Books - "new zealand"
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Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 230pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds nature ornithology Kea behaviour behavior parrots evolution
The Colonisation of New Zealand
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 384pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl rubbing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial British
Empire Annual for [New Zealand] Girls
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 384pp, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, multiple prev. ownership markings in ink to front & rear eps, moderate soiling to eps, moderate patch of yellowing tape residue to front eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, multiple plates detached but presumed all present)
PUBLISHER: Unwin Brothers / The Gresham Press N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand annuals historical empire literature
Science, Settlers and Scholars: The Centennial History of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, orange lettering to spine, xiii + 353pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: The Royal Society of New Zealand 1987
KEYWORDS: Royal Society of New Zealand history centenary centennial associations
Journal of the New Zealand Association of Bacteriologists - Vols 1-10 1946-55 [Volume 1 April 1946 No 1 to Volume 10 No 3 October 1955] (Bound as One Volume)
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: journal journals New Zealand Association of Bacteriologists past issues medical
Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology
Te Wai Pounamu the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & green lettering to spine, xxvi + 582pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining to front & rear inside covers, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, sl soiling sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Aoraki Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial colonization colonisation te wai pounamu Maori European southern colonialism
Windows on a Chinese Past, Volume 2: Round Hill ; Alexander Don ; Missions ; Mixed Marriages ; the Opium Evil
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor fading to edges, 1cm scuff to top corner of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995
KEYWORDS: signed James Ng New Zealand Otago history Alexander Don Chinese community communities Otago goldfields
The Labours of Herakles, as a New Zealand Pioneer
SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, light fading & soiling to spine, minor chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PaperGraphica 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Marian Maguire art history New Zealand ancient Greece Greek characters Herakles colonial myths mythology
The Little Empire of Sam Chew Lain
Quarto, illus front page, spiralbound in black plastic with clear plastic front cover, 222pp, illus pages loosely enclosed, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese communities settlers goldfields mining gold miners Weatherstons Wetherstons
The Constitutions That Ratified the Treaty of Waitangi and Qualified Tribal Government (Book II of Treaty Series)
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, cream plastic spiralbound light card wrappers, x + 252pp, VG+ (light soiling to spiralbinding & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand te tiriti o Waitangi treaty series Maori crown tribal government iwi history
The Treaty of Waitangi, Received With Thanks (Book Three, Treaty Series)
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue plastic spiralbound, light card wrappers, x + 302pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning/discolouration to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand te tiriti o Waitangi treaty series Maori crown tribal government iwi history
A High Point of Vantage: The History of the Waimahaka, Pine Bush and Fortification Districts
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & green lettering to spine, maps/printed inside covers, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing/chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Waimahaka & Districts Historical Committee 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waimahaka Pine Bush fortification districts history
Don Merton: The Man Who Saved the Black Robin
Super octavo, illus stiff card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 367pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate chafing & creasing to covers, light soiling to page edges, lg section at top of full title page missing, otherwise still a tidy copy)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2007
KEYWORDS: birds conservation ornithology New Zealand Don Merton black robin
White Wings, Vol II: Founding of the Provinces and Old-Time Shipping: Passenger Ships from 1840 to 1885
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners/extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to front eps, light wrinkling & adhesive residue to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing Company 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history passenger ships Sir Henry Brett
Tales of Anna Hoffmann: Volume One, Parts One and Two
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 350pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers & page edges, multiple other signatures in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Anna Hoffmann 2009
KEYWORDS: signed autobiography memoir Anna Hoffmann autobiographies New Zealand
Secret Landscape: An Attempt to Unlock New Zealand Prehistory
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 199pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Kanuka Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand prehistory pre-history Polynesia archeology archaeology landscape
The Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere: German and Austrian Visitors to New Zealand 1876-1889
Octavo, red patterned light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, vi + 160pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel visitors German Austrian 19th nineteenth century
Robinsons of Moneymore Family History: A Short History of Christopher and Margaret Robinson and Their Descendants
Octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling & discolouration to front cover, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing/curling to covers/edges)
PUBLISHER: Mrs E R Benington 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy research Christopher Margaret Robinson settlers
Survival on the Crozet Islands: The Wreck of the Strathmore in 1875
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: The Heritage Press 1985
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Aotearoa emigration migration voyages maritime nautical survival Crozet Islands Strathmore