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$40.00
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Greymouth Street Names: A Short History


BUCKLEY, FRANCES (ed)

4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley

$70.00
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The Birth of a District: A History of Otapiri, Lora Gorge, Benmore and Kuana


OVERTON, J NIGEL

NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984

KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana

$40.00
1a4a/47

Seeking a New Land: Quakers in New Zealand: A Volume of Biographical Sketches


BRODIE, JAMES and AUDREY (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers

$80.00
1a4a/48

Reminiscences of a New Chum in Otago (New Zealand) in the Early 'Seventies


SCOTT, Hy [HENRY]

In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott

$40.00
1a4a/49

Poppa Passes: The Adventures of the Vedgie People


REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: vintage New Zealand fiction Vedgie People adventures A W Reed literature illustrated

$60.00
1a4a/50

The Lost Ruby Mine


JACKSON, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical

$70.00
2s25a/13

Stone's Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Commercial, Municipal and General Directory and New Zealand Annual


n/a

Super 8vo, pp. x + 1402 + 17a-64a; green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in copper; lettering to pg edges in black, advt eps, illus. advts; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, esp to spine extrems; med. closed tear to cl of front board head extrem; light to modertae tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate creasing, tanning, foxing & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Stone, Son, & Co. 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury Nelson Marlborough Westland directory social history 20th century

$50.00
2s4b/2

Enclosures (v.1-4)


DIREEN, BILL

Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018

KEYWORDS: Bill Bireen 21st century New Zealand poet authour collection poems short stories literature

$100.00
2s4b/3

Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory Volume 1: Auckland City-Province


n/a

Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century

$40.00
1a4a/53

In the Shadow of the Takitimus: The Story of Ohai and the Coalfields


GUTTERY, WALTER T

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, folded photo at rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walter T Guttery 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ohai rural communities coalfields coal companies pioneers

$20.00
xx97pol212853

Simplicity and Splendour: The Canterbury Arts & Crafts Movement from 1882


CALHOUN, ANN (Essay) & ROGERS, ANNA (Ed)

Oblong 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: Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts crafts exhibitions Christchurch Art Gallery history historical

$30.00
xx98pol212860

My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters from James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898


BURNS, ROWAN & NATHAN, SIMON

Quarto spiralbound 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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence James Hector Joseph Dalton Hooker history New Zealand geology botany

$25.00
xx98pol212862

I Am


BROWN, NIGEL & WHITE, JAN (Text)

Quarto 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: Warwicj Henderson Gallery 2001

KEYWORDS: art exhibitions New Zealand artists Nigel Brown

$25.00
xx98pol212863

Etienne Raoul and Canterbury Botany 1840-1996


BURROWS, COLIN J (Ed)

Quarto 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: Manuka Press / Canterbury Botanical Society 1998

KEYWORDS: Etienne Raoul botany nature New Zealand Canterbury history historical works

$15.00
xx98pol212864

Kauri: New Zealand Past & Present


ELL, GORDON

Super 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: The Bush Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry

$15.00
xx98pol212865

Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers: A Pictorial History of the Kauri Gum Industry in New Zealand


HAYWARD, BRUCE W

Super 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: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees nature Kauri gumdiggers history gum harvesting industries forestry

$14.00
xx98pol212867

The Resurrection and The Life: A Centennial History of the Cathedrals of St John the Evangelist 1886-1986 Diocese of Waiapu, Napier, New Zealand


GRANT, S W

Oblong quarto 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: Photolithox Printing (Printer) 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings cathedrals centennial centenary history Waiapu diocese Napier

$10.00
xx98pol212870

Listen to My Seeing


FUSSELL, PEGGY M & BOWEN, JULIET (Illus)

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: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature Peggy M Fussell

$35.00
xx98pol212871

The Waikanae Estuary: An Ecological Survey of New Zealand Birds


WODZICKI, K A

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: None Stated (1940s?)

KEYWORDS: ecology New Zealand birds nature estuaries estuary ornithology studies K A Wodzicki

$10.00
xx98pol212872

Family Matters: Poems


ROWE, DENIS

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: Broadleaf Books 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature Denis Rowe

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