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$35.00
1w38/22

The McGregors of Mount Linton


BOYLE, V. G. & BRADSTOCK, M. C.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 103pp, illus, VG+ (prev. owner's ink gift inscription to inside of front covers)

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 2003

KEYWORDS: VG Boyle MC Bradstock New Zealand McGregor family history agriculture farming Mount Linton Station

$75.00
1w38/29

How Long Have People Been in the OK Tedi Impact Region?


PNG National Museum Record No. 8 1983

SWADLING, PAMELA

Small octavo, illus white light-card covers with black lettering, xii + 196pp, illus, nr fine (owner's names in ink to front cover)

PUBLISHER: PNG National Museum 1983

KEYWORDS: Pamela Swadling David Cook Ross Cordy Barry Craig Geoff Hope Dan Jorgensen Paul Wirz Papua New Guinea history anthropology

$100.00
1w38/18

Holy Himalaya: The Religion, Traditions, and Scenery of a Himalayan Province (Kumaon and Garhwal)


OAKLEY, E. SHERMAN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine & front board & green decorative pattern to front board, frontispiece with tissueguard, decorated title page, 319p, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems & board edges, 3cm closed tears to upper spine sides, some staining to rear board, annotation in pen & pencil to front pastedown & to rear ep, moderate browning to page edges & heavier browning to sps, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier 1905

KEYWORDS: E Sherman Oakley Himalaya religion tradition travel history anthropology

$30.00
1w38/20

Gallipoli 1915: Tribute to Those Who Were There


TOWNSEND, COLIN

Small quarto, illus white light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black tape spine, v + 182pp, illus, VG+ (some soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Patricia Townsend 1999

KEYWORDS: Colin Townsend New Zealand First World War One WW1 Gallipoli military history

$12.00
xxsan86025

Gipsy Moth Circles the World


CHICHESTER, FRANCIS

First edition, super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Francis Chichester Gipsy Moth IV nautical sailing history first edition

$70.00
1t18b/8

The History of Greenhills


BREMER, J. E.

Signed & dated by author, scarce, octavo, stapled green light card covers with white lettering to front, 63pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: J. E. Bremer 1976

KEYWORDS: JE Bremer New Zealand Greenhills Southland history signed

$37.50
1t18b/10

Te Tipua Revisited: Te Tipua School Centenary, 1907-2007


BUCKINGHAM, JANETTE (Ed)

Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, 56pp, illus, nr fine (price sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: (n/a)

KEYWORDS: Janette Buckingham New Zealand Te Tipua School centenary history

$65.00
ak3/22/3965

Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi


n/a

Small folio, mottled red/white boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated (but 14pp introduction + then mainly folding facsimile pages) VG+, prev owner's details in ink to fep

PUBLISHER: AR Shearer Government Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi declaration independence Maori history

$50.00
1t18b/24

Official Southland Guide


FARNALL, HARRY

Lacks title page and two of the four folding maps, octavo, illus light card covers, 327pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (archival tape repairs to lower spine, moderately heavy creasing, staining & nicks to covers, lacks title page, lacks 2 of four folding maps, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Andrews Baty (printer) 1924 Bagnall F117

KEYWORDS: Harry Farnall New Zealand Southland guide reference travel tourism history

$60.00
1t18b/25

The Fortunate Soldier: With the New Zealand Army on Tongatabu 1943


FORD, MALCOLM

Ex library, octavo, spiral bound with clear plastic front & rear covers over illus light card front, vi + 123pp, illus, VG (some library markings, slight tanning to page edges, upper & lower plastic spiral ring broken)

PUBLISHER: Malcolm FOrd 1996

KEYWORDS: MalcolmFord military history New Zealand army 66th Battalion Canterbury Regiment Tonga World War Two Pacific

$75.00
1t18b/26

Marist Brothers in Invercargill, 1897 - 1997


WANDEN, K. P. W. & LATTA, GRAHAM R. (Ed)

Uncommon, quarto, white light card covers, red & white lettering to green & white front cover, 96pp, illus, VG+ (v light tanning to cover edges, v light soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Sycamore Print Ltd 1997 (Printer)

KEYWORDS: KPW Wanden New Zealand Invercargill Marist Brothers history

$100.00
1t18b/27

History of Lancaster Park Christchurch


REESE, T. W. & BRITTENDEN, R. T.

Authors copy? Appears annotated, and with associated ephemera loosely enclosed, quarto, tan light card covers with green cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, ii +41pp, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, light soiling & creasing to covers, annotation in black ink to upper front cover, annotations in black ink to inside front cover & occasional blank pages throughout,

PUBLISHER: (n/a)

KEYWORDS: TW Reese RT Brittenden New Zealand Lancaster Park Christchurch history

$25.00
1t18b/33

Great New Zealand Railway Journeys


HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Oblong quarto, grey coth boards with silver lettering to spine, grey eps, illus title page, 176pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG-

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: Graham Hutchins New Zealand railway travel transport history memoirs

$25.00
1t18b/34

Tractor Nation: Working the Land in New Zealand


WILSON, JOHN

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey eps, illus title page, 240pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2013

KEYWORDS: John Wilson New Zealand tractors transport farming history

$30.00
1t18b/35

Southlanders at Heart


SMITH, JOHN MEREDITH

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, red eps, 196pp, illus, (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: Craig Printing Co. Ltd. 1988

KEYWORDS: John Meredith Smith New Zealand Southland literature local history

$25.00
1t18b/37

Pubs, Pints and People: 50 Years of the Invercargill Licensing Trust


LIND, CLIVE A.

Imperial octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Invercargill Licensing Trust 1994

KEYWORDS: Clive A Lind New Zealand Invercargill alcohol licensing pubs bars history

$35.00
1t18b/44

Hey-Day to May-day: Bluff Registered Fishing Boats Wrecked between 1960 - 1985


CHRISTIANSEN, PAT

Signed by author, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 102pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges, slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bluff History Group 2009

KEYWORDS: Pat Christiansen New Zealand Bluff fishing boats ships shipwrecks nautical history signed

$47.50
1t18b/45

Swift and Sure: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Army Signalling in New Zealand


BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, xvi + 296pp, illus, VG (usual library markings) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, taped to boards)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Inc

KEYWORDS: Laurie Barbar Cliff Lord Royal New Zealand Corps signals army signalling military history

$38.50
1t18b/47

The Taieri Plain: Tales of Years that are Gone


SHAW, M. S. & FARRANT, E. D.

Capper Press reprint, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 238pp, illus, VG+ (v light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, sl tanning to prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to fep.) in d/w, VG- (moderate rubbing to covers, small tears/ chipping to extrems of folds and head of spine, light sunning to spine, light soiling & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: MS Shaw ED Farrant New Zealand Taieri Plain local history

$38.00
1t19a/1

Borough of Invercargill New Zealand Jubilee Year Book: 1871 - 1921


N/A

Imperial octavo, red paper wrappers, 39pp, G+ (chipping & bruising to cover edges, 4cm & 5cm tears with loss to rear covers, soiling to covers & pages, archival tape repairs to spine, rust staining from staples, some foxing to pages & page edges, light creasing to pages & covers)

PUBLISHER: The Southland News Co. Ltd (printer) (nd)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Borough of Invercargill jubilee local history

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