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$85.00
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Official Southland Guide


n/a

Small octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 327pp, illus + 3 folding maps, VG (some staining & browning to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, slight creasing to maps, occasional foxing, annotation throughout in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Baty & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland travel tourism history

$50.00
1e3a/12

Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts' Early Settlers' Association Volume III


MARTIN, A. (Ed)

This volume only, octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front, 106pp, illus, VG (light rubbing and soiling to covers, light sunning to spine, curling to coer and page corners, staining to lower back cover)

PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn. 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland Gore early settlers local history

$50.00
1e3a/14

Glenham-South Wyndham Centennial SOuvenir 1853-1954: History of the Area which extends from Letterbox Corner to the Wyndham River


n/a

Tipped-in holograph presentation letter to F. G. Hall-Jones, octavo, blue light card covers with gilt & blue lettering, 88pp, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, annotation in ink to front pastedown, rust to staples, occasional annotation)

PUBLISHER: Glenham Historical Committee 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Glenham Letter-Box Corner Wyndham local history

$45.00
1e3a/16

Tuturau School, Southland, New Zealand: Celebration of 60th Anniversary


DICKIE, R. F. (Secretary)

Octavo, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 20pp, VG (rusting to staples, light tanning to page edges, annotation in pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: Executive Committee of Tuturau School Ex-Pupils' Assn 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tuturau school education local history

$65.00
1e3a/19

A Racing History of the Bentley (1921-31)


BERTHON, DARKELL

Small quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt Bentley logo to front board, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG (light scatching to boards, owner's name & number in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1956

KEYWORDS: Bentley motor car racing car motor sport history

$150.00
1e3a/20

Twistgrip: A Motor Cycling Anthology


SETRIGHT, L, J. K. (Ed)

Super octavo, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG (slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & upper edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles motor racing sport history anthology articles Manx Norton Zenith Gradua Dunstall Dominator Gileva BMW Igering Douglas Rickman Matisse

$12.00
xxdve98012

The Age of Elegance 1812-1822


BRYANT, ARTHUR

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Book Club Assoc.1975

KEYWORDS: Napoleonic wars military history Napoleon Russia

$60.00
1e3a/28

The Ploughing and the Sowing: Written on the Occasion of the 75th Jubilee of the Merrivale-Waiau Parish


MOUAT, ALISON (Ed)

Two page (four sides) holograph signed letter from author enclosed, octavo, blue light card covers, 96pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, v slight foxing to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Merrivale-Waiau Presbyterian Church Jubilee Committee 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Merrivale-Waiau parish Presbyterian church local history

$80.00
1e3a/29

Ashburton New Zealand: Its Pioneers and its History 1853 - 1939


BROWN, JOHN

Octavo, red cloth boards wtih black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 766 + 2pp book catalogue, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, moderate bruising and fraying to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, prev owners sign to fep, light foxing and soiling to page edges) LACKS D/W

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Ashburton local history

$40.00
1e3a/31

Gone to Gallipoli: Anzacs of Small Town New Zealand go to War


TOBIN, CHRISTOPHER

Oblong imperial octavo, light card covers, 156pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Bosco Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first world war ww1 wwI anzac military history

$60.00
1e3a/35

Gumboots and Pigtails: Goldmining with the Hart Family, Roundhill, Southland


WILSON, EVA

Quarto, illus light card covers, 154pp, illus, Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Wallace Family Early Settlers Association 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Roundhill Southland Hart family biography history

$45.00
1e3a/39

Waitanguru: The Great Transformation: A Collection of Memories Depicting Optimism, Disaster and Progress of the Waitanguru, Mangaotaki, Ngapaenga and Mairoa Districts


FREDERIKSON, STAN (Ed)

First edition, quarto, blue cloth boards, illus eps, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight staining to front board, v slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Waitanguru Jubilee Committee / C&S Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitanguru Mangaotaki Ngapaenga Mairoalocal history biographies memoirs

$28.50
xxshe98046

Southward Ho!: The Deborah in Quest of a New Edinburgh 1844


NATUSCH, SHEILA

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co. 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Deborah ship boat nautical history

$33.50
xxshe98049

Creature Comforts: New Zealanders and their Pets: An Illustrated History


SWARBRICK, NANCY

Quarto softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pets social history

$22.50
xxshe98051

Subantarctic New Zealand: A Rare Heritage


PEAT, NEVILLE

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Department of Conservation 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ssubantarctic islands natural history conservation flora fauna

$10.00
xxshf98103

Cogs Tyrannic


ARDEN, JOHN

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Mandarin Paperbacks

KEYWORDS: technology evolution human history

$12.50
xxshf98104

Wolf Hall


MANTEL, HILARY

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2010

KEYWORDS: history tudors Thomas Cromwell

$20.00
xxshg98131

Victorian City of New Zealand


MCCOY, E.J. & BLACKMAN, J.G.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe Ltd 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin photgraphy architecture

$25.00
xxshg98139

Going to Extremes: Adventures in Unknown New Zealand


GRZELEWSKI, DEREK

Super octavo softcover (Nr Fine); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration travel natural history

$24.50
xxshg98143

Akaroa: Banks Peninsula: New Zealand


TURNER, GWENDA

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Akaroa Banks Peninsula history

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