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$30.00
xxpif217339

Dictionary of Slang in New Zealand, as Slung Today


KELLY, NOEL

Imperial octavo hardcover (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: Barque Books 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand language colloquialisms slang dictionary dicitonaries

$35.00
xxpgc217342

The Fix: The Story of One of New Zealand's Biggest Swindles


BAINBRIDGE, SCOTT

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: David Bateman 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime organised organized investigative journalism Robert Gardner

$16.50
xxpgc217344

A Watertight Conspiracy


HOLGATE, D P

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: D P Holgate 2012

KEYWORDS: fiction novels literature D P Holgate New Zealand writers authors

$30.00
xxpgc217346

Maratoto Gold


BALE, ANN

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maratoto Coromandel gold mining goldmining

$22.50
xxpgf217356

Ford: A Kiwi Passion


CHADWICK, TIM

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: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport automotive racing cars Ford Tim Chadwick

$35.00
xxpgf217357

Resilience: A Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph


WOOLF, INGE

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: Holocaust Centre of New Zealand 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Jewish communities Inge Woolf autobiography holocaust

$150.00
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The Trouble With Tradition: Native Title and Cultural Change


YOUNG, SIMON

Super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xli + 483pp, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Federation Press 2008

KEYWORDS: native title common law legal cultural indigenous rights Australia New Zealand Canada land tenure legislation

$40.00
2g47/26

Roger Comic


SOCIALIST ALLIANCE IN AOTEAROA

Super octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, red & black lettering to front cover, 113pp, illus, VG (light foxing & curling to covers, minor ink markings to front & rear covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to pg2)

PUBLISHER: A Socialist Alliance N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa economics economy socialism socialist politics political satire Labour government Roger Douglas

$45.00
2g47/30

Lady Newall's New Zealand Gift Book


NEWALL, OLIVE

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, blue tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: PEN (New Zealand Centre) / H H Tombs 1943

KEYWORDS: Lady Olive Newall gift books New Zealand collection writings literature

$45.00
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The Geology of the Reefton Quartz Lodes (Geological Bulletin No 42)


GAGE, MAXWELL

Imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black handwritten lettering to grey spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, folding maps to rear pocket, numerous items of ephemera enclosed, VG- (moderate soiling, creasing & chipping/tearing to covers, moderate staining & rusting to staples & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Herald Newspaper Co 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology geological bulletins reports Reefton quartz lodes

$40.00
2g47/38

Pacific Auckland: Photographs by Evotia Tamua


TAMUA, EVOTIA

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Little Island Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific island culture pasifika photography art photos Auckland Evotia Tamua

$200.00
2g47/42

Nga Moteatea / The Songs : He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha / Scattered Pieces from Many Canoe Areas (2 Vol Set)


NGATA, Sir APIRANA (Collected by) & HURINUI, PEI TE (Trans)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spines, Maori design/illus band to spine & boards & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxxii + 327pp, vol 2- lii + 319pp, VG (moderate fading to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of each vol)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature verse te reo Maori Sir Apirana Ngata songs

$40.00
2g47/48

Individualism and Community: Education and Social Policy in the Postmodern Condition


PETERS, MICHAEL & MARSHALL, JAMES

Super octavo, yellow light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, ix + 237pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, occasional light highlighting)

PUBLISHER: The Falmer Press 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand social policy neo-liberalism philosophy theory postmodern

$200.00
2g48/4

Dominion Museum, Bulletin No 4: The Stone Implements of the Maori


BEST, ELSDON

REBACKED, tidy ex-library, sm quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 408pp, illus, folding illus to rear, VG- (minimal library markings/stamps, moderate scuffing/rubbing & bruising to spine & board corners/edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, binding sloppy- boards shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, 2cm closed tearing to base of terminal pages, occasional page may be a facsimile, sporadic closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dominion Museum bulletins Elsdon Best Maori stone tools implements history

$75.00
2g48/5

Tiberius: The Titirangi Mouse


ROSS, P & PENETITO, C (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, 23pp, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, 0.5cm scuff to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front eps, sm scuff to top edge of ffep, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature P Ross illustrated New Zealand writers authors

$40.00
2g48/14

Up to Speed: The Roycroft Years in New Zealand Motor Racing


THOMSON, SCOTT

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white & cream lettering to spine, illus prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, pgs 7-10 & 245-248 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport history Ron Roycroft automotive high performance motor racing

$100.00
2g48/16

The Early Years of the Motor Vehicle in Auckland: A History of the First Forty Years of the Motor Vehicle and Motor Industry


BIRCHALL, BARRY

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm annotation in ink to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Barry Birchall 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland classic vintage cars motor indusrty

$40.00
2g48/17

Sir George Grey KCB, 1812-1898: A Study in Colonial Government


RUTHERFORD, J

Ex-library, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 709pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, jacket taped to boards, tape residue to board edges & eps, light fading to boards edges, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, blurb from jacket glued in to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (jacket in protective plastic cover & taped to boards- staining to edges likely, moderate staining/soiling, front flap removed with blurb glued in to front pastedown, fore-edge of rear flap heavily trimmed but all text seems present)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history government Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir politics

$40.00
2g48/18

Kiwi Bikers: 85 New Zealanders and Their Motorbikes


DOWNIE, KEN (Text & Photos) & DOWNIE, GREG (Illus)

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & dark grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 263pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, prev. owner's name & other sm annoations to prelims/eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand kiwis hobbies motorbikes motorcycles leisure

$40.00
2g48/22

Petrolheads: Awesome Kiwi Car Collections


HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand kiwi car collections vintage classic hobbies

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