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$375.00
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The Defenders of New Zealand, Being a Short Biography of Colonists Who Distinguished Themselves in Upholding Her Majesty's Supremacy in These Islands


GUDGEON, THOS. WAYTH

Imperial octavo, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine & front board, marbled page edges, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + addenda/appendices to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork/extrems, moderate chafing & fading to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, moderate vertical creasing to prelims, slightly cocked, binding slightly sloppy, hinges tape reinforced to endpapers (unobtrusive))

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism Maori England English soldiers colonisation colonization conflict war wars

$75.00
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McCahon's Necessary Protection: The Catalogue of a Travelling Exhibition of Paintings from Colin McCahon's Various Series from 1971 to 1976


McCAHON, COLIN & CURNOW, WYSTAN (Intro) & O'REILLY, R N (Preface)

Oblong octavo, black stapled light card covers, white & orange lettering to front cover, illus inside covers, 43pp, illus, VG (light creasing & chafing/rubbing to covers with some light soiling also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, corrections tipped in to rear page)

PUBLISHER: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art Colin McCahon exhibitions appreciation

$320.00
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The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1769-1960 (5 Vol Set)


OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

$60.00
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Treaty to Treaty: A History of Early New Zealand from the Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 to the Treaty of Waitangi 1840: Volume 1: Background Topics


BENNETT, R S

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black light card covers, orange lettering to spine & front cover, xii + 211pp, VG+ (light creasing/peeling & curling to cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to fore-edges of prelim pages)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (c.2000s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history treaty of Tordesillas Waitangi te tiriti o Waitangi sovereignty British colonialism Spain Portugal

$40.00
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski: A Pianist Amongst the Geysers


DRECKI, JACEK ROMAN

Octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 186pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Quo Vadis 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musical history Ignacy Jan Paderewski musicians piano pianists

$40.00
ak1/3b/36

Big Aitche Little Aitche


O'CONNOR, DENIS

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black H illus to front board, illus eps, 95pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H Books / Aitche Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists exhibitions signed Denis O'Connor

$38.50
ak1/10a/12

Bushline: A Memoir


BURTON, ROBBIE

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & black lettering to spine, 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, spine sl cocked, minor bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Robbie Burton autobiography autobiographies memoir travel writing literature tramping landscape nature

$45.00
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Eighty Years On: A Further Memoir


TARLING, NICHOLAS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & brown lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling New Zealand history autobiography autobiogarphies memoir

$40.00
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Michael Fowler's University of Auckland


FOWLER, MICHAEL

WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY MICHAEL FOWLER, square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, University of Auckland coat of arms tipped in to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel 1993

KEYWORDS: art New Zealand artists Michael Fowler University of Auckland signed

$345.00
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23 Battalion


ROSS, ANGUS

8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC

$125.00
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Freshwaters of New Zealand


HARDING, JOHN & MOSLEY, PAUL & PEARSON, CHARLES & SORRELL, BRIAN (eds)

4to, pp. xii + 728 + 30 (index); illus. heavy card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front gutter, light cracking to front hinge, bdg sl sloppy; presentation sticker to front pastedown; light to moderatr foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Hydrological Society 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ecology water freshwater fresh environment

$90.00
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Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902


HOGAN, HELEN M

Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century

$57.50
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New Zealand's Western Front Campaign


MCGIBBON, IAN

Quarto, pp. 408; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling).

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW1 WWI II western front 20th century

$325.00
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Old New Zealand, A Tale of the Good Old Times; And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845. Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori


EARL OF PEMBROKE (introd)

Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes

$90.00
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Manual of New Zealand Geography with Maps and Examination Questions


BOWDEN, THOMAS A & HECTOR, JAMES

Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape

$15.00
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The Healthy Country? A History of Life & Death in New Zealand


WOODWARD, ALISTAIR & BLAKELY, TONY

INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward

$18.50
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Nuclear Power for New Zealand? Submission Presented to the Royal Commission on Nuclear Power Generation in New Zealand


ECOLOGY ACTION (OTAGO) INC & HERD, J J (Preface)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ecology Action (Otago) Inc 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nuclear power anti-nuclear stance politics activism royal commission

$25.00
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Informing New Zealand: Libraries, Archives and Museums / Hei Puna Whakamohio mo Aotearoa: Whare Pukapuka, Puranga Korero, Whare Taonga


McCAHON, RACHEL (Ed) & OLIVER, GILLIAN (Ed)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Open Mind Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand information services libraries archives museums library science conservation

$14.00
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The United States and the Southwest Pacific


GRATTAN, C HARTLEY

Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: southwest pacific Australia New Zealand the islands antarctica south pole

$15.00
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The Bomb: A New Zealand View


WOODWARD, MARY (Compiled by)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: H W Bullivant & Co N/D (c.1960s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nuclear disarmament bomb bombs

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