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$35.00
2g11/49

Rangitikei: The Day of Striding Out


LAURENSON, STAN G.

First edition, signed by author, imperial octavo, orange boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + map + 225pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, two tiny soil spots to front board, tape residue stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition SG Laurenson New Zealand Rangitikei history

$50.00
2g12/4

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: The Royal New Zealand Navy


WATERS, S. D.

Super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind motif to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 570pp, illus + folding maps, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to board/spine edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, white out to front eps, light tanning & foxig throughout)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: SD Waters New Zealand World War Two second world war WWII naval history navy

$24.50
2g12/17

Crew Culture: New Zealand Seafarers under Sail and Steam


ATKINSON, NEILL

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, xii + 172pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Neill Atkinson New Zealand maritime history merchant mariners sail steamships 1840-1940 sailors lore yarns shanties rituals culture

$25.00
2g12/22

Motorbikes Around New Zealand


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus prelims, 144pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name& address stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2008

KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand motorbikes motorcycles transport sport entertainment racing Indian Harleys Triumphs motorised bicycles pictorial photographic history

$52.50
2g13/17

South Auckland


WILY, HENRY E. R. L

Signed numbered edition (No.30) presentation copy, super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG+ (fading to spine & board edges, v slight bruising to spine extrems, browning to eps, tanning to page margins, foxing to page edges_)

PUBLISHER: Franklin Printing & Publishing 1939

KEYWORDS: Henry ERL Wily New Zealand Auckland history settlement colonisation Manukau Franklin Raglan Waipa County

$90.00
2g12/28

Footrot Flats 27


BALL, MURRAY

First edition, Oblong slim super octavo, illus light card covers, 80pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1999

KEYWORDS: Murray Ball footrot flats cartoon humour New Zealand Wal arts

$45.00
2g12/45

Tarawera Eruption Centennial Exhibition 1886-1986


WILSON, ALEX (Photography)

First edition, oblong, super octavo, illus light card covers, 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling & scratching to covers)

PUBLISHER: Rotorua District Council 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua Mount Tarawera eruption history art photography paintings exhibition catalogue

$68.50
2g13/4

Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life 1: Extracts from Journals Relating to the Visit to New Zealand of the French Ship St. Jean Baptiste in December 1769


Under the Command of J.F.M de Surville

OLLIVIER, ISABEL & HINGLEY, CHERYL & SPENCER, JERE

This vol. only, oblong quarto, textured blue boards with gilt lettering to front board, 225pp, illus, VG+ (foxing, esp to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library & National Library of NZ 1982

KEYWORDS: St Jean Baptiste JFM de Surville New Zealand Maori history journals France French ship

$25.00
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Te Puea Herangi: From Darkness to Light


KING, MICHAEL

Ex Library, Super octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, illus pastedowns, 72pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: School Publications Dept of Education 1984

KEYWORDS: Michael King Te Puea New Zealand biography Maori history children's education

$12.00
xxkqb56148

A Cricket Odyssey: England on Tour 1987-88


BERRY, SCYLD & MORRIS, GRAHAM (Photos)

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pavilion / Michael Joseph 1988

KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Scyld Berry Graham Morris Mike Gatting India Pakistan Australia New Zealand tour

$9.50
xxkqb56153

Victorious 80s: A Celebration of New Zealand Cricket 1980-87


DEVLIN, PETER

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1987

KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Peter Devlin New Zealand sporting history

$14.00
xxkqd56208

Archie's Last Stand: M.C.C in New Zealand 1922-23


KYNASTON, DAVID

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Queen Anne Press/Macdonald & Co 1984

KEYWORDS: specials cricket sport David Kynaston Archie MacLaren New Zealand England MCC tour test

$13.50
2g13/477

On Active Service: New Zealand at War


WOLFE, RICHARD

Ex-library Oblong imperial octavo, black boards with silver lettering to spine, black eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (bruising & rubbing to lower board edges) in d/w, VG+ (library labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2004

KEYWORDS: Richard Wolfe New Zealand wars South African war first second world war WWI WWII one two history military service peacekeeping

$20.00
2g13/48

New Zealand Working People 1890-1990


ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN

Quarto, illus light card covers with red lettering to spine & front cover, 251pp, illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to covers, light tanning to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Stevan Eldred-Grigg New Zealand history workers

$33.50
2g14/12

Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000


BELICH, JAMES

First edition, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, 606pp, nr fine (v slight tanning to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine, ding to spine/front fold, label residue stain to rear)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane Penguin 2001

KEYWORDS: first edition James Belich New Zealand history

$30.00
2g14/24

Masters of Flytying


No.3 in the Fish & Game New Zealand Collection

SOUTH, BOB (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, 124pp, illus, Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Halcyon Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Bob South Fish & Game New Zealand sport fly fishing flies Hugh McDowell Peter Church Peter Carty angling anglers instructions patterns materials trout

$45.00
2g14/27

Talking Pictures: Selected Poems


ENSING, RIEMKE

Super octavo, white light card covers with grey & black lettering, 185pp, VG+, SIGNED & INSCRIBED by author

PUBLISHER: Headworx Publishers 2000

KEYWORDS: Riemke Ensing New Zealand literature poetry poems verse anthology

$38.50
2g14/28

The Last Best Place: Images of New Zealand Flyfishing by Zane Mirfin


MIRFIN, ZANE & SOUTH, BOB (Ed)

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering, 196pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Halcyon Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: Zane Mirfin Bob South New Zealand sport flyfishing photography photographs anglers angling outdoors

$27.50
2g14/32

Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885


HASTINGS, DAVID

Octavo, green light card covers, viii + 294pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: David Hastings New Zealand history maritime history ships boats migrant immigrant sea journeys voyages food health religion crime mutiny

$20.00
2g14/43

Immanuel's Land: Stories


DUGGAN, MAURICE

First edition, Octavo, plain cream heavy card covers with attached cream d/w, lettering & motif to d/w, 118pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & loss of surface to spine, foxing & tanning to d/w, front/flap fold torn almost to point of separation, inscription in red ink to fep, tanning to page edges, creasing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Auckland The Pilgrim Press 1956

KEYWORDS: first editoin Maurice Duggan New Zealand short stories literature fiction

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