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$100.00
ak1/19a/12

Pioneers of Martins Bay


MACKENZIE, Mrs PETER (MACKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- yellowing tape repairs to base, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, heavy crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Martins Bay history Alice Mackenzie early settlers pioneers

$48.50
ak1/19a/13

The Southern Runs


BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: TPS / Times Printing Service 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie Otago Southland pioneers

$175.00
ak1/19a/14

Camp-Life in Fiordland, New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls


McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp rule to spine & board edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 134pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to title page, light tanning & foxing/soiling throughout, map torn out & missing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Suthlerland Falls Fiordland landscape

$40.00
ak1/19a/16

Early Days in Murchison: Unfinished Journal George McNee 1880-1946


McNEE, GEORGE

Quarto, green stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history diaries journals George McNee Murchison

$45.00
ak1/19a/17

Away FromIt All: The Life-Style of Donald Sutherland of Milford Sound, NZ


PARHAM, W T

Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers

$40.00
ak1/19a/18

Wakatipu's Golden Days


DE LA MARE, A J

Quarto, illus spiral bound covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/maps to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 121pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light cracking to top edge of front plastic cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A J de la Mare 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lakes District Wakatipu history early settlers pioneers

$50.00
ak1/19a/19

The Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand


MANNERING, G E (GEORGE EDWARD)

Oblong quarto, illus stapled light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges & spine at staples, moderate wrinkling & tanning/foxing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to pages, light water staining to top corner of page block)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration adventure Franz Josef glacier glaciers alpine

$350.00
ak1/19a/20

The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand: Reports on the Geo-physics, Geology, Zoology and the Botany of the Islands Lying to the South of New Zealand (2 Vol Set)


CHILTON, Chas (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FOLDING MAP TO REAR POCKET OF VOL 2, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt penguin illus to front boards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spines & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & creasing to ffep of vol 1 with 2cm closed tear to base also, moderate scuffing & surface loss to page edges of vol 1 from prev. adhesion- text block mostly unimpeded, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of ffep, occasional scuffing & surface damage/loss to some pgs of vol 2 from prev. adhesion, minor foxing only to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1909

KEYWORDS: geology geography subantarctic islands exploration botany zoology reports history exploration New Zealand south southern

$40.00
ak1/19a/21

Diary of F S Pillans of Myres, Inch Clutha, 1st January, 1850 - 2nd June, 1852 (Copy Made in the Hocken Library from the Original Diary)


PILLANS, F S

Quarto, beige folder with metal clasps, handwritten black lettering to front cover, 72pp, VG+ (copied pages- expected black copy markings to page edges, page edges roughly cut, otherwise a reasonably tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (1958?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers F S Pillan diary journal Inch Clutha Southland

$40.00
ak1/19a/22

Probing the Nelson Creek Area


EATON, PEACHES

Quarto, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 100pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & tearing to cover edges & spine, light soiling & chafing, sm numerals in ink to rear cover, minor wrinkling throughout, moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Stanley G P Eaton 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson Creek gold mining prospecting goldmining

$40.00
ak1/19a/24

The Oxford Book of New Zealand Plants


MOORE, L B & IRWIN, J B

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LACKS D/W, NUMBERED EDITION (#1/12) quarto, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plates on beige buckram spine & front board, xxii + 234pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing/soiling & fading to spine, light foxing/staining to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & index pages to rear, occasional sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand plants nature botany sketches signed

$60.00
ak1/19a/34

Chatham Exiles: Yesterday and To-Day at the Chatham Islands


SIMPSON, FRANK A

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, map illus to eps, frontispiece, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, Chatham Islands postage stamps affixed to verso of contents page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm adhesive residue to front cover, newspaper cutting o f author taped to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham islands history isolated Pacific

$40.00
ak1/19a/35

A Clinton Couple: Letters from Early Days in South Otago


SALINGER, LESLEIGH (Ed)

Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to title plate on front board, 62pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boardssl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges & folds, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history South Otago Clinton letters correspondence Scottish settlers John Gormack Mary McDonald

$50.00
ak1/19a/36

Looking Back: Glenshee to Otago 1853-56 to 1953-56


AYSON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS

Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to covers, 142pp + unpaginated supplement to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, moderate chipping & tearing to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, minor cracking & rusting to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Clan Ayson of NZ Society N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island centenary centennial Glenshee Otago pioneers settlers

$350.00
ak1/19a/37

The Southern Districts of New Zealand; A Journal with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines


SHORTLAND, EDWARD

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, folding map verso of title page, xiv + 315pp, G+ (heavy water damage to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & water staining to eps, inscription in ink to ffep, binding sloppy with some segments loosened, moderate closed tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1851

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Southland districts history

$45.00
2g13/42

H.B. & J.'s Handbook Part One: Hints on Letterpress Printing


HUTCHESON, G R

Demy 8vo, pp. [10] + 156; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., plates, paper samples; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; spine moderately cocked; light to moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand book arts printing letterpress design

$45.00
2g13/46

Vanishing Ice: Stories of New Zealand's Glaciers


HARGREAVES, LYNLEY; HLAVACEK (photos)

Imp. 8vo, pp. 203; illus. heavy card bds; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment glacier landscape photography photographs photographer

$40.00
2g13/47

ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Speciala Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand


LORD, CLIFF & TENNANT, JULIAN

4to, pp. 160; illus. heavy card bds; illus. prelims; photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 2000

KEYWORDS: ANZAC Australia New Zealand military insignia collecting collector

$50.00
2g13a/54

Tuapeka County 1876-1926


n/a

Typed manuscript. Obl 4to, unpaginated; patterned heavy card bds, maroon cl spine, paper label to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; bdg sloppy; price sticker to front board; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout);

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Tuapeka 19th 20tu century

$95.00
2g13a/56

Catalogue of New Zealand Commemorative Medals 1941-2007


MACMASTER, HAMISH

Signed by author. 4to, pp. 206; illus. light card covers; photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; prev bookseller's sticker to front cover; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand commemorative historical events numismatic medals collecting collector 20th 21st century

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