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$23.50
xxhql57172

Waterfront: Reminiscences of a Bygone Era in the Port of Bluff


SKERRETT, MAURICE

Softcover super octavo (nr fine); 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: Craig Printing 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Skerrett New Zealand Bluff history shipping wharfies maritime the sea waterfront anecdotes

$13.50
xxhqn57205

Mate in Sail


GABY, CAPT. JAMES

ex library, 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: Antipodean Publishers 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Capt. James Gaby ships sailing autobiography nautical New Zealand ex library

$16.50
xxhqn57208

Waka Taua; The Maori War Canoe


EVANS, JEFF

ex library, imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reed 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Jeff Evans ex library New Zealand Maori war canoe waka

$40.00
xxhqn57211

Taaniko: Maori Hand-Weaving


SMITH, JOYCE RONALD

ex library, quarto hardcover (VG-) in dw (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: Octopus/Vinyard Books 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Joyce Ronald Smith New Zealand Maori weaving taaniko arts crafts ex library

$16.50
xxhqo57228

Growl You May But Go You Must


DAMIAN, SISTER MARY

Author signed,super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W. Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Sister Mary Damian New Zealand nursing doctors medicine history author signed

$19.50
xxhqo57233

North Star to Southern Cross


MABER, JOHN M.

ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in dw (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: T. Stephenson & Sons 1967

KEYWORDS: specials John M. Maber ex library Australia New Zealand shipping history steamships transport

$17.50
2g22/3

Tractor Tracks: Vintage Tractors in New Zealand


WILSON, JOHN & CURTIS, ASHLEY (Photos)

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 144pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2006

KEYWORDS: John Wilson Ashley Curtis New Zealand transport tractors farming agriculture

$32.50
2g22/25

About Deer and Deer Stalking in New Zealand


ORMAN, TONY & AYRES, JIM (Illus)

Ex library, super octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 175pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, professional tape reinforcement to gutters, plastic tape reinforcement to spine)

PUBLISHER: Spring Creek Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: Tony Orman Jim Ayres New Zealand sport hunting deer deerstalking

$16.50
2g22/26

New Zealand and the Antarctic


QUARTERMAIN, L. B.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, xix + 269pp, illus + 2 fold-out maps + large folding map in rear pocket, VG+ (foxing) in d/w, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & corners, creasing & bruising to rear lower corner, soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: AR Shearer Government Printer 1971

KEYWORDS: LB Quartermain New Zealand Antarctic history Ross Dependency

$25.00
2g22/32

Memories of Mountains and Men


HARPER, ARTHUR P.

First edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 208pp, illus, VG (pages tanned, bruising to spine extrems, owner's name & date in pencil to fep, soiling to eps) in d/w, G (jacket v tatty & torn)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams Ltd Christchurch 1946

KEYWORDS: first edition Arthur P Harper New Zealand mountaineering mountains alpine climbing climbers

$37.50
2g21/8

Arrowtown Wildflower: Riverside & Trackside


TEELE, RITA LITTLEWOOD & TEELE, BENJAMIN W. & LAWR

Signed by all three authors, duodecimo, illus laminated light card covers, spiral bound, illus eps, 150pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Littlewood Teele Benjamin W Teele Rebecca J Lawrence New Zealand Arrowtown wildflowers flora natural history reference identification

$30.00
2g22/17

A Jubilee Story of Endeavour 1890-1940


North Canterbury Methodist Sunday School Union

PRATT, M. A. RUGBY

Octavo, orange & black light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 44pp, illus, VG (fading to covers, esp spine, foxing, bruising to cover edges, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: North Canterbury Methodist Sunday School Committee 1940

KEYWORDS: Reverend MA Rugby Pratt New Zealand Canterbury Methodism history Sunday school

$40.00
2g22/20

Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest


HARRIS, AROHA

Quarto, illus light card covers, 164pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: Aroha Harris New Zealand Maori photographic history protests marches Springbok Raglan Bastion Point Waitangi Tent Embassy Maori Land March Hikoi history pictorial record

$26.50
2g23/4

New Zealand Birds


Reed Reprint Library edition

OLIVER, W. R. B

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 661pp, illus, VG (ding to front board upper corner, soiling to page corners) in d/w, VG- (5cm untidy closed tear & creasing to front upper left corner, soiling, bruising & nicks to all edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: WRB Oliver New Zealand birds ornithology

$37.50
2g23/15

The Native Forests of New Zealand


HALKETT, JOHN

First edition, super octavo, illus light card dark green covers, 149pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, rubbing to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: GP Books 1991

KEYWORDS: John Halkett New Zealand native forests trees dendrology evolution wildlife flora fauna forestry Maori logging timber industry management conservations

$140.00
2g23/20

Moriori: A People Rediscovered


KING, MICHAEL

First edition, small quarto, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, 226pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to board corners and spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing to covers, lightwear and creasing to extrems, small (1cm) open tear to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Viking/ Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: first edition Michael King New Zealand Moriori history Chatham Islands archaeology Pacific

$175.00
2g23/22

New Zealand Electoral Atlas


MCROBIE, ALAN

Scarce, quarto, light yellow boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 154pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: GP Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Alan McRobie New Zealand electoral atlas history electorates politics electoral districts redistribution process impartiality maps

$36.50
2g23/23

Parliament's Library: 150 Years


MARTIN, JOHN E.

Signed bookplate loosely enclosed, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus fep, illus title page, 270pp, illus + folding pictorial timeline to rear, nr fine (bookseller's label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Steel Roberts Publishers 2008

KEYWORDS: John E Martin New Zealand parliamentary library history politics government democracy culture signed

$18.50
2g23/38

On the Wings of History: Volume 1 The Beginning of the Vintage Aviator Collection


UDY, ALLAN & MITCHELL, ALEX

Octavo, illus light card covers, 116pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Historical Aviation Film Unit 2010

KEYWORDS: Allan Udy Alex Mitchell New Zealand aviation aviator vintage aeroplanes historic aircraft photographic record Sopwith Fokker Pfalz Bristol Halberstadt models

$25.00
2g23/39

Patterns on Glass: Selected Poems


DUNSTAN, PEGGY

First edition inscribed & signed by author, octavo, cream boards with purple lettering to spine, 62pp, VG (foxing to boards, tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, heavy foxing to interior, tanning & foxing, rubbing to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1968

KEYWORDS: first edition Peggy Dunstan New Zealand poetry poems verse literature

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