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$40.00
ak5/5/19

Down the Years in the Maniototo


COWAN, JANET C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & loss to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, some closed tearing to fold of front flap, minor tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & light staining)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications / Whitcombe & Tombs 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Maniototo early settlers pioneers

$50.00
ak5/5/20

East of the Rock and Pillar: A History of the Strath Taieri and Macraes Districts


THOMPSON, HELEN M

CAPPER PRESS REPRINT, SIGNED & DATED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape repairs & sl loss, moderate to heavy discolouration, moderate soiling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history settlers Strath Taieri Macraes district Otago signed Helen M Thompson

$40.00
ak5/5/21

Early Fiordland


HALL-JONES, JOHN

TIPPED IN SIGNATURE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 199pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, messy patch of white out to copyright page) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, light tanning & wrinkling, minor adhesive staining to bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand Fiordland history early Lakes District

$40.00
ak5/5/23

New Zealand Government Railways: Air Brake Handbook


N/A

Octavo, grey heavy stringbound boards, blue trim to board edges/spine area & board corners, 134pp, illus/folding diagrams, VG- (heavy chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front board, moderate staining to gutters, minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: R V Paul, Gov't Printer 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains air brakes engineering passenger rail railways maintenance repairs

$40.00
ak5/5/28

Early Stations of Hawke's Bay


MACGREGOR, MIRIAM

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl bruising to top edge of front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: signed Miriam Macgregor New Zealand history early stations rural Hawke's Bay

$40.00
ak5/5/32

He Pukapuka Kai Mo Nga Marae


McKERCHAR, MAKUINI

Octavo, green ring binder folder, unpaginated, unpaginated, title tabbed dividers, VG+ (light soiling to folder, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & tanning to title page, light scuffign to tabs on dividers)

PUBLISHER: Dept. of Human Nutrition, University of Otago N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori food nutrition Makuini McKerchar Te Roopu Hauora Maori ki Murihiku recipes

$50.00
2d2b/2

The Ngai Tahu Deeds: A Window on New Zealand History (Revised edition)


EVISON. HARRY C

4to, pp. 312; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Harry C Evison New Zealand colonial history Nai Tahu 19th century

$140.00
2d2b/5

Te Arawa: A History of the Arawa People


STAFFORD, D M

Provenance of Stuart Park (former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum & anthropologist). Super 8vo, pp. xi + 573; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller' sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: D M Stafford New Zealand Maori history Te Arawa tribe tribes

$24.50
2b42a/2

Half a World Away: Proceedings of a conference held at the New Zealand National Maritime Museum, 12-14 September 1997


JOHNSON, DAVID & DENNERLY, PETER (eds)

4to, pp. [4] + iv + 213; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Royal New Zealand Navy Museum 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime navy naval heritage conference

$45.00
2b42a/4

The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand English


ORSMAN, H W & WATTIE, NELSON (eds)

Super 8vo, pp. xl + 1345; illus. heavy card boards; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping).

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand English language dialect dictionary

$52.50
2b42a/9

New Zealand Medicinal Plants


BROOKER, S G & CAMBIE & COOPER, R C

Lacking title-page. Super 8vo, pp. 268; illus. heavy card boards; photos, illus.; VG (light fading, scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; lacking tp).

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1981

KEYWORDS: S G Brooker R C Cambie Cooper New Zealand plants plant life medicine medicinal

$75.00
2d2b/11

Where There's a Will There's a Way: Memories of my Childhood and Sawmilling Days in the Marlborough Sounds


HARVEY, G J C (JOHN)

Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 180; illus. light card covers; illus. tp, photos; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: G. J. C. (John) Harvey N.D.

KEYWORDS: G J C John Harvey life lives biography autobiography memoir New Zealand Marlborough Sounds

$90.00
2f51f/60

New Zealand and its Colonization


SWAINSON, WILLIAM

Rebound. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. viii + 416 + [22 (advts)]; half-bound in red leather with red cl boards, gilt panel spine; teg, textured eps, map as frontis., VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; pp. i-viii loose; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: William Swainson early New Zealand settlers colony colonial colonization history

$40.00
2f38b/1

John Pascoe


MACLEAN, CHRIS

Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 344; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: Chirs MacLean John Pascoe mountain mountaineering New Zealand history life lives biography

$40.00
2f38b/9

Maori Cookbook and Includes Recipes from New Caledonia, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Hawaii, Fiji and Pitcairn Island


n/a

Octavo, 120pp; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping to extrem at head to spine; sl soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Jopa Manufacturing Ltd N.D.

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific Islands cook book cookbook recipes food

$24.50
xx62pol212322

When the Coast is Clear


WAUGH, RICHARD J (Ed) & KING, JOHN (Cont.) & LEGG, PAUL BEAUCHAMP (Cont.)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Richard J Waugh 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation transport history signed Richard J Waugh

$33.50
xx63pol212333

The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats


HARRISON, PAUL & LOCKSTONE, BROAN & ANDERSON, ANDY

HEAVY DAMP STAINING TO BASE OF BOARDS, PAGE BLOCK & PRELIMS, quarto 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: Random House 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation flying boats maritime nautical history

$15.00
xx63pol212334

New Zealand Military Aircraft and Serial Numbers


JENKS, C F L (Compiled by)

SOME DAMP STAINING, 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: Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand Inc 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military aviation aircraft design serial numbers manufaturing history historical

$30.00
xx63pol212341

Over the River


ANDERSON, MONA

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: A H & A W Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Mona Anderson New Zealand literature

$15.00
xx65pol212347

Flight Over Waitohi


RODLIFFE, GEOFFREY

Oblong 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: Acme Printing (Printer) 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Geoffrey Rodliffe

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