press Limited 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography marta adler history sociology

$245.00
2g18/33

Dredging for Gold


the history of two successful but contrasting enterprises; I Rimu Gold II Newstead Gold, compiled from authoritative memoirs and official publications

MCGEORGE, J.H.W.

duodecimo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 83pp, illus including near fine folding greyscale maps to p.38 and rear, VG+ (v light wear, light tanning to eps) in VG d/w (light rubbing and soiling, small chips and closed tears to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: 1964

KEYWORDS: j.h.w. mcgeorge gold history new zealand rimu gold dredging geology mining

$25.00
2g18/44

Journal of the Polynesian Society, December 1945: Notes on Some Melanesian Wood-Working Implements


extract from vol. 54, no. 4

ROLSTON, RICHARD

inscribed by author, octavo, light card stapled wrappers, 212-218pp, VG (light wear and soiling, v light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1945

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand richard rolston polynesian society history melanesia wood-working archaeology pa-site

$30.00
2g18/54

Journal of the Polynesian Society No. 199 September 1941: Austral Islands Tapa


Extract from Vol.50 No.3

DODGE, ERNEST S.

Super octavo, stapled paper wrappers, pages 107-113, illus, VG- (heavy fading & tanning to covers, owner's name in ink to front cover, rust staining to staples)

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society 1941

KEYWORDS: Ernest S Dodge Polynesia Austral Islands tapa crafts history anthropology Peabody Museum of Salem

$12.50
xxaql56566

The First 50 Tests


NEELY, DON

softcover 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Don Neely 2010

KEYWORDS: new zealand history test matches cricket don neely specials

$16.50
xxaql56589

Auckland Minds & Matters


TARLING, NICHOLAS (ed)

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: The University of Auckland 2003

KEYWORDS: nicholas tarling auckland new zealand university education history specials

$14.00
xxaql56591

Faces and Voices of Papua New Guinea; A National Family Album


BRASH, ELTON & REIS, JOSE & SCHIMAUCHI, EISUKE

hardcover quarto (VG) 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: Robert Brown and Associates 1986

KEYWORDS: elton brash jose reis eisuke schimauchi papua new guinea anthropology history sociology specials

$15.00
xxaql56593

Supplement to Places Names of New Zealand


REED, A.W.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1979

KEYWORDS: place names new zealand geography a.w. reed specials history

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