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$90.00
2s22/34

Tararua: The Story of a Mountain Range


MACLEAN, CHRIS

Quarto, purple heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, 272 pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light scuffing to spine extrems) in d/w VG (moderate sunning to front cover, light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Mountains New Zealand Wellington Tararua Range travel Hiking History

$95.00
2s22/38

All in a Day's Work: Seventy-Five Years of Caterpillar


NOLDE, GILBERT C. (ed)

First edition, oblong quarto, black cloth boards with grey lettering to spine, printed eps, frontis piece, v + 280, Nr Fine (booksellers label to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Forbes custom Publishin 2000

KEYWORDS: tranport machinery Power shovels Mining machinery technology history caterpillar

$65.00
2s22/50

On Special Missions: The Luftwaffe's Research and Experimental Squadrons 1923 - 1945


PETRICK, PETER & CREEK, EDDIE J. & SMITH, J. RICHARD & HERRERA, CARLOS

Quarto, black heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 128 pp, VG+ (v slight soiling to boards, light staining to title page) in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Classics 2003

KEYWORDS: Luftwaffe Versuchsverband Airplanes Military Technological innovations Germany History technology

$495.00
2s23/4

The Centurions


LARTEGUY, JEAN & FIELDING, XAN (trans)

First edition, Lovely Copy, octavo, red heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 487 pp, VG+ (moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (some creasing to spine extrems, some staining to inside of french flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1961

KEYWORDS: Algeria History Revolution Fiction Prisoners of war France literature modern first edition

$225.00
2s23/7

The New Zealand Herald: Book of the Century: 100 Years in Review by New Zealand Herald Staff, Past and Present


HILLARY, EDMUND (foreword) & SNOW, TERRY (ed)

Numbered limited edition signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, Small Folio, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 304 pp, illus, Nr Fine in slip case VG+ (some rubbing to case)

PUBLISHER: W & H Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edmund Hillary

$25.00
2s23/13

Borstal Boy


BEHAN, BRENDAN

First edition, Octavo, dark purple card boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343 pp, VG- (occasional foxing to pages, some foxing to eps, heavy foxing to page edges, light rubbing to boards) in d/w VG- (heavy browning & staining to spine, moderate browning to covers, some bruising to spine extrems, 1.5cm closed tear to upper rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1958

KEYWORDS: Juvenile detention homes England Authors Irish Biography history

$90.00
2s23/15

The North-West Passage By Land. Being the Narrative of an Expedition From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route Across the Continent to British Columbia Through British Territory, By One of the Northern Passes in


MILTON, VISCOUNT & CHEADLE, W.B.

octavo, green card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map, xxiv + 394 pp + 14 pp adverts, illus, VG- (water mark on fep, owners name in ink to fep, v slight rubbing to boards, some bruising to spine extrems, moderated scuffing to board corners, light foxing to page edges, moderate browning to page edges, occasional foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Cassell, Petter & Galpin 1865(?)

KEYWORDS: Northwest Canadian Canada travel British Columbia history

$12.00
xxftb107994

Under the Nor'West Arch: A High Country Story


PORTER, TED & PORTER, GRACE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: Country life New Zealand Canterbury history

$15.00
xxftb107995

Southern See; The Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand


EVANS, JOHN H.

Tidy Ex library, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1968

KEYWORDS: religion New Zealand Diocese Dunedin Church history

$35.00
xxftb107999

Legacy of Power: Advent and History of the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust - The First 10 Years


STAFFORD, D.M.

octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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: Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust 2004

KEYWORDS: signed Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust New Zealand history

$45.00
2s23/19

Below Tutamoe: Along the Awakino River: Stories of Kairara and Waihue


PINNEY, MARGARET (ed.)

Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, printed eps, 218 pp, illus, VG (some soiling to title page, light fading to front cover, some scuffing to spine extrems & spine hinges)

PUBLISHER: Waihue Settlers Hall Society 2002

KEYWORDS: Kaipara District New Zealand History Genealogy

$26.50
2s23/22

Evansdale - Warrington: A Centennial History


TOD, FRANK

Edition of 300, Super ocatvo, illus green card covers, frontispiece, 64 pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, some fading to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago Foundation Books Ltd 1978

KEYWORDS: Pioneers New Zealand Dunedin History Evansdale Warrington,

$45.00
2s23/23

Gold, Quartz and Cyanide: The Story of the Barewood Reef


INGRAM, JOHN & MCDONALD, GLADYE

Signed by Author, illus yellow staple wrapped with lettering to covers, 48 pp, VG+ (Some fading to spine & lower front cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1980

KEYWORDS: Signed Gold mines mining New Zealand Barewood Gold miners Otago History

$40.00
2s23/24

The Family of Annabell in New Zealand


ANNABELL, R.J. (compiled)

octavo, blue stapled wrapper with black lettering to covers, 48 pp, VG+ (some rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Annabell Publications (n/d)

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand family Annabell Genealogy

$60.00
2s23/35

The Great White Road: Reminiscences of a West Coast Surveyor


HOLMES, LEONARD JOHN

Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 231 pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (slight fading to edges, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Ann Holmes 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography New Zealand history surveying Leonard John Holmes

$18.50
xxftb108008

Sexuality in Western Art: 274 illustrations, 29 in colour


LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD

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: Thames and Hudson 1991

KEYWORDS: art sexuality western history socology culture anthropology european

$9.50
xxftb108018

Opus Dei: Exploding a Myth


WEST, W. J.

Super octavo softcover (VG), ex library; 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: Little Hills Press 1987

KEYWORDS: catholic religion history opus dei

$40.00
2s23/45

Rendezvous with Fate


LALLEMANT, RAYMOND & ZIEGLER, FRANK (ed & trans)

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192 pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, v slight browning to eps) in d/w VG (some browning to flaps & rear )

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co. 1964

KEYWORDS: aviation Great Britain Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron World War Two WW2 Belgian military history autobiography memoir

$40.00
2s23/50

The 2e Rep: French Foreign Legion Paratroopers


DEBAY, YVES & MCKAY, ALAN (trans)

Text in English, Quarto, illus heavy card boards, 176 pp, VG+ (some rubbing to boards, bookseller's label to fep, bruising to upper board corners)

PUBLISHER: Histoire & Collections 2002

KEYWORDS: France army military history french foreign legion paratroopers

$20.00
xxftb108025

Linton 1889-1989: A School and District Centennial History


LAURISDEN, W. J.

Quarto hardcover (VG) (foxing on cover) 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: W. J Laurisden / Linton Centennial Committee 1989

KEYWORDS: linton palmerston north school district new zealand centennial history

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